The Genesis account is to be taken as it was written. There was no period of time before the Genesis creation. There was actually no time. God made time as well as matter and space. Saying that Satan fell from heaven and wiped out the preadamic civilization is placing death before sin. That eliminates the need for Christ to die on the cross! The Bible clearly says that death was the result of Adam's sin; so that shoots the "first earth age" theory full of holes right there! Not only that, but Jesus said in Matthew 19:4 that the creation of Adam and Eve was the beginning. Read what it says: "And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female." Exodus 20:11 states, "For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth..." This is found in the middle of the Ten Commandments. It does not say that he "recreated" earth, in six days.......and heaven was already there........ The Bible says that God made the whole thing in six days, including time, including the angels, and everything that is. What day He made the angels is not known, but Satan did not fall until after the creation. Did we live in "spirit bodies" before this flesh body? Well, Scripture says that the flesh body comes first. 1 Cor. 15:46---"The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that, the spiritual." Scripture says that God "breathed" into man and he BECAME a living being, not that he was living prior: Genesis 2:7--"The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being" The spirit was made in our bodies, not outside of it and placed there later. Zech. 12:1--"This is the word of the LORD concerning Israel. The LORD, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him, declares;" Only Christ existed before, in heaven; we are of the earth. John 3:31--"The one who comes from heaven is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as on from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all." John 3:13 ---"For only I, the Son of Man, who lives in heaven, have come to earth and will return to heaven again." If we came to earth from our former spiritual bodies, then that would mean that Christ was not the first or only to come from heaven and be "born again"! What does "born again" mean? click there for more study...... Are there three earth ages? Yes. 1.)This age. 2.)The age when Christ reignes on earth for 1,000 years. And finally 3.)the age of the New heavens and the New earth! |
The First Earth Age |
"Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof:so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured." Prov.27:18 |
"Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was excellent in every way..." |
In 1814, British scientists were developing new ideas about the causes of Earth's geologic features. At that time, Scottish theologian, Dr. Thomas Chalmers, proposed the "ruin--reconstruction" idea, as a way to make the Bible record fit the scientific findings. The idea gained in popularity. |
Through the 1800's,Christians tried to harmonize the supposed facts of an old earth and of Darwin's theory of evolution, with Biblical beliefs. Although most Christians rejected atheistic evolutionism, many accepted various important aspects of the theory, including the belief that the Earth was billions of years old. The common sense, straightforward reading of Scripture that had led Israelites and Christians since ancient times, to understand that the cosmos was created in six 24-hour type days, and is only thousands of years old, not millions, was under attack. Christians began to question the biblical account of creation. At times it can be productive to question our biblical ideas. Often times we have an idea of how we think God makes things work, which is in fact, not biblically founded! There are times when we need to let go of these pre-concieved ideas that do not actually go along with the Bible, and let the Holy Spirit lead us to the truth. For instance, the idea that the world was flat, was a commonly held belief for centuries.......but the Bible told us it was round all along; "It is He that sitteth on the circle of the earth...." Isa.40:22 Remember, that God put in his Word the exhortation that "There is a way that seems right unto man, but the end thereof is death" Prov. 14:12 and it was so important that He repeated it, in Prov. 16:25! In 1876 George Pember wrote "Earth's Earliest Ages", which popularized the idea that a large period of time, perhaps millions of years, may have passed between the completed creation of Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2. The idea is, that the description "without form and void" is taken to mean that the entire creation became ruined and destroyed prior to the "recreation" described in the rest of the chapter. This supposed destruction of the world at this time, is said to have been the result of the fall of Satan. The theory maintains that the entire earth was filled with plants and animals, and that even an entire race of "pre-adamic" men ruled this earth. Arnold Murray teaches that this pre-adamic people were actually humans, in a pre-mortal, spiritual body; these were angels.. Then, as a judgment for Satan's rebellion, darkness invaded the perfect earth and a global flood destroyed everything. The vast ages of the geologic chart continued during this time gap. The fossilized plants and animals of our earth's layers are supposedly the remains of that original, perfect earth age. The earth age which was destroyed prior to Genesis 1:2. This theory gained wide acceptance after it appeared in the footnotes of the Scofield Reference Bible in 1917. What one needs to remember is, that this is only a THEORY! And there are some very strong biblical problems with this theory! The first big problem comes up before you even get out of Genesis one! In Verse 31 God saw all that He had made and "behold, it was VERY GOOD". What does that mean? If the theory is correct, then here God has an earth that has been destroyed, leaving billions of fossilized animals as evidence of that destructive judgment. This would mean that Adam and Eve walked over a virtual graveyard of all manner of life forms which God had created and subsequently destroyed? And this is "VERY GOOD"?! Sin and death are "very good"? This brings up the question, When did death begin? According to the Bible, death was brought to all creation by the sin of Adam! "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; " Romans 5:12 "For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead." 1Cor.15:21 "Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body." Romans 8:21-23 Death came to all creation, indeed we have all suffered together, because of the corruption the sin of Adam brought to this world. So, how could animals have died for millions of generations before Adam's fall--- Or even before Satan's fall? They could not. That is placing judgment before sin! No animals could have died before there were sin. When did Satan fall? And What about Satan? If Satan had already fallen; when God said that all he had made was "very good"---"Excellent"---in the modern translations; satan would be here on this earth. Right? So, was God just ignoring Satan in this statement? Or was he saying Satan was good? Mr. Murray sort of teaches that Satan was good, because he teaches that we need an "antagonist"----that this is all a part of God's plan of redemption! That God places this evil in our lives to teach us, and bring us closer to salvation. That is heresy my friend. That idea is NOT found in the Bible. God did NOT create anything evil.....he created everything "good". Free will is good. And so those who have freewill have the potential to choose to do evil; but evil was not made BY God! We find that truth in the Bible. It says that Satan was indeed "good" when he was in the Garden of Eden! Ezekiel 28:13-15, "You were in Eden, the garden of God. Your clothing was adorned with every precious stone red carnelian, chrysolite, white moonstone, beryl, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald all beautifully crafted for you and set in the finest gold. They were given to you on the day you were created. I ordained and anointed you as the mighty angelic guardian. You had access to the holy mountain of God and walked among the stones of fire. You were blameless in all you did from the day you were created until the day evil was found in you. Your great wealth filled you with violence, and you sinned. So I banished you from the mountain of God. I expelled you, O mighty guardian, from your place among the stones of fire. Your heart was filled with pride because of all your beauty. You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth and exposed you to the curious gaze of kings." Is.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!" See how much that sounds like the punishment of satan in the garden, he was thrown to the earth, so to speak! And sin definitely weakens nations! God did not put evil in the Garden of Eden, in the person of Satan! No! We can see what Satan was doing in the Garden of Eden. He was a beautiful guardian Angel! Why else would Eve listen to him? Why would she trust a being that she had never seen before--one that didn't belong there? Why else would she take his word over God's? Satan was a guardian angel, and when he told her that "you will not die!......" She trusted him. God did not put Evil in the garden. Sin was not permitted there. We have proof of that, in scripture, as after man sinned, he was removed from the Garden; and after Satan sinned, in Ezekiel 28, we see that he too was removed from the Garden. Both of them cast out into the world. So when did Satan fall? When he led Adam and Eve to sin. He was Lucifer, a good angel, or cherub, and he was in the Garden. The Garden of Eden wasn't made until day six. Thus, satan's fall could not have happened before Gen. 1:2! |
You are putting your faith in the interpretations of scripture, by a man. A man who does not provide any evidence that he is even educated beyond knowing how to read a strongs concordence! You are putting your soul into his hands. How do you know if someone is from God? Jesus said by their fruit. He said that a tree or a person, that produces inedible friut, can never produce the edible kind. Jesus cared so much about you, he died for you, and for all of us who are in sin. Someone who is of Jesus Christ should be like him. Produce loving edible fruit. Listen to this, and see if it is like Jesus. |
The Genesis account is to be taken as it was written. There was no period of time before the Genesis creation. There was actually no time. God made time as well as matter and space. Saying that Satan fell from heaven and wiped out the preadamic civilization is placing death before sin. That eliminates the need for Christ to die on the cross! The Bible clearly says that death was the result of Adam's sin; so that shoots the "first earth age" theory full of holes right there! Not only that, but Jesus said in Matthew 19:4 that the creation of Adam and Eve was the beginning. Read what it says: "And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female." Exodus 20:11 states, "For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth..." This is found in the middle of the Ten Commandments. It does not say that he "recreated" earth, in six days.......and heaven was already there........ The Bible says that God made the whole thing in six days, including time, including the angels, and everything that is. What day He made the angels is not known, but Satan did not fall until after the creation. Did we live in "spirit bodies" before this flesh body? Well, Scripture says that the flesh body comes first. 1 Cor. 15:46---"The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that, the spiritual." Scripture says that God "breathed" into man and he BECAME a living being, not that he was living prior: Genesis 2:7--"The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being" The spirit was made in our bodies, not outside of it and placed there later. Zech. 12:1--"This is the word of the LORD concerning Israel. The LORD, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him, declares;" Only Christ existed before, in heaven; we are of the earth. John 3:31--"The one who comes from heaven is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as on from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all." John 3:13 ---"For only I, the Son of Man, who lives in heaven, have come to earth and will return to heaven again." If we came to earth from our former spiritual bodies, then that would mean that Christ was not the first or only to come from heaven and be "born again"! What does "born again" mean? click there for more study...... Are there three earth ages? Yes. 1.)This age. 2.)The age when Christ reignes on earth for 1,000 years. And finally 3.)the age of the New heavens and the New earth! |
