The Gap theory may be a ploy of evolutionary religious people to justify their belief that their ancestors were warthogs and such; but as I pointed out in post #62, there is indication of a 'gap' where the heavens and earth that once were, were destroyed, along will ALL physical life that may have existed...
We know that the 'prince of this world' was cast out of heaven and seeks who he may devour on this earth...We don't know when he was cast out...
Anyway, that's the Gap theory that I am referring to...NOT evolution...But life in some form that existed on earth before Gen. 1:2 that was completely destroyed and became without form and void...
Interestingly, the KJV translators with respect to Noah in the command to start over used the term replenish the earth...They used the same term when speaking of Adam...Replenish the earth...Fill again...
But like I said, it's a theory...It sure would help explain a lot of things...
“But like I said, it’s a theory...It sure would help explain a lot of things...”
Yes, I think that’s important to keep in mind. There may be suggestions of these things in the Bible, but I haven’t really seen enough clear cut evidence to say that, for example, dinosaurs existed only before the current creation. It may be a useful theory to explain some things we observe in nature, but then again it raises other questions.
For example, if corporeal life begins in the 6 day creation, then we can assume all fossils have arisen since then, and we have a concrete timeline to work with as we attempt to explain that physical evidence. However, if we do not know when the first animals lived on earth, then we don’t know when the first fossils originated. Instead of assuming much of the fossil record was laid down in Noah’s flood, we would have to admit that the layers from Noah’s flood could be located much higher in the geological column.