Originally posted by Ironside:
[b]I dont think there was a "time" for the day.
God showed Moses how he created the earth. It must have been shown
in parts else Moses might still be looking at it today.
Somewhat a movie where they fade to black and out to show the
different things that happened over a course of a day. Maybe that's
why he calls it evening and day.. hehehe
Each day, in my opinion was a purpose.
"My fathers still works till now, and I also
work"
Here is my two cents worth: 
The evangelical and dispensational scholars of the Bible have
reached a consensus that the word "day" in Genesis refers to a 24
hour period.
If we let the Bible interpret itself, all speculations will be laid
aside:
The word "day" in Genesis in Hebrew was also used in Exodus 20. And
there in Exodus the word "day" means a literal 24-hour day.
Ex 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy
work:
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD
thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor
thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle,
nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11 For in six days the
LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and
rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed
the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
About:
Joh 5:17 But Jesus answered them, "My Father has been working until
now, and I have been working."
God has always been a worker. God created the universe in six days.
And there after rested or ceased from His work of Creation. After
that He began the work of Sustaining His creation.
When man fell, God then began His redemptive work. Soveriegnly
controlling Providence for the Son to come into the world. Now He
is still working preserving His redeemed, convicting sinners,
saving sinners, sustaining His creation, controlling Providence,
doing good to all [evil and good alike].
He is working. A new creation is coming: a new earth, a new heaven
where righteousness dwells forever. For one to be a part of that,
one must first be a new creature in Christ.
2Co 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature:
old things are passed away; behold, all things are become
new.
The word "new" actually means to renew. And that entails
work.
[/b]
I always enjoy reading your replies. But I'm afraid I have to
deviate a little with regards to some of your points.
Your contention was that the Genesis account was referring to
24-hour days on basis of how the same word was used in Genesis
itself.
I just checked against the Strong's Concordance and found that the
word (Yom) that was used for "Day" appears some 2239 times in the
Old Testament!
And the word was used in all possible contexts, referring to both
literal and figurative days. It was taken to mean morning, 24-hour
days, years, space, etc
In Deu 4:30 it was taken to mean an "age"
From that alone thus, I don't think we can conclude that a day
constituted a 24-hour day.
Besides as Icemoon pointed out earlier, the Jewish concept of day
and night (sundown and sunrise) could not have existed in the first
"3 days" because there was no sun! I think that his explanation
seems more plausible at this moment.
