I didn`t see a response to my last post so I`ll proceed on this gap thing.
Let me say first that I`m not out to attack anybody, not interested in defending gap theory, old earth theory, or evolution theory. I don`t know much about any of those things.
But I believe the Bible indicates a time gap between the first 2 verses of the Bible. It`s impossible to say how long of a gap. I haven`t a clue how long the gap was. I just know and believe there was one and I will offer my Biblical proof that demonstrates it.
First thing is the word heaven. When the bible says heaven it could mean the atmosphere which is called the firmament in scripture. Or it could mean the place in the spirit world where God lives. Since Genesis 1:1 says God made the heaven and the earth we have to know which heaven the verse is talking about.
I rule out the firmament heaven on the following basis.
) If the verse is talking about the firmament then the order is wrong.God made the earth before he made the firmament so it should say "In the beginning God made the earth and the firmament" if that`s what it means.
2) the firmament is part of the earth so there is no reason to make the distinction between the two. It would just say "In the beginning God made the earth."
So it is my belief that the heaven in Genesis 1:1 is the spirit world which was made first, then the earth.
The scriptures are always logical and follow an order of things. Off the top of my head I can think of no instance where they deviate from logic and order. If you know of one feel free to share it with me.
As further proof, I offer these verses from Job 38
4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Here we see God creating the earth. At this point the angels have already been created and are watching.
The angelic creation clearly predates the creation of the earth.
On a side note: verse 7 says the morning stars sang together. The only other reference of this nature is in reference to Lucifer as the morning star. The earth was created before the stars and stars do not sing
So I believe that the morning stars are the first angels and the most powerful ones with the sons of God being that angels created after the morning stars.
Implications are this: The angelic creation predates the earth creation and per genesis 1:1 the angelic creation was a part of the creation of the heaven.
Another question: Why were the angels singing and shouting for joy when God made the earth? If God made the earth to be given to man then why the angelic joy? Logic indicates that the fallen angels became jealous when God gave the earth to man.
The only sense I can make out of this passage is to conclude that God made the earth for these angels. They had to be getting something out of it because they were celebrating like they had just won the superbowl.
The book of Jude indicates that angels have a estate, a habitation. This place is surely in the heaven.
In the Job passage God discusses the construction of earth. In Genesis 1:2 the earth has already been constructed. So this construction process had to occur during the Genesis 1:1 period.
Is it possible that God whipped up heaven and all the angels then rushed them out to watch Him do the Genesis creation? Sure it`s possible but I think highly improbable.
I believe that in the beginning God made the heaven and the earth. And then spent some time with His angels in the heaven that He made and that Genesis 1:2 picks up the story at a later time.
I think having a viewpoint that an angelic civilization had an age before Adam is important because there is a challenge to people of faith that is coming from the kingdom of darkness. We are confronted by it now and it`s challenge is going to grow stronger because disclosure by governments of certain evidence is coming. It`s on the one world agenda.
I have a few more verses I can inject into this but I`ll leave it where it is for now.
