C. According to Ezekiel 28: 3-6
1. Law of Double Reference -- 11-18 King of Tyre and Satan
Here (vs. 12-15), as in Isa 14:12 the language goes beyond the king of Tyre to Satan, inspirer and unseen ruler of all such pomp and pride as that of Tyre. Instances of thus indirectly addressing Satan are: Gen 3:14, 15; Mat 16:23 The unfallen state of Satan is here described; his fall in Isa 14:12-14 (See Note for Rev 20:10) But there is more. The vision is not of Satan in his own person, but of Satan fulfilling himself in and through an earthly king who arrogates to himself divine honours, so that the prince of Tyrus foreshadows the Beast. Dan 7:8; Rev 19:20 Scofield Notes
2. Facts of Lucifer already discussed
3. v. 13 Eden -- Not Adam's No throne, no cherub in Adam's Eden
The dwelling place of Lucifer was “Eden, the garden of God.” This was not a mere summer residence of some earthly king of Tyre, but the garden of God as referred to in other Old Testament passages. Another Time, Another Place, Another Man pg 42
The Eden described by Ezekiel, however, was not the garden in which God placed Adam, for in Adam’s Eden, “every precious stone” was not the covering of Satan, nor was he the perfect, sinless guardian cherub. Therefore, this must have been a pre-Adamite Eden, the garden that God made was the location of Lucifer’s earthly kingdom, long before Adam walked the Eden of his day. Another Time, Another Place, Another Man pg 42 - 43
4. Iniquity -- Rebellion -- Pride
5. Feud between God and a King (God and Satan)
D. According to Jeremiah 4:23-29
(v. 23) “I beheld the earth, and, lo, [it was] without form, and void; and the heavens, and they [had] no light.”
(v. 24) “I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.”
(v. 25) “I beheld, and, lo, [there was] no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.”
(v. 26) “I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place [was] a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, [and] by his fierce anger.”
(v. 27) “For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.”
(v. 28) “For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken [it], I have purposed [it], and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.”
(v. 29) “The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city [shall be] forsaken, and not a man
dwell therein.”
1. (v. 23a) "without form and void" --“tohuw va bohuw” Same terminology as Gen 1:2
"The earth became wasted and desolate." -- Chuck Smith
Not just Israel but the earth.
2. (v. 23b) “the heavens, and they [had] no light.” -- not Noah’s flood -- no light
3. (v. 24) “the mountains, and, lo, they trembled” -- Noah’s flood?
4. (v. 25) “[there was] no man” -- not the flood -- Noah and family were present during flood
5. (v. 26) “the fruitful place [was] a wilderness”
Isa 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!”
Isa 14:17 “[That] made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; [that] opened not the house of his prisoners?”
6. cities broken -- desolate--fierce anger--II Sam. 22:8-15 "He was wroth" Ps.18:8-14
a. v. 10 bowed the heavens -- changed stars and space
b. v. 12 dark waters, and thick cloud
c. v. 15 scattered them
7. Jeremiah 4:29
a. horsemen and bowmen -- angels of God?
b. not a man left
The whole land of Palestine will become desolate, yet I will not make a full end as I did of the social system on earth before Adam's time (in the chaos of Gen. 1:2). The comparison here is that God would make the land of Judah desolate and empty as He had made the once-inhabitated original earth desolate and empty through the chaos of Gen. 1:2, but He would not make a full end of the land as in the curse of the pre-Adamite world. Dake’s Notes
E. According to Peter II Peter 3:3-7
(v. 3) “Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,”
(v. 4) “And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”
(v. 5) “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:”
(v. 6) “Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:”
(v. 7) “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.”
1. (v. 4) “from the beginning of the creation” -- When was this beginning of creation?
Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”
2. (v. 5) "heavens were of old" (written 2000 yrs. ago)--This refers to God speaking the materials into existence out of which He then formed the heavens and the earth. Dake
3. (v. 5) “standing out of the water and in the water” -- This proves the earth was not created all wet as in Gen. 1:2, but dry, then flooded, and later restored to a dry state as in Gen. 1:9-10.
4. (v. 6) "the world that then was"-- If “the world that then was” is the same as that which existed between Adam and the flood of Noah, then God made “the heavens and the earth which are now” since the flood of Noah. Although this is a popular interpretation of the passage, it is not taught anywhere in Scripture. There is no statement in either Old or New Testaments that indicates that the heavens and the earth “which are now” differ from what they were between the time of Adam and Noah.
