Percy writes:
Certainly there are scholars on the other side of the issue, but they're in the minority. Being in the minority in a debate doesn't mean you're wrong, but you seem not to comprehend the minority status of your view. You propose it as if it's the most obvious thing, as if no one reasonable would ever think otherwise.
Yes perhaps i'm taking it for granted...it just makes so much more sense to me (and others of the minority) and it surprises me that others dont accept it as a basis of evidence for an erroneous teaching
here are a few examples of how 'Yohm' or 'Day' can be used...
1. the 12 hour period of 'light' is called day (yohm) at Gen 1:5 "God began calling the light Day, but the darkness he called Night"
This is obviously not 24 hours in length...or are we to beleive that it is 24 hours in length because of the word 'day'???
2. at Genesis 2:4 ALL the creative periods are called one 'day'(yohm)
does this mean that chapter 1 is a complete mistake???
3. William Wilson's Old Testament Word Studies says "A day; it is frequently put for time in general, or for a long time; a whole period under consideration...Day is also put for a particular season or time when any extraordinary event happens"
here is one of the minority scholars who believe 'day' is of any length of time
4. The word Yohm/day is used at Zechariah 14:18 with reference to the "Day of Harvest" which includes several days.
again are we to assume that the harvest was completed in 1 literal day...we KNOW thats not the case
5. In Ps 90:4 A thousand years are likened to one 'day'
with so much evidence for the minority view it makes me wonder if there is another agenda for the majority view. If we let the bible speak by taking it all into consideration, then we have to conclude that the 'minority' view is correct.
Edited by Peg, : No reason given.