There was not a literal evening and morning during the first three days of
creation because there was not Sun or Moon.  It is an idiomatic expression.
It was a method of expressing the passage of time in such a way that the 
Jewish readers of the Pentateuch could understand.
Pastor David



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Sigafoos" <ksigafoos@...>
To: <pastorsforum@...>
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: [PastorsForum] Palm Sunday?????? ( Luke 22/Mark 11)


> I realize, David, that that is what you are saying.  So, what, in your
> opinion, distinguished day 1 from day 2 from day 3?  If it wasn't the
> sun, and if it wasn't 24 hours, what was it?  That was my question to
> you.
>
> Why did God make a distinction between the days if it was an
> indeterminate period of time?
>
> On 2/17/06, DAVID POWELL <dpowellaz@...> wrote:
> > There was no rising or setting of the sun during the first 3 days of
> > creation!
> > Pastor David
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kevin Sigafoos" <ksigafoos@...>
> > To: <pastorsforum@...>
> > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 11:47 AM
> > Subject: Re: [PastorsForum] Palm Sunday?????? ( Luke 22/Mark 11)
> >
> >
> > > On 2/17/06, DAVID POWELL <dpowellaz@...> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Kevin, in the tradition of Jewish idioms the description of a period 
> > > > of
> > > > time, no matter how long it is, is describe as having a beginning
> > > > (evening)
> > > > and an ending (morning).  Within this context it does not have to 
> > > > refer
> > > > to a
> > > > 24 hour period corresponding to our concept of the reckoning of 
> > > > time!
> > > > Pastor David
> > >
> > > Thanks David.  Again, just gathering facts at the moment ... but if
> > > "morning" and "evening" in Genesis 1:1-13 mean simply "beginning" and
> > > "ending" then what distinguished the beginning from the ending?  What,
> > > other than a 24 hours or the rising and the setting of the sun,
> > > separated days 1 to 3 of Creation?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > --
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> > >
> > > Grace and peace,
> > > Kevin Sigafoos
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> > > For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be
> > > glory forever. Amen. (Rom 11:36)
> > >
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> >
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>
> Grace and peace,
> Kevin Sigafoos
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> For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be
> glory forever. Amen. (Rom 11:36)
>