Science and Scripture; Geology and Genesis

Overview & Disclaimer:

This study of Old Earth Creationism, the "Gap Theory" and Noah's
flood deals with a variety of dispensational Bible doctrines and
scientific concepts. The material covers topics and observations from
multiple fields of study including geology, physics, chemistry,
paleontology, meteorology and, of course, the Holy Bible. Considerable
effort has been made to present this material in a format that is
comprehensible to the widest possible audience.

In addition to topics from various disciplines of science, this study also

deals with various subjects of the Bible including literal history,
Premillennial Eschatology, the doctrines of Salvation and eternal
security of the believer, the origins of angels and devils, the structure
of the Temple, the divisions of the body, soul, and spirit, the structure
of the three (3) heavens and the biblical systems of “sevens” (and
other numbers). We also focus on the role of geology and the history
of the lost rivers of the Garden of Eden and the future role of geology
in prophecy. Consequently, this chapter is an overview of all the
important topics covered in this book. It is our sincere hope that you
will find this presentation both interesting and enlightening in your
personal study of the Holy Bible.

For reference and amplification purposes, we have provided several

off-site links within the narratives to information published elsewhere
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your convenience. Although we may reference certain materials on an
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of that particular site. It is our sincere hope that you will find this
presentation both interesting and enlightening in your personal study
of the Holy Bible. If you have arrived at this particular page directly,
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Pages before proceeding.

  

The Necessary Dividing Lines Between Science and

Faith and the Vanity of the Ongoing Creation vs.
Evolution Debate

The physical world we live in is governed by specific "laws of nature"

that are understood from experimentation and observation. Those laws
and principles were established by the Lord God Himself, and He said
they were very good (Gen 1:31 ). Understanding how these laws
govern the order and workings of the physical universe is the pursuit
of good science.

Readers should keep firmly in mind, however, that the Lord God, who
established the observed physical laws of nature, is not Himself in
subjection to those laws.  The Bible is replete with instances where the
Lord God has supernaturally intervened against the laws of physics
and nature. Examples are the parting of the Red Sea (Exodus 14:21 ),
the turning back of the shadow of the sundial (2 Kings 20:9 ), the
stopping of the earth's rotation for about 24 hours (Joshua 10:12-14
), the virgin birth of the God-Man, the Lord Jesus Christ, and all the
miracles performed by Him when He was on the Earth. With God,
nothing is impossible. The creative work of the seven days of Genesis
is the first example of such Divine intervention in the Bible.

On the other hand, God sometimes uses the established natural laws
and physical things of this world to accomplish His Divine purposes.
Noah's flood is just one example:

 "And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the
earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them
with the earth."
(Gen 6:13 KJV)

Understanding these natural laws and principles can tell us how Noah's
flood happened, what changes were precipitated in the order of all
things on the Earth afterwards, and why direct physical evidence for
the flood has not been found. The geophysics of Noah's flood will be
discussed shortly as a part of this overall study.

The Creationism vs. Evolution Debate

Let us clearly state up front that the ongoing controversy of "Creation

vs. Evolution" will never be resolved to the satisfaction of the secular
scientific community. It cannot be resolved in a secular context
regardless of the well-intended efforts of many on either side of the
debate, or in between, because the current focus of the argument is
emotionally and factually misdirected.

Armed with only the observations of current and historical geologic

processes and other empirical data, and assuming natural history has
been a continuum across billions of years, the present secular
paradigms of geological and evolutionary theory are about the best
belief system that the educated carnal mind of man could be expected
to conceive and accept from the available physical evidence. Without
the input of Biblical Authority, current theories are incomplete and
many questions and mysteries remain unresolved, especially in
relation to the origins of mankind.

