Myth-one.com wrote:There would be no mankind if the angels on the earth had not rebelled in the first place:
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In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
This is the only description in Genesis of the
original creation.
Verse two then describes the earth as without form, void, and dark:
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. (Genesis 1:1-2)
Either God created the earth without form, void, and dark; or it was created good and came to be formless, void, and dark for some reason.
A few pages later, God states that everything He created was indeed "very good":
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. (Genesis 1:31)
Therefore, God created the earth as "very good" in the original creation described in verse 1, and it
later came to be formless, void, and dark.
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Some translations of the original Hebrew text support the idea that something occurred and the earth had
reached this state. For example, the New International Version® of the Bible renders the same verses as follows:
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty; darkness was over the surface of the deep... (Genesis 1:1-2)
That is, God originally created the heavens and the earth good in verse one, and over a period of time the earth had become formless, void, and dark.
Notice that only the earth had become without form, void, and dark. The "heaven" remained in good condition as it was created.
What happened to cause the earth to reach this chaotic state?
Who (if anyone) was responsible?
The devil (or Satan, Lucifer, the snake, etc) presently rules over the earth:
And the devil, taking him up into a high mountain, showed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whosoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. (Luke 4:5-7)
Jesus did not question the devil's authority to give him power over the earth. He knew that Satan did indeed have control over the earth and could give or share this power with whomever he pleased. Jesus' immediate response was:
Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. (Luke 4:8)
Once God makes a covenant, or testament, or promise, He always keeps it. Satan was given rule over the earth. Although he rebelled against his creator, God did not and will not violate the agreement. Satan was given rule over the world and a ruler must be defeated and overthrown! This is one of the reasons Jesus will return to the earth, to defeat Satan.
Other angels were also assigned to the earth under the command of Satan.
At sometime between the first two verses of the Bible, Satan decided to rebel against God. The ultimate results of his rebellion and sin are the conditions of chaos described on the earth in verse two.
Why did he rebel? It was a simple grab for power:
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!... For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God... I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. (Isaiah 14:12-14)
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The following "creation" described in detail beginning in Genesis 1:3 is actually a re-creation of a decimated earth originally created "good" in verse one. This re-creation can be traced back to approximately 6,000 years ago. This idea that the creation described in detail in Genesis is actually a re-creation of a decimated earth is supported by other scripture verses:
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they (mankind) are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth. (Psalm 104:30)
So in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth as good. Now the earth had become without form, void, and dark.
In the third verse of the Bible, God performs the most obvious and logical first step in re-creating the earth. He turns the lights back on:
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. (Genesis 1:3)
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Mankind was created "a little lower that the angels" in this re-creation.
There were originally two differences between man and the angels -- knowledge of good and evil and body type.
At present, man is closer to being like the angels because he knows good from evil -- having eaten from the tree of knowledge. The remaining difference is body type, physical versus spiritual. Man was expelled from the Garden of Eden so that he could not eat from the tree of life and live forever!
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God's purpose for mankind is to create replacements for the angels who failed to fulfill their duties on the earth:
And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. (Jude 1:6)
Man can become equal unto the angels when born again of the Spirit, as an immortal spiritual being, into the Kingdom of God.
We will then possess the one item which differentiates us from God and the angels -- immortality.
If Satan and angels under his command had not rebelled against God, there would have been no need for mankind.
Man is Plan "B".
The conclusion of each person's short human life on earth should be to learn that there is a better way to live, God's way. Having learned this lesson, these new spirits being produced for the Kingdom of God, should be less inclined to revolt.
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. (Ecclesiastes 2:11)
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. (Ecclesiastes 12:13)
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