there are actually two creations in scripture one that we exist in now , and one that he has promised , we walk by faith in the promise as we journey through this doomed creation our attention and affection is above where the church and the promises live
That's one reason why its possible that there was an old earth as well...
This guy explained the idea fairly well in the 4th post of this thread...
Here's the evidence;
- Genesis 1:1 is a complete stand-alone sentence in the Hebrew. The word "creation" ("bara" - Heb.) is not used again until God made the living creatures.
- The rest of Genesis 1 uses the word "asah" which means "to build or make out of existing materials". That means, except for the living creatures, everything done in Genesis 1:2 onward is with materials that were already in place
- Genesis 1:2, when literally translated is; "But the earth became a chaos, and empty; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." This strongly indicates that the earth was in good order and something catastrophic happened
- The condition of being covered by water and in darkness strongly suggests God's judgement, especially when the heavenly lights were still in place
- The "days" (except the first Sabbath) that followed were defined by the Holy Spirit - "the evening and the morning" - 24 hours from sunset to sunset
- God is never the author of chaos (Isa.45:18). Something else must have caused the chaos of verse 2
A few things struck a chord with me when I read that.
The prince of this world... Iv spent some time trying to understand the meaning of that and I think its the best explanation for it.
Have u thought about that much? Have u got any ideas on how and why Satan is the prince of this world?
I think on a forum like this especially about our beliefs we all are convicted and sometimes we come off as we think we’re infallible , but it’s passion and often a bit of blindness on either parties part possibly a sprinkling of pride here and there or we’re going through a growth spurt and get a little high minded but the lord knows how to put us in check he has ways to reach us each one
I like to present and discuss scripture hoping to Glean something new often just one new thought or detail sends us in a direction where we find treasures to store in our secret places
I believe that creation because it is material , produced a by product of darkness and the light itself is everything that is our savior and Lord.
I believe that Jesus was before the world ever was and he spoke and the worlds existed from what was nothing “ darkness” the bi product of good , is evil the bi product of light is dark
in order to have something be good , there needs to be a standard of contradiction or measure of what is good. The darkness is necessary for there to be light .
I like to present and discuss scripture hoping to Glean something new often just one new thought or detail sends us in a direction where we find treasures to store in our secret places
I believe that creation because it is material , produced a by product of darkness and the light itself is everything that is our savior and Lord.
I believe that Jesus was before the world ever was and he spoke and the worlds existed from what was nothing “ darkness” the bi product of good , is evil the bi product of light is dark
in order to have something be good , there needs to be a standard of contradiction or measure of what is good. The darkness is necessary for there to be light .
Was the snake Satan?
Had the war in heaven already happened along with the fall of Lucifer?
How could that have all happened in 7 days?
I was given some ideas of some possible explanations. What do u think?