VII. THREE HEAVENS, EARTH, ANGELS AND (Pre-Adam) MEN
Long before a man called Adam walked with God in the gardens of Eden, longer still before the flood of Noah covered the face of the earth, in a time called “the beginning,” God created the heavens and the earth. A grand and beautiful design, the earth as conceived by the Creator was an exquisite home for the creatures he had fashioned. The earth itself was a magnificent garden where life flourished in a dazzling display of variety. The ground trembled with the footsteps of the largest creatures (those we now call dinosaurs). Animals filled the trees, the skies and the oceans. From eternity God had planned this creation, and it was perfect in every way. God created men and they began to settle in villages, cities and nations. Angels, a part of this new creation, were given dominion over the earth, to rule with the authority of their Creator. It was the archangel Lucifer who ruled over the nations in all the splendor of the greatest of God’s creations. Every creature fashioned by the hand of God acted in perfect obedience to the will of their Creator. Angels and men knew God as a friend and drew their life from Him. There was no sickness or disease, no hunger or death, for there was no sin----
----Until Lucifer, the closest to the throne of God, the archangel who “walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire,” let the seed of pride find fertile ground in his heart. Pride led to rebellion, and rebellion to judgment. Lucifer and the nations following him were placed under a curse, and the earth itself was judged for their sin.
All of this happened before Genesis 1:2. Another Time, Another Place, Another Man Based on the writing of Finis Dake, Edited by Mark Allison and David Patton
A SUMMARY OF WHAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN LIKE according to
"The Prehistoric Ages In The Bible" by Charles K. Ramsden, Sr.
SUN Constant Light -------------Earth Constant Light ------------------ Constant Dark
Tropical Paradise Likely Ice -- No Life, Horizontal Rotation
A. Growth of Layer of Plants -- Coal, etc
B. Perfect Reign of a Perfect Ruler
C. How long? thousands, millions, billions of years?
D. Rebellion Plot
1. Pre-Adam "men" and angels flattered by Lucifer's perfection
2. Lucifer should rule over all creation -- Lucifer "wiser than Daniel" "there is no secret that they can hide from thee" was aware of the thoughts
3. Pride -- Rebellion -- sin of omission -- did not stop thoughts Ezek. 28:17
4. Next trip to 3rd Heaven -- not allowed to enter -- no sin entering in
-- “Satan falls as lightning”
E. Deterioration and Destruction of Pre-Adam World
1. Pre-Adam man, animals, plants, etc. were buried in the earth by a great cataclysm.
2. Satan is dethroned as his kingdom, the earth, is destroyed.
VIII. OVERTHROW OF THE PRE-ADAM WORLD (The earth in chaos.)
A. According to Genesis
1. Gen 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”
Gen 1:2 “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.”
a. According to the traditional understanding of the passage, the description is that of some amorphous mass, awaiting the hand of the Creator to give it definition.
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b. It would be in the sense that a sculptor sits and looks at a lump of clay and envisions what it can become in his hands.
c. But, why was the earth created in darkness and under water (or ice)?
d. And, why is it “without form, and void”? Couldn’t God speak it into existence with form just as easily as speaking it into existence without form and void?
e. Other translations may yield some insight:
Noah Webster (1833) Gen. 1:2 “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.”
Robert Young (1862, 1887, 1898) Gen. 1:2 “the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness [is] on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,”
J. N. Darby (1890) Gen. 1:2 “And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.”
American Standard Version (1901) Gen. 1:2 “And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters”
Amplified Bible Gen. 1:2 “The earth was without form and an empty waste, and darkness was upon the face of the very great deep. The Spirit of God was moving, (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters.”
f. Again, why is the earth waste and empty?
