In The Beginning
Before and between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2
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to listen I've put together some Bible verses that
I feel describe some things that took place between Genesis 1:1
and 1:2. Even some prior to Genesis 1:1.
Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven
and the earth.
Gen 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.
What all happened between these two verses?
I'm sure a lot more than can be gleaned from the Bible, but,
there are certainly some things that can be retrieved. Well, one thing for sure the Bible plainly
states that Jesus was there in the beginning.
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,
(and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of
the Father,) full of grace and truth.
God talking to Job:
Job 38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the
foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Job 38:5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who
hath stretched the line upon it?
Job 38:6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid
the corner stone thereof;
Job 38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons
of God shouted for joy?
Who are the morning stars? Jesus and
Satan. Jesus and Satan singing together?
Isa 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer[1], son of the morning! how art thou cut down to
the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
1 "LUCIFER": 1966. heylel, hay-lale'; from H1984
(in the sense of brightness); the morning-star:--lucifer.
Rev 22:16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these
things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David,
and the bright and morning star.
When? When the morning stars sang together?
This couldn't have been in this earth age. From the garden of
Eden on, there's been trouble and woe. The Ole serpent, (Satan),
doing his dirty tricks, Cain killing Abel, and in Genesis
chapter six it describes just how mankind was. So bad that God
was sorry He'd made them. Hardly anything to cause one to
shout for joy.
Gen 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of
man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of
the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Gen 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the
earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Another something that God
talked to Job about:
Job 40:15 Behold now behemoth, which I made
with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
Job 40:16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in
the navel of his belly.
Job 40:17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his
stones are wrapped together.
A tail like a cedar? This describes
nothing less than a dinosaur. We know that age ceased to
exist for there's none alive today. The wooly mammoth is
another animal that we're used to hearing about lately. In the
year, (2000), they recovered a complete specimen frozen in ice
from Siberia.
Something else I believe
God made in the beginning.
Either before Genesis 1:1 or between Genesis 1:1 and
1:2.
Isa 57:16 For I will not contend for ever, neither
will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and
the souls which I have made.
Ezek 18:4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the
father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth,
it shall die.
Yeah, our souls. I believe we've been
around for a long long time.
The Wisdom Chapter.
Before the earth was made.
Prov 8:12 I wisdom
dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty
inventions.
Prov 8:22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way,
before his works of old.
Prov 8:23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever
the earth was.
Prov 8:24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there
were no fountains abounding with water.
Prov 8:25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I
brought forth:
Prov 8:26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the
fields, nor the highest[1] part of the dust of the world.
What is the highest part of
the earth? The highest or greatest part of the dust? Be sure and check out the word, highest.
1 "HIGHEST": 7218. ro'sh, roshe; from an
unused root appar. mean. to shake; the head (as most easily
shaken), whether lit. or fig. (in many applications, of place,
time, rank, etc.):--band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief (-est
place, man,
things), company, end, X every [man],
excellent, first, forefront, ([be-]) head, height, (on) high (-est
part, [priest]), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Did God make man's soul prior to Him
creating the earth?
Prov 8:27 When he prepared the
heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the
depth:
Prov 8:28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened
the fountains of the deep:
Prov 8:29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should
not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the
earth:
Prov 8:30 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was
daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
Prov 8:31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and
my delights were with the sons of men.
Was there a habitable part
of the earth prior to Genesis 1:2? And if so, what happened to
it? We can read of it's destruction which I believe took place
at Genesis 1:2. It's clearly described in the book of Jeremiah.
God describing His
destruction of the earth:
Jer 4:19 My 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.
Jer 4:20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land
is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a
moment.
Jer 4:21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of
the trumpet?
Jer 4:22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are
sottish[1] children, and they have none understanding[2]:
they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
1 "SOTTISH": 5530.
cakal, saw-kawl'; from H5528; silly:--fool (-ish),
sottish. This word also means
stupid. (Green's
Interlinear).
