three World Ages All souls were created in the first earth ageGe:1:1: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.No one seems to have any trouble understanding that verse. What they do seem to have trouble with is understanding that millions of years passed between Ge: verse one and Ge: verse two..Satan was one of the Cherubs who's job it was to guard the Mercy seat.Satan was not always "The Evil One" Ezek. 28:15 tells us that Lucifer was perfect in his ways from the day that he was created, until iniquity was found in him.Satan was and is full of pride and vanity. His beauty went to his head and he wanted to be the one to sit on the Mercy Seat, not just guard it.Through his deceiving ways and smooth tongue, he was able to gather a lot of followers. He was able to gather a third of God's Children..Consider also the first part of Rev. 12:4 Speaking of the dragon, who can be no one other than Satan the Devil, it says, "His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven. The stars are souls, God's Children!"The amount we are talking about here is mind boggling. Just imagine a third of the people alive on earth today. This isn't even a drop in the bucket compared tot he number we are talking about here.At that time all souls were alive and with God. That means every soul that was ever created..!The entire earth's population at this time could not compare in numbers.. Now God could not have His Kingdom divided. He loves all His children but He is a very jealous God..Ex:34:14: For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:So we can see here that God had a problem! He could just destroy Satan and all those who had chosen to follow him. As mentioned these numbers are beyond imagination! But God had another problem. Just as with every parent, God happened to Love His Children and the thought of killing them could not even be considered without giving them a chance to change their mind. So God decided that He would just destroy that First Earth and Heaven age, which He did as we see In Jeremiah Chapter 4. Jer:4:23: I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. Jer:4:24: I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. Jer:4:25: I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. Jer: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. Now, the important point to see here is the fact that there was No Man!!! So We see that this was the end of the First Earth Age!Many confuse this with the flood of Noah's time. But this is not the case as we can see..And that was how the following came to pass...Ge:1:2: And the earth (became) 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.For further proof we can go to 2Peter which states as follows:2Pe: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: It can't get much plainer than that can it?Here is what "was" means broken back to the Hebrew Language..H1961ha?ya?h haw-yaw' A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary): - beacon, X altogether, be (-come, accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), continue, do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, X use. Now we come to when God restored this earth age which is the second earth age..Instead of killing a third of His children, God decided to let them have a chance to choose which they would rather follow, Him or Satan.So now we go to to GE: where we see God tell the people to replenish the earth. One can't replenish something unless it had existed before. Ge:1:28: And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Now all the souls that God created, in the beginning have to pass throughthis second earth age.( Joh:1:1: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Joh:1:2: The same was in the beginning with God.)Most were given Free Will to choose and God won't interfere unless they ask Him to. God has some Elect that He will use for His purpose and He will guide them in the right direction when the need arises. Now we see that this is the SECOND Earth Age. When will the Second Earth End and the Third Earth Age begin? We can find it in the 21st chapter of Revelation where it states... Re: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. That is the Earth Age that we who have followed Christ is looking forward to. The trials of the evil earth age will be behind us. We will no longer have Satan to tempt us and try to lead us from God. He and those who choose to follow him after the Millennium will be cast along with him into the lake of fire.There will be no more pain, no more tears and no more suffering. We will have a wonderful body that never ages, and never gets sick. Re:7:17: For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. Re:21:4: And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.