I'm starting to lean to the theory that the Earth is old, but creation of humans and animals is around the 6-7,000 year mark. 
It makes sense to me. 
Please be gently in your responses, as I'm not looking for a debate, but some sharing. 
This below is what made me sit up and take note-http://www.kjv1611.o...ESTABLISHED.htm The creation in Genesis 1 was described as renewal :
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are CREATED: and thou
RENEWEST the face of the earth. (Psalm 104:24-30 KJV)
Lucifer was in the garden of Eden (Ezk 28:13-19) as an anointed cherub. However, in Gen 3 he appeared as a serpent. Are these two Gardens of Eden the same?
Something must have happened between the sinless cherub and the sinful serpent.
Ezk 28:13 says, "Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God..." past tense. This could mean the temptation with Eve, or it could mean Lucifer in Eden before he fell and became Satan. The latter is the more likely scenario, which would also lend credence to the gap theory. Then after that, verse 14 then calls him the anointed cherub: "Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth".... God speaking to him directly in the present tense. So he was an anointed cherub in the original Garden of Eden. Then after the rebellion of Lucifer, Lucifer was transformed (as a punishment) into Satan, the evil has already been “created” when the serpent appeared to Eve.
So when do you guys believe that Lucifer fell? In the six days of creation, or before that? In the creation account, every word was positive, EXCEPT the words in Gen 1:2. Something must have happened between Gen 1:1 and Gen 1:2.
“Without from and void”: These words always refer to “emptiness”, “uselessness” or, “worthlessness”, that is to say, a confused, chaotic state, usually the result of some cataclysm, and often one that has been brought on by divine judgment:
Void:
Word study on “void” shows that the word “void” is always used in a negative sense. Usually, it is connected with something against God’s will.
The presence of the heavens and earth in place at Genesis 1:3 shows this is re-creation: As God begins to work on the earth in Genesis 1:3, earth (and the heavens in which it exists) is already in place (an impossibility unless this is a re-creation).
b. The presence of the angels during the seven days shows this is re-creation: The angels are present too (also necessarily having been created at some earlier time – before the Genesis Gap – an impossibility unless this is re-creation), “shouting for joy” at the reconstruction of the earth (Job 38:4-7). “Sons of God” (Gen 6:2, Job 1:6, 2:2, 38:7) clearly refers to the angels. Now, Job 38:7 says that when God was creating the universe, angels were there already. Thus God must have created these angels before the creation of the earth in Gen 1:2.
Also *according* to the website- The Gap theory can be traced back 2700 years to the Jewish Rabbis.
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Psalms 102:25, “Of
old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.”
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I found this in my search about the Gap- C.H. Spurgeon Calls "Answers in Genesis" to Repentance
http://www.youtube.c...hORe07rA-g#t=10
Answers in Genesis is giving men an excuse. Dishonest apologetics and creation science brings disgrace to Christianity and fuels Atheism.
Apparently, the young-Earth organization Answers in Genesis doesn't want its readers to know that 19th century preacher Charles Spurgeon had no problem with an Earth that is millions of years old.
Hmmmm........ I hate to think that this could be a possibility! How much damage have the YEC caused *if* they are wrong? Imagine how many scientist would now be believers if OEC was taught and funded as much as YEC is. 
Most scientist think they would have to believe in a young earth creation if they convert to Christianity etc.... Think about how the devil could be using this to his advantage, and making us Christians appear totally of the rails with all their scientific evidence proving of an old earth..... Just a thought!
