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Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!
I have purposely avoided the gay animal thing because #1 I don't know; #2 it seems like a sidebar/rabbit hole; and #3 - see #2 - interesting perhaps, but . . . (I have to focus my energies somewhere, and this doesn't seem like the thing to expend my time on)
Regarding the Gap Theory, there seems to be some confusion which maybe a little timeline would clear up:
1. God created the heavens and the earth (Gen 1:1)
2. Lucifer rebelled with certain angels (sin)
3. Created beings on the earth were corrupted by Lucifer (Neanderthals, et. al.?)
4. God wiped the inhabitants of the earth out (likely with worldwide flooding) - this may have happened repeatedly
5. God's Spirit came to brood over the waters (Gen 1:2)
6. God did a recovery process on the earth and created Adam & Eve and gave them dominion over the earth (Gen chapters 1 & 2, after the first two verse)
7. Man was deceived by Lucifer and sin entered the picture on earth again (Gen chapter 3)
8. Sin became rampant among mankind, with very few faithful to God
9. Apparently direct contact between mankind and fallen angels happened, producing physical abominations on the earth (angelic beings procreating with women)
10. God was grieved and wiped out the evil abominations with the final flood of Noah
Anyway, that's my understanding of how a basic Gap Theory timeline would look. Hope that helps.
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That was a neat rundown. The Lucifer thing had me rolling, given that according to the book of Job, God controls he/it/they.