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| -earth was created less than 10,000 years ago in six 24 hour days |
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| -these interpretations say God made the earth with a different timing and order of events than Genesis I |
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| -the number and ordering of the "days" of Genesis I are chosen for poetic and thematic reasons |
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| -creation occurred over billions of years. Each "Day" corresponds to a long period of time. |
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| -the days of Genesis took place in God's throne room where God announced the days of creation |
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| -Creation occurred quite recently, but it just looks like it is billions of years old |
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| -Genesis matches the physical picture of the world believed in Ancient Egypt and Babylon religions, but presents a very different theological picture |
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| -these are interpretations that say God created the earth using the same sequence of events as described in Genesis 1 |
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| -this says God, the great King, creates "realms" of his kingdom on the first three days and populates them the second three days |
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| -says the earth was created a long time ago, became formless and void, and the was recreated |
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| -the days of Genesis 1 are not days in which God created, but days of prophetic vision |
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