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1. Genesis 1:2-9, translate "without form, and void" from the Hebrew (tohu va bohu).
2. Isaiah 45:18, God said He did not create the earth 'without form' (Hebrew tohu).
3. 2 Peter 3:5-13, it's about 3 world earth ages, we are in the 2nd one.
4. Jeremiah 4:23-28
5. Romans 8:18-25, God placed today's creation in bondage to corruption, pointing to a previous time when His creation was not in bondage to corruption.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. That was God's original perfect creation, before Satan sinned. The earth standing in the water and out of the water per 2 Peter 3 was the result of God ending that old world because of Satan's rebellion. At Genesis 1:2 the earth is laid waste by waters covering the earth.
Here are E.W. Bullinger's notes on this, from the margin of his KJV study Bible, called The Companion Bible. Bullinger was a 19th century Christian Bible scholar.
"Genesis 1:1; Genesis 1:2
CHAPTER 1
1 "THE WORLD THAT THEN WAS" (2 Peter 3:5,6). See Structure shown in Genesis Book comments. Creation in eternity past, to which all Fossils and "Remains" belong.
God. Hebrew. Elohim, plural. First occurrence connects it with creation, and denotes, by usage, the Creator in relation to His creatures. See Ap. 4. The Hebrew accent Athnach places the emphasis, and gives pause, on "God" as being Himself the great worker, separating the Worker from His work.
created (singular) Occurs 6 times in this Introduction. Other acts 46 times. See Ap. 5. Perfection implied. Deut 32:4; 2 Sam 22:31; Job 38:7. Ps 111; Ps 147:3-5; Prov 3:19; Eccl 3:11-14. [Even the Greek Cosmos = ornament. Ex 33:4-6; Isa 49:18; Jer 4:30; Ezek 7:20; 1 Peter 3:3.]
the heaven and the earth. With Hebrew Particle 'eth before each, emphasizing the article "the", and thus distinguishing both from Gen 2:1. "Heavens" in Hebrew, always in plural. See note on Deut 4:26.
2 And. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (Ap. 6), by which, in the 34 verses of this Introduction, each one of 102 separate acts are emphasized; and the important word "God" in Gen 1:1 is carried like a lamp through the whole of this Introduction (Gen 1:1; 2:3).
the earth. Figure of speech Anadiplosis. See Ap. 6.
was = became. See Gen 2:7; 4:3; 9:15; 19:26; Ex 32:1; Deut 27:9; 2 Sam 7:24, &c. Also rendered came to pass Gen 4:14; 22:1; 23:1; 27:1; Josh 4:1; 5:1; 1 Kings 13:32; Isa 14:24, &c. Also rendered be (in the sense of become) Gen 1:3, &c, and where the verb "to be" is not in italic type. Hence, Ex 3:1, kept = became keeper, quit = become men, &c. See Ap. 7.
without form = waste. Hebrew. tohu va bohu. Figure of speech Paronomasia. Ap. 6. Not created tohu (Isa 45:18), but became tohu (Gen 1:2; 2 Peter 3:5,6). " An enemy hath done this" (Matt 13:25,28,39. Compare 1 Cor 14:33.) See Ap. 8.
was. This is in italic type, because no verb "to be" in Hebrew. (Ap. 7). In like manner man became a ruin (Gen 3; Ps 14:1-3; 51:5; 53:1-3; Eccl 7:20; Rom 7:18).
face. Figure of speech Pleonasm. Ap. 6.
the Spirit of God moved (see Ap. 9) = The beginning of "the heavens and earth which are now" (2 Peter 3:7). It is even so in the New Creation. The Spirit moves (John 3:3-8; Rom 8:5,9,14; Gal 1:4,29; 2 Cor 5:17,18).
deep; waters = Job 38:29-30"
(from E. W. Bullinger's Companion Bible: Notes and Appendices. Biblesoft Formatted Electronic Database Copyright © 2014 by Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.)
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