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Genesis 1:1 - 2

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

2a And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.

This phrase, "without form, and void" in Hebrew is the same as the Hebrew wording used for the phrase "in vain," in Isaiah 45:18. [Isaiah 45:18 For thus saith 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, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.] Note, that in Isaiah, the word, "not," is before the phrase.

Isaiah says God created the earth, NOT "in vain," (NOT "without form, and void") -- Genesis 1:2 says the earth was "without form, and void." So people ask, was it or was it NOT in vain (without form, and void).

Okay, let's look at another place in scripture, [Isaiah 14:12 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!]

Now, we see. Lucifer, was kicked out of heaven and cast down to earth. Lucifer, of course is Satan and is the god of this world. Okay, notice, the earth was here when Lucifer was cast out of heaven, because earth is where he was cast to.

Something happened between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2. Because Isaiah 45:18 tells us that the world was NOT created in vain (NOT without form, and void), and yet, Genesis 1:2, says the earth was without form, and void. Genesis 1:2 does NOT say God made it "without form, and void" -- Genesis 1:2 simply states the situation with the earth was "without form, and void".

So, what do we have here? Well, scripture does not contradict, so clearly something took place between these two first verses. Could it have been Satan's departure from heaven and entrance on earth? Could it be that that is when the earth became without form? Void?

Take a look at what happened next.

Now, the earth, without form, and void, has darkness upon the face of the deep, but the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. God comes in on something destroyed by the enemy, Satan. And God begins to move, He begins to clean it all up. Does this sound familiar? -

2b... 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.

Notice, that scripture describes a day to be from evening to day light. This is how the Hebrews to this day, see their days. From darkness to light. (Pretty cool.)

It appears, that from the second half of Genesis 1:2, God re-created the earth and all that He created on it.

We true believers are "New creations" too. Think about it, the earth was formed not in vain, and then it became void. We were created in the image of God, and then we were dead in our sin. We were in darkness. No one seeks God. God does all the doing. The natural man receiveth not the things of God. God has to do the cleaning up. Just as with the earth.

And what did God do for us believers? God came in to our lives and re-created us. God's Spirit moved upon the face of the "Living water," The Word of God. Water is a symbol of the Word of God. God moves upon the face of the waters and says, "Let there be light." And the light goes on, and we were born again. Christ Jesus came into our hearts. Christ is the Light. Then, He separated the light from the darkness. [Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.] He cleansed us, and now we are new creations. (Beautiful.)

6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

7And 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.

8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

When God recreated the world, we have the earth and the atmosphere (the firmament) and above that we have water. The atmosphere separates water from water. There is water on the earth, then there was sky, then water that was around the atmosphere. Which means that the earth had a water canopy, which means it would have been a huge green-house, an equal temperature around the world. Now, when the flood came, the water canopy would have come down. This is also when the life span went down. Now, if this is true, we would find remnants of tropical things in such places as the Antarctica or the arctic circle, and remnants (fossils) of such, have been found in these places. It has been scientifically proven that at one time the whole world was topical.

9And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

12And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

13And the evening and the morning were the third day.

14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

(Jesus is the Light. Believers in Jesus Christ are lights, we are reflectors of the Light. Like the sun in the sky is reflected by the moon in the dark, we reflect Jesus' Light in the darkness. [That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;])

20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

24And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

25And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

(This shows that evolution cannot be true. Animal species stay within their own species.)

26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

('us' and 'our' -- Father, Son, Holy Ghost. The very word, "God," in Hebrew here, means a plural word. God is Triune.)

27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

(Subdue it. Before the fall of man, God gave an assignment to man. It was man's destiny, though God knew that man would fall. God wanted man to be a tool for God, to subdue the earth. Yes, have fellowship with God, but to be used by God too. It is not that God needs us, but a blessing that we are allowed to be a tool for God. And how are we to subdue it? Be fruitful. "Fruits of The Spirit." Speaking Words of Fruitfulness and life, as believers.)

30And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Genesis chapter 2

Genesis chapter 2, zeros in on the creation of man and mentions the creation of man before the mentioning of the creation of Animals. This confuses some people. But, if we read Genesis 1 and 2 in faith, faith that God does not contradict, we see something. God created the animals and man on the same day, the sixth day. The only specific thing God says in relation to timing, is that He brought the animals to Adam, which of course would have been after Adam was created. But, neither chapter 1 or chapter 2 specifically says which of the two creations, He created first, man? or the animals?

Chocolate chip cookies: All in one day, I mixed two separate mixtures. There was a mixture of flower, salt, and baking soda -- and there was a mixture of butter, sugars, egg, and vanilla. The more complex of the two mixtures was the sugar mixture. The sugar mixture was more detailed, I had to let the butter get a little soft, there were two sugars and the brown sugar had to be packed--the butter and sugars were mixed first and then I put in the egg and vanilla. I needed to put chocolate chips in too. And I made the flower mixture. I "brang to" (added to) the sugar mixture, the flower, salt, and baking soda mixture. Once both mixtures were together, it was clear to see that something was still missing, that being the chocolate chips, of course. Now, question... What mixture did I create first? The sugar mixture or the flower mixture? In the beginning of this paragraph, I mention the flower mixture first, then the sugar one. Then when I went into more details, I mention the sugar one first and then the flower mixture was mentioned, just before I said I brought it to the sugar mixture. But, which did I actually make first? Well, I mixed the flower mixture ahead of time and sat it aside till I was finished making the sugar mixture. I had the flower mixture all ready to mix into the sugar mixture. I simply in the second mentioning of the mixtures, spoke of the flower mixture second because I mixed it with (brought it to) the sugar mixture after the sugar mixture was made, but before the chocolate chips were added.

Hence, God could have made the animals first and simply further on, when God was going into details about the creation of man, TOLD about the creation of animals after God told about the creation of man, because it was after God created man, that God brought the animals to Adam, and it also showed man's need for a woman.

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Jesus is Lord God, The Risen Savior and Only Way. Amen!

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