Here is the proper reading of the first part of the creation account of Genesis 1. Even the KJV proves that past Genesis 1:1 a flood of waters upon the earth existed that destroyed the old world. It is not per men's traditions, which shouldn't be a big surprise.
Gen 1:1-10
1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
There is no way to know exactly how long ago that was when God 'originally' created the heavens and the earth. That was God's original PERFECT creation, not the world of today which Apostle Paul said God placed into bondage of corruption. This is why man can find fossils of tropical plant and animal life at the poles, and in the deserts of this present world. The whole earth was once a Paradise when God once dwelt here on earth with His angels. Then Satan rebelled in coveting His throne, and drew a third of the angels in rebellion with him. God ended that old world, which is the subject of the next verse.
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.
That is not some idea of the earth not being yet formed, like some nebula gas rotation theory of science. That is about an ALREADY EXISTING earth, and it having been flooded by those "waters" upon it. The meaning in the Hebrew of "without form, and void" is actually 'a waste' and 'an indistinguishable ruin' (tohuw va bohuw). It is the state of the earth Jeremiah 4:23-28 is pointing to. God ended that old world with flood waters because of Satan's rebellion. This is actually the state of the earth Peter was pointing to in 2 Peter 3 about "the world that then was" which he said many are willingly ignorant of.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
That is not the creation of the sun and moon, which God doesn't speak of until verse 14. I think it was when God created a place of separation (darkness) in the heavenly for the abode of Satan and his angels.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
A firmament means the 'sky' atmosphere around the earth. He is still not creating the earth here, He did that at Gen.1:1 in the beginning. The earth at this point is totally covered with the "waters" of Gen.1:2. Then God begins to move those waters, making a division between waters on the earth, and sending part of those waters up above the earth to create today's sky atmosphere.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Here the division of the Gen.1:2 "waters" overspread upon the earth to create the sky cloud atmosphere is emphatic.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Now the rest of the "waters" upon the earth, are still covering it, and then are moved around (into the deep, like caverns in the earth and such), and the dry land of the earth underneath those waters appears. This is not a creation, it is the earth under those Gen.1:2 "waters" being exposed again for this second world age we live in today.
10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
KJV
In Revelation 21 we are told this:
Rev 21:1
21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
KJV
That is for the future new heavens and a new earth. How can that future time have no more seas upon the earth?
It's because the manifestation of oceans and seas is only for THIS PRESENT creation that Paul said God placed into bondage of corruption (Romans 8:19-25). I'm sorry sailors, but the idea of oceans and seas was not part of God's original Perfect creation. It instead, like the barren deserts, is a state of corruption for this world to show that even God's creation today seeks a RELEASE from the bondage God placed it in, BECAUSE of Satan's rebellion. Even the animal kingdom today is in bondage to corruption, because Isaiah 11 shows in the world to come the wolf will dwell with the lamb (sorry all you animal TV show lovers).
"Why am I here?", goes the age old question.
We are here, with God having set the limited bounds of our memory and knowledge, to make a decision who we will follow, our Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ, or the devil (which is the default for those who claim they haven't made a choice).
There was a previous world age. We presently are in the 2nd one, which were the events of Genesis 1:2 forward, what Peter called "the heavens and the earth, which are now" (2 Peter 3).
The Revelation 12:3-4 event when the "red dragon" (another title for Satan) rebelled in drawing a third of the angels ("stars") to earth, was with a false beast kingdom having ten horns, seven heads, but only seven crowns. That was Satan's kingdom on earth he established against God in that old world. The reason our Lord Jesus showed us that in conjunction with Satan's rebellion, and in the Rev.12 Chapter, is because He wants us to WAKE UP about the final beast kingdom for the END of this present world being described in the Rev.13 Chapter!
Satan himself is coming to earth again, to sit upon a false throne in today's Jerusalem, just like what he did in the old world when he first rebelled against God, coveting His throne. Satan is not going to allow any flesh man to take his place upon that false throne. The devil himself is coming in person, on earth, to do that. That is why we have been warned about the coming Antichrist being able to work great signs and wonders on the earth that will deceive the whole world, except God's elect.