The first chapter of Genesis says that God looked upon all that he had created on the 6th day and saw that it was good. On the seventh day, Chapter 2 in the book of Genesis, God rested from all the work he had done. Interestingly enough, the bible doesn't say that God was finished, just that He rested on the seventh day. Even more interesting is that readers don't see the words "It is finished" until Jesus is on the cross. Could this mean that God's work was not completed until Jesus died on the cross - that this had been the plan all along?
Another interesting point is found in 2 Peter 3:8 which reads, "But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."
Taking this into consideration, it is apparent that the time denoted as one day in the book of Genesis is not the equivalent of one day to man. If we take the book of Genesis literally, then creation took AT LEAST 6,000 years.
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The first part of Genesis 2:4 could support this. It reads, "4 These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created."
The key word being GENERATIONS.
It goes on to read, "In the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, 5 when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up--for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground;"
Now take note that the second half of Genesis 2:4 reads, "In the DAY that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens," but that in chapter one, God doesn't form the earth until the THIRD day. From this we can surmise that "day" simply denotes the passage of a period of time.
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