The discussion board post provides several good arguments for the word “day” to be translated as a twenty-four-hour timeframe. The point is well made that it is not reasonable to assume that all other occurrences in the Bible reference a day as twenty-four hours, and then argue that the creation account refers to something else. John Davis points out that it is best to interpret the Scriptures according to the rules of hermeneutics. In this case the best option until irrefutable evidence is offered, a literal understanding is the suitable. Instead the Christian should rejoice in the day itself because Lord is with us and has provided for our eternal well-being (Ps. 118:21-24). In the Epistle to the Colossians, Paul explains that Christ created
