(Sara;26026)
I am very interested to know more about this.I have just started learning about God and our Lord Jesus. I have noticed you have mentioned the "first earth age" and am very curious to know more about this too.ThanksSara
Hello Sara, Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.God didn't tell us when that beginning was but science lets us know that it could be millions or billions of years old. Notice here that "heaven" is singular. When it is shown in 2:1....it has become plural, "heavens."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.The Hebrew word for "was" can also be translated as "became" and most modern Bibles now footnote Gen. 1:2 as "became." So.....it could read, And the earth became without form. In the beginning, whenever that was, God created all things but something happened to that creation and the earth became without form and void and it was covered with darkness.....until this present age when the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.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.In the text, "first day" is shown as "day one." Why did Father destroy that first age? That was the age in which Satan was loved by God but he rebelled and in doing so took 1/3 of God's children with him. Instead of killing His children He destroyed that first age and in this present 2nd age we must all be born of woman to live our time here to decide who we will follow. This age is a spiritual war but the next age will be about spiritual judgment. The same souls from the first age are again born in this age just as the same souls will be in the 3rd age. Ezekiel 28:12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.13.Thou has been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering....17.(snip) I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.Satan was here on earth in the garden of Eden and God loved him and thought he was beautiful and wise but......he rebelled. The Ez.28:12-17 verses obviously predate Adam's time in the garden and would be the time period between Geneiss 1:1 and 1:2. This also has to predate his revolt against God. Then we read about him in:Isaiah 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!"Had Satan been up to his "stuff" during the creation God would not have said that it was "very good." God didn't say that until Genesis 1:3. Perhaps that is why John refers to him as "Prince of this World." [John 12:31] Also notice that there were "nations" in that first age.He rebelled in that age and took 1/3 of God's children with him.Revelation 12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.Peter also refers to the first age:2 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.6.Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water perished: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.Peter was telling us about the first age in those scriptures as our world did not perish in the flood of Noah, nor did his flood destroy the heaven age. The first age is mentioned again in: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.23.I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light24.I beheld the mountains, and lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.25.I beheld, and lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.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.27.For thus hath the Lord said, "the whole land shall be desolate: yet will I not make a full end."The earth BECAME without form and void. God created it to be inhabited but it became void: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.Those scriptures tell us that there was "no man and no birds." There were men and birds in the Noah's flood narration....this was not about Noah! Again, note that there were cities as well as nations in that first age.So...Father shook the earth and flooded it. That was the time of the dinosaurs. When Satan next makes his appearance, Gen.3:1, it is in the garden after the creation of Adam and Eve and long after his rebellion.We also find in the Book of Jasher (this is not scripture but is quoted twice in the Old Testament [Joshua 10;13 and 2 Samuel 1:18]) so some credence should probably be given to the following. Jasher, speaking of the creation, (Jasher was the son of Caleb....a contemporary of Moses,) says in 1:4-5And the abyss fled before the face of the light, and divided between the light and the darkness. So that the face of nature was formed a second time."Sara, there are other scriptures that tell us of the ages of earth but those should get you started. I am so happy that you are being called to learn about our Father and His son.........Whirlwind