for the gap theory. For example, Exodus 20:11 says, “For in six days the Lord made the heavens and earth, the sea, and all that is in them.” In other words, everything was created within the six days described in Genesis; there appears to be no room for any previous creative activity in the biblical account. Perhaps more damaging to the theory is Romans 5:12, which says, “Sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned.” Under