Another Time, Another Place, Another Man pg 87
Refers to the pre-Adamite world or social system which was destroyed by a great universal flood before Adam -- Dake’s Notes
5. (v. 6) “world” = Greek: kosmos (GSN-2889), social system. The one that then was, being deluged with water, perished. This refers to the pre-Adamite world that totally perished by the flood of Gen. 1:2; Ps. 104:5-9. There was no man, bird, or any other life left after this flood (Jer. 4:23-26, notes). This was when Lucifer rebelled. Dake’s Notes
There was no change in the earth’s social system after Noah’s flood, for the society that followed was merely an extension through which Noah’s family of the system which was started with Adam. Another Time, Another Place, Another Man pg 87
6. (v. 6) “that then was” Three periods of the heavens and earth: Dake’s Notes
a. The world that then was (2Pet. 3:6; Gen. 1:1-2)
b. The heavens and the earth which are now (2Pet. 3:7; Gen. 1:3 -- Gen. 2:25)
c. The new heavens and new earth (2Pet. 3:13; Isa. 65:17; Isa. 66:22-24; Rev. 21-22)
7. (v. 6) Perished -- Noah's world did not perish
8. (v. 7) “heavens (atmosphere and space) and Earth which are now” -- Are the heavens different than in Noah's days? No. Floods don't change the heavens.
The heavens and the earth which are now were restored from chaos and judgment about 6,000 years ago in Adam's day. Dake’s Notes
12 Things that People are Willingly Ignorant Of Dake’s Notes
1. That by the Word of God the heavens were created of old (2Pet. 3:5; Ps. 68:33; Ps. 93:2; Ps. 102:25; Mic. 5:2).
2. That the earth was established in and out of water (2Pet. 3:5; Ps. 24:2; Ps. 136:6).
3. That "the world that then was" refers to the pre-Adamite world or social system which was destroyed by a great universal flood before Adam (2Pet. 3:6; Gen. 1:2; Ps. 104:5-9; Jer. 4:23-26; Isa. 14:12-14; Ezek. 28:11-17). See notes on these scriptures.
4. That the heavens and the earth which are now were restored from chaos and judgment about 6,000 years ago in Adam's day (2Pet. 3:7; Gen. 1:3-2:25).
5. That the heavens and the earth entered their second sinful career through Adam and are now reserved for a second universal renovation (by fire) at the time of the great white throne judgment at the end of the Millennium (2Pet. 3:7, 10-12; Rom. 8:18-25; Heb. 1:10-12; Heb. 12:25-28; Rev. 20:7-15).
6. That with God a thousand years is like a day and a day like a thousand years. He inhabits eternity and is not subject to time to get His work done before death as is the case with us (2Pet. 3:8-9;
Isa. 57:15; Eph. 3:11).
7. That the Lord is not slack concerning His promises but is longsuffering to all men, wishing that all would come to repentance (2Pet. 3:9; 1Tim. 2:4; Rev. 22:17).
8. That the day of the Lord is to come as a thief in the night, in which day (the end of it) the heavens and the earth will be renovated and made new a third time (2Pet. 3:10-13; Isa. 65:17; Isa. 66:22-24; Rev. 21-22).
9. That all rebellion will then be put down (2Pet. 3:13; 1Cor. 15:24-28).
10. That the righteous natural people left on earth after the rebellion of Rev. 20:7-10 will multiply and replenish the new earth forever, carrying out God's original program for Adam, as would have been done if man had not sinned (2Pet. 3:13; Gen. 1:26-31; Gen. 8:22; Gen. 9:12; Isa. 9:6-7; Isa. 59:20; Dan. 2:44-45; Dan. 7:13-14, 27; Mt. 25:34, 46; Lk. 1:32-33; Rev. 11:15; Rev. 21:1 -- Rev. 22:5).
11. That God will move His capital city from the planet heaven to the planet earth to dwell with men forever and administer the affairs of the universe from the earth (2Pet. 3:13; Rev. 21:1 --
Rev. 22-5).
12. That the resurrected saints, saved from Abel to the Millennium, will be heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ and will reign as kings and priests on earth helping God administer the affairs of the universe forever (2Pet. 3:13; Ps. 149:5-9; Dan. 7:18-27; Mt. 19:28; Rom. 8:17; 1Cor. 4:8;
1Cor. 6:2; Eph. 2:7; 2Tim. 2:12; 2Th. 1:4-10; Rev. 1:6; Rev. 2:26-27; Rev. 5:9-10; Rev. 11:15; Rev. 12:5; Rev. 20:4-6; Rev. 22:5).
