*nod* - Then you see the problem. Is time constant? If it ISN’T, then is it consistent? (IE are there splotches that are ‘faster’ than others?) What about the speed of light, is that constant? It changes in atmosphere and water, so if space is not statistically uniform (in terms of density), then light isn’t a constant speed.
But this DOES apply to the question you asked me. About wether or not it is a 24/hr day or not. Consider that it is God giving an account of things, and consider that a thousand years are as a day and a day is as a thousand years to God, and consider that if “without Him, nothing was made that was made” then time must have been made too. Because time is a made thing, God must exist outside of time. If God exists outside of time, then all points in time are the same, in some sense. If all points in time are the same, in some sense, to God... then He may group them into whatever units He so desires. IE God is not bound by time, and therefore the “24-hr creation day” needn’t be 24-hrs as we see it.
What I’ve been trying to say is this: Time doesn’t affect God; God effects and affects time.
I don't disagree with that at all..However;
Exo 31:16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
Exo 31:17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
Psa 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Psa 119:104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Psa 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Psa 119:129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
Psa 119:130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
2Ti 3:16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
2Ti 3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
My point is although God is capable of doing anything He wants, He gave us His Book that me might understand what He is up to...Course we have to believe the book to understand it...He gave us the Book to prove what He says is so...
Sure, time may be constant, it may not...Makes no difference...
God made time and layed it out so we would learn to accept the idea that one day turns out to be a 24 hour period between one sunrise to the next, and God called it a day...So then when God says 'day', we understand what he means...
But then God gives us a hint about His method of timekeeping as well as a way to look into the future to see what He has in store for His creation...He says a 'day' is a thousand years...That, after we figured out how many days a thousand days are...
I see it this way: Although God lives outside of time, He recognizes time...We live, sleep and die by time...
God gave us time so we could have a benchmark to measure things by...When God references time in the Scriptures, He does it so we may know what He's talking about...
When God says day, and He taught us what a day is, we are to know that a day is a day...Until time time no longer exists for us...