Creation vs. Evolution (...con't.)

Verse 2 reads:

“And the earth was without form and void.”

Gap theorists claim that there is a great gulf of time between Genesis 1:1
and Genesis 1:2. These theorists do not claim to be in either the Creationists’
or the Evolutionists’ camp.

Reading these two verses as one continuous and unbroken thought—as most biblical
expositors and Christians do— assumes that God stopped by the earth to continue the
work of creation as if somehow He forgot to complete His creation process. For God
to be God, He cannot forget.

The word was in verse 2 is "hayah" in Hebrew. It means…became, or, come to pass.
It is not a word that means something that happened in the past; it is something that
became. This fact changes the entire meaning of Genesis 1:2.

What then could have happened to the earth? Could Lucifer, after being kicked out of
heaven, have come down to this earth and totally destroyed it knowing that it was God’s special creation? The word “the earth” is not to be taken lightly. A definite article is
used to describe God’s special creation. When one thinks of a God creating the “heaven,”
and then includes earth, wisdom must interpret it as a very special creation.

Keep in mind that science today claims that there are millions of galaxies out in space.
Now, for God to include one little earth to be a special creation is beyond human imag-ination. He did…so we are special and Lucifer decided to totally destroy it. Evolutionists therefore should accept this fact and Creationists should accept the fact that the age of this earth is beyond the age of the creation of Adam and Eve. Creationists…this earth are
millions and millions of years old. Evolutionists and Creationists…Genesis 1:2 should read: “and the earth became formless and life was destroyed.” 

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