Creation - St. Marys Coptic Orthodox Church

tells us: “But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day
is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”
(2 Pe 3:8)
All Christians believe that God created the universe. Unfortunately,
some Christians take the words of Genesis literally. The are called
“young earth creationists” Others, believe that the days of creation
mean ages. These are called “old earth creationists”. There are so many
verses that tell us that the earth is old, like Psalm 102:25 : “Of old hast
thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of
thy hands.” 2 Peter 3:5 tells us the same: “For this they willingly are
ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the
earth standing out of the water and in the water.”
Like we said before, God is a scientist, not a magician. He takes His
time in doing things, even supernatural things. When He parted the
Red Sea, God caused a strong wind to blow all that night before the sea
was parted. (Ex 14:21) “He hath made every thing beautiful in his time.”
(Eccl 3:11) God makes things according to His time, not ours!
Even the Fathers tell us that the days of creation are beyond our
understanding:
We see, indeed, that our ordinary days have no evening but by
the setting, and no morning but by the rising, of the sun; but the
first three days of all were passed without sun, since it is reported
to have been made on the fourth day. And first of all, indeed,
light was made by the word of God, and God, we read, separated
it from the darkness, and called the light Day, and the darkness
Night; but what kind of light that was, and by what periodic
movement it made evening and morning, is beyond the reach of
our senses; neither can we understand how it was. 1
Another argument is that after God created every thing, He rested on
the seventh day. We are still living in the seventh day, so how can it be
a 24 hour day?
1 Augustine of Hippo: City of God, Book XI. Chapter 7 Nicene/Post
Nicene Fathers Series I Vol II
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