And God created . . . .

First Day Sunday Light	Second Day Monday Firmament and water separated	Third Day Tuesday Water and land separated. Herbs and fruit trees appear.	Fourth Day Wednesday Sun, moon and stars	Fifth Day Thursday Animals for sea and air	Sixth Day Friday Animals of the field and creeping things –plus man	Seventh day Sabbath (Saturday) The Sabbath blessed and hallowed as day of rest
Genesis 1:3-5	Genesis 1:6-8	Genesis 1:9-13	Genesis 1:14-19	Genesis 1:20-23	Genesis 1:24-31	Genesis 2:2-4a

During the 6,017 years that have passed since then, the week has always been completed on the seventh day. We are not allowed to change this. Daniel 7:25.

The very precise number above is due to records in Genesis chapter 5, and other places in the Bible, which are for, among other things, calculating the age of mankind.

1.656 years later was the Flood, which covered the entire Earth. Thus major changes came about, determining much of the geology we know today. The Flood is described in Genesis 6-8.

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