English
(Genesis 1:1)
In the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth.
(Genesis 1:1)
בראשׁית ברא אלהים את השׁמים
ואת הארץ׃
The Three Heavens and Earths
Was the Earth made without form, and void?
In the beginnig
Hebrew-7225
ראשׁית
rê'shîyth
ray-sheeth'
From the same as Hebrew-7218; the first,
in place, time, order or rank (specifically a firstfruit): - beginning,
chief (-est), first (-fruits, part, time), principal thing.
Hebrew-430
אלהים
'ĕlôhîym
el-o-heem'
Plural of Hebrew-433; gods in
the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with
the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of
deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative: - angels, X
exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Hebrew-1254
בּרא
bârâ'
baw-raw'
A primitive root; (absolutely) to create;
(qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as
formative processes): - choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make
(fat).
Hebrew-8064
שׁמה שׁמים
shâmayim shâmeh
shaw-mah'-yim, shaw-meh'
The second form being dual of an
unused singular; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky
(as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the
clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies
revolve): - air, X astrologer, heaven (-s).
Hebrew-776
ארץ
'erets
eh'-rets
From an unused root probably meaning
to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land):
- X common, country, earth, field,
ground, land, X nations, way, + wilderness, world.
The Three Heavens and Earths
The words “In the beginning” means “origin”, bereshith in Hebrew, and or gennēsis in Greek.
The word “God”, Elohim in that context is plural to emphasize his greatness.
The word “Heaven” is shamayim and is in plural form to represent its vastness.-
This verse is referring to the creation of the first ‘heaven and earth’ of the three that is to exist in God’s foreknowledge.
The biblical significance of the number 3 is complete.
In Peter II, it explains that there are three Heavens and Earths.
(2 Peter 3:5 KJVR)
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
(2 Peter 3:6 KJVR)
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.
(2 Peter 3:7 KJVR)
But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
This extract talks about the original Heaven and Earth, which existed in Genesis 1:1.
Then it mentions the Heaven and Earth which exist now, this one will last until the Judgment day.
And the third Heaven and Earth…
(2 Peter 3:13 KJVR)
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for
new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
In Revelation…
(Revelation 21:1 KJVR)
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the
first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
Where it reads, ‘first’ heaven and the ‘first’
earth, may be better read ‘former’ heaven and the ‘former’ earth .
(Revelation 21:1)
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the [former]
heaven and the [former] earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
The second Heaven and Earth begins with Genesis 1:3
and it’s formation is completed when it states in Genesis 2:1:
(Genesis 2:1 KJVR)
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and
all the host of them.
Was the Earth made without form, and void?
To further understand Genesis 1:1; Genesis 1:2-3 must also be included to understand what is taking place.
(Genesis 1:2 KJVR)
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.
When God Created the first Heaven and Earth, the earth was not made without form and void.
This was the work of Satan in his rebellion against God.
God does not create disorderly things.
God said…
(1 Corinthians 14:40 KJVR)
Let all things be done decently and in order.
God would not create the Earth in such a destructive state
(1 Corinthians 14:33 KJVR)
For God is not the
author of confusion, but of peace, as in
all churches of the saints.
Satan is the author of confusion.
In the original Estrangelo Aramaic and Hebrew, there was no verb "to be"; but instead there was the verb "to become". Also in Genesis 1:2, notice that the second “was” is italicized, because it was added and was not in the original text.
This gives the verse a totally different meaning than it should.
The second “was” does however serve to make the verse grammatically correct in English.
The first “was”, was improperly translated,
was
Hebrew-1961
היה
hâyâh
haw-yaw'
A primitive root (compare H1933); to
exist, that is, be or become, come to pass
(always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary): - beacon, X altogether,
be (-come, accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass),
continue, do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)
self, require, X use.
The word used in place of “was” in
Genesis 1:2 should be “became”
The verse Genesis 1:2 should be better read:
(Genesis 1:2 KJVR)
And the earth [became] 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.
This then suggests that the earth was not made without form, and void, but it became that way afterwards.
If the verse was supposed to mean what is usually
thought, then Genesis 1:1 would have probably written…
(Genesis 1:1)
In the beginning God created the heavens,
and the earth without form, and void.
But the verses should be correctly separated, as the time frame between the two verses could be many years apart, but we do not know exactly how long this period was.
I will properly discuss this matter in the topic (Genesis 1:2)
Note though that a completely new heaven and earth was never formed, in all three Heavens and Earths, this planet Earth we are now on is probably the same earth as the first one was and the last one will be. I guess God would simple be doing some renovations. ;)
(Genesis 1:3 KJVR)
And God said, Let there be light: and there was
light.
In Genesis 1:3, God never said that he had just
created light at that point, he only said “Let there be light”
(1 John 1:5 KJVR)
This then is the message which we have heard of
him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
God himself may have provided the light in the first Heaven and Earth.
If our God is a God of light, he would not create such
a dark and dismantled world.
(Genesis 1:4 KJVR)
And God saw the light, that it was
good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
(Genesis 1:5 KJVR)
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he
called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
God had a purpose for this new source of light which was the sun, it would allow for a “Day time” and a “Night time”.
We do not know, but God’s light could have been everlasting. Hence there may not have been a Day and Night period before and only then gave it a name.
“Replenish the earth”
This is a very important phrase to notice in our study.
Replenish
Hebrew-1961
היה
hâyâh
haw-yaw'
Only
twice in the entire Bible is the word “Replenish” used. In both cases God says the phrase, “replenish the earth”.
(Genesis 1:28 KJVR)
And 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.
(Genesis 9:1 KJVR)
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto
them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Notice firstly how the phrase is used in context
with Noah.
God tells Noah to replenish the earth just after it has been wiped
out of life.
He tells Noah to replenish the earth because there was life on earth before, Noah would only be "re-filling" the earth with more life.
In Adam’s case, if God tells Adam to replenish the earth, that would thus mean that there were living things on the earth before.
He cannot replenish the earth if there was never anything living on the earth before him. Otherwise, God may have simply said, "fill the earth"
Having settled the matter that there were probably living creatures on this earth before God created Adam and Eve in this second heaven and Earth. This leaves us with evidence that Dinosaurs may have truly existed back then.
We do not know what lived on the earth before Adam
and Eve were created, but what ever it was, by scientific proof, there were
creatures that existed millions of years ago. That would be a much longer time ago than when God created Adam and
Eve.
There may have even been “cave men” in what ever form they looked like, but they surely were not human beings like us.
Scientific research is very accurate at many times; this then could fit both the Bible and Science in its corrective place of not contradicting each other.
In the topic (Genesis 1:2), I shall explain that the earth was actually frozen over.
The “darkness that was upon the face of the deep”
caused the earth to be without light, thus it froze up, killing probably all
forms of life on earth.
This would also perfectly explain why scientist in research discovered that there was a devastating “Ice Age” that killed out the Prehistoric beasts.
If this “Ice Age” was so powerful to kill out all living things on the earth, would cavemen have survived to be able to evolve into human beings…I don’t think so.