Six literal days were spent creating this world. Piece by piece, everything in its order, with the greatest care for even the smallest things but still an overarching unity across all creation. A masterpiece such that God saw that "it was very good."

Amen!
Creation is a master piece -- even now in it's "spoiled" condition, the hand of a master can still be seen everywhere.
And when one considers all the billions of delicately balanced systems that sustain life on this planet it is truly a marvel! Only a God of great wisdom could create such a master piece.

I agree.

"For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them ..." Exod. 20:11

For me, a beautiful woman is the symbol of the crown of glory on God's handiwork. But that's just me.

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Yes, this earth was created in six literal days. When we look carefully at the Genesis account, in Hebrew or even in English, it is clear that the wording is constructed in such a way that anyone would recognize it was six literal (24-hour) days. There's the emphases on light being called “day” and the darkness is called “night.” And there was evening and there was morning, and that was a day. This was repeated on the second day, the third day, right through to the sixth day.


Then we come to the Sabbath in Genesis two.
Six days He created, the seventh day God rested and bless the DAY.
The word "day" is repeated three times in the Sabbath passage.

Then we read in Exodus 20, for in six days God created... but rested the seventh DAY -- remember the Sabbath DAY.

The Bible is clear that everything was created in SIX days and that the last (and in my own estimation, the best) thing God did was to create a woman, companion for the man.

The Bible says that when Adam saw her, he had a heart attack. It says that he exclaimed, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh! She shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man." The Bible says he never fully recovered and died 930 years later.

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Sorry, another question needs qualification. Six days for creation of life on this world. However, the world, earth, terra firma, was already in existence prior to the Genesis account.

I know a LOT of people think that way, but God Himself said plainly, in reference to the Genesis account that "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Gen. 1:1 ... that:

"For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them ..." Exod. 20:11

See? IN SIX DAYS HE MADE:

1. the heavens,
2. the earth,
3. the sea,

AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM.

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He did not say, IN SIX DAYS HE MADE:

ALL THAT IS IN:

1. the heavens,
2. the earth, and
3. the sea.

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James, could you show from the first chapter of Genesis using God's definition of what "heavens" and "earth" are?

As I'm seeing it, the word "earth" in verse 1 must mean this planet, because verse 2 then immediately says "And the earth" while describing everything as covered by water. Verse 2 appears to be referring to the same use of earth in verse 1, but if the word earth meant land then it wouldn't fit the context of verse 2.

We might consider that the sun and moon were also created during the creation week.

So ia anybody here questioning the literal six day creation story of Genesis 1???