It is not the aim of this article to prove that I am right and everybody else is wrong. I am not trying to make a point with my beliefs being inerrant concerning this or that matter referred to in Scriptures. The point I am trying to make is that, while all these matters are unquestionably of great interest and worth of careful study, research and insightful discussions, they are not of such vital importance as to focus on them as of foremost, crucial significance, eventually getting so obsessed with them that it leads astray from what is really of implicit, all-surpassing importance, which all boils down to this... 

...To Know, Understand and Love G-d¹. 
Who Is One, manifesting as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, 
To keep His commandments, and know and understand His Salvation 
And Kingdom Principles/Precepts/Laws/Ordinances. 
To do all things from and for love and as unto the Lord. 

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I always marvel at how Satan manages to sidetrack people without them even knowing it or being aware of it. With such a jungle of interpretations and doctrines out there, it takes the holy fear of the Lord and His Word to avoid error, the pitfalls of going astray. 

There are those who are almost obsessed with proving that G-d created the earth in 6 literal days of literal 24 hours and that the earth is only 6 thousand years old. It almost seems as though their whole faith in the Gospel hinges on proving this, even though the earth itself clearly reveals that it is far older than a mere 6 thousand years. In fact, no life could exist on earth’s first surface that was bubbling with lava, its waters boiling, and storm winds of unimaginable magnitude ravaging its surface. It took a long time for the earth to cool so the most basic life forms could come into existence according to G-d’s plan and wisdom. 

The earth also discloses, clearly, that there have been several ice ages which didn’t last a mere few years. And Genesis 2 tells us that there are GENERATIONS² of the earth, i.e., EARTH GENERATIONS, each lasting seasons of diverse lengths. Of the time frame G-d lives in we are told that a thousand years are not only as a mere day³ but as “yesterday when it is past,” as a night watch ALREADY PAST!⁴ A night watch consisted of 4 periods, each lasting 3 hours, from 6 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Basically, a thousand years are like nothing in the time frame G-d lives in. Man merely compared G-d’s timetable to man’s; to  what man knew and was acquainted with, the only time frame HE knew, for he was bound by it. Similarly, we cannot understand and explain intellectually how G-d is without beginning or end, since all that we know and experience here on earth has a beginning and an end, including what we can observe in space. 

So, why is it CRUCIAL to some that it MUST have been 6 literal 24 hour days in which G-d created the heavens and the earth? What does it matter if a million years or even 10 millions years are equally like a night watch already past? Is G-d less sovereign, less divine if the earth is millions of years old, having passed through several “generations/toledot” or “ages,” of different climates? Is G-d less sovereign if very different and strange creatures populated the earth but then perished in a global catastrophe that resulted in chaos?

Apart from the proven fact that some enormous meteorites collided with the earth, triggering catastrophical weather patterns that led to another generation/age/season of freezing, we are told by the Scriptures and various other sources that there was a major rebellion in heaven, led by the # 1 angel, the cherub who hovered above G-d and His throne, covering Him with his wings; who led the heavenly worship and walked among the holy coals of fire in the far north. Because of his extraordinary beauty and wisdom and his exalted position above all the multi-millions of angelic hosts, pride overtook him as he deluded himself into thinking himself equal to G-d and to the Son of G-d⁵, forgetting that he had been created like all the other angels, archangels and cherubim. He consequently became the “father of lies” because lies and the seed of lies came into existence with him. 

Because of the wisdom instilled in him by G-d, Satan could manipulate his fellow angels, blinding them to his perversion of truth. A full third of G-d’s angelic host joined the liar who had deceived them into rebelling against G-d. This resulted in them being cast out of heaven where G-d is enthroned⁶. 

But G-d did not divest them of the powers with which He had endowed them, and in unimaginable fury they rushed upon the ancient earth onto which G-d had cast them⁷, bringing upon her utter destruction and desolation, plunging her into total chaos (“tohouvabohou”) and darkness, above all the seas which used to be brilliant and bright and teaming with life. Henceforth, there was such darkness upon the face of the deep⁸ that life would have completely vanished, unable to exist in those conditions. But the Spirit of G-d was "brooding"⁹ upon the surface of the waters, moving to and fro to calm and save it until such time that G-d could rescue, restore and recreate both our galaxy and the earth and all her life forms. 

And it is THIS restoration and recreation of a former earth rendered useless and chaotic, which might have taken 6 literal days of literal 24 hours, even though I maintain that the time frame given is insignificant in view of G-d’s eternal nature and that time is absolutely relative when referring to the length of a day, a year, a thousand years or a million years in G-d’s time frame. I venture to say it is even but as a breath already past. Any time frame mentioned in Scripture is for OUR sake; that we can count and understand the meaning and significance of numbers. Outside of our “equator of time”, there is NO TIME!