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A Religious Encyclopaedia (Vol. I, p. 613): "The days of creation were creative days, stages in the process, but not days of twenty-four hours each." - Edited by P. Schaff, 1894.

In a modern dictionary a day is defined as a period of twenty-four hours as a unit of time, reckoned from one midnight to the next, corresponding to a rotation of the earth on its axis. Also a particular period of the past; an era.

The Seventh Day Of Rest Continues Today

Hebrews 4:1-10 (KJV) - Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest. Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

The Hebrew word yohm translated day is used like this in the Bible.

1. The period of light, daylight. Proverbs 4:18.
2. The 24-hour period, day and night. - Genesis 7:17.
3. Any period of time characterized by certain events which may be time in general; a long time; an entire period under consideration; a particular season or time of any extraordinary event. (William Wilson's "Old Testament Word Studies." Some example of these are listed below.
a. Summer and winter. Passing seasons. Zechariah 14:8.
b. A "day" as being many days. Ezekiel 38:14, 16 (Compare Proverbs 25:13 and Genesis 30:14).
c. A thousand years or a watch in the night consisting of four hours. Psalm 90:4 (Compare 2 Peter 3:8, 10).
d. The "day" of salvation spanning thousand of years. Isaiah 49:8.
e. Judgment "Day" lasting many years. Matthew 10:15 / 11"22-24.
f. A mans lifetime being a day. Noah's day and Lot's day.
g. The division of that "day" as in terms such as "in the morning or dawn of his life," and "in the evening or sunset of his life." Luke 17:26, 28. The Jerusalem Bible.

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