Secular scientists are confident to point out scientific inaccuracies of

the Bible because they have been led to view the Bible through the
distorted lenses of traditional Biblical interpretation. What these
scientists have successfully contradicted is traditionally-held Biblical
interpretation; specifically, that all things were created out of nothing
only about six thousand years ago, as espoused by Young Earth
Creationists. However, when you get down to the solid core of what
the Bible actually and truly says, Scripture compared to Scripture,
there is no scientific evidence in existence today to refute what it
actually says: All life, indeed an entire ancient world order, had
already perished from the face of the Earth long before the seven days
of Genesis. The rightly-divided Scriptures reveal that the seven days of
Genesis are a REGENERATION of the heavens and earth, and that life
on this planet has not been an actual continuum. Both the Bible and
scientific data are most certainly in agreement on one very key point:
This planet Earth is very, very old, and if God authored both the Word
and Earth's geologic record, no real contradiction in fact can possibly
exist. The fault MUST be interpretive on both sides.

Noah's flood and Divine creative intervention by a Holy God are not
factored into the world's accepted origins model, because God can't be
observed or quantified in a physical system or seen under a
microscope, although the results of His work can be observed and
quantified. For these reasons there is an unbridgeable gap between
secular Empirical Science and the Christian faith in respect to both
Creation and Noah's flood. Empirical Science is the pursuit of
quantifiable facts and repeatable observations and is limited to the
physical sphere of reality. From this purely physical perspective, the
geological evidence appears to indicate that this planet and the life on
it are the result of natural processes over time, and that the existence
of all life forms and extinction must be credited to a natural process of
random mutations and selection by nature itself. In such a paradigm of
interpretation, the researcher's faith is in a theory or synthesis of
theories which seems to best fit the observations.

The Christian, on the other hand, must also deal with spiritual things,
which are just as real as physical things, but can only be seen through
the agency of faith by the illumination of the Word of God. An honest
born-again Christian (who is also a scientist) cannot be fully objective
in an empirical perspective in dealing with the question of origins. The
acceptance of God's Words on matters of original sin and supernatural
agency hold us accountable to a higher interpretive system, a system
which has no place of welcome in the institutional physical sciences of
the world. No amount of compromise will be acceptable to either the
Naturalist or Creationist extremes of each respective school. That
being said, please do not misunderstand. A lot of good knowledge
emerges from the practice of good science and the scientific method,
and there are a lot of good Christians who are scientists. But when it
comes to matters of origins and the things of God, natural science
(without God) is as much out of its depth in providing the full truth as
the Young Earth Creationist who ignores solid scientific data.

"Science without religion is lame; religion without science is

blind." - Albert Einstein.

Behind the scenes, however, the real driving issue between Naturalists
and Creationists is not the existence of God. The real issue is whether
all things were created by the Hebrew God of the Holy Bible and
according to a designed purpose and specific time scale. The authority
of the Bible and the moral issue of personal accountability to God are
the hidden root of all contention in that debate.

Leaving behind the vanity and politics of the Creation/Evolution

debate, those who have a well-grounded faith in the Scriptures and a
good knowledge of the geological evidence (not theories) are in the
better position to attain to a more perfect understanding of how all the
pieces of the puzzle fit together. It is only when we accept God and His
Words as the final authority in ALL matters that we are able to
perceive the complete picture and resolve the "6,000 years problem"
at the heart of the controversy. It is our goal through these web pages
to provide you some of those answers.

The Bible will ALWAYS have an answer, although we may not

immediately see it. For example, it was not until a few centuries ago
that the Geological sciences had progressed to the point where the
previously-accepted 6,000 year age of the Earth, which was dogma in
both the institutions of Church and science, began to be questioned by
what was observed in the geological record. Some theologians of the
day who were honest enough to realize the truth of those emerging
observations and were steadfast, faithful, and committed to defending
the Scriptures, were inspired to observe the possibility of a time "Gap"
between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2 in the Creation narrative. That "Gap"
had always been there - ever since the day Moses penned the book -
but not many eyes were open to seeing or understanding it until the
times were right. It was already there when the Scottish theologian,
Thomas Chalmers, first noticed and began to preach it in the early
19th century. Up until then, the real age of the Earth was not a
burning issue. But when the proper time came, the Word of God once
again proved itself timely and relevant to the level of scientific
understanding of the day.

