The Gap Theory

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: — read the full passage →

And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode 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 of it.

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

This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: — read the full passage →

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

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

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

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

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

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

And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

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

And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the 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 by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children 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 knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.

In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto 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 creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. — read the full passage →

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

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

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

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

But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. — read the full passage →