In the Creation account, many people insist that God really must have meant "millions of years" each time He said "day." As you can see, God explicitly describes each day as morning and evening, separated by light and darkness. Also, the sabbath day is patterned after the days of Creation, and it would be absurd to say that the sabbath is a period of millions of years. If fossils were really formed long before man arrived on earth, then there was death before man sinned. The whole Bible and the gospel of Jesus Christ would be rendered a meaningless lie.
If we say it didn't happen in six days, then we call God
a liar!
Scripture quotations taken from the New American Standard Bible®,
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Gen 1:5 God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. Gen 1:8 God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. Gen 1:13 There was evening and there was morning, a third day. Gen 1:19 There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. Gen 1:23 There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. Gen 1:31 God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. Gen 2:2 By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Ex 20:11 "For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and made it holy. Ex 31:17 "It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever; for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He ceased from labor, and was refreshed."
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