The Gap Theory

[seekerman]

Originally Posted by mfblume

Exactly.

Notice that Psalm 104 lists every event of the six days of Genesis in trhe same sequence and order. And when verse 30 arrives, we read this:

Psa 104:30 KJV Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.

LIFE was created but the earth and the rest were RENEWED.

I may agree with you.

[acerrak]

Originally Posted by mfblume

Exactly.

Notice that Psalm 104 lists every event of the six days of Genesis in trhe same sequence and order. And when verse 30 arrives, we read this:

Psa 104:30 KJV Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.

LIFE was created but the earth and the rest were RENEWED.

i think that is really stretching that verse to say that.

i like what barnes says on the matter

Barnes' Notes on the Bible
"Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created - That is, New races are created in their place, or start up as if they were created directly by God. They derive their being from him as really as those did which were first formed by his hand, and the work of creation is constantly going on.

And thou renewest the face of the earth - The earth is not suffered to become desolate. Though one generation passes off, yet a new one is made in its place, and the face of the earth constantly puts on the aspect of freshness and newness. "

life is booming

[mfblume]

Originally Posted by acerrak

i think that is really stretching that verse to say that.

i like what barnes says on the matter

Barnes' Notes on the Bible
"Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created - That is, New races are created in their place, or start up as if they were created directly by God. They derive their being from him as really as those did which were first formed by his hand, and the work of creation is constantly going on.

And thou renewest the face of the earth - The earth is not suffered to become desolate. Though one generation passes off, yet a new one is made in its place, and the face of the earth constantly puts on the aspect of freshness and newness. "

life is booming

I think we can get what Barnes said about it, too. But if you correlate the sequence of events listed in Psalm 104, they are the days of the week in Genesis 1... right down to light being mentioned first, waters second all the way down to creatures of the sixth day. It is Genesis 1 all over again.

[acerrak]

Originally Posted by mfblume

I think we can get what Barnes said about it, too. But if you correlate the sequence of events listed in Psalm 104, they are the days of the week in Genesis 1... right down to light being mentioned first, waters second all the way down to creatures of the sixth day. It is Genesis 1 all over again.

yes but the renewal part is the creatures and the humans, as he talks of a replenishing

genrations after generations.

[acerrak]

Originally Posted by acerrak

yes but the renewal part is the creatures and the humans, as he talks of a replenishing

genrations after generations.

27 All creatures look to you
to give them their food at the proper time.
28 When you give it to them,
they gather it up;
when you open your hand,
they are satisfied with good things.
29 When you hide your face,
they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust.
30 When you send your Spirit,
they are created,
and you renew the face of the ground

these verses have todo with God's creatures, the beast of the field and air etc.
I put humans as well since we are creatures of his Creation. However these verses from pslams 104 are talking about the animals and fowls of the land, Not recontructive surgery of the earth, But blessing what he has made and to multiply On it


31 May the glory of the LORD endure forever;
may the LORD rejoice in his works—
32 he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,
who touches the mountains, and they smoke

[stony ground]

I don't want to stop the discussion, I just wanted to thank everyonefor their input. Lots of valuable info & interesting viewpoints here.

[mfblume]

Originally Posted by acerrak

yes but the renewal part is the creatures and the humans, as he talks of a replenishing

genrations after generations.

That is not the contextual flow of Psalm 104 though. It reads like Genesis 1 and describes all that account as renewal of the earth. I think not that it is something to be dogmatic over, but it seems to relate this idea.

[acerrak]

Originally Posted by mfblume

That is not the contextual flow of Psalm 104 though. It reads like Genesis 1 and describes all that account as renewal of the earth. I think not that it is something to be dogmatic over, but it seems to relate this idea.

look at the verses i shown you he specifically dealing the creatures.


All creatures look to you
to give them their food at the proper time.
28 When you give it to them,
they gather it up;
when you open your hand,
they are satisfied with good things.
29 When you hide your face,
they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust.
30 When you send your Spirit,
they are created,
and you renew the face of the ground

I cant just depend on some idea of some sorta of possible contextual flow i have to look at what the scriptures state and mean.
Its not a renewal of the earth itself stating he reworked it. He talks about the creatures in it reproducing, and i would even say producing crops each year is a renewal of the ground. But no its not a recreation of the earth to make a old earth look young.

so We have a man giving thanks to the creator for making the earth and how things on the earth are blessed, fed, die, and multiply... Its the normal cycle of LIFE