There could be a gap in time between the first verse and the rest of the chapter. In the first verse, the Hebrew word translated "create" is "bara" meaning "to make something out of nothing". Thereafter, the word "asah" is used, which means "to assemble existing materials into an order". "But the earth became wasteful and desolate" is another reading of the second verse. (Chuck Smith)
2. Gen. 1:2 "was" (hayah) -- to become, became
01961 hayah {haw-yaw} a primitive root [compare 01933]; TWOT - 491; v
AV - was, come to pass, came, has been, were happened, become, pertained, better for thee; 75
1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) -----
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone
3. "without form" (tohu) -- waste, desolation, of confusion
08414 tohuw {to'-hoo} from an unused root meaning to lie waste; TWOT - 2494a; n m
AV - vain 4, vanity 4, confusion 3, without form 2, wilderness 2, nought 2, nothing 1, empty place 1,
waste 1; 20
1) formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness
1a) formlessness (of primeval earth)
1a1) nothingness, empty space
1b) that which is empty or unreal (of idols) (fig)
1c) wasteland, wilderness (of solitary places)
1d) place of chaos
1e) vanity
The Hebrew word tohuw, rendered “without form” in the KJV, occurs 19 times in the O.T. Its root idea is that of emptiness or waste. Another Time, Another Place, Another Man pg 22
4. "void" (bohu) -- empty, ruin, or void
0922 bohuw {bo'-hoo} from an unused root (meaning to be empty); TWOT - 205a; n m
AV - void 2, emptiness 1; 3
1) emptiness, void, waste
the earth was without form and void--or in "confusion and emptiness," as the words are rendered in
Isa 34:11 . This globe, at some undescribed period, having been convulsed and broken up, was a dark and watery waste for ages perhaps, till out of this chaotic state, the present fabric of the world was made to arise. (Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown)
Did God create the earth “without form and void” --or in "confusion and emptiness“?
Isa 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 (tohuw), he formed it to be inhabited: I [am] the LORD; and [there is] none else.”
08414 tohuw {to'-hoo} from an unused root meaning to lie waste; TWOT - 2494a; n m
AV - vain 4, vanity 4, confusion 3, without form 2, wilderness 2, nought 2, nothing 1, empty place 1, waste 1; 20
1) formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness
1a) formlessness (of primeval earth)
1a1) nothingness, empty space
1b) that which is empty or unreal (of idols) (fig)
1c) wasteland, wilderness (of solitary places)
1d) place of chaos
1e) vanity
Now, if God did not create it “without form” (tohuw), how is it that the earth is “without form” (tohuw) in Genesis chapter 1, verse 2?
the Spirit of God moved--literally, continued brooding over it, as a fowl does, when hatching eggs. The immediate agency of the Spirit, by working on the dead and discordant elements, combined, arranged, and ripened them into a state adapted for being the scene of a new creation. The account of this new creation properly begins at the end of this second verse; and the details of the process are described in the natural way an onlooker would have done, who beheld the changes that successively took place. (Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown)
5. Created (bara‘) vs. Made (‘asah)
It would seem bara‘ and ‘asah are synonymous or interchangeable, both referring to acts of creation.
Another Time, Another Place, Another Man pg 26
Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” The first occurrence of bara‘.
01254 bara' {baw-raw'} a primitive root; TWOT - 278; v
AV - create 42, creator 3, choose 2, make 2, cut down 2, dispatch 1, done 1, make fat 1; 54
1) to create, shape, form
1a) (Qal) to shape, fashion, create (always with God as subject)
1a1) of heaven and earth
1a2) of individual man
1a3) of new conditions and circumstances
1a4) of transformations
1b) (Niphal) to be created
1b1) of heaven and earth
1b2) of birth
1b3) of something new
1b4) of miracles
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to cut down
1c2) to cut out
2) to be fat
2a) (Hiphil) to make yourselves fat
The usage of bara’ throughout the O. T. indicates new or original creation, bringing things into existence without the use of pre-existing material. It seems that the actual substance God used to create the material universe was His spoken word. Physical matter was the result of spiritual utterance; the visible was fashioned from the invisible. Another Time, Another Place, Another Man pgs 25 -26
The word bara’ is primarily used in two ways: first, with respect to the creation of the material universe; and second, with specific regard to the creation of man who is the unique focus of the Creator’s attention.
Another Time, Another Place, Another Man pg 27
Gen 1:7 “And 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.”
First usage of “made” (‘asah).
06213 `asah {aw-saw'} a primitive root; TWOT - 1708,1709; v
AV - do 1333, make 653, wrought 52, deal 52, commit 49, offer 49, execute 48, keep 48, shew 43, prepare 37, work 29, do so 21, perform 18, get 14, dress 13, maker 13, maintain 7, misc 154; 2633
1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make 1a) (Qal)
1a1) to do, work, make, produce 1a1a) to do
1a1b) to work 1a1c) to deal (with)
1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect 1a2) to make
1a2a) to make 1a2b) to produce
1a2c) to prepare 1a2d) to make (an offering)
1a2e) to attend to, put in order 1a2f) to observe, celebrate
1a2g) to acquire (property) 1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute
1a2i) to bring about 1a2j) to use
1a2k) to spend, pass 1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be done 1b2) to be made
1b3) to be produced 1b4) to be offered
1b5) to be observed 1b6) to be used
1c) (Pual) to be made 2) (Piel) to press, squeeze
Rather than creation out of nothing by the raw power of God’s spoken word, the idea here is that of appointment. Another Time, Another Place, Another Man pg 29
07549 raqiya` {raw-kee'-ah} from 07554; TWOT - 2217a; n m
AV - fi0rmament 17; 17
1) extended surface (solid), expanse, firmament
1a) expanse (flat as base, support)
1b) firmament (of vault of heaven supporting waters above)
1b1) considered by Hebrews as solid and supporting 'waters' above
The firmament was appointed to its specific task of dividing waters. Beyond that, it is the place where the heavenly bodies are set (vv. 14 -18). So it appears atmospheric when directly related to earth (separating oceans from clouds), but it expands to include outer space itself, containing the sun, moon and stars. Yet God has already created the heaven and the earth (v.1). Another Time, Another Place, Another Man pg 29
Now, God had already said, “Let there be light,” and He had already “divided the light from the darkness,” distinguishing night and day (Gen. 1:3-5). Therefore, Genesis 1:16-18 does not reveal the creation of the sun, moon and stars, but rather their appointment to specific tasks. Another Time, Another Place, Another Man pg 30
6. There were days (evening and morning) before the sun and moon are mentioned? How can this be unless . . . they were already there?
Gen. 1:14 let there be lights in the firmament--The atmosphere being completely purified, the sun, moon, and stars were for the first time unveiled in all their glory in the cloudless sky; and they are described as "in the firmament" which to the eye they appear to be, though we know they are really at vast distances from it. (Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown)
Gen. 1:16 two great lights--In consequence of the day being reckoned as commencing at sunset--the moon, which would be seen first in the horizon, would appear "a great light," compared with the little twinkling stars; while its pale benign radiance would be eclipsed by the dazzling splendor of the sun; when his resplendent orb rose in the morning and gradually attained its meridian blaze of glory, it would appear "the greater light" that ruled the day. Both these lights may be said to be "made" on the fourth day--not created, indeed, for it is a different word that is here used, but constituted, appointed to the important and necessary office of serving as luminaries to the world, and regulating by their motions and their influence the progress and divisions of time.
(Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown)
The appearance of the sun and moon on the Fourth day was not a new creation. They had existed in connection with the Pre-Adamite Earth and had not been destroyed when it was made waste. The words translated “made” in the 16th verse is not the same word as translated “created” in verse one, and does not imply a “creative” act. What is meant is that the clouds broke away and permitted the sun and moon to be seen, and that from that time they were appointed to measure the days, and years, and seasons as we have them today. In other words, on the Fourth day “Time” in contrast with “Eternity” began.
Dispensational Truth by Clarence Larkin pg 26
Some would say, “The light on day one was the light of God.” Because I John 1:5 “God is light, and in him is on darkness at all.” But, being that “God is light” and God was there, then the light of God was already present and God would never have to say, “Let there be light” in the sense of the light of God.
Neither in Gen. 1:3, nor in verses 14-18 is an original creative act implied. A different word is used. The sense is, made to appear; made visible. The sun and moon were created "in the beginning." The "light" of course came from the sun, but the vapour diffused the light. Later the sun appeared in an unclouded sky. Scofield Study Bible
"Let" is used 14 times in this chapter, 1,497 times elsewhere, and in no case is an original creative act implied. The sense is "made appear" or "made visible," expressing permission and purpose in connection with already existing things. The light, firmament, waters, earth, darkness and all other things mentioned here were already in existence but had been thrown into chaos, and the laws which previously governed them had been made void. The purpose of their existence had been annuled because of sin. Dake
7. Genesis 1:21 “And 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.”
Here the word "created" is used for the first time since Gen. 1:1 (see Bara' -- "Create", Defined. All that was done in the interval was a rearrangement and restoration of matter. Now life is introduced, requiring not simply constructive, but creative power. All forms of animal life -- in both air and water -- are embraced in this verse. In the first creative acts of God in Gen. 1:1, the universe was brought into existence. In the second creative acts, thousands of bodies were formed out of the ground and given self-existent and self-productive life, each "after his kind" (Gen. 1:21; Gen. 2:19). Gen. 1:1 gives the origin of the pre-Adamite world, and Gen. 1:3-31 portrays the earth's restoration to a second habitable state and the origin of the Adamite world. Dake’s Notes
8. Replenish
a. Gen. 1:28 Adam -- “replenish”
“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.”
