Here in the West, the Church is still relatively free. We don’t live in fear that we will be beaten, jailed, or murdered if the wrong people find out we’re Christians. Instead, it’s our beliefs that are under attack. We’re afraid to believe everything in the Bible because we don’t want to seem ignorant or straight-up stupid to the World. Why is that? Because though we are not persecuted physically, our beliefs are under attack. Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he warns us against the dangerous rewriting of Scripture known as the Gap Theory that is sweeping through the Church today in his video, Church Under Attack Pt. 3: Beguiled By Science.
Genesis 1:1-2
Genesis 2:1-3
2 Peter 3:5–7
Matthew 19:4
Mark 10:6
Romans 5:12–14
Genesis 1:5
Beguiled By Science
The Gap Theory
The Verse
1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
Genesis 1:1-5
The Argument of the Gap Theory
According to the Gap Theory, there was a gap between verse 1 and verse 2 of Genesis 1. During this time, it is believed that the earth was without form and void because this was when Lucifer was thrown down to the earth and was turned to Satan. But nowhere in Scripture does God even hint to this being so. So, then why is this becoming a very common belief? Because we have been beguiled by science.
The Problem with the Gap Theory
Revelation 12 records the account of Satan being thrown down to earth. It records him being thrown down at the time of a child’s birth. This baby boy, in Revelation 12, is Jesus. For more on that, check out our video, Revelation 12 War: Why Did Satan Attack?
Isaiah 14 records the account of Lucifer being thrown down to Sheol around the time of Babylon’s fall. This account can’t be during this supposed gap in creation as one of his sins was trying to be above the stars of God, and at this point, the stars were not even created yet.
14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16 And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. 17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
Genesis 1:14-19
12 How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low! 13 You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north; 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’ 15 But you are brought down to Sheol, to the far reaches of the pit.
Isaiah 14:12-15
For more on Lucifer and when he fell, check out our video Who Is Lucifer?
The other major problem with the Gap Theory is that the Gap Theory says that God got it wrong and wasn’t actually sure how long it took to create everything. Where does it say that? God specifically says, ‘And there was evening and there was morning, the first (second, third, fourth, etc.) day.’ There is no way to twist it. Either God knew how long it took Him to create the universe, or He didn’t. There is no way around it.
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