Some scholars believe there is a “gap” of time between Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
See All... and 1:2O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
See All..., and others reject such a proposition. Certain objectors insist that there must be a continuity of thought in the time and progression of Scriptures and thus disallow any consideration of a “gap.” The objectors claim that “gap-believers” force the issue of a “gap” by making a division between Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
See All... and 1:2O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
See All... and thus commit a grave hermeneutical error. 

I personally believe there is a gap of “time” between Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
See All... and 1:2O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
See All.... First, consider the matter of interpretation of these two verses in the light of hermeneutical continuity. Is the idea of a “gap” between verses plausible? The folks who object to this “gap” will readily accept other Biblical gaps. For example, in Daniel 9:24-27 [24] Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. [25] Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. [26] And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. [27] And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
See All..., we have the prophecy of Daniel’s 70 weeks; and no Bible student would dare refute the gap of time between the 69th and 70th week of Daniel. 

Also, in John 5:29And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
See All... we are told of a good and evil resurrection. Every sound Bible student knows there is not a general resurrection, but a gap between the different resurrections. 

The argument using fossils or dinosaurs to oppose the “gap” belief is unwarranted, as we have no Biblical proof of animal existence before Genesis 1:2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
See All.... We do not believe in a “gap” simply to attempt to justify certain fossil records or to force compliance with science. Science must be forced to comply with the Bible. 

Some modernists attempt to disprove the “gap” belief by toying with the word “was,” as they claim it could be translated as “become.” This is a serious error to doubt that the Authorized Version is not a true copy of God’s Word. There are Hebrew and Greek words which have multiple meanings, and by faith we must accept that what is recorded is perfect and has been preserved as promised by God (Psalm 12:6-7 [6] The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. [7] Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
See All...). The rank liberals who hint or suggest that (for English-speaking people) the old KJV contains errors or mistranslations are treading on dangerous ground. Who determines what is truth and what is error? If there is an error, who dares to establish “their” truth? Who dares to make the final decision as to what is truth and what is error? 

One Greek term may suggest six meanings as in, at, with, by, to, for. Who will determine which is to be used? To walk by the fire or in the fire is the difference between life and death! No one has the right to tamper with the Word of God! “Spiritual” liberals who have been educated beyond their intelligence need only to accept by faith, like a little child, the plain written Word of God as we have preserved in the KJV. 

One opponent to the “gap” belief, Dr. John Whitcomb, refutes the “gap” on the assumption that to believe in the “gap” one must believe there were animals living in the Pre-Adamic earth. First, his premise is unfounded. His assumption is erroneous. Hence, he has no argument! There were no animals in the Pre-Adamic earth; and therefore, there are no fossils for consideration from that era. 

The “gap” between Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
See All... and 1:2O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
See All... is not only plausible, but also Biblical. The feasibility of a “gap” must be totally substantiated by the Bible without conforming to or trying to appease some humanistic reasoning or scientific data. If the Bible supports such a proposition as a “gap,” then it is so; and if the Bible does not support the same, then it is not so! 

The idea of a creative gap is not a doctrine of the Bible, and Believers should not break fellowship with one another over such. We ought to be able to disagree and not be disagreeable in our spirit. 

This, of course, is predicated on the fact that whether one believes in a “gap” or not, the 24-hour creative days are not altered. I do not believe any mortal living knows the age of the earth, and whether it is 15,000 years old or 150 million years old is of no consequence to me. However, when we begin to place an age on man, then we have a different proposition altogether. I do not believe that Adam lived for millions of years in the garden alone before Eve was created; therefore, we may rightly assume man has been on Earth for some six to ten thousand years. 

Special Note:

Verses like Exodus 20:11For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
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See All..., etc. must be taken in the scope of the Scriptures if one adheres to the “gap.” They state that in six days God made the heaven and the earth. Kept in proper context, these verses state that God’s creative acts began in Genesis 1:3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
See All.... Also, in Exodus 10:15For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
See All... the term “whole earth” refers only to Egypt. We know this because of context. I realize there are good men of God who do not believe in a gap of time between Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
See All... and 1:2O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
See All... – take care not to throw stones over such a “matter.”