Since God exists outside of time, he is not affected by it. Past, present, future are the same to him because he is it's master and not the other way around.
To say that he rested for 24 hours when he exits where time has no precedence over him cannot be taken literally. How can God who is not under the rule of time be made subject to having to either work or rest under its influence?
Now if God did work 6 days and rested the 7th does that mean he still does? Does he still rest every seventh day in a place where there is no time? Does he still work 6 days out of the week? Of course not, as I said before he cannot be restricted to existing in time.
Because men cannot grasp the concept of eternity and since everything is measured in time with us the term days was used.
And the evening and the morning were the first day. If it was meant it to be taken literally as 24 hours I believe it it would have said something like, evening to evening or morning to morning.
Notice again that the sun was not created until the 4th day, but yet there was light and warmth on the earth since the first when God spoke light into existence. This is a mystery. Why not just create the sun on the first day if everything was going to be accomplished in a literal 144 hours anyway?
The word day can mean 24 hours, time in general, a specific point in time or a year. - Lexical Aids To The Old Testament, Hebrew Greek Key Study Bible.
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