This ignorance of the Biblical facts is not forced upon man. They are willingly ignorant, preferring to remain in darkness, even scoffing at the second coming of Christ and denying Him who bought them with His own blood (2Pe 2:1-2; 2Pe 3:5, 8). They shut their eyes against light and refuse all evidence.
F. According to Job
1. Job 12:14 shutteth up the pre-Adam "man"?
“Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.”
a. Bodies could have been burned. Atomic bomb -- leaves only a shadow of closest individual's.
b. Buried in the Earth -- Sea? Rev. 20:13 "And the sea gave up the dead which were in it" First in rebellion, first in judgment.
c. Buried in Ice? Ex: Iceman-- Found Sept. 19, 1991 in Alps of Austria and Italy country line. (101 yds in Italy) 5300 yrs old according to radiocarbon dating; hair cut 3 1/2 inches long
Some Egyptian mummies are older.
2. Job 12:15 (Job was written 1520 B. C. ? approx. 1000 yrs after the flood)
“Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.”
a. Waters overturn the Earth? or angels?
b. The earth was not overturned in Noah's flood.
3. Job 22:15-17 out of time? -- Prehistoric?
(v. 15) “Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?“
(v. 16) “Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:”
(v. 17) “Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?”
Amplified Bible v. 16 "Men who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream."
4. Job 38:13-15
(v. 13) “That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
(v. 14) “It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.”
(v. 15) “And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.”
a. Wicked shaken out
b. light withholden -- Noah's flood? -- Gen 1:2 “darkness was upon the face of the deep”
c. (v. 16) What's in the depths?
“Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?”
5. Job 38:29-30
(v. 29) “Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?”
(v. 30) “The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.”
“The face of the deep”? Where have we seen this before? Genesis 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.”
G. According to Psalms
1. Ps. 60:2 “Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.”
2. Ps. 104:5-9
(v. 5) “Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.”
(v. 6) “Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.”
(v. 7) “At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.”
(v. 8) “They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.”
(v. 9) “Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.”
This refers to the first universal flood on earth -- the flood of Lucifer's time (Gen. 1:2; Jer. 4:23-26; 2Pet. 3:5-7). It is clear here and elsewhere that the earth was created as dry land (Gen. 1:1, 9-10), was inhabited (Isa. 45:18), and later covered with water, with the deep, or with the flood of Gen. 1:2; 2Pet. 3:5-8. Dake
a. (v. 6) [deep] Hebrew: tehowm (HSN-8415), the depth of a surging mass of water (Gen. 1:2; Gen. 7:11; Gen. 8:2; Pr. 8:28; Isa. 51:10). This is what God covered the whole earth with as one would cover with a garment. During this flood the waters stood above the mountains, which proves the whole earth was covered (Ps. 104:6; Gen. 1:2; 2Pet. 3:5-7). This was not an act of creation, but of judgment on the earth because of sin, just as in the days of Noah. Whose sin? That of Lucifer and the pre-Adamites who rebelled against God long before Adam. See notes on Gen. 1:1-2; Isa. 14:12-14; Jer. 4:23-26; Ezek. 28:11-17; 2Pet. 3:5-7. Dake’s Notes
The psalmist here speaks about the Flood in Noah's time. (Chuck Smith)
b. (v. 7) [rebuke] Hebrew: ge'arah (HSN-1606), translated rebuke in Ps. 104:7; Ps. 18:15;
Ps. 76:6; Ps. 80:16; 2Sam. 22:16; Isa. 50:2; Isa. 51:20; Isa. 66:15. The fact that the flood was rebuked proves both that it was a judgment of sin and that this flood was distinct from that in Noah's day. The waters of Noah's flood weren't rebuked, but receded naturally from the earth over a period of 150 days (Gen. 8:1-5). Here God commanded the waters to return to where they belonged -- in the earth's basins, in the clouds, and in the bowels of the earth where they were before He caused them to flood the earth and destroy all the
pre-Adamites. Dake’s Notes
The only time God ever rebuked the waters and "they fled" and "hasted away" was during the work of days two and three of Gen. 1:6-13. Day two was when God commanded part of the flood of Gen. 1:2 to return to the clouds so it could rain again (Gen. 1:6-8; Isa. 14:12-14). Day three was when God commanded the rest of the flood waters to return to the earth's basins and bowels (Gen. 1:9-13). Dake’s Notes
c. (v. 9) This is a fixed law for the oceans, but any time God chooses to set it aside to punish sin by a flood, He is free to do so. Noah's flood occurred after this law, and many local floods as well. What God promised in Noah's time was that there would be no other universal floods (Gen. 9:11-12). Dake’s Notes