This is "Progressive Revelation" and it continues even in our present

age. Here is another example of Progressive Revelation in the book of
Revelation:

"And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see
their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead
bodies to be put in graves."
(Revelation 11:9 KJV)

The question is how could people all over the world, in different
nations and places, all "see" these dead bodies on a street in
Jerusalem at the same time? Certainly from the time John wrote it in
about 90 AD, up to about the middle of the 20th century, nobody could
understand how that would be possible. But today, with global satellite
Television and Internet Web Cams, anyone today can understand how
it is possible. The point is this: It was a truth that was not revealed to
mankind until it was TIME, even though that literal truth had always
been there. The same holds true for the Genesis narrative. When it
was time for man to learn about geology and Earth's natural history,
and the full truth about origins, the qualifying verses and explanations
were already there in the Genesis narratives and elsewhere in the
Bible. It was TIME for those truths to unseal. It is now time for the
Fundamental Christian Church to accept this paradigm shift.

This line of thinking is completely lost, of course, on the Young Earth

"Creation Scientists" of today who preach that the original creation of
ALL things occurred only 6,000 years ago. They also use Noah's flood
as the catchall solution to explaining the Earth's sedimentary rocks.
They claim that all the Earth's hydrocarbons (coal and oil) were made
by Noah's flood. Some claim that most of the Earth's mountains were
uplifted during Noah's flood. Some even claim that the Ice Age was
precipitated by Noah's flood. Because their theology demands that all
of the Earth's natural history be jammed into a narrow 6,000-year
period, they are required to have the dinosaurs roaming the earth
before the flood, side by side with mankind, and a few even have
dinosaurs listed as part of the animals on Noah's Ark. The "Science"
(see 1 Timothy 6:20 ) for support of this belief system is based
mainly on appeals to anomalies, "what if" arguments, "water canopies"
which defy the laws of physics, and a peculiar collection of urban
legends. It is neither good science nor good Biblical interpretation.

I don't dispute that Noah's flood was real, because the Bible tells us
that Noah's flood was real; shortly we will propose a flood model that
addresses the real-world Scriptural and scientific requirements. The
major point which must first be clearly understood is that both the
Earth's geology and the Scriptures tell us that Noah's flood could NOT
have been responsible for the earth's extensive sedimentary,
metamorphic, and igneous petrology. Freshman level knowledge of the
Law of Superposition and field observations of Angular
Unconformities  in folded mountain sediments say otherwise. But
more importantly, the Bible itself witnesses against these false claims.
This is discussed more in depth in our section on Fossils and
Sedimentary Rock.

The notions of alleged major tectonic and/or volcanic activity at work

during Noah's flood are conclusively shown to be false by the low
levels of SO4 ions (acid) in the ice layers of the Greenland Ice Sheet,
which can be correlated to the time of the flood. That same Ice Sheet
contains a wealth of Paleoclimate data which show that all of earth's
geologic history cannot be compacted into a 6,000-year time frame,
especially when its layer history can be dated and traced back over a
period in excess of 100,000 years and cross verified with assorted
proxy dating methods. The bottom line is this: We should not lightly
dismiss the claims of Young Earth Creationists - we should violently
discard them. Noah's flood is not a credible scapegoat to evade the
tough technical and Scriptural issues.

The full truth about Creation and Noah's flood for a faithful Bible
Believer must fit all the observations and verses, not just some of
them. The full truth is only revealed by a prayerful examination of the
EXACT wording of the Scriptures, through the Spirit of Truth, and faith
in those words combined with some common sense and reasoning
(Isaiah 1:18 ). It also takes courage and trust in the Lord's Words and
His wisdom, not yours, to see how it all fits together, and standing
against the majority position in such matters when necessary. You
cannot disregard the full truth revealed by Genesis 1:2 and remain in
denial, hiding your head in the sands of traditional interpretation.

