The Gap Theory

I want to start by saying thank-you for your acceptance. I hope for this to be a very good debate also. I will start with a definition of the Gap Theory. The Gap Theory- Gap creationism (also known as ruin-restoration creationism, restoration creationism, or "The Gap Theory") is a form of old Earth creationism that posits that the six-day creation, as described in the Book of Genesis, involved literal 24-hour days, but that there was a gap of time between two distinct creations in the first and the second verses of Genesis, explaining many scientific observations, including the age of the Earth. This is from wikipedia. I hold this form of Creationism to be true. Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847), who was the founder of the Free Church of Scotland and a professor at the University of Edinburgh, Popularized this idea among the christian scientist of his era. The Christian scientists of that era were finding that geological records were say the earth was much older than 6,000 years. Chalmers was not the first to have this Idea though. It was traced back to a seventeenth century dutch theologian by the name of Simon Episcopius. My reason for accepting this theory is that I find undeniable evidence in scripture supporting this gap. Genesis 1:1-2 says 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." The hebrew word for created in verse 1 is "bara" which is translated as "created out of nothing". As opposed to the hebrew word for "made". Which is more accurately described as recreated. This word is "asah "which means to "make" or "remake". The word "asah" is used in reference to the sun moon and stars. This would mean that they already existed and God simply remade them. In verse 2 we see the word "was". The hebrew word used here is "hayetha" which is more accurately translated "became" or "to become". If this is the proper translation of the word then it would have to mean that something happened to cause the earth to become "without form and void". That is if God is perfect and only creates perfect things. "Without form and void" this is translated from the hebrew "tohu wabohu". This phrase refers to something that was once good but is now destroyed. It is used this way in other parts of scripture as we see in Isaiah 45:18 ("God created the earth not in vain""tohu; same word translated "without form" in Genesis 1:2) Therefore the world was not originally created "tohu wabohu" but the world became that way. This means there was some sort of cataclysmic event. This event was when satan rebelled causing the wrath of the Lord. Isaiah 14:12-15 and Ezekiel 28:11-17 are my proof-texts for this. Isaiah 14:12-15 says 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." Ezekiel 28:11-17 says 11 "Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me: 12 "Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God": "You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. 13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle; and crafted in gold were your settings and your engravings. On the day that you were created they were prepared. 14 You were an anointed guardian cherub. I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked. 15 You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created, till unrighteousness was found in you. 16 In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned; so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God, and I destroyed you, O guardian cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. 17 Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you. As I have shown through an exegesis of Genesis 1:1-2 and the scriptures in Isaiah and Ezekiel the Gap Theory is perfectly inline with the scriptures and is therefore a valid interpretation.