Not at all, my friend. There is no mention of a previous world in Isaiah 14:12-19 and or Ezekiel 28:12-19.
Isaiah 14:12 is prophetic. The devil is
not kicked out (i.e. not fallen) from Heaven yet because it is implied that he visited Job before the Lord in heaven because (a) the text says, "Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD."; And (b) Satan told the Lord where he came from by saying, "From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it." (See Job 2:1-2).
Also, in Revelation 12, we read about the coming of the Messiah and His resurrection and or His final ascension,
"And
she [i.e. Israel] brought forth a
man child [i.e. Jesus], who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and
her child was caught up unto God [i.e. Christ's resurrection and or final ascension], and
to his throne." (Revelation 12:5).
Israel flees to the Mountains During the Midpoint of the Future 7 Year Tribulation:
"And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred
and threescore days." (Revelation 12:6).
During the Time of the Last Half of the Tribulation (Sometime after the Midpoint of the Tribulation)
There is a War in Heaven and Satan is Cast out (i.e. His Fall):
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
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.
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night." (Revelation 12:7-10).
So when Isaiah 14:12 says, "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!" It is in reference to his future fall from Heaven in Revelation 12:7-10. So Isaiah 14:12 is in reference to Satan weakening the nations of today and not of some previous world before the six day creation.
As for Ezekiel 28:12-19:
Verses 13-14 say that Lucifer was in the Garden of Eden and then it references how he had many beautiful gem stones that adorned him and how he was upon the holy mountain of God. This is in reference to how he was glorious and beautiful at one time, but verse 15 talks about how he was perfect until iniquity was found within him.
The latter half of verse 17 is how God will lay Satan before kings in the future at the Judgment. This is not talking about some past judgment or anything. There is only one Judgment.
Sorry, the Gap Theory is not even hinted at in the book of Genesis. Again, it would say, God created the Heavens and the Earths if there was an Earth before the Earth that is now. But it doesn't say that.
No. 2 Peter 3:5-7 is not in reference to a world before the Earth existed.
"The heavens (sky or atmosphere) that were of old" and the "world that then was" is in reference to the "old world" before the global flood involving Noah, his family, and the Ark. If you were to skip back to the previous chapter (same verse number), you would see the context say,
5 "
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned
them with an overthrow,
making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;"
Okay, first, God spared not the OLD WORLD but saved Noah, the eight person a preacher of righteousness bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly. We read about this in Genesis 6 -
through - Genesis 7. The Old World is the world before the global flood.
Second, the global flood involving Noah and the Ark was an example to all who should live ungodly thereafter. This is what verse 6 says. Noah, and his family survived so as to pass the news unto their generations of children about the global flood and how it was an example to all who should live ungodly. If this was talking about the world before, it wouldn't make any sense. In your view, nobody would have survived to tell the story. So 2 Peter 2:5-6 is the context of 2 Peter 3:5-7; And it is clearly talking about the global flood.
"Hath in these last days spoken unto us by
his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;" (Hebrews 1:2).
Scripture is speaking ahead of it's time scientifically. It is talking about the planets. Jesus made the planets (i.e. worlds).
But if there was a mention of a world before the Earth existed, Hebrews 1 missed that opportunity.
For it says in verse 10,
"And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:" (Hebrews 1:10).
We see above here that the Lord from the beginning has laid the foundation of the earth, etc. and there is no mention of some past world before our Earth came into existence.
Hebrews 11:3 says,
"Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear."
Again, the world "worlds" is in reference to the planets within our universe.
"By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God's command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen." (Hebrews 11:3) (NLT).
The Bible does not hint at a gap theory within this verse.
Nothing here in Job 38 about a world existing before our Earth. It says in verse 4 how God laid the foundations of our Earth. In fact, the morning stars sang with joy when the foundations of our Earth were being fastened. The whole of God's speech to Job in Job 38 -
through - Job 41 is in reference to the creation of our Earth. Nothing is mentioned or even hinted at involving another previous world within these chapters.
There are tons of scientific evidences for a Young Earth, too.
But I look to the Bible first to determine my world view and not Science.
Yes, these are the generations of the heavens and the EARTH (singular), and not plural. The heavens is plural because Scripture mentions that there are three Heavens.
