"In the first place we have evidence that the first day of time began in the evening. 
period, is proved by the context, also by: Psalm 33:6,9 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. For He spoke, and it was done, He commanded, and it stood fast.
period, is proved by the context, also by: Psalm 33:6,9 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. For He spoke, and it was done, He commanded, and it stood fast. That is, the dark portion of the day pre ceded the light portion. Genesis 1:5 The evening and the morning were the first day.
That this was necessarily the case, may be seen from the order of events in the creation.
Time, as distinguished from eternity,
commenced with the first creative act of God.
The first act was the bringing of the earth into existence. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
That this occupied but a brief space of time, and not a long extended
But at that time there was no light, nothing but intense darkness, for we read that: Genesis 1:2...darkness was upon the face of the deep. The next act was to create light."
E.J. Waggoner
