At the end of verse one, there is a period that signifies the completion of a thought. However, it is important to understand that an unspecified period of time passes between verses 1 and 2 of Genesis. How do we "understand" this? Because of a period? Who says there is a time gap. wasn't it all completed in 6 days and on the 7th He rested? We're going to look at some very specific words in the first part of Genesis 1:2.Genesis 1:2 KJVAnd the earth was* without form*, and void*; and darkness* was upon the face of the deep* .* And the Spirit of Godmoved upon the face of the waters.was - The word used here for was is the Hebrew word hayah which means "became." This clearly says that the earth was not created this way but it became this way! I have to disagree with you. Nothing simply "became this way. God created everything. Perhaps your subscribing to the ancient view of many gods?-----------------------------------Strongs DefinitionHebrew word #1961 hayah (haw-yaw); a primitive root [compare 1933]; to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)-----------------------------------without form - this is translated from the Hebrew word tohuw which means to lie waste; a desolation. Again, you cannot lie waste to something unless there was something that was originally there. What ever it was called, it was God's pallet and on that pallet he created the earth. Nothing existed before him and he created everything.-----------------------------------Strongs DefinitionHebrew word #8414 tohuw (to'-hoo);from an unused root meaning to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain: KJV-- confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.-----------------------------------void - Hebrew bohuw which means a ruin. Obviously, our mighty Creator God did not create a world full of ruin!"Ruin" is simply a word. Nothing is obvious in Biblical translation. Do you want to find out what is obvious to men, or what God said? God can and does create ruins. Parts of the earth and the Cosmos are ruins. God created everything unless you believe in another God who created before my God existed. I reject that.-----------------------------------Strongs DefinitionHebrew word #922 bohuw (bo'-hoo);from an unused root (meaning to be empty); a vacuity, i.e. (superficially) an undistinguishable ruin: KJV-- emptiness, void.-----------------------------------And again, I disagree. God created the vast regions of the cosmos, the black holes, black matter, even the area that doesn't exist according to phyiscs into which the cosmos moves and expands.darkness - choshek, the Hebrew word used here, specifially means to become dark, or darkened. Again, we have this same theme of becoming this way and not orginally being created this way.-----------------------------------Strongs DefinitionHebrew word #2822 choshek (kho-shek');from 2821; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness: KJV-- dark (-ness), night, obscurity.-----------------------------------deep - this corresponds, as we will see later on, with the verses in II Peter 3:5-6 KJV. I'll save this explanation until we get to that point. However, you can look over the verses if you so desire. This is not talking about Noah's flood.-----------------------------------Strongs DefinitionHebrew word #8415 tehowm (teh-home'); or tehom (teh-home');(usually feminine) from 1949; an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean water-supply): KJV-- deep (place), depth.-----------------------------------Finally, notice again the period at the end of the first part. This period represents the beginning of creation as we know it today.I disagree. First off, a period does not have that connotation. Secondly, hebrew was written as well as all ancient languages with out punctuation or spaces between words or thoughts. Trying to prove your point with a period gives the point the significance of a dot. If this is Strongs thinking, I respectfull urge you to consult another source. Now we shall move ahead in the Old Testament to the wonderful book of Isaiah. We see from Isaiah 45:18-19 KJV that God created the world not void and without form, but that it became thisIsaiah 45:18-19For 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.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.The key word in these two verses is the Hebrew word used for vain. The Hebrew word is our old friend tohuw! God did not create the world as a vain (dark, runied, etc.) world, but he created it to be inhabited. You simply take a adverb (meaning "with no useful purpose") and make it a noun with your own definition. Who is this guy, Strong. He sounds like Humpty Dumpty-=words mean what he says they mean.-Again we head back to Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2.From what we know so far, we see in a paraphrase, that God has created both heaven and earth and the earth became dark, runied, and void. It's now clear that the world was not created this way. We see clearly that there is indeed a gap of an unknown time period between verses 1 and 2.From here, the creation of the earth in this age moves on beginning with the latter part of verse 2: "And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." This "Spirit of God" being the Holy Spirit.You will not find a verse in the Bible that explains how much time transpired. We now know that another world, or age, existed before this one and that is was destroyed by our Father. No one nor anything was spared from this destruction as we will learn and the age was ended. This is clearly not describing the flood of Noah because, as Genesis tells us, Noah and two of every flesh survive the flood.The First Earth AgeSo what was the first earth age? This first age was inhabited by us, but not in the flesh form in which we are now. As Genesis tells us later, God created our current bodies from the dust of the earth. We had no physical bodies but animals did exist. This explains the remains of fossils found on this earth that date back millions of years but the lack of any human remains that date back so long.My previous instincts were correct. STrong is simply re writing of the Bible to explain the scientific evidence of an ancient world older than 6000 years and the fossils. Unfortunately, the wackos who have come up with this are not only blasphmous, they have come up with a story as silly as believing the earth is flat, balanced on the back of a giant turtle. It's silly because it is pathetically transparent. God can create anything according to any plan, so in that respect it is not silly. Without God clear word--which He is perfectly capable of, I have to reject this entire lesson. I wont respond further.We had bodies, but in the form of spiritual bodies. When we died, we returned to God just as well will when we die in this age. We're now in two bodies. There is the soul, which returns to God, and then there is the physical body which returns to dust.Luke 20:34-36 KJVAnd Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.1 Cor 15:44 KJVIt is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.If you have any questions about this lesson, please ask them. I'll do my best to address any and all questions and change my wording if things are unclear.You have my questions.
