Gap Theory

for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

For thus saith Jehovah that created the heavens, the God that formed the earth and made it, that established it and created it not a waste, that formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah; and there is none else.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. — read the full passage →

By faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which appear.

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. — read the full passage →

Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever. — read the full passage →

For this they wilfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God; — read the full passage →

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

For this they wilfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old. — read the full passage →

Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; And thou renewest the face of the ground.

for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him; — read the full passage →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:—

And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more.

Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever.

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:

But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them.

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

For a thousand years in thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:— — read the full passage →

Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old. — read the full passage →

The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

For Jehovah will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the sojourner shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. — read the full passage →

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. — read the full passage →

But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands: — read the full passage →

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. — read the full passage →

How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, that didst lay low the nations! — read the full passage →

How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, that didst lay low the nations!

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.

wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;

Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till unrighteousness was found in thee.

Thou art Jehovah, even thou alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are thereon, the seas and all that is in them, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them, — read the full passage →

Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden? — read the full passage →

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. — read the full passage →

And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

For this they wilfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God; — read the full passage →

in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.

Thou wast in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was in thee; in the day that thou wast created they were prepared.

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens.

Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →

And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he madethe stars also.

I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto them, God shall add unto him the plagues which are written in this book:

And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I know not; or whether out of the body, I know not; God knoweth), such a one caught up even to the third heaven.

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the likeness of Adam’s transgression, who is a figure of him that was to come.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days’ journey.

Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

Behold, Jehovah maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, — read the full passage →

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever—

And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. — read the full passage →

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. — read the full passage →

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. — read the full passage →

And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.

But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

This is now, beloved, the second epistle that I write unto you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by putting you in remembrance; — read the full passage →

For we who have believed do enter into that rest; even as he hath said, As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. — read the full passage →

And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands:

how that he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. — read the full passage →

Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand, — read the full passage →

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

For the earnest expectation of the creation waiteth for the revealing of the sons of God. — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision? — read the full passage →

And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.

And he said unto them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from heaven.