I assure you that God did not create the world starting with sin, nor is the Earth is 6,000 years old.
And yet you are willing to believe that because of the sin of Lucifer, death came on the world before Adam?
Genesis 1:1 -In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
This is a reference to the beginning. You do not start at the beginning of heaven and earth by skipping an age. May the Lord help you discern this: if there was a former earth age wiped out by a flood, then why would the lights from the heavens and the Sun cease for that purpose for God to create the heavens "again"? As much as Genesis 1:2 has been mistaken to mean that, little does it explain the continuance of God in "re"creating the earth AND the heavens while at the same time of God giving the reference towards the very first day as confirming the reference of "In the beginning.."Genesis 1:
2And 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. 3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
And the evening and the morning were the first day.This is God's first act of creation in regards to the earth. God creating light to divide the darkness and calling it good.So by reading in with the flow of God's words, the earth cannot become without form and void for there to be a first earth age before the very first day. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth so that when He established the lights in the heavens, the celestial bodies were already there from the very first day for the light to come from them to govern the earth by night and the Sun by day on the fourth day.Genesis 1:14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.And God said that to happen the fourth day. He did not say for that to happen again. God is giving account of the days of creation: not recreation. Each day God called His acts of creation as good. It does not imply that the earth became good and thus before, the earth was evil as if anything existing outside of God was present before good came since God is good and there is none else.
John 1:1 -In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2The same was in the beginning with God. 3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Thus all of this act of creation leading up to the fall, as the scriptures are to testify of Jesus Christ, there is no point to the First Earth Age being before Adam. There is no point for sin and death being in the world before Adam for that would mean he was not responsible for bringing death into the world because of sin in which all of creation suffered for it.Romans 5:8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 10For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 11And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. 12Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: 13(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. 15But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. 16And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. 17For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) 18Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. 19For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. 20Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: 21That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.The fable of the First Earth Age takes away the glory of God through Jesus Christ of how life by Him can come whereas by one man, sin and death came over all. There would be no point but shame for life to be before Adam.
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.
May the Lord help you to really read that verse. God would not create it in vain, but the First Earth Age teaching would imply that He did as it was wiped entirely out before Adam.
II Peter 3:5 - For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:Genesis 1:2 - 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.
Best keep it in context:2 Peter 3:3Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4And saying, Where is the promise of his coming?
for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.Notice the the statement any mocker would make to the reference to man's lineage in verse 4. The ignorance was due to their reference
of their history to the beginning of creation by ignoring the judgment that had come on ungodly men in regards to the Flood of Noah, which by that same word kept the Flood of Noah from ever happening again, and yet there is a coming judgment on ungodly men again by the same word, but by fire. It is for this.. that reference.... that mockers would be making which they are being purposefully ignorant of in being ungodly when they ought to know by the scriptures of the judgment on ungodly men that fell on them of the Flood in Noah's time.There can be no point in referencing that which has nothing to do with them in regards to the First earth age.
Jeremiah 4:15For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim. 16Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah. 17As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD. 18Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart. 19My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. 20Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. 21How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? Jeremiah 4:22 -For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.Jeremiah 4:23 -I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void and the heavens, and they had no light.Jeremiah 4:24 - I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightlyJeremiah 4:25 - beheld, and, lo, there was no man and all the birds of the heavens were fled.Jeremiah 4:26 - I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.Jeremiah 4:27 -For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
Included are the verses 15 to 21 for clarity so that when the Lord made reference to the time before His singular act in creation which was light, He would find the fruitful places of His creation a wilderness where all the birds have fled and all the cities of man broken down where no man was and yet they were to be caretakers of the earth, all because of war as in the evil committed by His children. His point of reference in verse 23 which was before His singular act in creation of light was to show the responsibility for the evil His children had committed by war that caused the mountains to tremble and the hills to move lightly by the sounds of war where the Lord beheld no man dwelling in broken down cities and the birds having fled even from the wilderness. The Lord goes on to issue a judgment on His children: This is not a reference to the First Earth Age since God is addressing Israel for warring.Jeremiah 4: 1If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. 2And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. 3For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and
sow not among thorns..28For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it. 29The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein. 30And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life. 31For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.Let us consider the ramification of verse 28. If the Lord has purposed it, and will not repent, neother will He turn back from it, then it can never be a reference to the first earth age. God is saying that He will not continue to bring prosperity and providence in the face of war that continues to be detrimental to His will in creation. In other words, those that war shall reap the fruits of their war till they stop being murderers. Even the fruits of their spoil will only make them targets as verse 30 declares. So He permits the destruction of war to have its way for the earth to mourn and the heavens be black as one can only imagine smoke rising from the cities being broken down due to the vandalism of war. God is calling Israel back from sowing among thorns.This reference below... Jeremiah 4: 28For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it. 29The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein. ...pretty much debunks pulling those references out of context in this quote below because then there would be
no "Let there be light.." if Jeremiah 28 is a declaration of God doing it for the first earth age and not permitting it because of war that Israel was engaging in.
II Peter 3:6 -Whereby the world that then was,being overflowed with water, perished.Genesis 1:3 - And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Keeping scriptures in context to understand the meaning of God's words is important. The below verses are again in regards to ungodly men of which the first judgment that they ought to know of is how the heavens rained and the whole earth was flooded in Noah's time as it is written for man to know and for us to know now. Yet mockers are walking after their own lusts in spite of evidence of the Flood in nature with whale bones and other fossilized marine life on mountaintops everywhere in the world.
II Peter 3:7 - But the heavens and the earth, which are now by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.II Peter 3:8 - But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
So verse 8 is a call for believers to watch and be ready, not following after ungodly men. It is not a reference to the days of creation being longer than what it is written as... there was morning and evening the first day and each day afterwards.By the Word of God, there can be no first earth age before the very first day nor inbetween His seven days of creation.