The Scofield Reference
Bible
THE HOLY BIBLE
Containing the Old and New
Testaments
AUTHORIZED VERSION
EDITED BY
Rev. C. I. Scofield, D.D.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
New York, London, Toronto,
Melbourne, Bombay
1945
The Use of the Word “Day”
1. The word “day” is used in Scripture in three ways: (1) that part of the solar day of twenty-four hours which is
light – (Gen. 1. 5, 14; John 9.4; 11.9); (2) such a day, set apart for some
distinctive purpose, as, “day of atonement” (Lev. 23.27); “day of judgment”
(Mt. 10.15); (3) a period of time, long or short, during which certain
revealed purposes of God are to be accomplished, as “day of the Lord.”
2. The use of “evening” and “morning”
may be held to limit “day” to the
solar day; but the frequent parabolic use of natural phenomena may warrant the
conclusion that each creative “day” was a period of time marked off by a
beginning and ending.
Genesis 1:1-5, King
James/Authorized Version of the Bible
[1] In the beginning God created the heaven
and the earth.
[2] And the earth was without form, and
void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved
upon the face of the waters.
[3] And God said, Let there be light: and
there was light.
[4] And God saw the light, that it was good:
and God divided the light from the darkness.
[5] And God called the light Day, and the
darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Also, note the Holy Trinity:
Genesis 1:1, …God (the Father) created…
Genesis 1:2, …God (the Holy Spirit) moved…
Genesis 1:3, …God (the Son) said…
Mark 1:9, And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus (God the Son) came from
Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
Mark 1:10, And straightway coming up out of
the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit (God the Holy Spirit) like
a dove descending upon him:
Mark1:11, And there came a voice (God
the Father, immutable) from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in
whom I am well pleased.
In Christ's love, Fr. Robert Pax