2 "UNDERSTANDING": 995. biyn, bene; a prim. root; to
separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e. (gen.)
understand:--attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct,
discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have
intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be
prudent, regard, (can) skill (-ful), teach, think, (cause, make
to, get, give, have) understand (-ing), view, (deal) wise (-ly,
man). Silly, stupid,
and no intelligence. I guess that's us.
Jer 4:23 I beheld the earth, and,
lo, it was without form[1], and void[2];
and the heavens, and they had no light.
Now, look at Genesis 1:2.
The words without form and void have the same meaning in both
verses.
Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form[1], and void[2];
and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of
God moved upon the face of the waters.
1 "WITHOUT FORM":
8414. tohuw, to'-hoo; from an unused root mean.
to lie waste; a desolation (of
surface), i.e. desert; fig. a worthless thing;
adv. in vain:--confusion, empty place, without
form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste,
wilderness.
2 "VOID": 922. bohuw, bo-hoo; from an unused root
(mean. to be empty); a vacuity, i.e. (superficially)
an undistinguishable ruin:--emptiness, void.
Now look at Isaiah 45:18.
Isa 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[1], he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and
there is none else.
1 "VAIN": 8414. tohuw,
to'-hoo; from an unused root mean. to lie waste;
a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; fig.
a worthless thing; adv. in vain:--confusion,
empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain,
vanity, waste, wilderness.
The word vain is the same Hebrew
word, (tohuw). So God didn't create the earth to be a
worthless thing. A desolation to lie waste.
Not in a state of confusion. He formed it to be
inhabited. Is God the author, (or creator), of confusion?
1 Cor 14:33 For God is not the author of
confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the
saints.
In the New Testament I feel Peter is
talking about the very beginning of creation. Note
Strong's meaning of the words beginning and
creation in 2 Peter 3:4. The creation itself had
a beginning, or commencement, as Strong's
defines it. The word creation means original
formation. Webster's definition of original is, ...
1. First; earliest. 2. Never having been before.
3. Capable of creating something new. 4. Being that
from which copies are made . I feel Peter is talking about
Genesis 1:1. He goes on to tell in verse 5 that at the
original formation the earth stood out of the water and
in the water, just as it does today. The land partly covered
with water. Not completely covered with water as one can
assume by God stating "Let the dry land appear" in Genesis
1:9. He also states in verse 5 that the people are
willingly ignorant of this. In other words, they don't
even want to know. Kinda like "Don't confuse me with the
facts, my mind's already made up."
2 Pet 3:4 And saying, Where is the promise of
his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things
continue as they were from the beginning[1] of the
creation[2].
1
"BEGINNING": 746. arche, ar-khay'; from G756; (prop.
abstr.) a commencement, or (concr.) chief (in
various applications of order, time, place or
rank):--beginning, corner, (at the, the) first
(estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle,
rule.
2
"CREATION": 2937. ktisis, ktis'-is; from G2936;
original formation (prop. the act; by impl.
the thing, lit. or fig.):--building, creation,
creature, ordinance.
2936. ktizo, ktid'-zo; prob. akin
to G2932 (through the idea of the proprietorship of the
manufacturer); to fabricate, i.e. found (form
originally):--create, Creator, make.
2 Pet 3:5 For this they willingly are
ignorant[1] of, that by
the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing
out of the water and in the water:
1 "IGNORANT":
2990. lanthano, lan-than'-o; a prol.
form of a prim. verb, which is used only as an alt. in certain
tenses; to lie hid (lit. or fig.); often used adv.
unwittingly:--be hid, be ignorant of, unawares.
Now on with God's
description of the destruction.
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.
No man? No birds?
There were men and birds on the
ark. Does the Bible describe the mountains trembling and
hills moving during the flood of Noah? No it doesn't. Some
claim this to be Noah's flood. I don't believe so.
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.
At Noah's flood God didn't
seem to be mad, just disappointed.
Jer 4:27 For thus hath the LORD
said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a
full end.
