Is there a standpoint from which the creation days in Genesis 1 are described as 24 hours per day?

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But in the pov of YEC, it does matter.
Because “it was evening and it was morning” is explained by YEC that it means a progression of time. So, the first hour of day-1 occured in the evening according to the YEC.

when the Sabbath shows up in Genesis 2:2, it picks up the same order of counting a day. It started in the evening. https://www.askanadventistfriend.com/adventist-beliefs/sabbath/why-is-the-sabbath-from-sundown-to-sundown/

According to the quote above, the existence of Day-1 is not after the separation but BEFORE the earth exist:

and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

So, according to the SDA, the chronological order :

  • ----- the first hour of 24 hours starts ----
  1. Evening exist (Gen 1:1)
  2. Earth created (Gen 1:1)
  3. Light created (Gen 1:3)
  4. Separation (Gen 1:4)
  5. Morning exist (Gen 1:5)
  • ----- the last hour of 24 hours ends----

Using the YEC argument:
God not wait for billion of years to create the earth, in a blink of an eye, the whole of the universe suddenly exist

I agree with the argument (as I put myself that I don’t have a knowledge about evolution), but still… the “WAITING” to the next creation is there, isn’t it ?

  • ----- the first second of 24 hours starts ----
  1. Evening exist (Gen 1:1)
  2. Earth created (Gen 1:1) … one second
  3. Light created (Gen 1:3) … in that one second of #2
  4. Separation (Gen 1:4) … in that one second of #2
  5. Morning exist (Gen 1:5)
  • ----- the last second of 24 hours ends----

Please cmiiw.

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