Jesus said that no man ascends to Heaven except Himself, when He said,
"And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven." (
John 3:13 KJV)
In other words, no man has ascended physically to Heaven but Jesus (i.e. the Son of Man).
Yeah, but what about Elijah?
I believe confusion arises on this point because people do not understand that there are:
Three Heavens
The Scripture mentions three heavens (
2 Corinthians 12:2), not just one!
The First Heaven:
The first heaven is earth's atmosphere where birds fly (
Genesis 1:20,
Jeremiah 4:25;
34:20,
Lamentations 4:19,
Zephaniah 1:3). One of the Hebrew words for 'heaven' is shamayim. This same word is translated as 'sky' in the Scripture, as can be seen by comparing
Genesis 7:3, "fowls also of the air," with
Genesis 7:23, "fowl of the heaven." The word 'sky' and 'heaven' are used interchangeably from the same Hebrew word (
Psalm 8:8). So the first heaven is synonymous with 'heights' or 'elevations.'
Here are other examples to illustrate the first heaven.
Exodus 19:20 says the Lord was on top of Mount Sinai when he called Moses up there, and God describes Mount Sinai as 'heaven' (
Exodus 20:22,
Deuteronomy 4:36). Here, everything above the ground is called 'heaven'.
Another example of the first heaven is in
Amos 9:1-3, where God states that at the time of this judgment, nobody will be able to flee away (verse 1), even "though they climb up to heaven" (verse 2). This "heaven" is defined in the next verse, verse 3, as climbing to the top of Mount Carmel.
Another example is where the Scripture speaks of the "dew of heaven" (
Genesis 27:28,
39,
Deuteronomy 33:28,
Daniel 4:15-33;
5:21). The first heaven, from which dew comes, means the atmosphere, where the clouds and the wind roam. Therefore, everything above the ground is called 'heaven."
Another Hebrew word for the first heaven is 'shachaq.' This same word for heaven (
Psalm 89:6,
37) is also translated as 'sky' or 'skies' (
Deuteronomy 33:26;
Job 37:18;
Psalm 18:11), and as 'clouds' (
Job 35:5;
36:28;
Psalm 36:5;
68:34,
Pro. 3:20;
8:28).
The Second Heaven:
The second heaven is outer space where the planets and stars exist (
Genesis 1:14-17;
15:5;
22:17;
26:4,
Deuteronomy 1:10;
17:3;
Psalm 8:3,
Jeremiah 8:2;
Matthew 24:29). Usually the term "host of heaven" or "firmament of the heaven" is used to describe this second heaven.
The Third Heaven:
The third heaven is literally called "the third heaven" in
2 Corinthians 12:2. This third heaven is what Christ calls his "Father's house" (
John 14:2), and both Christ and the Apostle Paul calls it "paradise" (
Luke 23:43,
2 Corinthians 12:2-4,
Revelation 2:7). This is where God and the heavenly sanctuary exist (
1 Peter 3:22). This third heaven is also known as the "heaven of heavens" (
Deuteronomy 10:14;
1 Kings 8:27,
2 Chronicles 2:6;
6:18,
Nehemiah 9:6,
Psalms 148:4), "The heavenly Jerusalem" (
Galatians 4: 26;
Hebrews 12:22;
Revelation 3:12), the "kingdom of heaven" (
Matthew 25:1,
James 2:5), the "eternal kingdom" (
2 Peter 1:11), the "eternal inheritance" (
1 Peter. 1:4,
Hebrews 9:15), and the "better country" (
Hebrews 11:14,
16). The fact that there are more than one 'heaven' can be shown by
Psalm 115:16, "The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S." There are obviously two different 'heavens' being addressed in this one verse.
Since Elijah could not have gone to the heaven of God's throne, then to which heaven did he go? He was not taken to God's heavenly throne (as some imagine). He was actually taken into this earth's atmosphere, the first heaven. There could be no whirlwind in any other place but in the atmosphere surrounding this earth.
Source:
Elijah, Enoch, and Moses
Important Note: Although I quoted part of this article to help explain the three heavens, I do not agree with their interpretation of on Enoch. I believe Enoch was translated or spiritually taken by God and did not see death (as the Scriptures say). So not all the views expressed at this website reflect my views on the Scriptures.