Genesis 1:1-2; The Gap
Theory December 8, 2018
· The gap theory is not an
old theory
· Sort of an offshoot of the 6-day creation, as described in Genesis,
· Involved
literal 24-hour days of creation
· With a gap of
time between two distinct creations
· Between 1st
amd 2nd verses Genesis 1
· Explaining many
scientific observations, including the age of the Earth.
· Suggested by Thomas
Chalmers, professor at University of Edinburgh,
· A Christian scientist of
his era around 1814
· Very controversial in the religious
circles today
· Very few individuals agree
and disagree on the age of the earth.
· There are very few
individual believe this theory
· Choices we have, everything
was created in 7 days
· Or each day on creation was
a 1000 years long.
· Or the gap theory.
· Or disregard this part of
the Bible
· Or just plain a haters of
God, nothing to do with the Bible.
· How old is the earth,
in your view?
· How can the earth or the universe fit into a 6,000-year history?
· How does a “new earth” or “young earth” teaching deal with prehistoric
fossils of dinosaurs?
· Does God have a “7,000-year Plan”
· with the first 6,000 years allotted to mankind before Christ’s return,
· How do we explain the universe, the galaxies and the stars,
· How do we explain the age of the earth itself?
· Most non-Believers accept that the universe is billions of years old
· They reject that creation demands a Creator.
· However, I believe some “fundamentalist Christians” also err
· Misunderstanding Scripture and ignoring overwhelming scientific
evidence, as they try to force all of creation into a 6,000-year history.
· What was the very first
thing God created
· Not the earth, suns, other
planets, or the universe.
· Jesus created a spirit
world of many varieties or offices of angel beings.
A
fundamental, very important fact is that God created ALL things through Jesus, the
Messiah.
Colossians 1:16-17 For in him all things were
created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,
whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been
created through
him and for him. (17) He is before all things, and in him all things hold
together.
John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God. (2) He was with God in the beginning.
(3) Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made
that has been made.
2 Timothy 1:9
He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have
done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in
Christ Jesus
before the beginning of time,
Notice,
the angel’s witness the foundations of the earth were already created beings, before the physical world
was created.
Job 38:4-7 "Where were you when
I laid the
earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand. (5) Who
marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line
across it? (6) On what were its footings set, or who laid its
cornerstone, (7) while the morning stars sang together and all the angels
shouted for joy?
· Jesus designed and created
these Spirit Beings; angels
· Each individually created,
millions or perhaps even billions of them!
· Angels are actual personal
spirit beings,
· Each having a mind of
greater capacity and ability than human minds, Capable of attitudes, purposes
and intentions.
Hebrews 2:6-8
But there is a place where someone has testified: "What is mankind that
you are mindful of them, a son of man that you care for him? (7) You made them a
little lower than the angels; you crowned them with glory and honor
(8) and put everything under their feet." In putting
everything under them, God left nothing that is not subject to them. Yet at
present we do not see everything subject to them.
Job 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came
to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.
Notice the Angels are called sons of God,
but they were not begotten and born sons of God, but were created by God and
have self-containing inherent life.
Matthew 22:28-30 Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven,
since all of them were married to her?" (29) Jesus replied,
"You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of
God. (30) At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they
will be like the
angels in heaven.
Think about this, each angel is a
direct creation, that is to say, they did not descend from an original pair of
angels as we did; they do not have baby angels
Angels
were created to be ministers, council, agents, helpers in God’s creation.
They
were created as servants of the living God. Since they are created, they can only
be in one place
at any one time.
Psalms 89:7 In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he
is more awesome than all who surround him.
Daniel 7:9 "As I looked, "thrones were set in
place, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His clothing was as
white as snow; the hair of his head was white like wool. His throne was flaming
with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze. {Angels
on the council}
Moses
shows us an earthly description of the very throne of God in heaven. On either
side of God’s throne was a super archangel, a cherub, whose wings stretched
out covering the very throne of God.
This
signifies that these superior angels were involved in the very administration
of the government of God over all of God’s creation. They were aides,
ministers, servants, assisting God.
Exodus 25:18-20
And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. (19) Make one
cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one
piece with the cover, at the two ends. (20) The cherubim are to
have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim
are to face each other, looking toward the cover.
Luke 1:26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy,
God sent the
angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee,
Paul
talks about how much lower are the angels than they are to Jesus and how all
angels are to worship Jesus.
Hebrews 1:3-13 NIV
The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his
being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided
purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
(4) So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has
inherited is superior to theirs. (5) For to which of the
angels did God ever say, "You are my Son; today I have become your
Father"? Or again, "I will be his Father, and he will be my
Son"? (6) And again, when God brings his firstborn into the
world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him."
(7) In speaking of the angels he says, "He makes his angels
spirits, and his servants flames of fire." (8) But about the
Son he says, "Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter
of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. (9) You have loved
righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above
your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy." (10) He
also says, "In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
(11) They will
perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. (12)
You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed. But you
remain the same, and your years will never end." (13) To which of the
angels did God ever say, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a
footstool for your feet"?