Remember, in order to effectively witness to the lost, we must be able

to demonstrate to the unsaved scientist or intellectual that one does
not have to give up his/her brain to believe in Jesus and the Bible; to
tell them that God published so that they would not perish. (Let the
reader understand the play on the metaphor.) If you can deal with the
facts on their turf and show them you know what you are talking
about, then you have a better chance to convince them of their need
for Jesus. An honest interpretation of the Scriptures and unprejudiced
consideration of the geologic data will enable the Bible Believer to
effectively witness.

Before getting down to the Scriptural and Scientific support for the
"Gap Theory" and a focus on the key truths revealed in verse Genesis
1:2, we need to falsify some of the "Creation Science" of the "Young
Earth" Creationists by clearly showing what Noah's flood was (and was
NOT) responsible for in respect to the Earth's geologic record. 

Noah's Flood: Water 101

After stating that Noah's flood was a real event and documenting why
Noah's flood could not have formed the Earth's petrology, it is now
incumbent upon us to demonstrate how such a global event occurred
according to a literal translation of the Holy Bible. The flood model
must explain both the dynamics of the geophysics involved and the so-
called lack of evidence of such a flood event in the historic record.
Before proceeding to those sections of the current study, it is
necessary to examine the complex range of behavior of this world's
most simple and basic substance: WATER!

Most of the basic properties of water are quite commonly known;

others are not. For example: Your body is composed of about 2/3
water. Water turns into a solid (ice) at 32° F and expands about 9% in
volume. Water turns into a gas (steam) at 212° F (under normal
atmospheric pressure). Water is a molecule composed of two atoms of
hydrogen and one atom of oxygen. Individual atoms of these common
elements come in a variety of electronic configurations called ions,
which can combine to form 18 different and rare variations of the H 2O
molecule. With one particular (but extremely rare) variation, you could
drink gallons of it and still die of thirst. But for now, let's stick with the
practical aspects and set aside the theoretical.

Water is a substance born of fire. It is produced when hydrogen and

oxygen combust, producing heat energy. Water is the resultant
product of the reaction. Waters under great pressure can remain in a
liquid form at temperatures much, much higher than 212° F (water's
boiling point at sea level atmospheric pressure). The common kitchen
pressure cooker works on this principle. If the pressure is suddenly
released, the water will flash into steam, and you'll have a mess on the
kitchen ceiling.

Waters deep underground beneath the Earth's crust are a few hundred
degrees hotter than 212° F and are in the liquid state because of the
great pressures at those depths. Deep hydrothermal vents are a
real-world example. Water has been observed to come out of
volcanoes in large quantities. Water has been detected on the surface
of the Sun (as a gas) and around stars (especially dying ones) and
planets elsewhere in the universe. Under low atmospheric pressures
sunlight can break apart the water molecule into Hydrogen and
Oxygen gas. Under normal pressure the same thing can be done by
passing an electric current through salt water.
Water, the most common substance in nature, plays the central role in
several spiritual themes in the Bible, and is also central to
interpretation of many scientific matters in respect to the Bible. The
knowledge of how water behaves under heat, pressure, and light
energy finds application in understanding the dynamics of the
"Fountains of Noah's Flood" and the "Windows of Heaven" of
Noah's flood. (Genesis 7:11 & 8:2 ).

Essential Doctrinal Knowledge for Correctly

Interpreting the Genesis Creation Account

Having now placed Noah's flood in its proper Biblical and geologic
perspective (assuming you are reading the supporting links), and
having shown that Noah's flood is not a valid excuse to deny the
evidence of Earth's ancient geological age, we will now begin to
explain exactly what actually happened about 6,000 years ago and
why.

Over the centuries, countless theologians and laymen have sought to

reconcile the words of the Genesis Creation account with the reality on
the ground. Their quests have resulted in numerous and sundry
interpretations to explain the "meaning" of the seven days of Genesis.

Here is a review of the Major Creation Models which shows the

diversity of opinions and beliefs on the matter. It also shows the
justification behind those interpretations as well as the logical faults
and strengths.

