I'd like to say that the claim here is rather absurd. First, it is possible that human beings and other primates have a common ancestor. I personally am not convinced that they do, but it is obviously a possibility. In this claim of yours, you say that Humans were made on the third day. You cite Genesis 2:4-7 which states:
"These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."
While I see what you are trying to do, you are wrong. Yes, the word day is used. But just as many people are confusing the 6 days of creation with literal 24 hour days, you are confusing the word day here as well. The entire Bible is true.
Dear Son, Amen, with a few corrections using your cited verses.
"These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
In the "Day" or Age, which is the word YOWM in Hebrew, which means "a period of time". So, in the THIRD Age, the Day the Earth was made Gen 1:9-10 the LORD God, or Jesus in the Old Testament, made or fashioned other heavenS (plural). God had already made the first Heaven on the SECOND Day. Gen 1:6-8 Right? Right.
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
On this 3rd Day, AFTER the first Earth was made Gen 1:9-10 but BEFORE the plants and herbs GREW, Gen 1:12 on the THIRD Day...
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."
Jesus fashioned, shaped or "formed" (Heb-shape as a Potter molds the Clay) man (Heb-Adam) of the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into the First HUMAN on the 3rd Day, the SAME Day as the Big Bang of our Cosmos. Right? Right.
Genesis 1 states that man was created on the sixth day. There is no way that the Bible is contradicting itself as you are forcing it to do here.
Not really. If you don't agree, then show us YOUR understanding of the above verses. I love to discuss this subject, so please show me where you disagree.
Genesis one correctly states that man (Adam) was "created" in God's Image or in Christ, Who IS the only Image of the invisible Spirit of God, Col 1:15 on the present sixth day. Gen 1:27 and Gen 5:1-2
Adam was "formed" by Jesus on the 3rd Day. Gen 2:4-7
Eve was made from Adam's rib on the 6th Day. Gen 2:22
BOTH Adam and Eve were "created" by God (Elohim-the Trinity) in God's Image AFTER Cain killed Abel. Gen 5:1-2 on the present 6th Day. More about this later...
I KNOW that the above is NOT what the current religious teaching is...BUT....it's what is actually written. Right? Right.
Genesis 2, in the verses you have cited is recapping the day (time), which included six days (day - times of light - when God is present, light is present, it is day) when God created the earth and the heavens, with the intention of bringing the focal point of this creation to God's creation of mankind.
You are absolutely correct that the current teaching is what you post...BUT... here is the chronology which is actually written in Genesis:
The entire HISTORY of the 7 Days of God's creation of the perfect 3rd Heaven, including events which are future to our time, is found in the First 34 verses of Genesis. ONLY God could have told us of our complete HISTORY including events which are FUTURE to 2014, more than 3k years ago because He sees the end from the beginning. Isa 46:10 It's proof of God.
At Genesis 2:4, Scripture takes us BACK to the events of the THIRD Day and adds details to the events told about in Genesis 1. It's the SAME throughout the entirety of the rest of the Bible. Genesis chapter 1 is an OUTLINE of the first 6 Creative Days and Gen 2:1-3 tells of the 7th Day, which is Eternity. God has but 7 Days or Ages. The Details of this OUTLINE told AFTER Gen 2:4 and all the way through Revelation 22 refer BACK to the events of the SEVEN Days of the first 34 verses of Genesis.
In the outline of the Creation, We live today at Genesis 1:27 because God is STILL creating mankind in His Image or In Christ Spiritually, Eternally, TODAY. It takes the AGREEMENT of the Father, Son, AND Holy Spirit to "CREATE" a new creature in Christ. Gen 1:26 AND John 14:16 God is STILL working today, and He will NOT rest until AFTER every living creature becomes a Vegetarian when Jesus returns. Gen 1:30 God Bless you.
In Love,
Aman