RENOVATION
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THE GENESIS CHAPTER 1 PUZZLE
(PART 1)
© MF Blume 1998
HEBREW TERMINOLOGY // JEREMIAH
SHEDS SOME INSIGHT // "WAS" // POINTS
ABOUT PRE-ADAMIC EARTH AND LUCIFER // EZEKIEL
// ISAIAH // GOD
FLOODED THE EARTH IN WRATH // SUMMARY
Between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2 is a gap of perhaps as much as millions
of years.
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Creation of earth and Heaven occurred in 1:1, while v2 shows a chaotic
state
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this chaotic state of the earth void and without form is caused by Satan's
downfall in the gap, when a battle devastated the earth-God
re-created life and renovated the earth in the six days
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So six days are not creation days but renovation.
The most common idea grasped by Bible Believers is the Six-day Creation
interpretation and the Gap interpretation.
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The Six Day creation interpretation seems to fall short.
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It says that God created each element mentioned in each day on that
day
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But it ignores the difference between the words "create" and
"make."
HEBREW TERMINOLOGY
Gene 1:1 In the beginning God created
the heaven and the earth.
Gene 1:7 And God made
the firmament, ,...
Gene 1:16 And God made
two great lights; ...
Gene 1:21 And God created
great whales, and every living creature that moveth, ...
Gene 1:25 And God made
the beast of the earth after his kind, ...
Gene 1:27 So God created
man in his [own] image, in the image of God ...
CREATED - bara (HEBREW) -make from nothing
MADE - asa (HEBREW) -to work -
to prepare out of existing material
God created the heavens and earth in verse 1. And that was
it.
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no more creation OF EARTH.
The six days were days of restoration. But life was created.
All creation was as it was when created except the earth.
Gene 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.
The word "and" here, at the start,
implies the first verse is all by itself.
"Without form" means:
tohuw {to'-hoo} from an unused root meaning to lie waste
- wasteland, wilderness (of solitary places) - place of chaos
It means DESTRUCTION.
VOID (bohuw) means Emptiness
JEREMIAH SHEDS SOME INSIGHT
Jere 4:23-26 Jeremiah describes a pre-Adamite destruction.
Jere 4:23 I beheld the
earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void;
and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the
mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I beheld,
and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
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.
It is Pre-Adamite (before Adam) because we read it occurred when
the earth was "void and without form". That fits Gen 1:2.
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WHEN were mountains trembling?
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WHEN was there no man?
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WHEN was the fruitfulness place a wilderness?
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ANSWER: When the earth was void and without form (Jeremiah 4:23).
LINK THIS WITH: Isai 14:16 -17
Isai 14:16-17 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; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the
cities thereof; that opened not the house
of his prisoners?
JEREMIAH
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ISAIAH
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4:23 ...the earth, and, lo, it was without
form, and void; |
14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer, |
4:24 ...the
mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly |
14:16 ...made
the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms |
4:26 ...the
fruitful place was a wilderness, |
14:17 ...made
the world as a wilderness, |
4:26 ...all
the cities thereof were broken down |
14:17 ...and
destroyed the cities thereof |
Jeremiah said these events occurred when the earth was void and
without form- GEN. 1:2.
Who was this one who did the things Jeremiah said occurred when the
earth was void and without form? Go back a few verses to see who God spoke
about.
Look before the verses we quoted in Isaiah 14....
Isai 14:12 How art thou fallen from
heaven, O Lucifer,
Also...
Psalm 104 relates the entire Genesis 1 account day by day in exact
order Genesis listed it.
PSALM 104:1-5
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DAY ONE
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GENESIS 1:3-5
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PSALM 104:6-13
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DAY TWO
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GENESIS 1:6-8
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PSALM 104:14-18
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DAY THREE
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GENESIS 1:9-13
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PSALM 104:19-24
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DAY FOUR
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GENESIS 1:14-19
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PSALM 104:25-27
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DAY FIVE
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GENESIS 1:20-23
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PSALM 104:28-30
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DAY SIX
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GENESIS 1:24-31
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And Psalm 104 ends the sequence by saying:
Psal 104:30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit,
they are created: and thou renewest the face
of the earth.
"RENEWEST the face of the earth..." not created. The
six days are not days of creation but "renewal." RENOVATION.
"WAS"
Genesis 1:2 says "earth was void..."