Most interpretations of the Genesis account arise from trying to read

something INTO the Bible that is just not there and dealing with only
the things of the physical realm. Taking the literal words of the Holy
Bible at face value is the more prudent route, and doing so requires
consideration of both the things that can be seen AND the invisible
things of God. The truth that those words reveal is not hard to
understand, but for a great many they are certainly very hard to
believe.
In order to grasp the full truth, it is crucial to have an understanding of
how physical things and spiritual things are actually very closely
interrelated.

Flesh and Spirit: Biblical Metaphysics 204

The world we have all been born into consists of physical things which
can be seen, touched, tasted, tested, and comprehended by the mind
of man. That is the physical aspect of reality; it is observable and
quantifiable. On the other hand, the Bible reveals to mankind that
there is a spiritual component of reality that requires the Spirit of God
to observe and fully comprehend. (see Romans 8:7 .) Although the
physical and spiritual realms seem to be two different things, this is
not exactly so. The forces of the spiritual realm directly determine the
behavior and function of the things in the physical realm:

"Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world,

according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh
in the children of disobedience:"
(Ephesians 2:2 KJV)

The substance known as "air" is a physical thing composed of various

gases (mostly Nitrogen and Oxygen). Satan, the Devil, is the prince of
the power of the air. He is a spiritual being of very ancient origin who
currently has control over the physical things of this present world
(under God's permissive will, of course).

Men and women are a synergy of flesh and spirit. Air is necessary for
the life of the flesh, and the life of the flesh is in the blood. The flesh is
composed of various physical elements from the Earth and functions
through physical electrochemical processes. The spirit of man directs
the workings of his flesh (mind over matter). According to the
Scriptures, mankind's flesh is under the influence of the spiritual power
of Death.

"For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to
will is present with me; but [how] to perform that which is good I find not."
(Romans 7:18 KJV)
Both the spirit and the mind of the unsaved are under that malignant
control. (I'm not going to mind God, so it does not matter.) If they are
saved, their Flesh and Spirit are in constant conflict, and will be until
the day they die (unless the Lord returns before they die). This
corruption in nature is not limited to people, or just to the Earth. The
Bible tells us it permeates the entire physical universe.

"Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure
in his sight."
(Job 25:5 KJV)

"Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean
in his sight."
(Job 15:15 KJV)

If these things be true, the bottom line is that all present physical life
forms in the universe are generated by a process driven by Death,
because all nature feeds on Death.  You kill and eat dead things in
order to live and procreate other life forms; then things kill and eat
you.  Mankind is not at the top of the proverbial Food Chain; worms,
viruses and bacteria are. The physical life cycle of this present world is
a violent and insatiable downward spiral towards total corruption and
entropy. It is not "evolving," but "devolving" into more and more
corruption. To be "one with nature" so to speak is to be one with the
spirit of Death, not Holiness. As can be seen from these verses, there
is much more to understanding the Biblical meaning of "Death" than is
apparent on the surface.

"Dead [things] are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants
thereof."
(Job 26:5 KJV)

"Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the
upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty
shall consume in the grave from their dwelling."
(Psalms 49:14 KJV)

Death has both a physical and spiritual component. Understanding why

this is so is crucial to understanding many things in the Scriptures,
especially the Genesis Creation narrative.

Since the entire course of physical nature is affected and influenced by

spiritual forces, we must therefore conclude that the correct
interpretation of the Genesis account is revealed in the dualistic
context of both the physical AND spiritual realms, not just the realm of
matter. THAT is the fundamental flaw in the myriad past and present
interpretations of the seven days of Genesis, and what has been
missing from most previous presentations of the "Gap Theory" of
Genesis.