04390 male' {maw-lay'} or mala' (Esth. 7:5) {maw-law'} a primitive root; TWOT - 1195; v
AV - fill 107, full 48, fulfil 28, consecrate 15, accomplish 7, replenish 7, wholly 6, set 6,
expired 3, fully 2, gather 2, overflow 2, satisfy 2, misc 14; 249
1) to fill, be full
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be full
1a1a) fulness, abundance (participle)
1a1b) to be full, be accomplished, be ended
1a2) to consecrate, fill the hand
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be filled, be armed, be satisfied
1b2) to be accomplished, be ended
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to fill
1c2) to satisfy
1c3) to fulfil, accomplish, complete
1c4) to confirm
1d) (Pual) to be filled
1e) (Hithpael) to mass themselves against
Same word is translated “fill” in Gen 1:22.
Man is created in the image of God. The order to "replenish the earth" could indicate a
pre-existence upon the earth. (Chuck Smith)
b. Gen. 9:1 Noah -- “replenish” Same Hebrew word used in Gen. 1:28
“And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and
replenish the earth.”
Not just fill the earth but refill it, as Adam was commanded (Gen. 1:28). If this command proves
an Adamite world prior to Noah's flood, the same command to Adam in 1:28 proves a
pre-Adamite world. Dake’s Notes
B. According to Isaiah Ch. 14:9-15
1. Satan and the King of Babylon addressed -- Law of Double Reference
(Again) A visible person is immediately addressed while at the same time an invisible person who is using the visible person as a tool to hinder the plan of God is also addressed. Ex. Matt. 16:23 Satan -- Peter
2. v. 12 Lucifer -- fallen -- from Heaven (How could this be a man alone?)
Luke 10:18 “And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.” Past, present, or future?
According to David Guzik on Luke 10:18-- Jesus responds by noting that He saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven; what is Jesus talking about? There are actually four falls of Satan:
a. From glorified to profane (Ezek 28:14-16)
b. From having access to heaven to restriction to the earth (Rev 12:9)
c. From the earth to bondage in the bottomless pit for 1,000 years
(Rev 20:1-3)
d. From the pit to the lake of fire (Rev 20:10)
Here, Jesus is either speaking of Satan's "first" fall, from glorified to profane; what Jesus has just seen in the disciples is evidence that Satan had already lost his position of power. He is a conquered enemy, and when we act in the name of Jesus, victory is assured.
3. v. 13 "my throne"
Lucifer had a throne, obviously signifying rulership or kingship. Likewise, rulership implies subjects to rule. Furthermore, since Lucifer is charged with weakening the nations, there must have been nations in existence for him to weaken. Another Time, Another Place, Another Man pg 39
4. Rebellion after created heavens and earth, but before Adam.
In the sense of a visible, personal rule on earth, Lucifer had no kingdom at the time of Adam’s creation and hasn’t had one since; he has only ruled through others since Adam’s day.
Another Time, Another Place, Another Man pg 39 - 40.
According to Isaiah, the ground, clouds, stars and heaven were already created before Lucifer’s rebellion. And we’ve already seen that Lucifer’s fall occurred before his temptation of Adam in the garden. Therefore, these events must have taken place on the earth, but before Adam was created. Even if this rebellion could have occurred during the six days of creation (though there appears to be no time for it), it is conspicuously absent from the creation narrative. Consequently, Lucifer must have rebelled prior to the six days of creation. Another Time, Another Place, Another Man
5. Isa. 24:1 “Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.”
This could mean a polar-axis flip of the earth. -- Chuck Smith
However, he refers to it as future prophesy dealing with the Tribulation Period. Could this be past prophesy, dealing with the first destruction of earth the rule of Lucifer?
