Twisted Scripture Genesis 1:1-2

Some religions of the world believe God formed the world from pre-existent matter rather than creating it from nothing. Some also believe there to be a gap of time between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. These verses however indicate God created the world from nothing, ex nihilo. Belief in creation from nothing is the historic Christian understanding of Genesis 1:1-2 and has the full weight of the text behind it. Similarly, there is no textual reason to believe in a gap of time between 1:1 and 1:2. In similar fashion, this passage also speaks against any type of evolutionary understanding of the origins of the universe.