Days of Creation
Day Means Day
Nobody has provided us with answers that point to anything but a traditional view of the original meaning. Anyone who says that a closer study of the Hebrew leads elsewhere is simply incorrect. The original intent is plain—a day was a day, from the very first miraculous day.
God Really Created Everything in Six Days?
If God created the world over millions of years, there would have been death before the Fall—hardly the definition of a “very good” creation. If the days of creation are really geologic ages of millions of years, then the gospel message is undermined at its foundation because it puts death, disease, thorns, and suffering before the Fall.
Is One Day Enough Time?
All of the activities described for each of the days of the Creation Week could easily have been accomplished within 12 hours of the respective days. It is only when one adds timing elements to the text that the sixth day seems to describe too many events.
Augustine and A Young Earth
Many old-earth proponents in the church today try to use the Christian theologian Augustine (AD 354–430) as a support for their belief in millions of years. But there is plenty of evidence that Augustine wasn’t an old-earther. Rather, he believed that God created everything in an instant.
Articles About Days of Creation
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Jonah Was in the Fish . . . 3,000 Years?
Why is it that we understand what “day” means in every other place in Scripture, except Genesis 1? Is this due to ambiguity in the text or outside influences?
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Dec. 27, 2023 from Answers Magazine
Some questions don’t ever seem to get resolved. What about the age-old question: "What came first, the chicken or the egg"?
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Sept. 22, 2023 from Answers in Depth
God’s commentary on the Sabbath refutes all long-age theories.
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Sept. 24, 2022 from Answers Magazine
Did God make Adam from dust? The answer is obvious, isn’t it?
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June 14, 2022 from Answers Magazine
How can we be sure the days of creation were six literal 24-hour days?
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April 24, 2022 from Answers Magazine
For more than 200 years, Christians have been trying to reinterpret the six days of Creation in Genesis 1 to make them align with millions of years.
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March 19, 2022 from The New Answers Book 1
The plain meaning of Genesis, how the "days" in Genesis 1 have been understood in church history & answering common objections to the historical reading of Genesis
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March 2, 2022 from Answers in Depth
A biblical overview for why our week is only seven days, how the secular world explains it, and the benefits we enjoy from God’s ordained work-rest weekly pattern
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Nov. 13, 2020 from Answers in Depth
Old-earthers claim Augustine as support for figurative interpretations of Genesis 1. But what did Augustine really say?
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Sept. 1, 2020 from Answers in Depth
One of the most frequently-asked questions we receive is about Genesis 1:3–3 and specifically, “What was the light source on days 1-3 if not the sun?”
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May 3, 2020 from Answers Magazine
The top Hebrew scholars all agree that the writer of Genesis 1 intended the word “day” to mean 24 hours. If they all agree . . . then why can’t we?
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May 3, 2018 from Feedback
Unlike the other five days of creation week, God does not look over what he has made on day two and declare that it was “good.”
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Sept. 22, 2017 from Answers in Depth
God created plants on Day Three of Creation Week, the day before he created the sun. How could this be, and what does this imply about the age of the earth?
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June 17, 2017 from Essays on Origins: Creation vs. Evolution
Is the evidence for evolution so overwhelming that teachers may be justified in running over the religious beliefs of many students and their parents?
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In the Space of Six Days?Aug. 2, 2016
The words in the space of six days came from John Calvin’s comments on Genesis. But was Calvin unclear about the length of the days of creation?
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How the Apostle Peter Relates to the Age of the Earth DebateJune 1, 2016
The Apostle Peter understood Genesis to refer to a supernatural creation and global Flood which he used to counter the arguments of the scoffers in his time.
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Whose Word Do You Tremble At?Jan. 4, 2016 from Answers Update
Is it really necessary for AiG to be so adamant about the six days?
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Jan. 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine
“Why make such a big deal about the age of the earth? It’s so divisive!”
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Oct. 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine
Many Christians reject the straightforward, historical reading of the Genesis creation account simply because they believe it cannot be verified by science.
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Feedback ArticleFeedback: Operational Science and Light Without a SourceOct. 25, 2013 from Feedback
Dr. Danny Faulkner answers questions about the light created on Day One and celestial objects on Day Four. Does belief in God violate operational science?
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Feedback ArticleI Dare You to Publish ThisJan. 25, 2013 from Feedback
In this week’s feedback article Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S. responds to someone who dared us to publish his comments about too many events allegedly happening on Day Six.
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Why I Believe in 24-Hour DaysMarch 23, 2012
Learn why we should support a traditional, plain-language reading of Genesis 1 and 2.
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Book ChapterNot Enough Hours in the DayMarch 20, 2012 from Demolishing Supposed Bible Contradictions: Volume 2
Several old-earth creationists have argued that the events of Day Six could not have fit within a single day. Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., responds.
