Answer # 38

Theistic evolutionists and even some theologians make the claim to which you refer. Yet a look at the account and a simple knowledge of nature clearly shows that each day was 24 hours in length and not longer.

Consider the plants that were created on the third day of this week of re-creation. The sun did not appear until the next day. If these "days" were 1,000 years long, then the plants could not have survived, for they were without sunshine.

Also, notice that the plants were made on the third day, while insects were made on the sixth.

How did certain specialized plants continue to exist for ages without their insect partners?

Certain insects, including bees, wasps, butterflies and moths could not have existed without the honey- or nectar-bearing plants. Nor could these plants have existed without the insects.

The scripture plainly states, "In six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth" (Ex. 20:11). And the seven-day week, each day 24 hours long, pictures the 7,000-year plan of God. Each day is symbolic of a thousand years, according to the principle in Numbers 14:34.

Each day of creation was not some long epoch, but exactly what the Scripture says, a day and night of 24 hours. Each day is an evening and a morning - that is, nighttime and daytime.