Editing Gap creationism (section)

== Biblical support ==
Because there is no specific information given in Genesis concerning the proposed gap of time, other scriptures are used to support and explain what may have occurred during this period and to explain the specific linguistic reasoning behind this interpretation of the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] text. A short list of examples is given below:

* The [[Masoretic Text]] contains a small mark at the end of Genesis 1:1, referred to as a ''rebhia'', which acts as a "disjunctive accent", indicating that the reader is to pause before proceeding to the next verse. It is one indication, among others, that the ''waw'' which introduces verse 2 should be translated "but" rather than "and".<ref>Custance, Arthur C., ''Without Form and Void'', 1970, pp. 18-19.</ref>
* The word "was" in {{bibleverse||Genesis|1:2}} for some adherents is more accurately translated "became". Such a word choice makes the gap interpretation easier to see in modern English.<ref name="Thieme"/><ref name="WFAV">{{cite web|url=http://www.custance.org/Library/WFANDV/|title=Without Form and Void - Frontpage}}</ref><ref name="Pink">Pink (2007)</ref>
* God is perfect and everything He does is perfect, so a newly created Earth from the hand of God should not have been [[Tohu wa-bohu|without form and void]] and shrouded in darkness. {{bibleverse||Deuteronomy|32:4|}}, {{bibleverse||Isaiah|45:18|}} {{bibleverse|1|John|1:5|}}<ref name="Chafer">Chafer (1964), p15-27</ref><ref name="Thieme"/><ref name="Pink"/>
* The [[Holy Spirit]] was "renewing" the face of the Earth as he hovered over the face of the waters, noting that the water-covered planet already existed. {{bibleverse||Psalms|104:30|}}<ref name=Thieme/><ref name=Pink/>
* [[Angels]] already existed in a state of grace when God "laid the foundations of the Earth", so there had been at least one creative act of God before the six days of Genesis. {{bibleverse||Job|38:4-7|}}<ref name=Thieme/>
* [[Satan]] and his angels caused the [[war in Heaven]] ({{bibleverse|Revelation|12:7-9|}}) and had fallen from grace ({{bibleverse|Isaiah|14:12|}}) ({{bibleverse||Luke|10:18|}}) "in the beginning" which, since the [[Serpent (Bible)|serpent]] tempted [[Adam and Eve]], had to have occurred before the [[Fall of man]]. {{bibleverse||Isaiah|14:12-15|}}, {{bibleverse||Ezekiel|28:11-19|}}, {{bibleverse||John|8:44|}}<ref name=Chafer/><ref name=Thieme/>