In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was without form and void. (empty) and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the waters. Genesis 1:1&2 Before this earth that we now inhabit, was created, God had already created the heavens and the earth. But something had gone wrong. Gen. 1:2 says that it was without form and void. God obviously did not create it that way. We just have to look at the creation of our universe. After each day He complimented Himself that what He had accomplished was good. (perfect) Therefore we can and must assume that the original heaven and earth were also perfect. Everything that God creates is perfect. What happened? There was a cataclysmic event happened between verse one and two of Gen. Chapter 1 Jeremiah 4: 23—28 gives us an insight. “I be held the earth, and, lo, it was without form and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and , lo they trembled, and all the hill moved lightly. I beheld , and , lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld and , lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities there of were broken down at the presence of the Lord, And by His fierce anger. For thus has the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, and I have proposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it. The fall of Lucifer was what caused this judgment to come upon the first creation. Jesus spoke of this in Luke 10:18. And He said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Satan has indeed fallen from the third heaven (God’s abode) to the second heaven. Rev. 12:7 says “War broke out in heaven, Michael and his angels fought the dragon (Satan) and the dragon and his angels fought,8 but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. 9 So the great dragon was cast out that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world: he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.” This is still future, at present time Satan still has access to the second heaven, but in these last days Rev. 12: 7—9 will Rev.12: 7—9 be fulfilled and he will fall from the second heaven where he now is to the first heaven. The first heaven is the earth’s atmosphere. Before the thousand year of Christ’s reign starts, he will be cast from the first heaven into the bottomless pit for a thousand years. (From A.J. Lowe: End Time Events)) It was on the sixth day that God created all living animals including creeping things. And He also created man on the sixth day, in Their Own image, according to Their likeness. God said “It is not good for man to be alone, I will make him a help, mate comparable to him. And God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and God took one of Adam’s ribs and closed up the flesh in it’s place. And from the rib that God had taken from man, He made into a woman, and He brought her to Adam. In this sixth day of Redemption, the mature Sons of God will be manifested to the world. When the Lord Jesus died on the cross, His bride, like that of the first Adam was taken from His side. When the spear pierced the side of the Lord Jesus there was more than blood and water came from Him. It is in these last days that the bride of Christ will be lifted to a state of coequally with her bridegroom, the Lord Jesus. He will certainly never be wed to a bride of inferior quality to Himself. He will through the avenue of, the Five Fold ascension gift ministries, draw His potential wife to His level. He will not return until this purpose is fulfilled. He paid to high a price and He will not give up on His elect. (from End Time Events by A.J. Lowe) We read in Heb. 2:10, 5:8&9 “For it became Him, for whom all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. Though He were a son, yet learned He obedience by the things He suffered. And being made perfect, He became the author of eternal salvation unto all that obey Him.” There are many hidden secrets in the word of God, that have to be dug out. Just as the gold nuggets and diamonds are hidden under the earth and have to be dug out, So also there are treasures in the word of God that are hidden, waiting to be searched out and explored by the hungry soul. The lamb that was taken out of the flock on the tenth day and held until the fourteenth day of the same month, and the whole congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. Exodus 12:3,6. The four days represent the four thousand years, from the fall of Adam to the death and resurrection of Jesus, who was slain on the eve of the fourth day. The question is why on the tenth Day? There is always a reason for everything that God does. We know that God created everything in six days. Whether it was six twenty-four days or six one thousand year days is probably to be debated, but be that as it may, on the seventh day God rested. We know that God would commune with Adam and Eve in the cool of the day. But there is no indication for how long this went on before they disobeyed and ate of the tree of knowledge. We know that from the fall of Adam to the redemption of mankind is seven of Gods days, of which we are at present in the close of the sixth day. I believe that the tenth of the month represents the ten days (God’s days) that God’s creation existed before Adam and Eve sinned. If this is true and creation was total of seven days, that leaves another three days of God’s days that Adam and Eve walked in the cool of the garden communing with God and tending the Garden. Dave Loewen Triune Last Days Ministry |