Gap Theory

for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.

For thus says Yahweh who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and didn’t create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited: “I am Yahweh; and there is no other.

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

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

By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.

“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding. — read the full passage →

He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever. — read the full passage →

For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid 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 willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God;

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

“Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old. — read the full passage →

You send out your Spirit and they are created. You renew the face of the ground.

For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for 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 sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.

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

Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.

He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.

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

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days Yahweh 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, God made them male and female.

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 your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night.

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned. — read the full passage →

“Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old. — read the full passage →

Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying, — read the full passage →

The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.

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

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

For Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land. The foreigner will join himself with them, and they will unite with the house of Jacob. — read the full passage →

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

By Yahweh’s word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth. — read the full passage →

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

And, “You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands. — read the full passage →

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces 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 you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low! — read the full passage →

How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low!

This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.

in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;

You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you.

You are Yahweh, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you.

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

When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them, — read the full passage →

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’” — read the full passage →

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 sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

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

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

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

in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. In the day that you were created they were prepared.

Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You waters that are above the heavens.

You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl.

when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

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

The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. — read the full passage →

God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.

I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book, if anyone adds to them, may God add to him the plagues which are written in this book.

He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years,

For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for 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 don’t know, or whether out of the body, I don’t know; God knows), such a one caught up into the third heaven.

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those whose sins weren’t like Adam’s disobedience, who is a foreshadowing of him who was to come.

You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.

So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to Yahweh’s word. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey across.

Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and tell him, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: You seal 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, Yahweh makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.

Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind, — read the full passage →

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

Yahweh God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”

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

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” — read the full passage →

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 sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” — read the full passage →

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 sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” — read the full passage →

God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.

God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day.

If anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, may God 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, in which righteousness dwells.

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

This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you; — read the full passage →

For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest”; although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. — read the full passage →

And, “You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands.

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

seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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

Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand, — read the full passage →

For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.

For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. — 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.

Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision? — read the full passage →

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.

He said to them, “I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven.