The Gap Theory

the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness <FI>is<Fi> on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth--

For thus said Jehovah, Creator of heaven, He is God, Former of earth, and its Maker, He established it--not empty He prepared it, For inhabiting He formed it: `I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, and there is none else.

because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin;

for six days hath Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that <FI>is<Fi> in them, and resteth in the seventh day; therefore hath Jehovah blessed the Sabbath-day, and doth sanctify it.

And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning--day the sixth.

And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

I looked <FI>to<Fi> the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not.

through which the then world, by water having been deluged, was destroyed;

for this is unobserved by them willingly, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of water and through water standing together by the word of God, — read the full passage →

and God saith, `Let light be;' and light is.

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

so also it hath been written, `The first man Adam became a living creature,' the last Adam <FI>is<Fi> for a life-giving spirit,

`Ye are of a father--the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar--also his father.

and Jonah riseth, and he goeth unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. And Nineveh hath been a great city before God, a journey of three days.

In Eden, the garden of God, thou hast been, Every precious stone thy covering, Ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle, and gold, The workmanship of thy tabrets, and of thy pipes, In thee in the day of thy being produced, have been prepared.

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying: — read the full passage →

Because Jehovah loveth Jacob, And hath fixed again on Israel, And given them rest on their own land, And joined hath been the sojourner to them, And they have been admitted to the house of Jacob. — read the full passage →

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

Thou <FI>art<Fi> He, O Jehovah, Thyself--Thou hast made the heavens, the heavens of the heavens, and all their host, the earth and all that <FI>are<Fi> on it, the seas and all that <FI>are<Fi> in them, and Thou art keeping all of them alive, and the host of the heavens to Thee are bowing themselves.

`Lo, to Jehovah thy God <FI>are<Fi> the heavens and the heavens of the heavens, the earth and all that <FI>is<Fi> in it;

These <FI>are<Fi> births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God's making earth and heavens;

And God saith, `Let the waters teem with the teeming living creature, and fowl let fly on the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.'

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

`For I testify to every one hearing the words of the prophecy of this scroll, if any one may add unto these, God shall add to him the plagues that have been written in this scroll,

This, now, beloved, a second letter to you I write, in both which I stir up your pure mind in reminding <FI>you<Fi> , — read the full passage →

because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

for since through man <FI>is<Fi> the death, also through man <FI>is<Fi> a rising again of the dead,

How hast thou fallen from the heavens, O shining one, son of the dawn! Thou hast been cut down to earth, O weakener of nations.

And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth;

This <FI>is<Fi> an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God's preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him;

And the serpent hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, `Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?' — read the full passage →

And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host;

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

And God maketh the two great luminaries, the great luminary for the rule of the day, and the small luminary--and the stars--for the rule of the night;

And God maketh the expanse, and it separateth between the waters which <FI>are<Fi> under the expanse, and the waters which <FI>are<Fi> above the expanse: and it is so.

and God calleth to the light `Day,' and to the darkness He hath called `Night;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning--day one.

and if any one may take away from the words of the scroll of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the scroll of the life, and out of the holy city, and the things that have been written in this scroll;'

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth did pass away, and the sea is not any more;

and he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, who is Devil and Adversary, and did bind him a thousand years,

`To the messenger of the Ephesian assembly write: These things saith he who is holding the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the midst of the seven lamp-stands--the golden: — read the full passage →

And prophesy also to these did the seventh from Adam--Enoch--saying, `Lo, the Lord did come in His saintly myriads,

And this is the message that we have heard from Him, and announce to you, that God is light, and darkness in Him is not at all;

and for new heavens and a new earth according to His promise we do wait, in which righteousness doth dwell;

and the old world did not spare, but the eighth person, Noah, of righteousness a preacher, did keep, a flood on the world of the impious having brought,

because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first,

because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created,

in which once ye did walk according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience,

that he was caught away to the paradise, and heard unutterable sayings, that it is not possible for man to speak.

I have known a man in Christ, fourteen years ago--whether in the body I have not known, whether out of the body I have not known, God hath known--such an one being caught away unto the third heaven;

in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;

for since through man <FI>is<Fi> the death, also through man <FI>is<Fi> a rising again of the dead, — read the full passage →

for the earnest looking out of the creation doth expect the revelation of the sons of God; — read the full passage →

Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

What, then, <FI>is<Fi> the superiority of the Jew? or what the profit of the circumcision? — read the full passage →

and he said to them, `I was beholding the Adversary, as lightning from the heaven having fallen;

Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the Devil and his messengers;

and as the days of Noah--so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man; — read the full passage →

And he sheweth me Joshua the high priest standing before the messenger of Jehovah, and the Adversary standing at his right hand, to be an adversary to him. — read the full passage →

Perfect <FI>art<Fi> thou in thy ways, From the day of thy being produced, Till perversity hath been found in thee.

`Son of man, lift up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, And thou hast said to him: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Thou art sealing up a measurement, Full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

For, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am bringing in unto Tyre Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, From the north--a king of kings, With horse, and with chariot, and with horsemen, Even an assembly, and a numerous people.

For, lo, I am creating new heavens, and a new earth, And the former things are not remembered, Nor do they ascend on the heart.

And possess her do pelican and hedge-hog, And owl and raven dwell in her, And He hath stretched out over her A line of vacancy, and stones of emptiness.

How hast thou fallen from the heavens, O shining one, son of the dawn! Thou hast been cut down to earth, O weakener of nations. — read the full passage →

Praise ye Jah! Praise ye Jehovah from the heavens, Praise ye Him in high places. — read the full passage →

Thou sendest out Thy Spirit, they are created, And Thou renewest the face of the ground.

Thou settest darkness, and it is night, In it doth every beast of the forest creep.

To him who is riding on the heavens of the heavens of old, Lo, He giveth with His voice a strong voice.

For I see Thy heavens, a work of Thy fingers, Moon and stars that Thou didst establish.

In the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy,

Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: -- — read the full passage →

And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst.

And sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

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

But, is it true? --God dwelleth on the earth! lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens do not contain Thee, how much less this house which I have builded!

and all the men of Israel are assembled unto king Solomon, in the month of Ethanim, in the festival--<FI> is<Fi> the seventh month.

`At that time hath Jehovah said unto me, Grave for thee two tables of stone, like the first, and come up unto Me, into the mount, and thou hast made for thee an ark of wood,

`And thou hast put the vail under the hooks, and hast brought in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony; and the vail hath made a separation for you between the holy and the holy of holies.

And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host; — read the full passage →

And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.' — read the full passage →

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.' — read the full passage →

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.' — read the full passage →

And God prepareth the great monsters, and every living creature that is creeping, which the waters have teemed with, after their kind, and every fowl with wing, after its kind, and God seeth that <FI>it is<Fi> good.

And God saith, `Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to make a separation between the day and the night, then they have been for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years,

And God saith, `Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.' — read the full passage →

and God saith, `Let light be;' and light is. — read the full passage →

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →