1.the angelic rebellion, was it past, present or future?
I believe Satan and his demons [have been cast out of heaven],
and is barred from returning in these end times. The bible says
"Woe to the earth", today we see Satan working overtime everywhere.
There was also the first rebellion long ago, long before Adam and Eve
where made. Luke 10:18 Jesus said he saw Satan as lightning fall from
heaven, back to earth where came from. (2 Cor 4:4) God had placed the
archangel Lucifer, a cherub, on a throne on the earth.
The Angeles shouted for joy when the heavens and earth was made.
Satan was in Eden the garden of God. He walked up and down in the
midst of the stones of fire, meaning he administered Gods government.
He was in charge over some Angeles here on earth. Not sure how long
it took to talk Angeles to try overthrowing Gods throne in heaven with him.
By this angelic sin, Lucifer became Satan the devil and his angels be-
came demons. This angelic battle caused damage to the physical creation.
Universal sin brings universal destruction of the physical earth/ universe.
Satan was an anointed cherub. In Exodus 25 is an earthly description
of the very throne of God in heaven. On either side of God’s throne
was a super archangel, a cherub. administration of the government of
God over all of God’s creation. They were aides, ministers, servants,
assisting God in his creations.
Genesis 1:1: “In the beginning [of the physical universe] God created the
heavens and the earth.” These spirit beings had been given dominion over
the physical earth as a possession and an abode, "to tend it."
Earth was made millions or trillions of years ago like science thinks.
The bible does not say how long ago, or dinos roamed the earth then.
The dinos where wiped out long ago, a big asteroid would make [earth
covered in water]."The Spirit of God moved upon the face of [the waters].
The Earth was flooded with water, and all land animals killed. “And dark-
ness was upon the face of the deep [the ocean or fluid surface of earth.
“And the earth [was] without form, and void.” The words “without form,
and void” are translated from the Hebrew tohu and bohu. A better trans-
lation is “waste and empty” or chaotic, in confusion or state of decay.
God is not the author of confusion (1 Corinthians 14:33).
The word [was] is elsewhere in Genesis 19:26 translated became, as when
Lots wife [became] a piller. The earth became “waste and empty”
Same Hebrew word—tohu—meaning waste and empty in Isaiah 45:18, where
it is translated “in vain.” “For thus said 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 [tohu], he formed it to be inhabited.”
Verse 1 shows the creation of a perfect, if unfinished earth, glorious
and beautiful. Verse 2 reveals the result of the sin of the angels.
We do not know how long the earth stayed in a waste condition.
Lucifer was created a perfect bringer of light. Now he became author of
darkness, error, confusion and evil. Satan is the author of darkness.
God is the author of light and truth, and everything was perfectly made.
"God divided the light from the darkness”
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David was inspired to write that God renewed the face of the earth:
“Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest
the face of the earth” (Psalm 104:30). This is when "the Spirit of God
moved upon the face of the waters" Genesis 1:2
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Now instead of huge reptiles roaming the earth with larger plants and
vegetation, science sees mammals more of the dominate species, with
a vast difference in most everything else.
Now Different floral and fauna, the first chapter of the Bible describe the
renewing of the face of the earth, yielding beautiful lawns, trees, shrubs,
flowers, vegetation—then the creation of fish and fowl, animal life, and
finally, mankind to go with the new environment made just for [us].
Adam and Eve in the Garden has not been 6000 years yet. Planets in the
universe are still waste and empty—decayed (tohu and bohu) from sin.
This is why creation is very old, but mankind is not, because Lucifers rebellion.