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I am a Gap Theorist.

Isaiah 45:18 says, For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.

The Hebrew word tohuw from which 'vain' is translated, in Isaiah 45:18, is also translated to 'without form' in Genesis 1:2, which says, And the earth was [hayah; was, or became] without form [tohuw; in vain], and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

The Earth was not created without form; it was, rather, made to be inhabited. And at a later point in time, the Earth became formless and void, as the direct result of God's judgment toward pre-Adamic civilization.

Keep in mind that until the mid 20th century, many great Fundamentalist preachers were Gap Theorists. Charles Spurgeon was himself a Gap Theorist.

To challenge the KJV is unwise. 'Was' and 'became', translated from hayah, are in fact both accurate. We need not challenge the authority of God's word in the KJV in order to support our belief.

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