Nope, God used the word "day".
Regardless, does this mean that you accept the order in which everything was created in Genesis? You must wholeheartedly believe that the earth was created before light which was created before the sun and the moon which were created before the stars, right?
Again...you're NOT looking at the scripture.
1. God created the heavens and the earth.
So what was in the heavens? Everything you see! So he started by creating all of what we see in the heavens.
I don't see anything in the heavens, because I never have and no one ever has. You're confusing the "heavens" for the "sky".
2. Now the earth proved to be formless waste and there was *DARKNESS* upon the surface of the watery deep.
Ok...so now we are approaching things from the POV of what's on the earth. The sun and the stars have been created...but the earth was dark.
No, the sun and stars were not created yet. They were created on the fourth day (Genesis 1:14-18).
Ok...so now light begins to appear ON THE EARTH. The scripture explains everything. I don't have to read anything into it at all.
The sun and stars were already there but there was no light on earth? How does that make sense to you?
1. You're the one who's arguing that the stars have not existed for millions of years. I'm saying that Genesis states very plainly that the entire universe was created "in the beginning".
2. You're taking 14-18 out of the context of vs 2. If you take 14-18 to mean that they weren't created yet, you're ignoring Genesis 1 that says they were. If you take into account vs 2 that we are going down to the POV of the earth, then 14-18 all make sense and perfectly harmonize with 1 and 2. The sun and the stars began to be clearly seen from the POV of the earth. This is where the confusion often lies. People *read in* contradictions, when they don't really contradict at all. You just have to take them together and harmonize them. That way, God speaks for himself. No interpretation required.
3. I cannot speculate. I have no idea. The Bible isn't designed to be a scientific textbook. Remember that we reducing several million years into a couple of paragraphs. The point was not to explain every little detail. Who knows what the aftermath of the earth first forming was like? I don't. I could imagine that when the earth was first created, there may have been *something* (IDK...dust, clouds...I have no idea) that may have been blocking light from reaching the earth. Remember that at this point, there is no life yet. You had to have light before you can have life. So light first...then as everything starts to "burn off", the sun becomes obvious in the sky rather than just a hazy light. But again...the Bible does not explain what was blocking light from reaching the earth. Only that the universe and everything in it existed, and that the earth was dark. Then from the POV of the earth, things that were already there began to slowly become visible from the earth.