A. Genesis says it took six days
1. The first use of the term "day" is Genesis 1:5. It is defined as the light period in the light/dark cycle
The Meaning of "Day"
2. Exodus 20:8 - 11 (fourth commandment)—we are to work six days because God worked six days; we are to rest one day because He rested one day.
3. Exodus 31:17,18 God wrote the commandment on the tablet for Moses
4. Acts 3:21—the prophets have been speaking since the world began (implying that man has been present since the beginning of creation)
5. Mark 10:6—God made man in the beginning
Christ and the Time of Creation
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B. Implications of a recent creation
Recent Creation is a Vital Doctrine
How Old is the Earth According to the Bible?
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Is Belief in the Young Earth Necessary to be a Christian?
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Old-Earth Creationism
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1. Fossils were not laid down millions of years ago, but were formed after the creation
2. There was no death before sin
Death Before Sin?
Evolution and the Wages of Sin
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a.) Romans 5:12
b.) I Corinthians 15:21—by man came death
c.) Romans 6:23—the wages of sin is death
d.) Romans 8:21, 22—the creation is in bondage to decay
3. Fossils indicate a tremendous reign of death: evidence of Noah's flood—a world-wide flood, not a local flood
Evidence of a Global Flood
a.) Genesis 6:13—God would destroy all flesh with the breath of life
b.) II Peter 3:6—The world was overflowed with water
1) world (Gr. kosmos = the heavens and the earth)
2) overflowed (Gr. katakluzo = cataclysm)
c.) Matthew 24:37,39—Flood (Gr. kataklusmos)

Creation is a completed process that occurred instantly, in six literal days, several thousand years ago.