nGap between Gen. 1:1 and Gen.
1:2
nEarth was populated long ago by organisms,
that were destroyed
and preserved as fossils
nAssumes that the geological ages
occurred before the creation week
nAssumes that a cataclysm
terminated the
geological ages
nGen. 1:2: “… the earth was without form and void …”
nAfter a long time, God then proceeded to
re-make or re-create
the earth in the six literal days described in Gen. 1:3-31