Lewis,I hope that I'm not the person that you referred to in your recent letter on July 17.I had replied to your initial letter regarding the gap theory, in a hope of explaining:how I went from believing evolution before I was saved,to then, upon being saved, I immediately believed in the 6 day creation as written in the scriptures,how I was later lured by those teaching me the gap theory,how their theory appealed to my flesh, but not to faith,how it supposedly "gave me an out" around the scientists and engineers I worked with.I also then attempted to explain why I cannot believe the basis for, nor the conclusions from, the gap theory.Why I cannot believe that we are on some earth #2, when this is still referred to as the first earth, in the last book of the Bible.I attempted to refute the gap theory argument, where they taught me:that the LORD would never have created the earth starting out as form and void,that he would never have created the earth in steps only over 6 days.I attempted to show that Jesus actually did create the earth, the first day, initially as form and void,and that spread over those 6 days of creation, Jesus formed and filled it, and it was no longer without form and void.I attempted to show that this was the exact same approach that he used in creating Adam.Adam began as dust that Jesus had created, without form and void, then Jesus formed him, then he breathed into him the breath of life.Jesus could have done all the creating in an instant by the word of his mouth, but instead he spread it out over 6 days, in steps.Apparently, he did this to reveal things to us about himself, and to teach us many things.Jesus also doesn't make us perfect, obedient, submissive Christians, the instant that we are saved,he spreads out his work in us over the remainder of our lives, working with us, constantly teaching us.So, one premise of the gap theory is that the LORD created a perfectly formed earth instantly at an "initial creation".Another premise is that because of the sin of a supposed pre-Adamic race of beings on that earth,that he judged it and them, rendering the thus judged earth to "become" without form and void.Another premise is that he then made a new earth, or at least terraformed the burned out "without form and void" old one.By the way, another premise is that they say that the LORD would never have started his creation in darkness,they say the darkness was the result of the judgment upon creation #1.However, I believe that they are incorrect, again, as Jesus chose to create the earth to initially be in darkness,in order to reveal something remarkable about himself:
Genesis 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Psalms 119:130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
The way Jesus did this is like the way he brought the gospel to us.When we were lost, we were in darkness, but Jesus had someone get his gospel to us.Then, as his word entered us, either through the ear gate or the eye gate, the effect was like Psalm 119:130.The entrance of his word gave us light, and for the first time we began to see and understand.We realized by the gospel that we were lost, that we needed to be saved, that Jesus died for us, and that we needed to believe in him to be saved.So, to say that the LORD would "never" have begun creation with the earth without form and void, and in darkness, is false premise.Rather, Jesus showed us his creation in steps, over 6 days, with every step revealing and teaching many wonderful things about himself.Also, the same way that Jesus created the earth, and also Adam, is very similar to the way that he gave his word to us.Jesus could have handed Adam a complete Bible, but instead he chose to give out his word in steps.It wasn't until after some 2500 years from creation, that Jesus had Moses first pen down the first five books.Then over the next 1600 years, he had various men pen down the remaining books of scripture.Jesus revealed and taught so much more by the way that he did it, than if he had it all at once.
I do not believe in the gap theory, rather I believe that creation only took 6 days, as it says, and then Jesus rested on the 7th day.Here are the links to your initial letter, then to my response, then to your letter last week, as well as to another's response to your first letter:
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