Let’s share a view from Hebrew interpretations. Have you ever heard that there was an earth age before this one? That the earth is really millions of years old? Or that there was a time that we all lived on this earth in spiritual bodies? Here’s how it’s explained as we take a look at the first earth age and why God destroyed it. The Next earth age is said to last forever. It includes the thousand year rein of Christ and a great judgement of who will remain and who won’t.
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
FQ: God does not give us a year when He did this, just that He did it “In the beginning”. The earth is not 7000 years old as some claim but many millions of years old. The dinosaur bones and fossils that are found date back more than 7000 years and are from an earlier earth age.
The word ‘was’ means hayah (haw-yaw); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass. The words ‘without form’ means tohuw (to’-hoo); meaning desolation, a worthless thing;, in vain. The word ‘void’ means bohuw (bo’-hoo); meaning to be empty, a vacuity, an undistinguishable ruin.
Isaiah 45:18
V18 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.
Genesis 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.
FQ: It appears - God did not create the earth without form and void but it became that way. Heres what we know from scripture. Words between God and Satan.
GOD – Genesis 1: 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.
FQ: The word “perished” means apollumi (ap-ol’-loo-mee) to destroy fully (to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively. God destroyed fully that earth age with a flood. This is not talking about Noah’s flood which happened in this earth age because it was not destroyed fully.
FQ: The dinosaur bones that are found today are from the first earth age when dinosaurs walked the earth. Dinosaurs are talked about in God’s word by God Himself in the book of Job 40:15-24 and all of chapter 41.
GOD – 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! : 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:
FQ: We read in the book of Psalms that God’ throne sits to the North. Sentence is passed.
GOD – Psalms 75: 6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. : 7 But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Satan – Isaiah 14: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the MOST HIGH.
GOD – Isaiah14: 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
FQ: Lucifer before rebelling against God was perfect. He was smart and beautiful.
GOD – Ezekiel 28: 2 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.
FQ: The word “Tyrus” means rock. Satan is the false rock, false religion and false Christ.
GOD – Ezekiel 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.
FQ: Lucifer’s job was around the very throne of God. Stones of fire is God’s altar.
GOD – Ezekiel 28: 14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; 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.
GOD – Ezekiel 28: 15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
FQ: Lucifer was perfect in God’s eyes until evil was found in him. Because of his rebellion and the fact that a third of God’s child followed him, it is believed God ended the first earth age. Please note that the real children of God refers to angels. This teaching suggests presently that these are human souls. However that appears likeing to scripture. More later on why.
Revelation 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. : 4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth.
FQ: It is believed God ended the first earth age and started the one we are living in now, the second earth age. God want’s to find out within his creation of man who loves and will follow Him and who is going to follow Satan. There is no middle road on the path to eternal life.
FQ: It is written many times in the bible that God has chosen certain people all through time as his elect. The 144,000 spoken of in the book of Revelation are such people. It is believed we all lived in the first earth age. This is reflected by God’s word which states regarding some, that they were chosen before the foundation of the earth by him for working in fulfillment of prophecy.
II Peter 3: 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.
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Futurequest : A futurequest point of view:
Although it is clear that God spoke of events before the time of Adam and Eve and the fact dinosaur bones date to the million of years to the past, we can easily believe what the bible teaches. What isn’t confirmed at this point is that any but the elect are spoken of being before the foundation of the earth. Perhaps the elect were there before creation but it seems more often than once that mankind is spoken of as a form of plant or tree. Something to be planted or in this case was created and allowed to grow into either a child of God or a child of the Devil for a great harvest of this age.
To claim Satan and company were cast out to the earth and only good souls were placed in human bodies to be tested leaves out the fact if they were with God and weren’t cast out with Satan. They were already accepted by God. It seems very likely that perhaps other angels were placed on the earth through child-birth as Christ and they are the elected of God. We know some will be brought before antichrist for a testimony of Christ. The bible teaches that the whole world will worship the beast.
Revelation 13: 8And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
FQ: Some say antichrist will be a murderer some suggest that he will decieve the world through peace and kindness. These opposite view have the following verse to consider. Does should be mean needs to be or must be? Additionally at revelation 6: 9-10 those on the earth are spoken of and they don’t appear to be pre-selected from the foundation. For some who feel a kind deception will be used. Please read revelation 13: 11 below.
Revelation 13: 15And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
Revelation 6: 9And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Revelation 6: 11And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
We wanted to cover the Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek translation of words on creation in part before moving on to Adam and Eve. The related meaning of words translated here again are Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek and are from original bible transcripts. There are other cross references to events and an age before the foundation of the earth. It might work best to up date the connecting scripture in the future. If it requires more room we’ll repost a part two.
