The Gap Theory
People such as Chuck Missler and Derek Prince, believe in the gap theory.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
The gap is here.
2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
This verse can also be translated as:
But the earth became without form and void, and (deep unnatural) darkness was over the face of the abyss. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
Isaiah 45:18
For this is what the LORD says--he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited--he says: "I am the LORD, and there is no other.
Here, Isaiah states that God did not create the earth to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited. So perhaps originally the earth was with form, and inhabited and then became formless, after a judgement.
Jeremiah 4:23
23 I looked on the earth, and behold, it was without form and void;
and to the heavens, and they had no light.
24 I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were quaking,
and all the hills moved to and fro.
25 I looked, and behold, there was no man,
and all the birds of the air had fled.
26 I looked, and behold, the fruitful land was a desert,
and all its cities were laid in ruins
before the Lord, before his fierce anger.
This describes a judgment on the earth, when the earth was without form and void, like it says in the second verse of Genesis; became without form and void. The heavens had no light.
Isaiah 24:19
18 He who flees at the sound of the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the snare.
For the windows of heaven are opened,
and the foundations of the earth tremble.
19 The earth is utterly broken,
the earth is split apart,
the earth is violently shaken.
20 The earth staggers like a drunken man;
it sways like a hut;
its transgression lies heavy upon it,
and it falls, and will not rise again.
21 On that day the Lord will punish
the host of heaven, in heaven,
and the kings of the earth, on the earth.
22 They will be gathered together
as prisoners in a pit;
they will be shut up in a prison,
and after many days they will be punished.
23 Then the moon will be confounded
and the sun ashamed,
for the Lord of hosts reigns
on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and his glory will be before his elders.
I'm not sure what this is talking about, perhaps the great flood.
Psalm 104:30
When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth.
The theory goes that is was the Nachash, the shining serpent, and the other angels, which inhabited the earth, before the gap in verse 1 and 2. Then there was a judgement, because of the rebellion of the covering cherub, and his angels, on the earth. Presumably they were taken away to heaven, to be imprisoned there, waiting the judgement. There were cities on the earth also. I think there is quite a lot of good evidence to support the theory.
People such as Chuck Missler and Derek Prince, believe in the gap theory.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
The gap is here.
2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
This verse can also be translated as:
But the earth became without form and void, and (deep unnatural) darkness was over the face of the abyss. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
Isaiah 45:18
For this is what the LORD says--he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited--he says: "I am the LORD, and there is no other.
Here, Isaiah states that God did not create the earth to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited. So perhaps originally the earth was with form, and inhabited and then became formless, after a judgement.
Jeremiah 4:23
23 I looked on the earth, and behold, it was without form and void;
and to the heavens, and they had no light.
24 I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were quaking,
and all the hills moved to and fro.
25 I looked, and behold, there was no man,
and all the birds of the air had fled.
26 I looked, and behold, the fruitful land was a desert,
and all its cities were laid in ruins
before the Lord, before his fierce anger.
This describes a judgment on the earth, when the earth was without form and void, like it says in the second verse of Genesis; became without form and void. The heavens had no light.
Isaiah 24:19
18 He who flees at the sound of the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the snare.
For the windows of heaven are opened,
and the foundations of the earth tremble.
19 The earth is utterly broken,
the earth is split apart,
the earth is violently shaken.
20 The earth staggers like a drunken man;
it sways like a hut;
its transgression lies heavy upon it,
and it falls, and will not rise again.
21 On that day the Lord will punish
the host of heaven, in heaven,
and the kings of the earth, on the earth.
22 They will be gathered together
as prisoners in a pit;
they will be shut up in a prison,
and after many days they will be punished.
23 Then the moon will be confounded
and the sun ashamed,
for the Lord of hosts reigns
on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and his glory will be before his elders.
I'm not sure what this is talking about, perhaps the great flood.
Psalm 104:30
When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth.
The theory goes that is was the Nachash, the shining serpent, and the other angels, which inhabited the earth, before the gap in verse 1 and 2. Then there was a judgement, because of the rebellion of the covering cherub, and his angels, on the earth. Presumably they were taken away to heaven, to be imprisoned there, waiting the judgement. There were cities on the earth also. I think there is quite a lot of good evidence to support the theory.
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