Genesis sets out the story of creation as taking place over six days. On the seventh day it says God rested. It outlines what God created on each day and it says that God was pleased with what he ...

That wasn’t going to “work” if Genesis continued to be interpreted as plain historical narrative, with creation in six days and a worldwide flood. A workaround of Genesis was needed.

(Genesis 2:2-3). Why does it not say “which ... Everything created in the six days of creation requires action, such as mustard needing to be sweetened, lupines needing to be cooked, wheat ...