<<I take the Days of Proclamation approach. In this view the days are "time
periods" prior to the origin of the universe and the proclamations are 6
proclamations of what the universe would be like. It is the outline of
creation that existed in God's mind prior to its being carried out. Thus,
Genesis 1:3 "And God said, 'Let there be light.' and there was light." Can
be broken down as follows.
"And God said" Moses (or other human author) talking to his audience.
"'Let there be light.'" What God said in the past.
"and there was light." Moses reporting that from the vantage point of his
time, God had indeed created life in the past.
In this view, the proclamations merely set a process in motion. It was not
fait accompli at that moment.>>
Glenn knows, of course, that this interpretation (championed primarily by Alan
Hayward) requires one very sketchy presupposition: that the passages on the
outworking of the fiats are parenthetical statements by the writer. We of
course have no textual evidence for this.
I think when one comes to the text as it is, one cannot assume these
parentheticals. In fact, the text for me more clearly points to the framework
view, which is best explained in our friend Russ Maatman's book, The Impact of
Evolutionary Theory, at pp. 177-185. (If you don't have this book, shame on
you. Get it. Contact Dordt College right now at 800-34-DORDT and order it from
their bookstore).
Jim