God created the heavens (space) and the earth surrounded by water in Genesis 1:1 (I understand earlier I said it was an introduction, but it was also the beginning act),
but he wasn't done with creation until after the 6th day. Also, that tohuw and bohuw don't mean vanity and destruction in it's context, but emptiness.
You infer that God originally created the Earth as being a sphere of water witout form and void from Genesis 1:2.
Genesis 1:2
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
“was” is 1961 in your Strong’s Concordance and being properly translated means,
“became“. This change in words completely alters the scriptures. The word“was” implies that God created the earth void which we know is not accurate and we will completely document that fact as we move through this study.
You seem well acquinted with the use of the Hebrew words from Strong concordance... let aside your preconceived notions for a moment ...and lets see what the original contex tell us...
Also The reason why God created humans -a soul/spirit inside a corruptible flesh and blood body -in the actual Earth AGE- is explained....
SEE HERE ALL BACKED FROM SCRIPTURE
http://worldeventsandthebible.com/2014/09/satans-sin.html
All referenced verses in the pages linked come from the KJV Bible.
ALSO SEE HERE:
The World That Then Was, The First Earth Age
http://www.worldeventsandthebible.com/2009/11/world-that-then-was-age-of-earth.html
Today, many Christians are confounded by the age of the earth, believing the earth and all of creation is merely six-thousand years old. Yet, this thought is not logical, nor is it Biblical and I personally believe this teaching is one of the major reasons for unbelief in the world today.
Christians themselves would agree that our Father created us as spiritual beings. So why are we walking around in these corruptible flesh bodies when we have an incorruptible spiritual body that feels no pain and fails to see the effects of age (1 Corinthians 15:35-55)?
The answer to that question lies with us understanding there was an age before this one we presently live in. An age where man existed in spiritual bodies. We presently live in the second Heaven and earth age which we will call the flesh age.
Same Heaven, same earth, just a different dispensation of time. With that having been said, let us now document these facts in God’s Word.
Before we start our Bible study, let us ask our Father for wisdom and understanding of His Word, in Jesus name amen.
First, we must understand the word “foundation” has been incorrectly translated several times in the King James Version Bible. For example, the Greek word “themelios” (2310) is translated as “foundation” and literally means ‘a foundation to build upon‘. While the Greek word “katabole” (2602) has also been translated as “foundation” yet it means, “a deposition” which is a “removal from an office or position.”
As you can see we have a major difference between the two translations. So whose removal are we talking about? Satan’s, from his position of power in The World That Was.
Further, “katabole” comes from the base word 2598 meaning the “cast down” or “throw down,” again of Satan from his position of power in The World That Was, The First Earth Age. This is extremely important to understand as this gives us the key to understanding two separate time periods. The “themelios” which is the literal foundation of the world, the very creation as Genesis 1:1 documents. While the “katabole” properly describes the period of time when Satan sinned and fell from the grace of God which occurred after the “themelios” or founding of the world. With that explanation now laid out let us turn our Bible to,
Genesis 1:1
1 “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”
Does it say when the beginning was? Absolutely not. This event did not take place six-thousand years ago, but eons ago. This scripture is describing the “themelios“, the foundation of the Heaven and earth in The World That Was, The First Earth Age.
Further, science tells us the earth is billions of years in age and when we properly understand our Father’s Word there is no contradiction with that statement.
Genesis 1:2
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.”
Between verses one and two we have the passing of a very large amount of time. In verse one we are told, “God created the Heaven and the earth” (“themelios”). In verse two we are told, “the earth was without form and void and darkness was upon the face of the deep“. Essentially this verse is documenting the “katabole” which includes the destruction of The First Earth Age.
This scripture is also where we find the first mistranslation in the King James Version Bible. The word “was” is 1961 in your Strong’s Concordance and being properly translated means, “became“. This change in words completely alters the scriptures. The word“was” implies that God created the earth void which we know is not accurate and we will completely document that fact as we move through this study.
While the word “became” stipulates an event caused the earth to ‘become without form and void’. That event was the “katabole“, the “deposition” or “cast down” of Satan from his position of power in The First Earth Age.
Our Father did not create the earth “without form” (tôhû in Hebrew) which is word 8414 in your Strong’s, meaning, “a desolation“. Neither did He create the earth “void” (bôhû in Hebrew 922) meaning, “an undistinguishable ruin“, but it did “become” that way because of the fall of Satan. So verse two properly translated means, we have a world that ‘became a desolation, became an undistinguishable ruin‘. If it became void then it was something else before, God’s Word states the world was created as a habitable paradise.
