The Gap Theory

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.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

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.

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:—

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 →

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 →

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

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.

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.

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

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 →

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

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.

Behold, unto Jehovah thy God belongeth heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.

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.

And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

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

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:

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 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.

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

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!

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

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

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

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

And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

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.

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.

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

To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks: — read the full passage →

And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,

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.

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

and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first;

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;

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;

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

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.

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.

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

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

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

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

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

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels:

And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man. — read the full passage →

And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary. — read the full passage →

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

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 thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring upon Tyre Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and a company, and much people.

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

But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it; and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein: and he will stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness.

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 →

Praise ye Jehovah. Praise ye Jehovah from the heavens: Praise him in the heights. — read the full passage →

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

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

To him that rideth upon the heaven of heavens, which are of old; Lo, he uttereth his voice, a mighty voice.

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

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

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

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

Now it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan also came among them.

And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.

But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!

And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

At that time Jehovah said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.

And thou shalt hang up the veil under the clasps, and shalt bring in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony: and the veil shall separate unto you between the holy place and the most holy.

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

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 said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. — read the full passage →

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

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