Two days ago news outlets around the world reported on a
gaping 100-foot-wide hole in the ground (called the “Well of Hell”) far out in the
Yemen desert that is believed to be "millions and millions" years old
and a “prison for demons.”
Yahoo news reported, “Those who live near the hole, named
the Well of Barhout, believe anything that comes close to the ‘Hell Pit’ will
be sucked in without escape.”
Shrouded in mystery, the hole near the border of Oman is “thought
to reach 330 feet down, but there are those who claim it's as much as 820 feet
deep. Nobody has ever been to the bottom.
“A video crew recently flew a drone over the hole and
captured stunning aerial footage of the mysterious pit. However, even with the
drone flying directly over the hole and with the camera lens pointed straight
down, it was impossible to see into its depths due to the extreme darkness . .
.
“Not
much can be seen from the edge of the well as sunlight doesn't extend very far
down inside and videographers say it's hard to capture anything when they shoot
down inside. Still, despite the stench emanating from it, different types of
birds are often seen flying in and out of the inky darkness.”
*****
In the first chapter of the Book of Genesis, the Holy
Bible begins with: [1] In the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth.
[2] And the earth was without form, and void; and
darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the
face of the waters.
[3] And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
[4] And God saw the light, that it was good: and God
divided the light from the darkness.
“When it says the earth was void, in other words, it didn’t
have a shape, wasn’t structured and was empty,” explains Richard Jordan. “ ‘And
darkness was upon the face of the deep.’ That indicates that what’s going on in
verse 2 is the creation is not formed, not filled, and God isn’t there.
“That verse all by itself is the simplest reason that people
for millennia have believed what is now called the Gap Theory. Their idea is
God created everything perfectly.
“Isaiah 45: [18] 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.
[19] I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of
the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD
speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
“Notice, God created it not in vain. He formed it to be
inhabited. When you read that, you say, ‘Well, if Isaiah understood that, what’s
Moses talking about back there?’
“Obviously He created the original and then something
happened to it. Darkness in your Bible is the result of the judgment of God against
sin and rebellion.
“People say, ‘Well what happened?’ Obviously that would be
where the fall of Satan took place.
“The reason people want to believe the Gap Theory is
heresy is they want to try and prove what’s called a Young Earth Theory of
creation so that they can refute evolutionists.
“Look at what the verse says: ‘In the beginning God created
the heaven and the earth and now there’s a radical intervention and then He recreates
everything.’ That understanding is what refutes evolution, because what evolution
says is it was here all these years and just came along per uniformitarianism.
“Satan was already there when God created Adam, so my
point is when you try to take an apologetic point of view and then take the Bible
and make it fit that view . . . To refute evolution doesn’t require you to
change the Bible. Evolution refutes itself if you examine it.
“Through the ’80s, ’90s, ’2000s, evangelical fundamentalism
actually put in the doctrinal statement of their churches that they believe in a
young earth. That’s how engrossing that’s become.
“When it says ‘darkness on the face of the deep,’ God didn’t
create His universe in darkness, because where God is there’s no darkness. That’s
judgment.
“Genesis 1:3: [3] And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
When God moved back into His creation to repurpose
it—‘I’m back!’—there was light. He made a division between the light and
darkness: ‘I’m here and darkness is there.’
Genesis 15: [12] And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep
fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
[13] And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that
thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve
them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
[14] And also that nation, whom they shall serve,
will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
“He literally is going to sense and feel what His people
are going to feel when they’re cast out among the Gentiles. There’s a horror
associated with darkness. You understand there’s something not good in it.
“Exodus 10: [21] And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine
hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even
darkness which may be felt.
[22] And Moses stretched forth his hand toward
heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
[23] They saw not one another, neither rose any from
his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their
dwellings.
“Absolute, complete, total blackout to the point where you
could feel it.
“Jude 13: [13] Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own
shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
“You can be in darkness and not have it be a real blackout,
but then there’s the horror of great darkness; it’s darkness that can be felt
and now you have the blackness of darkness.
“By the way, when you’re in that kind of darkness—total blackout--you
can’t tell time; the perception of what time it is, how much time passes, how
long something is going to last, it all goes away.
“When Christ is in that physical darkness on the Cross, the
darkness makes it seem like it’s never going to end. The physical darkness put
the Lord in a position where He’s suffering without the ability to tell how
long it’s going to last. The perception part of it, like it’s endless. The
isolation, the loneliness.
“But there’s another kind of darkness. Luke 22: [52] Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains
of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as
against a thief, with swords and staves?
[53] When I was daily with you in the temple, ye
stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of
darkness.
“That’s spiritual darkness. This is the blindness of
spiritual unbelief. Paul says in Colossians 1 that He ‘delivered us from the power
of great darkness.’ He talks about ‘the rulers of the darkness of this world.’ So
there’s a spiritual darkness that’s engulfed the religious leaders of Israel.
Luke 23: [44] And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a
darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
[45] And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the
temple was rent in the midst.
“Wait a minute, if there was darkness over all the land
AND the sun was darkened, that tells you there’s a different kind of darkness—it
wasn’t simply the physical darkness; there was the spiritual darkness.
“It’s in that spiritual darkness that the Lord Jesus Christ
is entering into combat with the rulers of the darkness of this world. You remember
in Genesis 3 the seed of the woman is going to crush the head of the seed of
the serpent. There’s going to be a conflict, a battle.
“All through the life of Christ He had been challenging
Satan and Satan would challenge back with his demonic activity. At the Cross
the Lord says, ‘Where’s my adversary? Let him step up and let’s have it out.’
“The strategic victory for eternal redemption is
accomplished at Calvary, where Jesus Christ didn’t simply pay the eternal consequences
of our sin, but He defeated the Adversary.
“Colossians 2:15: [15] And having spoiled principalities and powers, he
made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
“There’s a battle going on in that darkness and at
Calvary, Jesus Christ won the authority, the right to deliver you from the
power of darkness and put you into His life.”
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