Genesis on Trial

14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

Do you ever wonder why we have 24 hours in a day, and 365 days in a year? Why is our time "divided" into days and into years? Who started such a numbering process, and upon what is it based?

We know that different civilizations numbered their days, but the reason for the 24 hour numbering is that it takes the earth 24 hours to spin on its axis. It has a 24-hour rotation.

And why is it that it takes 365 days for the earth to rotate around the sun? And while it is orbiting the sun, why does the earth consistently turn around and give us day and night with such incredible and predictable precision? Atheists don't know. They simply believe that evolution-did-it. Of course, evolution doesn't "think." They know that. It just happened.

The amazing order and precision happened because of a causeless bang in space that happened for no reason with no preexisting materials, billions of years ago. So they believe.For Evangelism Resources, please visit LivingWaters.com.