No, this is not a logical straightforward reading of Gen. 1:1-2:1.
Verse 1:1: here's what happened
Verse 2-31: here are the details over six days
Verse 2:1: that's what happened.
The six days are a summary of the creation of the heavens and the earth. They are between two heaven/earth creation statements which means they cannot be separated from the creation event of Gen. 1:1.
In the gap theory, the creation happened first. Then there is a recreation. Or in your modified theory, there was a creation, then a later filing that took six days. Neither theory is supported in the Text. You have a textual problem.
Moses' was a young earth creationist, believing creation and filling all happened within the 6 days.
Ex. 20:11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day.....
The creation and the filling are not separated here as you claim.
GAP Theory
Discussion in 'Creation vs. Evolution' started by Salty, Oct 14, 2016.
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Is it to simplistic to say that regardless if there is a gap or not - it does not change the doctrine of salvation!
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"Here are the circumstances at the beginning of our narrative - verse 2."
"Here is how it unfolded - verses 3 ->."
I am going to do you a favor. If you will do what I ask you will come to understand the Hebrew a bit better. Dallas Theological Seminary is the "Harvard" of the Evangelical Seminaries. I am going to help you by having you sign up for and take a course from Dallas on Genesis. It is free. No cost to you. I've already paid for it.
Go to https://courses.dts.edu/ and scroll down to:
Genesis
Genesis Genesis is a ten-week course taught by Dr. James Allman, DTS Professor of Old Testament Studies. This course will take you on a journey through the book of Genesis concentrating on the creation narrative and the patriarchs.
Then click on: Get Started and follow the instructions.
You will learn about waw-disjunctives, waw-connectives, the days of creation, and why the gap theory is impossible.
Psalm 119:66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
Proverbs 1:22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 2:3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 2:6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
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You're a gap-theorist. You're not like Schofield, nor Sailhamer, but you have your own gap theory. You're try to separate Genesis 1:1 from the six days. Took me a while to hone in on it, but here we are. Now let's stop all the insults and baiting and get to it.
I made this point to you in one of my initial posts. I explained that Gen. 1:1 couldn't be separated form the 6 days. I explained why. You, my friend, are the one that didn't understand my argument. Now I suggest you go back and actually take in my argument. Think about what I said. Try to respond. -
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Princeton professor William Henry Green wrote a highly influential article in Bibliotheca Sacra entitled "Primeval Chronology" in which he strongly criticised Ussher. He concluded: "We conclude that the Scriptures furnish no data for a chronological computation prior to the life of Abraham; and that the Mosaic records do not fix and were not intended to fix the precise date either of the Flood or of the creation of the world. http://www.genevaninstitute.org/syl...rimeval-chronology-by-dr-william-henry-green/
The conservative theologian B. B. Warfield reached the same conclusion in "On The Antiquity and Unity of the Human Race," commenting that "it is precarious in the highest degree to draw chronological inferences from genealogical tables." [Princeton Theological Review, 1911.]
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Someone significant went to Princeton BTW. Charles Templeton was once giant in evangelism. He then went to Princeton, lost his faith (never had it, actually) and died an unbeliever. That's the fruits of Princeton.
Some good articles on how this current compromise came about. I put it right at the feet of Charles Hodge, BB Warfield and the like. I agree with them theologically on much, but they fathered this compromise we see now today.
Some good articles by AiG on the subject:
A Response to a Gospel Coalition Blog on the Age of the Earth
Exposing a Fundamental Compromise
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I have said that contextually there is no way to separate the beginning from the six days. The creation of everything happened in the six days. I'm also arguing there are no gaps in the Genesis genealogies. There are genealogies that have gaps, but the Genesis genealogies do not in chapters 5 and 11. They are straightforward. There is no precedence for taking this kind of language anything but literal. These are not merely ancestral links, but father son links. Here's a good article against genealogy gaps.
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