does the sun coming up, and going down, qualify as a day in the Bible?

Question

My book of Genesis clearly says that the sun and the moon were created on the fourth day. Is it a common belief that it takes the sun coming up, and going down to define a day?

If you know of any other, more obvious definitions of a day, lay it on me. Try not to get to complex, I'm looking for simple, common, easy to understand definitions that should be obvious to me...but are not...

Otherwise, I'll continue to read the book of Genesis as a wonderfully rich allegory.

Answer 1

This is a good opportunity to bring one point on reality and the observations we make.

I have always held that the text of the Bible are writen not by "God" but as events interpreted by man as "Gods work"; it was wide open for interpretations.

In Alaska the sun sometimes skims the horizone, never rising and never setting; yet days go by and they live day to day.

In "Biblical" times the text records nothing of this as the one who wrote it was clueless that Alaska existed.

Of course, we all know "God" is not clueless...so....
Keep that in mind when professing the Truth is absolute in "my bible"...

Answer 2

Ultimate truth is the sun is not moving. The moon is moving around us as we also move. So Day is three letters put together with the intent to segment the eternal NOW. After man made his day he further broke it down until he could imagine that he was capturing each Now as it was ticking by. Unfortunately man didn't realize the mystery of the NOW. It has no beginning or end. It is an ever present, continual and ALWAYS NOW!

Answer 3

Not necessarily. There are places that also say that a day is as a 1000 years to the Lord. In the Genesis creation story, the "day" could actually be any period of time. Remember too, that God is outside of time and not subject to it. We have to be careful not to think of God on human terms.

Answer 4

a similar prevalence is in Revelation: Rev 11:15 ¶ And the seventh angel sounded; and there have been large voices in heaven, asserting, The kingdoms of this international are substitute into [the kingdoms] of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign ad infinitum. observe that the "[the kingdoms]" are *no longer modern-day in Greek (which would be stumbled on on the link -- click on the blue "C" to the left of the verse). Greek syntax isn't comparable to English. It says "they are transforming into -- those kingdoms of this international -- of the Lord and of his Christ." it incredibly is, the kingdoms of the international are actually the Lord's and his Christ's. It does not truly say that they stay separate kingdoms, using fact the translation and English syntax say. they're now the Lord's. reward. /Orthodox

Answer 5

Not even close, some places it says a year for a day.
Others it says that 1000 years with God is a day.
In that day or the last day can be thousands of years long.
so a day can mean lot's of different things.
the bible says "in the day you are sinning you will die"
Did they die that day? or was it almost 1000 years later.
so then a day with god means something entirely different.

Answer 6

Back up ! Genesis 1:3,4,5
The pertinent verse - "So the evening and the morning were the first day".

Answer 7

back then people (in jesus' time) didnt count 24 hours as one day for example when jesus rose again after 3 days it wasnt actually 3 days aprox. 1 my bible teacher said that

Answer 8

and if all the above doesn't satisfy you, have you considered the possibility that perhaps whats translated as "day" actually just "a measure of time" not literally a day, and that SAYING "Day" just makes it more memorable, practical and conceivable?

Answer 9

The Bible was written by many people, so you will have different time frames...check out > the BIBLE CODE.

Answer 10

I agree with Renata. How much more clearer could it be?