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Semi-Technical In-Depth ArticleThe Six Days of Creation and Evolutionary Theory: Are They Compatible?Nov. 23, 2011 from Answers in Depth
What is at stake, if the idea of billions of years creation is true, is nothing less than the authority of Scripture and the character of God.
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Feedback ArticleHow Long Is a Day?Aug. 5, 2011 from Feedback
Can’t “day” just mean a period of time? Darius and Karin Viet explain.
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Magazine Department ArticleWarring for PeaceJuly 1, 2011 from Answers Magazine
Should Christians be battling over the age of the earth and the length of the days of creation?
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Feedback ArticleWhen Did Time Begin?Aug. 6, 2010 from Feedback
Did time begin on Day Four when God created the sun, moon, and stars? After all, the Bible doesn’t give an exact date for creation. Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., addresses this misconception.
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Magazine ArticleSix Literal DaysApril 1, 2010 from Answers Magazine
Did God create the whole universe, including the original plants, animals, and first two people (Adam and Eve) in six literal 24-hour days?
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Are (Biblical) Creationists “Cornered”?Sept. 11, 2009
We agree when Dr. Moreland states that “we ought not allow science to dictate to us our exegesis of the Old Testament,” but then he proceeds to do exactly that.
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Book ChapterDid Jesus Say He Created in Six Literal Days?Dec. 20, 2007 from The New Answers Book 1
A very important question we must ask is, “What was Jesus’ view of the days of creation? Did He say that He created in six literal days?”
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Magazine Department ArticleSix Days of Creation—A Superstition?Sept. 24, 2007 from Answers Magazine
Not many people realize that the Vatican employs astronomers and even operates its own observatory.
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Feedback ArticleGod created animals, man, and woman—in that order?July 27, 2007 from Feedback
A common misconception made by skeptics of the Bible is to assume that Genesis 1 and 2 are separate creation accounts without looking carefully at the text.
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Feedback ArticleIs the Young-Earth Viewpoint “Absurd”?Nov. 3, 2006 from Feedback
God made it clear in Genesis 1:24-31 that man and land animals (such as dinosaurs) were made on the same day.
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Feedback ArticleCreation Week ConfusionJuly 21, 2006 from Feedback
If we are to keep from falling for false teachings, we must know what God’s Word says.
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Death, Dating, and the Days of CreationJan. 25, 2005
Dr. Jason Lisle recently debated Dr. Eugenie Scott on TV and he also participated in a radio debate with well-known progressive creationist Dr. Hugh Ross.
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Magazine ArticleCreation Days and Orthodox Jewish TraditionMarch 1, 2004, pp. 53–55
After years of agonizing over the literal days of creation in Genesis, I decided to spend time researching this problem at the London School of Jewish Studies in Hendon, England.
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Our Rallying CryDec. 20, 2003
Our Culture sees many in the church compromising Scripture with millions of years, the big bang, etc. The result: the authority of the Bible in the culture has been undermined.
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“Hocus Pocus”Jan. 4, 2003 from Answers Update
AiG received a number of letters and e-mails from people dismayed and shocked by Pat Robertson‘s recent comments on a couple of TV programs about those who believe in the six literal days of Creation.
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“Get off that 6/24 business!”June 19, 2002
Pat Robertson recently took a swipe at people who are dogmatic that the Bible teaches Creation in six 24-hour days.
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Semi-Technical Research PaperSizing the DayApril 1, 2002, pp. 41–44
This volume is the most recent in a spate of publications presenting multiple views on Genesis and creation. This one focuses on what the Bible says about the length of the creation days.
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When Does “Day” Mean “Day”?June 25, 2001
Many people continue to question our all-knowing God when He says He created in six normal-length days and rested on the seventh.
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Magazine ArticleIs the Seventh Day an Eternal Day?June 1, 1999, pp. 44–45
Some people object to a literal Creation Week by claiming that the seventh day on which God rested was not an ordinary day.
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Days of Revelation or Creation?Dec. 29, 1997
This article is a discussion of a new theory concerning the 6 days of creation and how they could be where God revealed facts about his creation but did not necessarily create.
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Magazine ArticleProfessors: A Day Means a Day!June 1, 1994, pp. 44–45
Charles Darwin observed coral atolls in the south seas which were more than 1,000 metres (3,000 feet) thick. He believed that this proved that millions of years must have elapsed.
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Magazine ArticleSix 24-hour Days ... ?March 1, 1994, pp. 23–24
How could the first three days of creation be ordinary days, if the sun wasn’t created till the fourth day?
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Technical Research PaperThe Days of Creation: A Semantic ApproachApril 1, 1991, pp. 70–78
By applying a semantic approach to Genesis 1 we can accurately understand the word ‘day' in the days of creation to mean 24 hour days.
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Book ChapterWhy Did God Take Six Days?July 1, 1987 from The Lie: Evolution
When people accept at face value what Genesis is teaching and accept the days as ordinary days, they will have no problem understanding what the rest of Genesis is all about.
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