"Ever since Christians first attempted to harmonize Scripture with the
concept of millions of years, they have been straying further and
further from a literal meaning of Genesis until they have abandoned it
altogether.
after the first and second admonition reject;
Titus 3:10
A sophisticated view was developed in the past century. The framework hypothesis reclassifies Genesis 1
from historical narrative to something more akin to poetry.
The most
popular claim to support this interpretation is that Days 1–3 parallel
Days 4–6. So rather than being literal days of creation, these “days” are merely a literary device used by the author to speak of the “days of formation” and “days of filling.”
Christians may not recognize the name of this view, but they likely
can identify some of its fruit.
For example, many Christian leaders have
stated that Genesis tells us about the “who” and the “what” but not the
“when” and the “how.” In other words, since Genesis 1 is merely a literary framework to teach the basic truth that God created everything, it reveals nothing about how and when He performed this work.” AIG