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“But 1:2 describes a chaos: there was waste and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. The clauses in verse 2 are apparently circumstantial to verse 3, telling the world’s condition when God began to renovate it. It was a chaos of wasteness, emptiness, and darkness. Such conditions would not result from God’s creative work ; rather, in the Bible they are symptomatic of sin and are coordinate with judgment.” [excerpt]

Uh, thats a bit out there.

You might be interested in this. (deals with semantics)

“It is for reasons like that I think many young earth creationists proclaim more than we actually know. It is enough for me to know HE created the world - and that in 6 days - my faith doesn’t rest on any more than that.” [excerpt]

I agree, people do have a tendency to run with the bit when it comes to Genesis 1:1,2

All I was pointing out was that God's creative act as clearly spelled out by God himself, took, from start to finish, six days.

To date, all the undefined long periods of time that hover around verses 1 & 2 that I have seen, are circumstantial inferences at best. (ie, not sound exegesis)

Regarding your J. Vernon McGhee quote, how is it possible for God who is outside of time, to be busy?

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“Regarding your J. Vernon McGhee quote, how is it possible for God who is outside of time, to be busy?

I take his use of “busy” to mean, “doing things”...