[aMorePerfectUnion]

I see Genesis 1:1,2 as the general overview statement for
what follows in the rest of creation.

As such, there is no time attached. So I do not have any
problem with that period being any length of time before
God chose to shape a world that was “formless and void”

Genesis:

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

It would seem that those who adhere strongly to a young Earth hypothesis are doing so in reaction to evolution’s claims, which require increasingly long time periods.

I do not believe the Bible requires a young Earth time frame. Nor does it require moving from creation rotational days. No one knows how long the formless and void stage
was - nor does it ultimately matter. God created the world from nothing. Only He could do this. “Nothing comes from nothing and nothing ever will.”

ampu

[Quix]

Works for me.

Thanks.

[Fichori]

“I see Genesis 1:1,2 as the general overview statement for
what follows in the rest of creation.

As such, there is no time attached. So I do not have any
problem with that period being any length of time before
God chose to shape a world that was “formless and void”” [excerpt]

Check out Exodus 20:11 & 31:17

Start to finish was six days. (According to what God told Moses anyway)