GEN 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
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.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so
the land appears out of the water - the firmament is established.
PS 104 30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
JER 4
23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
there were already mountains and hills.
25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
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.
something caused the Lord to have fierce anger - imo the rebellion of Satan - not the wickedness of men, as in the Noah account.
27 For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
it is not the full end - restoration takes place.
ISAIAH 24 Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
EZ 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.
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.
15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
16 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.
17 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.
18 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.
19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
ISAIAH 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:
If Lucifer wanted to ascend into heaven, then he wasn't in heaven, which means he was on the earth - in Eden, before man. Imo, he was the ruler of the earth and the angelic race, became iniquity and so could not be saved, as men can be saved.
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
I don't think that that was an immediate fate, as Satan was in Eden to tempt Eve, later - not in the form of a snake, but as Nachash (serpent) as he was a serpent-angel, resembling a man.
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;
the shaking of the earth, mentioned in JER 4, was caused by Satan, and his sin. Earth tremors, and I think the breakup of Pangaea occurred at that time (speculation) - I think this because the marsupials of Australia have been there for a long time, as some marsupial species have become extinct and have been found in Australia - the landmass has been separated from Asia, so as to isolate the marsupials to Australia - imo, the animal kinds were created in-situ - and did not move that much, so you find llamas in South America, and not in central or North America, for example, and the birds of the Americas are different to the birds of Europe, Africa and Asia - so the Atlantic has been there since the restoration of animal kinds.
Same with the unique birds of Australia - although, for example, the Palm Cockatoo has a range from North Australia to Papua - because it could breach the distance, but did not spread into Asia - similar to the flying foxes - which could fly large distances and span Asia and Australia - although the species are different, (so perhaps not).
Yecs have found fossils of sea-life at the tops of mountains - in some places, so some of the mountains must have been thrust up from the sea-bed, at one time.
Fossils of dinosaurs have been found in Australia - so imo, Australia was part of the original Pangaea, and date to before the great flood. (Although I think that some dinosaurs are fake - such kinds as Behemoth are genuine). I have done some fossil-hunting in Lyme Regis in Dorset - I have found ammonites in soft rock, that resembles dark hard mud. You can walk over ammonites a meter in size, on the beach - this form of life was once very abundant, along with the trilobites - and became extinct, why? - because of the prolonged darkness. The sediment from tsunamis and flood caused the fossilization.
I have seen fossil ichthyiosaurs and plesiosaurs in museums, and I think these were genuine animals. I also agree with Yecs, that there was once a hyperbaric atmosphere on the earth.
17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcass trodden under feet.
20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
JOB
5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
The earth has not been shaken out of its place since (I am a geocentrist) - that sort of shaking might have caused the breakup of Pangaea.
7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
JOB 38
29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
JOB 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
the sons of God were there at the beginning - when God laid the foundations of the earth - all the sons of God, so not all rebelled with Satan.
8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
