The Whole Creation Story – Part 18
The Generic Statement
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
As we said, this IS a generic statement. But, not a generic statement of the creation of mankind.
Why do I believe this? Why do I think it is important to teach it and understand it?
ANSWERS!
To discount the truth is to cut yourself off from God’s revelation.
And because the professing church has been cut off from God’s revelation, the younger generation is disillusioned, bored, resentful and walking away.
A huge key to ALL OF this is verse 2.
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.
You probably looked at it like everyone else. Like this was “normal”; just part of the process.
When creating man, God started with clay.
Genesis 1:26 And 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. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
…
Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
But, THIS IS THE EXTENT OF THE INFORMATION WE HAVE.
Elihu said to Job…
Job 33:6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
Why did he say this? Because Job said…
Job 10:9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
We, are made of “clay”. The dust of the earth PLUS LIVING WATER!
John 9:6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
John 9:11 He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.
Mark 8:23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
So, we are made of dust and living water.
The reason I show this is because there is no “primordial soup” for man.
Man is never “without form and void”.
The Bible doesn’t say something like “man is in the dust, he is not yet formed and void, but he is there.”
No, man was not “in the dust” before God created him. He wasn’t in the dust but “without form and void”.
The Bible never says anything of the kind about man.
However, this is what The Bible says about the Earth…
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.
So, let’s check a few things…
1st 4 mentions of “man” in The Bible
Genesis 1:26 And 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.
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 2:5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
Get that – NOT “man was” but rather man “was NOT”!! As opposed to “the earth WAS”.
Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Why doesn’t Genesis 1:2 say that “the Lord God formed the earth out of the primordial soup”? Ummm, because that would be a lie.
The earth ALREADY WAS!!!!!!!!!!!
The earth had already been formed as of the writing in Genesis 1:2. When was it formed?
How about Genesis 1:1? I mean, that is what it says, right? Go figure, huh?
This is HUGE! MAN – WAS NOT. THE EARTH – WAS!
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.
“the earth was” is only in The Bible 8 times. This is the OTHER significant one.
The 2nd witness…
Proverbs 8:23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
Listen closely: The earth was NOT from everlasting and NOT from the beginning.
But, it WAS after that!
And in Genesis 1:2 the earth was!
So, exactly when WAS it?
Well, IT WAS, obviously BEFORE Genesis 1:2
This is not a speculation. This is simply a Bible fact.
The supposedly original (I don’t believe it was “original”) idea for this BIBLE DOCTRINE
was called “the gap theory”. However, it is not a theory. Evolution is a theory. This is a scripturally provable gap.
So, let’s see why there is a HUGE GAP between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2.
It is during this GAP that The Bible is silent HERE, but speaks volumes in other places.
Remember…
Isaiah 28:10 … here a little, and there a little:
So we have…
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 [not “without formed”] it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
But, this is NOT what Genesis 1:1 and 1:2 say.
So, we are going to start by looking at Genesis 1:2.
And we are going to start by looking at the very first word “AND”.
In looking at “and”, I am going to add a word. I’m not adding to The Word of God. It is a different color and in brackets. It is NOT part of The Bible text.
I am simply doing it to show you a pattern.
Genesis 1:1 [no “and” here] In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And [then] 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.
This is what people tend to overlook, and it is easy to overlook.
Let’s look at the “and”s in the succeeding verses of Creation to see the pattern…
Genesis 1:3 And [then] God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Is this not true? Is this not the way it was? Isn’t this a phrase of ORDER and not JUST addition.?
4 And [then] God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And [then] God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
6 And [then] God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And [then] 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.
8 And [then] God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
9 And [then] God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
10 And [then] God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
11 And [then] 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.
12 And [then] 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.
13 And [then] the evening and the morning were the third day.
That’s good enough.
Now, of course, this alone does not a doctrine make.
Alas, this is simply step one. This is simply the first key word in our study – the word “and”.
Here a little and there a little. This is just a small piece. But a piece, nonetheless.
Genesis 1:2 And the earth was [we looked at everything before this already] 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.
Look, we already established that “the earth was”.
And we already established that this is being presented in an ORDER of events.
So, at this exact point, in what state WAS THE EARTH in?
Well, at this moment in time [God had started time already, probably a looong time ago] THE EARTH WAS “without form” and “void”.
This is exactly what The Bible says, yes? Remember, The Bible is EXACTING. It is PRECISE.
EVERY WORD IS PURE AND PERFECT.
Each is THE MOST PERFECT WORD in the English language in that particular spot. Period.
Now, look, these are not my claims – this is what The Bible CLAIMS about itself.
I believe it – 100% sold out, without any reservation or doubt whatsoever tiny.
