Those who seek to harmonize the Bible with evolution's theories have suggested that the days of Genesis One were not really days, but long ages of time. Thus they propose to remove the conflict between evolution and the Bible. They submit that each of these "days" was millions or billions of years in length, allowing for the longevity needed for natural selection to result in today's diversity of species. There are several ways to refute their arguments:

The Hebrew term for "day," yom, is the ordinary term used to describe a solar (or 24 hour) day. There are other perfectly good Hebrew words Moses could have used if he had wanted to say they were "ages" instead of days. However, he used yom. Rules of grammar and usage indicate that when yom is plural (yammin) it always denotes a normal solar day. Also, when modified by a numeral (first day), it always describes a solar day. Furthermore, accepted rules of Bible study demand a literal interpretation unless there are compelling reasons to consider it otherwise.

Finally, Adam lived through part of the 6th day, and all of the 7th, yet at the birth of Seth, he is said to be only 130 (not billions of) years old (Genesis 5:3).

The terms "evening and morning," in Genesis 1:5f, are understandable only in the context of a normal 24 hour day.

If evolution were true, all of the varied species of plants, created on the third day, would have had to survive for millions or billions of years (the night half of this imaginary "age") without the benefit of photosynthesis(the process of plants making their own food with the aid of sunlight). Henry Morris writes, "vegetation created on the third day might have endured for a few hours without sunlight, but hardly for a geologic age." Morris is exactly right!

Consider the pollination of plant life. Perhaps the most obvious problem for the day-age theory is related to our subject of pollination. Since plants were created on the third day, (Genesis 1:1 If), and the birds and insects were not created until the fifth and sixth days (Genesis 1:20-31), someone has to explain how plants could have survived during those millions of years without pollination.

The question is thus asked by Wayne Jackson: "How could plants have survived that are pollinated solely by insects? For example, clover is pollinated only by bees, and the yucca plant has the pronuba moth as its only means of pollination. How did plants multiply if they were growing millions of years before the insects necessary for pollination even came into existence?"

The Bible cannot and need not be forced to harmonize with man's evolutionary theories. If you believe the Bible at all, believe all of it. And don't be intimidated by so-called "science" on this subject. Their theories change so often that their text books must be modified every year or two. True science (that which is capable of being proved) will not contradict anything the Bible says. You can count on that! "Yea, let God be true, but every man a liar" (Romans 3:4).