"WAS" is translated from :
hayah {haw-yaw} v AV - was, come to
pass, came, has been, were happened, become, pertained, to be, become,
come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
So, from the Hebrew, we get the idea that the earth "became"
void and without form. Or "was made"
void and without form.
TOHUW:
Isai 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
(TOHUW), he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there
is none else.
So we read God did not create the world "TOHUW" (without form).
He did not create it "without form." So if the world was without
form in Gen 1:2, and God did not create it "without form",
then it became "without form" due to some cataclysm.
The Points about
Pre-Adamic Earth and Lucifer
Because Lucifer's fall caused the havoc on the earth described in
Gen 1:2, looking back at the details given of his pre-fall existence and
the roles he played.
EZEKIEL
Ezek 28:12-18 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. 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. 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. Thou wast perfect
in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found
in thee. By the multitude of thy merchandise 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. Thine heart was lifted
up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy
brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings,
that they may behold thee. Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the
multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; 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.
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This Cherub was in Eden, the Garden and upon the Holy Mountain.
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Like the Outer Court, Holy Place and Most Holy Place.
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In Holy mountain and cherubims in holiest in temple.
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This Eden was not the One Adam was in.
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He did not have precious stones as his covering IN Genesis 3
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And Eden before Adam's Eden.
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Exodus 28 says the High Priest wore precious stones.
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Perhaps indicated a City like New Jerusalem, for the golden
breastplate on which the precious stones were placed was foursquare
(Exodus 28:16). The New Jerusalem is also foursquare (Revelation
21:16), and is also built of precious stones and gold.
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Musical instruments (like tabrets and pipes associated with Lucifer)
were used by kings and priests
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David - 1 Samuel 16:23
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King of Babylon - Isa. 14:11
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Cherubims worship - Rev 4:9-10 - like priests - lead worship
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Cherubims were by the throne of God on sea of glass
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Ez. 1:26
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Ex. 24:10, 17 - Moses saw sapphire pavement by throne
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So Lucifer was very close to God
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Two Cherubims cover the Ark - Lucifer was one but fell
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So man was a High Priest instead and led worship
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So satan hates your worship and your praise
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it was his duty before he fell.
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"ANOINTED Cherub" - by oil of anointing for ministry.
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And to lead in the ways of God would indicate PROPHETIC role of Lucifer
also
Jesus, Himself, as glorified man, is Now High Priest, King and Prophet.
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The Millennium will be a restoration of the preadamic earth and the
Kingdom, only Jesus will be King of Kings.
Satan fell due to his corruption of pride
Paul warns us....
1Tim 3:6 Not a novice, lest being lifted
up with pride
he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
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Perhaps a warning of those in ministry getting lifted up in pride as
Lucifer did in ministry, and being condemned as Lucifer was condemned.
ISAIAH
GOD FLOODED EARTH IN WRATH
2Pet 3:5-7 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: Whereby the world that
then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 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.
Gene 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.
Where is the land?
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Water covered the world in Gen 1:2. Why?
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When God told Noah He would not again flood the world, had there been
no previous flood to make this the second, Noah may have wondered, "Why
mention it? Who said you would?"
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But if there was a flood between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2 then the words
to Noah have more meaning.
Land did not apear until:
The land was underneath the water and resurrected on the third
day!
Peter said, "THE WORLD THAT THEN WAS"
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Not the world that is now
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The world in Noah's flood was not changed like it was in Genesis.
God flooded out all traces of Luciferean existence on earth - cities.
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And set out again to renovate the world anew.
SUMMARY:
The Bible clearly reveals a previous creation in contrast with the
present one. Lucifer rebelled against God and judgment fell upon
the world as it became a battle field. And the prehistoric kingdom
of reptiles (dinosaurs, etc) were not wiped out by a meteorite, but the
creation was wiped out in this judgmental wrath of God. We
see an ice age occurred at the time the dinosaurs were wiped out.
This coincides with the thought that the world was flooded and covered
with water as in Gen 1:2, and with the absence of light, there would
be an ice age. 2 Corinthians 4:6 intimates that light came
out of darkness at time of creation (Paul compares that to spiritual
light -- truth -- shining in our hearts. The same God spoke both
lights into existence). Life was created again, but the world
was renovated... Psalm 104.
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IMPLICATIONS THIS MESSAGE IN GENESIS HAS FOR THE BORN AGAIN BELIEVER.