Jan 1 2023
The Whole Creation Story – Part 18
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The Whole Creation Story – Part 18
The Whole Creation Story – Part 18
The Generic Statement
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
As we said, this IS a generic statement. But, not a generic statement of the creation of mankind.
Why do I believe this? Why do I think it is important to teach it and understand it?
ANSWERS!
To discount the truth is to cut yourself off from God’s revelation.
And because the professing church has been cut off from God’s revelation, the younger generation is disillusioned, bored, resentful and walking away.
A huge key to ALL OF this is verse 2.
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.
You probably looked at it like everyone else. Like this was “normal”; just part of the process.
When creating man, God started with clay.
Genesis 1:26 And 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. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
…
Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
But, THIS IS THE EXTENT OF THE INFORMATION WE HAVE.
Elihu said to Job…
Job 33:6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
Why did he say this? Because Job said…
Job 10:9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
We, are made of “clay”. The dust of the earth PLUS LIVING WATER!
John 9:6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
John 9:11 He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.
Mark 8:23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
So, we are made of dust and living water.
The reason I show this is because there is no “primordial soup” for man.
Man is never “without form and void”.
The Bible doesn’t say something like “man is in the dust, he is not yet formed and void, but he is there.”
No, man was not “in the dust” before God created him. He wasn’t in the dust but “without form and void”.
The Bible never says anything of the kind about man.
However, this is what The Bible says about the Earth…
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.
So, let’s check a few things…
1st 4 mentions of “man” in The Bible
Genesis 1:26 And 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.
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 2:5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
Get that – NOT “man was” but rather man “was NOT”!! As opposed to “the earth WAS”.
Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Why doesn’t Genesis 1:2 say that “the Lord God formed the earth out of the primordial soup”? Ummm, because that would be a lie.
The earth ALREADY WAS!!!!!!!!!!!
The earth had already been formed as of the writing in Genesis 1:2. When was it formed?
How about Genesis 1:1? I mean, that is what it says, right? Go figure, huh?
This is HUGE! MAN – WAS NOT. THE EARTH – WAS!
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.
“the earth was” is only in The Bible 8 times. This is the OTHER significant one.
The 2nd witness…
Proverbs 8:23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
Listen closely: The earth was NOT from everlasting and NOT from the beginning.
But, it WAS after that!
And in Genesis 1:2 the earth was!
So, exactly when WAS it?
Well, IT WAS, obviously BEFORE Genesis 1:2
This is not a speculation. This is simply a Bible fact.
The Gap
The supposedly original (I don’t believe it was “original”) idea for this BIBLE DOCTRINE
was called “the gap theory”. However, it is not a theory. Evolution is a theory. This is a scripturally provable gap.
So, let’s see why there is a HUGE GAP between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2.
It is during this GAP that The Bible is silent HERE, but speaks volumes in other places.
Remember…
Isaiah 28:10 … here a little, and there a little:
So we have…
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 [not “without formed”] it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
But, this is NOT what Genesis 1:1 and 1:2 say.
So, we are going to start by looking at Genesis 1:2.
And we are going to start by looking at the very first word “AND”.
In looking at “and”, I am going to add a word. I’m not adding to The Word of God. It is a different color and in brackets. It is NOT part of The Bible text.
I am simply doing it to show you a pattern.
Genesis 1:1 [no “and” here] In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And [then] 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.
This is what people tend to overlook, and it is easy to overlook.
Let’s look at the “and”s in the succeeding verses of Creation to see the pattern…
Genesis 1:3 And [then] God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Is this not true? Is this not the way it was? Isn’t this a phrase of ORDER and not JUST addition.?
4 And [then] God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And [then] God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
6 And [then] God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And [then] 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.
8 And [then] God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
9 And [then] God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
10 And [then] God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
11 And [then] 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.
12 And [then] 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.
13 And [then] the evening and the morning were the third day.
That’s good enough.
Now, of course, this alone does not a doctrine make.
Alas, this is simply step one. This is simply the first key word in our study – the word “and”.
Here a little and there a little. This is just a small piece. But a piece, nonetheless.
Genesis 1:2 And the earth was [we looked at everything before this already] 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.
Look, we already established that “the earth was”.
And we already established that this is being presented in an ORDER of events.
So, at this exact point, in what state WAS THE EARTH in?
Well, at this moment in time [God had started time already, probably a looong time ago] THE EARTH WAS “without form” and “void”.
This is exactly what The Bible says, yes? Remember, The Bible is EXACTING. It is PRECISE.
EVERY WORD IS PURE AND PERFECT.
Each is THE MOST PERFECT WORD in the English language in that particular spot. Period.
Now, look, these are not my claims – this is what The Bible CLAIMS about itself.
I believe it – 100% sold out, without any reservation or doubt whatsoever tiny.
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