Creationism can not be defended in a purely physical context. It is only

when this dualistic precept is understood and accepted that it becomes
possible to begin to more perfectly understand and interpret what the
Spirit is saying in the Genesis narrative. (see Genesis 1:1-2:1 to
review the verses.) In order to fully comprehend exactly what is being
stated in the Genesis Creation narrative and why, we must look back
in time through the Scriptures to the very beginning; to the time of
Genesis 1:1, when the "sons of God" rejoiced over the initial creation
of the heaven and the Earth:

"¶ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if
thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou
knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the
foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When
the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for
joy?"
(Job 38:4-7 KJV)

Where did Satan and the Angels come from? Who are these "sons of
God" spoken of here and in Genesis 6:1-2? They certainly were not
men, as they were here before the Earth was created. Who are the
"devils" spoken of in the Gospels? The perceptive student will
immediately see from the wording of the above verse that these
angelic beings were also created creatures, created BEFORE the Lord
God began the work of the original creation of the heavens and Earth.
How these created beings fit into the overall story is only revealed by
the Spirit through the Scriptures. Many of those answers are found in
the story of the Pre-Adamite World and the Origin of Satan; the
nature of the world which existed at his beginning, his rebellion, and
the unleashing of Death across the original Creation in the ancient past
as a result of his rebellion against God.

Returning to matters of natural geologic history, the Bible does not

give a specific number of years for the age of the planet Earth as it
does for the age of this present "world" on the face of the planet
(approximately 6,000 years). Neither does it provide much direct
knowledge about what transpired on the Earth from the time it was
originally created in the ancient past (Gen 1:1 ) until it is seen again
in darkness and ruin (Gen 1:2 ), prior to the six-day regeneration
event by the direct intervention of the Spirit of God (Gen 1:3-2:1).
God has chosen to preserve for us the geologic record and His Words
to assist us in our search for those answers. The Bible only tells us
WHY it became void and without form and provides much insight into
the sequence of past events leading up to it. It is only a matter of
knowing where to find it in the Bible. Fortunately, much of what
happened at the very end of the Pre-Adamite world can be observed in
the geology of the Pleistocene. Here are some "observations" on what
happened on the face of the Earth at the Death of the Ancient
World.

After the ending of days for the old Earth and heaven of the Pre-
Adamite world, and as part of the Lord's preparations for the new
regenerated world of Man, a cosmological structure of three (3)
heavens was established on the second creative day. It is instructive
to note that God does NOT say "it was good" after ending the work of
the second day. (See Genesis 1:8.) That omission speaks volumes.
The Apostle Paul related his vision and knowledge of the Third Heaven
in 2 Cor. 12:2 of his Epistles. A brief study of The Firmament, Third
Heaven, and Structure of Things Biblical provides some additional
insight into the Creation account and other Biblical doctrines.

To better understand exactly what happened at the end of the ancient

world and at the special creation of our present world (this current
"generation" of the heavens and the earth [see Genesis 2:4] ), we
need to look closely at the Life Forms Prior To, and After the
Seven Days of Genesis.

Based on the materials covered so far, from what is revealed in the

Bible, and what is found in the fossil record, the following thought
deserves serious consideration: Could the Pre-Adamite race of
hominids that was on this Earth before Adam, and whose physical
structure was so similar to modern man, actually have been the
physical remains of the fallen "sons of God" who took on flesh and
bone to dwell in the world of the old physical creation? The Bible tells
us that they did something similar both before and after the days of
Noah:

"There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the
sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare [children]
to them, the same [became] mighty men which [were] of old, men of
renown."
(Genesis 6:4 KJV)
If this is true, then it would go a long way in explaining the real truth
about the ancient remains of Neanderthal and other ancient
hominids, which the Evolutionists claim are the ancestors of modern
man. Without the knowledge (or acceptance) of the Biblical Gap
Theory, the logical assumption would be that they were direct
ancestors. But, as has been shown in the "Life Forms Prior To, and
After the Seven Days of Genesis" page (read it again if necessary),
there is NO DNA biological connection between those remains and
modern living humans. The missing link is still missing. Those
creatures, which had a physical likeness similar to man, were not the
ancestors of man. They may have been fallen angels or the mutated
offspring of angels breeding with biologics. This makes perfect sense,
because everywhere in the Bible where angels appear in our present
world, they appear as men. Consider the following:

"And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred [and] forty [and] four
cubits, [according to] the measure of a man, that is, of the angel."
(Revelation 21:17 KJV)

"Yea, whiles I [was] speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had
seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me
about the time of the evening oblation."
(Daniel 9:21 KJV)

If the "good" angels appear as men, does it not make sense that the
"bad" ones would also? We therefore conclude that when God told
Adam and Eve to "replenish" the Earth (Genesis 1:28), that which
Adam and Eve (true man - made in God's image) replaced was the
fleshly race of the "sons of God" who inhabited the face of the old
world and perished along with everything else by the time of Genesis
1:2, where the Earth is found without form and void.