Jer 4:28 For 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.
I believe Psalms 104:6 is
referring to the destruction in Genesis 1:2 and 104:7 describes
the waters instantly receding at God's rebuke. At Noah's flood
the waters slowly receded.
Psa 104:6 Thou coveredst it with
the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
Psa 104:7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder
they hasted away.
I want to insert some
verses about Noah's flood so you can easily see the difference
between the two destructions. We know the flood of Noah didn't
take place between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2, but I hope it helps
clarify that the destruction in Jeremiah chapter four did take
place at Genesis 1:2 and is not describing the flood at Noah's
time. I'm inserting just the verses which give the times frames
for the receding of the waters at Noah's flood.
Gen 7:11 In the six hundredth
year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the
month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep
broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Gen 7:24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and
fifty days.
Gen 8:2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven
were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
Gen 8:3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually:
and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were
abated.
Gen 8:4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the
seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
Gen 8:5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth
month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the
tops of the mountains seen.
Gen 8:13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year,
in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were
dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of
the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
Gen 8:14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day
of the month, was the earth dried.
One year and ten days
from the start of the flood to it's very end.
Figured from Genesis 7:11. Subtract the 150 days, (or 3 months),
the waters were rising and that leaves 9 months and 10 days the
waters were receding. Remember in Psalms 104:7 at God's
rebuke the waters hasted away.
Why would God destroy the earth in Genesis
1:2? Or why would He feel the need to?
Satan's Rebellion.
This took place between
Genesis 1:1 and 1:2.
Rev 12:3 And there appeared
another wonder in heaven;
and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten
horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
Rev 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.
Where did this wonder take
place? In Heaven. The dragon is one of
Satan's names. The proof is in Revelation 12:9.
Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast
out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan,
which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth,
and his angels were cast out with him.
In Revelation 1:20 Jesus, (using symbology), states that
stars are angels.
Rev 1:20 The mystery of the
seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven
golden candlesticks.
The seven stars are the angels
of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou
sawest are the seven churches.
Remember from above, that Satan, Ole Lucifer,
is a morning star and that Jesus is The Bright and Morning Star?
Just what did Satan do? Well, it's described
in Ezekiel 28. That's something that took place between Genesis
1:1 and 1:2.
Ezekiel 28:
Ezek 28:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me,
saying, Ezek 28:2 Son of man, say unto the prince of
Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is
lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in
the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a
man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
Ezek 28:3 Behold, thou art wiser than
Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
Satan's very smart. Has lot's of wisdom.
Ezek 28:4 With thy wisdom and with thine
understanding[1] thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold
and silver into thy treasures:
Materialistic!
1
"UNDERSTANDING": 8394. tabuwn, taw-boon'; and (fem.)
tebuwnah, teb-oo-naw'; or ` towbunah, to-boo-naw'; from H995;
intelligence; by impl. an argument; by extens.
caprice:--discretion, reason, skilfulness, understanding,
wisdom.
Ezek 28:5 By thy great[1] wisdom and by thy
traffic[2] hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted
up because of thy riches:
Economy. That's one of the things Satan is
really good at.
1 "GREAT":
7230. rob, robe; from H7231; abundance (in any
respect):--abundance (-antly), all, X common [sort],
excellent, great (-ly, -ness, number), huge,
be increased, long, many, more in number, most, much,
multitude, plenty (-ifully), X very [age].
2 "TRAFFIC":
7404. rekullah, rek-ool-law'; fem. pass. part. of H7402;
trade (as peddled):--merchandise, traffic.
Ezek 28:6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD;
Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
He really thinks a lot of himself.
Ezek 28:7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers
upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their
swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy
brightness.
Ezek 28:8 They shall bring thee down to the pit,
and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the
midst of the seas.
Isa 14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to
hell, to the sides of the pit.
Ezek 28:9 Wilt thou yet say before him that
slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and
no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.
Ezek 28:10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the
uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it,
saith the Lord GOD.
