Your so-called gap theory explanation strains exegetical credibility, especially in Jeremiah. If you were to read the entire book, recognize the historical context and background of Jeremiah ... you would see that all throughout the book God is describing Israel, Jerusalem, et. al., after He executes His judgment in the Babylonian exile. It will be desolate, without inhabitant, devoid of man or beast.
As far as the language being used here, as we have discussed before, it is routine for God to explain the future by jumping ahead of the event and describing what will happen as if it occurred in the past; thereby declaring the absolute assurance of the coming event.
You claim I am ignorant because I don't see correlations between obscure passages with questionable hermeneutics with which to merge them with. Rather, I see the basic teaching of Romans which declares that both sin and death entered the world because of Adam. Prior to that ... no death. If there was a flood before Adam then there would have been death ... I doubt you would claim more insight than the apostle Paul.
Your point is there have been animal species that have gone extinct since the flood. But the 'thread' is about putting dinosaurs on Noah's Ark as if it is a fact.
There is no 'gap' other than what is allowed in our own flesh retrieval memory banks. Ecclesiastes 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, 'See, this is new?' it hath been already of *OLD* time, which was before us.
Here is that *GAP* 11 There is NO remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
There is no literal gap, but a gap in that no one has a remembrance they can tap into in their flesh mind. But as Christ said Take heed Behold I have foretold you all things, we can as Paul said have a glimpse when the literal physical evidence is analyzed by what we are told by the holy prophets and the writers of what is commonly called the new testament... And there was no OLD time dinosaurs placed upon this earth in this flesh age, to be housed by Noah when he was instructed to build that ark.
Jeremiah was in Judah, as the House of Israel had already been sent into captivity to the Assyrian king nearly two hundred years before the House of Judah got sent to Babylon. Jeremiah 3:8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of *divorce*; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
verse 16 of Chapter 3 has NOT happened yet, or 17 etc.
Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations." (Ephesians 1:4 and Romans 8) There can be no doubt that Paul was very well versed in what God had Jeremiah pen and Peter as well for that matter.
Paul went so far to tell us that we already have the 'script' when he says in ICorinthians 10 in particular verse 11 Now *ALL* these things happened unto them for ensamples: (examples) and they are written for our admonition (warning) upon whom the ends of the world (age) are come.
Before 'the' Adam ever sinned in this flesh age, the devil had already rebelled and been judged to 'death', and yet he is not literally dead, yet. And the 'devil' symbolized that tree of the knowledge of good and evil... Yet up to the point we are told of this symbolic tree being placed in the midst of the Garden of God, everything described created/formed was called good.
Hebrews 2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same; *THAT* through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
When did God create the 'souls' of all his children... The soul/spirit is what is judged on judgment day and God keeps that record, certainly not flesh man and the record extends all the way back to when Lucifer rebelled and drew a third of God's children with him.
As far as the language being used here, as we have discussed before, it is routine for God to explain the future by jumping ahead of the event and describing what will happen as if it occurred in the past; thereby declaring the absolute assurance of the coming event. You claim I am ignorant because I don't see correlations between obscure passages with questionable hermeneutics with which to merge them with. Rather, I see the basic teaching of Romans which declares that both sin and death entered the world because of Adam. Prior to that ... no death. If there was a flood before Adam then there would have been death ... I doubt you would claim more insight than the apostle Paul.