God literally created time and space.
Citation needed.
Now really. How would he have explained the space-time continuum to people who lived thousands of years ago? And when such an explanation would have been beside the point?
bookmarking this for when I need a citation for missing the point.
I did not miss the point. It is not explicitly written. But for it to be written would mean it was explained to or understood by those who wrote it. But how could ancient Isrealites (or anyone from the ancient world, really) have possibly understood physics even as we currently know it? How would they comprehend the concept that the universe is over 13 billion years old, or the creation of stars from nebulae?
And as I said, for them to know such things is not the point when it comes to having a relationship with God. Summarizing events into “days” is easier to comprehend. Not that a 24-hour day makes literal sense as a reference when this planet and our local star didn’t even exist yet.