Ezek 28:11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto
me, saying,
Ezek 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.
Here he's graduated from prince
to king. See Ezekiel 28:2 above.
Ezek 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of
God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius,
topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the
sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship
of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day
that thou wast created.
Note, he wasn't born. He was created. It's
easy to see these scriptures are not describing someone who's
been born of woman. He's described again in Ezekiel 31:8 and 9
and again in Isaiah 14:13 thru 16.
Ezek 31:8 The cedars in the garden of God
could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and
the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in
the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
Ezek 31:9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches:
so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God,
envied him.
Isa 14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into
heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will
sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the
north:
Isa 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will
be like the most High.
Isa 14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides
of the pit.
Isa 14:16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and
consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to
tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
Though he's referred to as a man, he isn't.
Not
in the flesh. Note the meaning of the mighty
angel Gabriel.
Dan 8:16 And I heard a man's voice between
the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel[1],
make this man to understand the vision.
1 "GABRIEL":
1403. Gabriy'el, gab-ree-ale'; from H1397 and
H410; man of God; Gabriel, an archangel:--Gabriel.
Luke 1:19 And the angel answering said
unto him, I am Gabriel[1], that stand in the presence of
God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to show thee these glad
tidings.
1 "GABRIEL":
1043. Gabriel, gab-ree-ale'; of Heb. or. [H1403];
Gabriel, an archangel:--Gabriel.
Ezek 28:14 Thou art the anointed cherub
that covereth[1]; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the
holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of
the stones of fire.
1 "COVERETH":
5526. cakak, saw-kak'; or sakak (Exod. 33:22), saw-kak'; a prim.
root; prop. to entwine as a screen; by impl. to fence in, cover
over, (fig.) protect:--cover, defence,
defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up.
Ezek 28:15 Thou wast perfect[1] in thy ways
from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in
thee.
1 "PERFECT":
8549. tamiym, taw-meem'; from H8552; entire (lit., fig. or
mor.); also (as noun) integrity, truth:--without
blemish, complete, full, perfect, sincerely (-ity),
sound, without spot, undefiled, upright
(-ly), whole.
At one time, prior to Genesis 1:2,
Satan was a protecting angel, full of integrity, truthful,
undefiled, and upright. Now, after Genesis 1:2, he's the father
of lies.
John 8:44 Ye are of your
father the
devil, and the lusts of your father ye
will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode
not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When
he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for
he is a liar,
and the father of it.
Ezek 28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise[1]
they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast
sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of
God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of
the stones of fire.
Economy. That's one of Satan's main games.
1 "MERCHANDISE":
7404. rekullah, rek-ool-law'; fem. pass. part. of H7402;
trade (as peddled):--merchandise,
traffic.
Ezek 28:17 Thine heart was lifted up because of
thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy
brightness[1]: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee
before kings, that they may behold thee.
1 "BRIGHTNESS":
3314. yiph'ah, yif-aw'; from H3313; splendor
or (fig.) beauty:--brightness.
Ezek 28:18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries[1] by
the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffic;
therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall
devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the
sight of all them that behold thee.
1 "SANCTUARIES":
4720. miqdash, mik-dawsh'; or miqqedash (Exod. 15 : 17),
mik-ked-awsh'; from H6942; a consecrated thing or place, espec.
a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols)
or asylum:--chapel, hallowed part, holy
place, sanctuary.
A sanctuary for his followers to worship
him. That's what he wants, to be worshipped. He even tried to
get God, (Jesus in the flesh), to worship him.
Luke 4:5 And the
devil, taking him up into an high
mountain, showed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a
moment of time.
Luke 4:6 And the devil
said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of
them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I
give it.
Luke 4:7 If thou therefore wilt worship
me, all shall be thine.
Luke 4:8 And Jesus answered and said unto him,
Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is
written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt
thou serve.
Ezek 28:19 All they that know thee among the
people shall be astonished[1] at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and
never shalt thou be any more.