CONCLUSION: Putting All Things Into Their Proper

Biblical and Scientific Perspectives

Taking the literal wording of the King James Bible and the face value of
the available "scientific observations" presented, the only possible
interpretation which meets BOTH the literal wording of the Scriptures
and the scientific data is the Ruin - Reconstruction (Gap Theory)
scenario, as fantastic as it may seem.

The fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, is credited with this nugget of

deductive reasoning:

"When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however

improbable, must be the truth"

Although the originator of the principle was fictional, the principle itself
is a very sound one in the search for truth.

We realize, of course, that the material presented here does not meet
the acceptable standards of scientific empirical evidence, because in
our interpretation of the available scientific evidence we have elevated
the Word of God to a position equal to, yea more than equal to, the
prevailing body of scientific thought and opinion on matters of origins.
As Christians, we place our faith in the authority of the God of the Holy
Bible over the wisdom of men in all matters, be it scientific or
religious. We also realize that the material presented here does not
meet the acceptable standards of many within the "Christian"
community, because we have elevated the King James Version and
Premillennial eschatology to positions of authority higher than all other
English language translations and schools of prophetic interpretation. 
We make no apology for this, but do hope the reader will objectively
and without prejudice consider the worth of the material presented,
using that which is found to be of value to enrich his own pursuit of
sound doctrine.  

There are many fundamental Christians who espouse the Young Earth
Creationist position and will be quick to dismiss this work as a
compromise to the Evolutionists. That is an emotional and irrational
defensive mechanism and part of human nature. All men fear what
they don't understand. Anyone who objectively reads this material and
comprehends the argument, will see that this is most certainly not the
case. As we have shown throughout this presentation (assuming you
are reading the linked pages and looking up the Bible references),
acceptance of an old age for the Earth is not an acceptance of
Evolution. On the other hand, we make no apology for accepting the
validity of sound geologic evidence (not theory), when that evidence is
in harmony with what the Bible actually says.

As Christians, as Creationists, and as Bible Believers, we are in

agreement with the doctrine that the Lord God "made" the present
"world" complete with the heavens and earth, in six, literal 24-hour
days, about 6,000 years ago, just as the Bible states in Exodus 20:11
(see also Heb.1:2 ). But that fundamental doctrine of the faith, in
itself, is not the end of all Biblical truth. Neither Exodus 20:11 nor
Romans 5:12 contradicts or invalidates the empirical geologic data
that reveal that this planet Earth is also very ancient (on the order of
hundreds of millions of years) and has a definite fossil history of being
and habitation prior to the creative events that begin at Genesis 1:3 .

Why such a statement is NOT a contradiction of the doctrine of

Romans 5:12 is a difficult concept for many of our Brethren to grasp,
because they have wrongly vilified ALL science in their zeal to stand
for the defense of the Bible against Evolution. Unfortunately, many do
so because of insufficient instruction in the Holy Scriptures and the
sciences, which would empower them to make well-reasoned
determinations by themselves. The result is seen in the current
"Creation Science" movement, where misdirected loyalty to defending
traditional Fundamentalist positions has had the exact opposite effect,
and has actually led to abandonment of sound doctrine and the
embracing of corrupt translations to defend their position on this
matter. Once you begin to question the literal wording of the KJV Bible
in order to make a doctrinal point, you have already lost the
argument.

Instead of wasting time arguing about better translations and holding

up geological anomalies as proof against scientific realities of fact,
spend more time learning about some very important Christian
doctrines and Spiritual truths which are vanishing from the pulpits of
today because of the sin of unbelief.