Did
not Paul tell us that angels are to minister to us who will inherit
salvation.
Hebrews 1:14
Are not all
angels ministering spirits sent to
serve those who
will inherit salvation?
Peter
said angels are spirit beings are greater in power and knowledge superior to
humans
2 Peter 2:11
yet even angels,
although they are stronger and more powerful, do not heap abuse on
such beings when bringing judgment on them from the Lord.
One
of God’s promise for each of us is – A Guardian Angel:
Psalms 91:11-12 For he will command his angels concerning
you to guard you
in all your ways; (12) they will lift you up in their hands, so
that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
Matthew tells
us that our angels in heaven always see the face of our Father in heaven.
Matthew 18:10 "See that you do not
despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of
my Father in heaven.
The
Bible mentions three angels of high rank:
· Lucifer now Satan the devil;
· Gabriel, the Messenger
· Michael, Archangel, the Warrior
Did
you know that there was one super-important quality that even God’s creative
powers could not create instantly, by fiat:
The
same perfect, holy, righteous Character inherent in both God and the Word! When angels character is set, it cannot be
changed. Humans can.
· This kind of character must
be Developed over a period of time.
· It requires free choice and
personal decision in life.
· When we surrender to God
and His Way and receive the Holy Spirit
· Perfect righteous character
comes only from God and the Holy Spirit
Jude 1:6 And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.
Now
we come to Genesis
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning {of the physical universe}
God created the
heavens and the earth.
God: in the plural ‘elohiym indicating God and the Word,
together. This was long before
Jesus created Adam and Eve.
These are material and physical
creation, the entire material universe, a perfect creation, beautiful and a
completed work. Which is always good.
Peter tells us
God did not spare angels when they sinned:
2 Peter 2:4 For
if God did not
spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them
in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
{oh, angels can sin?}
· Angels inhabited this earth
when they sin before the creation of man.
· Scriptures revealed God
placed archangel Lucifer, on a throne on the earth. He was placed there as a
ruler over the entire earth.
· God intended him to rule
the earth by administering the government of God
· And the government of God
was administered on earth until the rebellion of the sinning angels.
· Sin was known before
creation of man.
It
is not revealed how long the angels inhabited the earth before the creation of
man and when they sinned and there are penalties.
Sin
is the transgression of God’s law
1 John 3:4 Whosoever
committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
The
penalty for the sin of the angels is not death, as it is for man to die. Angels are immortal spirit beings and cannot
die. They have to be
restrained somehow. Whereas, mankind are
physical and can be destroyed without repentance.
Hebrews 1:7 In
speaking of the angels he says, "He makes his angels spirits, and his servants flames of
fire."
Hebrews 9:27
Just as people
are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment,
Psalms 104:2 The LORD wraps himself in light as with a
garment; he
{Jesus} stretches out the heavens like a tent.
Isaiah 42:5 This is what God the LORD says— the Creator of the
heavens, who stretches them out, who spreads out the earth with all
that springs from it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who
walk on it:
Jeremiah 51:15
"He made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the
heavens by his understanding.
Galaxies are moving outward – stretching outward now.
Genesis 1:2 Now the earth was formless
{waste} and empty, darkness was over the surface of
the deep, and the Spirit of God was
hovering over the waters.
· Sometime after the creation
of angels, the heavens and the earth,
· This verse reveals that the
earth became tohu (a Hebrew word meaning without form, and wasted)
· And bohu (meaning
void, empty and wasted).
· We saw Jesus did not create
it that way.
· This gap of time may have
be many millions of years.
Let’s
look at this verse closer, the Hebrew word hayah was translated “was.”
hayah: means to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass.
The Hebrew
word can mean both “became” and “was,” based on the context.
We
know that Lot’s wife “became” (hayah) a pillar of salt.
Genesis 19:26
But Lot's wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
God
did not create the earth tohu and bohu, meaning broken,
formless and confused.
Paul
tells us that God
is not the author of confusion
1 Corinthians 14:33 For God is not a God of disorder but
of peace—as
in all the congregations of the Lord's people.
Isaiah 45:12
It is I who made
the earth and created mankind on it. My own hands stretched
out the heavens; I marshaled their starry hosts.
Isaiah 45:18 For thus says the LORD, Who created the
heavens, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established
it, Who did not
create it in vain {tohu}, Who formed it to be inhabited: "I am the LORD,
and there is no other. {makes very clear not created in tohu}
Jeremiah 4:23 I looked at the earth, and
it was formless {tohu},
and empty {bohu}; and at
the heavens, and their light was gone.
Clearly,
something happened between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2. God did not
create the heavens and the earth in tohu and bohu.
Ezekiel tells us that it is Satan
who corrupts things:
Ezekiel 28:15
You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, Till iniquity was
found in you.
John tells us that the devil
was a murderer from the beginning and is a liar and the father of lies
John 8:44 You
are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer
from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there
is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for
he is a liar and
the father of it.