1
"ASTONISHED": 8074. shamem, shaw-mame'; a prim. root;
to stun (or intrans. grow numb), i.e.
devastate or (fig.) stupefy (both usually in a
passive sense):--make amazed, be astonied, (be an)
astonish (-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make)
desolate (-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay,
lie, make) waste, wonder.
Satan's deception, (or new found religious
doctrine), caused one third of God's children to follow him.
Maybe that's the reason why God put an end to that earth age and
set up His age of redemption.
Eccl 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that
which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be
done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
Eccl 1:10 Is there any thing whereof it may
be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of
old[1] time, which was before us.
1 "OLD":
5769. 'owlam, o-lawm'; or 'olam, o-lawm'; from H5956; prop.
concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; gen. time out of
mind
(past or fut.), i.e. (practically) eternity; freq. adv.
(espec. with prep. pref.) always:--always (-s), ancient (time),
any more, continuance, eternal, (for, [n-]) ever
(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old
(time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+
without end). Comp. H5331, H5703.
Since these things are to happen again, one
of the scriptures I think of, is what Jesus said in Luke 21:28.
Luke 21:28 And when these
things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads;
for your redemption draweth nigh.
The Foundation:
We think of a foundation as
a beginning. You should be able to determine from the Strong's
Greek definition below, that it may have two meanings.
Mat 13:35 That it might be fulfilled which was
spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables[1];
I will utter things which have been kept secret
from the
foundation[2] of the world.
1 "PARABLES":
3850. parabole, par-ab-ol-ay'; from G3846; a similitude
("parable"), i.e. (symbol.) fictitious narrative (of
common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage:--comparison,
figure, parable, proverb.
2
"FOUNDATION": 2602. katabole, kat-ab-ol-ay'; from
G2598; a deposition, i.e. founding; fig.
conception:--conceive, foundation.
2598. kataballo, kat-ab-al'lo; from
G2596 and G906; to throw down:--cast down,
descend, fall (down).
Note the word foundation is taken
from the Greek word 2598. Could this also mean the putting down
of Satan's rebellion? The end of that earth age, the first one,
and the setting up of this one, the second. The apostle Paul
tells of himself going to the third heaven, or heavenly age.
Doesn't that mean there was two before? 1, 2, 3. ...... I think
that's the chronology.
2 Cor 12:2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen
years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of
the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to
the third heaven.
2 Cor 12:3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the
body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
2 Cor 12:4 How that he was caught up into
paradise, and
heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
The third heaven, paradise, isn't
that what we're all looking forward to?
The following four verses contain the word
foundation. The meaning is the same as in Matthew 13:35 above.
Mat 25:34
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand,
Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation
of the world:
Luke 11:50
That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed
from the foundation
of the world, may be required of this
generation;
John 17:24
Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given
me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou
hast given me: for thou lovedst me
before the
foundation
of the world.
Even Jesus talked about it.
Eph 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him
before the foundation
of the world, that we should be holy and
without blame before him in love:
In the beginning? Before the beginning?
Before Genesis? Before creation? Before the foundation? How
much time was there between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2? I don't know.
How much time was there before Genesis 1:1? I don't know. It
seems the more I study God's Word, the more I can relate to the
part of this study which states:
Jer 4:22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are
sottish[1] children, and they have none understanding[2]:
they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
1 "SOTTISH": 5530.
cakal, saw-kawl'; from H5528; silly:--fool (-ish),
sottish. This word also means
stupid.
2 "UNDERSTANDING": 995. biyn, bene; a prim. root; to
separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e. (gen.)
understand:--attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct,
discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have
intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be
prudent, regard, (can) skill (-ful), teach, think, (cause, make
to, get, give, have) understand (-ing), view, (deal) wise (-ly,
man). Silly, stupid,
and no intelligence. I guess that's me.
Thanks, for allowing me, to share
this with you. Remember, to always, study to show thyself approved unto God, a
workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto
more ungodliness.
In His Word,
Art Porter
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