Study and understand the full truth about the "Sea" that God placed
above the physical universe (Gen 1:6-10 , Rev 4:6 , Rev 21:1 ),
what it is, and why it is presently there. (Review the "The
Firmament, Third Heaven, and Structure of Things Biblical"
link's material.)  Understanding of the Spiritual importance of such
things is interrelated with a comprehensive knowledge of other equally
important Scriptural doctrines and precepts.

Study and learn about the dispensations (different times) as revealed

in the Holy Bible. Get a firm understanding of the Chronology of the
"Worlds" past, present, and future as revealed by your Bible. Learn the
extremely important Doctrinal Differences between the terms
"Kingdom of Heaven" (Matthew 11:12 ) and "Kingdom of God" (Luke
17:21 ) as presented in the Scriptures. From the very beginning of
time until the end of time, control of the "Kingdom" is the central
theme of struggle behind the whole Biblical story. If you don't get this
down solid, you won't be able to get the full truth out of Genesis.

Learn all the truth about the 1,000-year literal reign of the Lord Jesus
Christ and the regenerated heavens and Earth (a new "world") when
He returns (Matt 19:28 , Isaiah 65:17-25 , Revelation 20 ).
Understand the continued existence of Death for surviving mankind
(not resurrected saved Saints) who get the victory over the Beast, live
through the Great Tribulation, and obtain entrance into that
regenerated world (Isaiah 65:20 ) called the "Kingdom of Heaven." 
Learn why the Kingdom is here on the Earth during that period of time
yet to come, a period which correlates in prophetic type to the
Seventh Day of Genesis (see 2 Peter 3:8 ). Once you grasp these
truths, you will more perfectly understand the full import of the final
abolishment of Death after the 1,000-year Kingdom of Heaven on the
Earth (Rev 20:14 ) and the change of structure and dimensions of the
new heaven and earth which will be created after the final judgment
(Rev 21:1 ). Then the disappearance of the "Sea" in Revelation 21:1,
which is between the second and third heavens, and which was first
established at the beginning of the days of true man (see Genesis 1:6-
10) will make sense, and the you will better understand the reasons
for the gap between Genesis verses 1 and 2. Confused? That is why
you need to study and rightly divide the words of truth.

Within the pages of the King James Authorized Version of the Holy
Scriptures you will find the EXACT English language wording that,
today, can still faithfully and effectively reveal the truth and full import
of these matters. Only when the scriptures are taken as a whole, and
interpreted as such, can the full truth be found. You also MUST be a
born-again child of God to understand and accept some of these
doctrines, because they are spiritually discerned (see 1 Cor. 2:14 and
1 John 2:20 ). Even for many saved people, some of this material is
difficult at first; but as you learn these doctrines, more and more of
your Bible will begin to open to you.

"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own
understanding."
(Proverbs 3:5 KJV)

"For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways,
saith the LORD. For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my
ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."
(Isaiah 55:8-9 KJV)
All learning takes place on the periphery of what we have previously
learned. The more you study the Scriptures, the more you learn; and
as you learn and accept, more will be revealed to you:

"Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand

doctrine? [them that are] weaned from the milk, [and] drawn from the
breasts. For precept [must be] upon precept, precept upon precept; line
upon line, line upon line; here a little, [and] there a little:"
(Isaiah 28:9-10 KJV)

Claim these spiritual promises by faith, in full assurance that your King
James Bible is still a sure Authority. Don't let some over-educated
scholar or preacher convince you that the KJV Bible is inaccurate or
out of date. That Bible is an inexhaustible source of true knowledge
and wisdom. A firm grounding in some of the basics of science and
logic will complement a prayerful study of the Scriptures and enhance
your understanding, and God's Spirit will witness to those things which
are true and show which things are not. God is the author and creator
of all things, both physical and spiritual. His Scriptures are the Final
Authority in all matters, including the science of natural history. What
we learn from the geological evidence beneath our feet provides
important details to the whole story. That is why it is there; the rocks
and fossils, as well as the other things in this world, testify of His
workings, glory, and judgment across time and space (see Psalm 19 ).