Satan’s
sinful rebellion caused the confusion we find in Genesis 1:2.
Jesus
said, He saw “Satan
fall like lightning from heaven”
Luke 10:18 And
He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
Was
this the first battle Satan had with Jesus and Satan lost which cause all the
destruction on the earth?
Luke shares that Satan tempted
Jesus with all the kingdoms of the world
Luke 4:5 Then
the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the
world in a moment of time.
Satan is the ruler over the earth prior to his
rebellion and will continue until he is replaced when Jesus returns to the
earth to set up the Kingdom.
2 Corinthians 4:4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest
the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should
shine on them.
Revelation 11:15 Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven,
saying, "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord
and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!"
Satan
will try again in the future:
Revelation 12:7-11 Then war
broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the
dragon, and the dragon
and his angels fought back.
(8) But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in
heaven. (9) The great dragon was hurled down—that
ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray.
He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. (10) Then I
heard a loud voice in heaven say: "Now have come the salvation and the
power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For the
accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and
night, has been hurled down. (11) They triumphed over him by the
blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their
lives so much as to shrink from death.
When
God placed angels, apparently a third of all angels, on the newly created, perfect, beautiful and
glorious earth, he set over them, on a throne, to administer the government of
God, an archangel, the cherub Lucifer
Revelation 12:4
Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth.
The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it
might devour her child the moment he was born.
These verses covers what
happen to Satan, Lucifer.
Isaiah 14:12-15 How you have fallen from
heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations! {did through
the human political-military leader in his power}
The
name Lucifer means “Shining star of the dawn,” or “Bringer of light,” as God
first created him
(13) You said in your heart, "I
will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount
of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north.
Lucifer
had a throne and was a ruler. His throne was on earth, for he was going to
ascend into heaven.
(14)
I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most
High."
Lucifer plain had nothing less in mind than knocking the Creator God off
his throne and becoming supreme God himself.
Apparently he planned to put himself in place of God, over the universe!
Satan
at the end of the 6,000 years allotted to his rule on earth’s throne, tries
once again to seize God’s throne in heaven. Lucifer is a Created Being.
Revelation 12:7
Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon,
and the dragon and his angels fought back.
Daniel 12:1 "At
that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There
will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of
nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found
written in the book—will be delivered.
Lucifer / Satan: His Origin, Agenda, and Destiny - the King of Tyre
Ezekiel 28:12-19 "Son of man,
take up a lament concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: 'This is what the
Sovereign LORD says: "'You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect
in beauty.
The
masterpiece, of God’s creation, as an individually created being, the greatest
one in the almighty power of God to create! The tragic thing is that Lucifer
rebelled against his Maker.
(13)
You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The
sardius, topaz, and diamond, Beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and
emerald with gold. The workmanship of your tambourine and pipes was prepared
for you on the day
you were created.
Your
settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were
prepared. Given music leadership. Lucifer
had inhabited this earth. His throne was here.
(14)
“You were the anointed
cherub who covers; I established you; You were on the holy mountain of God; You
walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.
The
wings of the two cherubs covered the throne of God.
(15) You
were perfect in your ways from the day you were
created, Till
iniquity was found in you.
(16) "By the abundance of your
trading You became filled with
violence within, And you sinned; Therefore I cast you as
a profane thing Out
of the mountain of God; And I destroyed you, O covering cherub, From
the midst of the fiery stones. { What Caused the Angels’ Sin?}
God does
not tell us how long it took and to persuade all the angels under him to turn
traitor and follow him.
(17)
"Your heart
was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom for
the sake of your splendor; I cast you to the ground, I laid you before kings,
That they might gaze at you.
After
Genesis 1:2, God “Re-created” (Repaired) the Heavens and the Earth
David
was inspired to reveal how God renewed the face of the earth. A Surprising truth.
Psalms 104:30 You send forth Your
Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the
earth.
And a type of this refreshing and
renewing that God performed about 6,000 years ago will again renew and refresh
the earth at Christ’s Second Coming, after the terrible destruction Earth will
suffer during the Great Tribulation and Day of the Lord.
Acts 3:19-21 Repent, then, and turn to
God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,
(20) and that he may send the Messiah, who has been appointed for
you—even Jesus. (21) Heaven must receive him until the time comes
for God to
restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy
prophets.
Jesus started to repair the
destruction of the rebellion, Restore?
Genesis 1:3 And God said, "Let
there be light," and there was light.
But
the stars and galaxies were already in place at this time. So He made the light
shine forth, and it was “good
Genesis 1:4 God saw that the light was
good, and he separated the light from the darkness.
It
was Satan’s rebellion that caused the destruction of the earth before Adam. God
did not create it that way. His sinful act left the earth and heavens in the
ruined, chaotic, wasted state we read about in Genesis 1:2.
We
will judge angels
Paul
tells us: Do you not know that we
will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!
1 Corinthians 6:3 Do you not know that we will judge
angels? How much more the things of this life!
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