Bible Study: Part 1. Most Christians with whom I come in contact believe that they already KNOW what happened in the beginning in the Garden of Eden, At the flood of Noah, etc. We are going to concentrate on the first 11 Chapter of the Bible. What does God really tell us about the Beginning? We will learn what happened before day one. We will learn what happened in the first six days. We will learn what happened in the garden of Eden. We will learn who Cains father was. We will learn who was involved in Noahs flood. We will learn if this is the first or second earth age. We will learn Tree Symbology We will learn why Adam and Eve didnt make itty bitty little apron to cover their mouths after eating apples. We will learn Cain and Abel were twin brothers. We will learn who Goliaths father was. We will learn Noah was perfect in his generations and what that made possible. We will learn why the ark had three decks. We will learn if Noahs flood was universal. We will learn what the Hebrew word eretz means. We will learn what Noah was preaching before the flood. We will learn that God not Noah, shut the door to the ark. We will learn what Genesis teaches about the United Nations. Genesis, the first eleven Chapters From Creation through the Tower of Babel. INTRODUCTION: We begin the study of the Book of all Beginning Genesis. And for some, especally those who are beginners in actually studying Gods Word, it shall truly live up to its name. Although the Greek word Genesis is not the Hebrew title of the book bearing its name, it means Generation or Creation. There are two major points to keep in mind before we begin this adventure into the BEGINNNG. First, it is important to keep an open mind and consider carefully that which is being discussed. I have often said that If you do not know something, then you do not know that you dont know it. That is the very essence of deception, i.e. if a person is deceived, they dont know they are deceived, they believe they have truth. The reason this is so important is that most Christians with whom I come in contant believe that they already KNOW what happened in the BEGINNING in the Garden of Eden, at the flood of Noah, etc. However, the Manuscripts declare that which is mostly contrary to the Traditions of men. For example, the word Apple is not to be found anywhere in the entire Book of Genesis, but is contained throughout the literature used in Sunday Schools to teach our children. A minor point you say? We shall see. This brings us to the second major concept to keep in mind. Do not take mans word as being Gods Word. When studying the Bible, in depth, you will often be confronted with a choice, Am I to believe what I just read in Gods Word, or should I discard it and continue to believe that which I grew up believing? The choice is yours. The apostle Paul gave us instruction as to how to handle Listening to man 1 Thess. 5-21 Prove ALL things; hold fast that which is good. If you can document from Gods Word that which you believe, then you do well, even if we disagree. For it your attitude and mine is to believe Our Fathers Word, regardless of mans traditions, then we will eventually, through growth, harmonize in unity of thought. If you cant document it, you may be harboring a tradition, which could well be a lie, disguised as truth. Romans 12-2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Again, the choice is simple, continue to be conformed to traditions, or PROVE that which is good and acceptable. Also before we begin, it should be noted that volumes of preface and introduction to Genesis could be written. However, it is not our intent in this study to convert the non-believer, nor to convince him or her that God CREATED the heaven and earth and ALL LIVING BEINGS. Many of them still search in darkness for missing links that cannot be found to support theories which have no foundation. For to admit that God exists would be to admit that there is an authority greater than oneself and therefore that Authority might have something to say about how one condusts his or her affairs. God forbid! It kind of reminds you of those Indiana Jones types, who run around searching for the ARK of the Covenant when it is clear from Gods Word that they will not find it. Thou foolish people! The last verse of Chapter 11 of the Book of Revelation will Reveal where it is located. Finally, for those who are fortunate to possess a Companion Bible, appendixes three and five will serve as a great foundation to being a study in Genesis. Appendix three draws thirty parallels between the Book of Genesis and the Book of Revelation, for there is nothing new under the sun. Appendix five discusses Creation vs. Evolution. { I have only one question to the evolutionist: Since it is obvious that not all apes have as yet evolved into man, which itself will take some fancy explaining, could you show me some that have almost made the transition? i.e. Im looking for a living, breathing almost man. In fact, Im looking for an almost anything. Why can you not show me? Did evolution stop?} And so we begin, at the beginning, with the first sentence, the first ten English words, the first categorical statement in the Word of God. It is a statement so profound and so powerful that it strikes fear in hearts of atheists and ACLU lawyers, and drives them to seek legislation whereby these ten words cannot be uttered in the classrooms of public schools for fear of the damage it may cause children. for it they [ the children} believe this statement, the next thing you know theyll start believing that they are children of God, and they are somebody, and that their authority is their Heavenly Father. It will then be difficult to control them with socialism and communism. It is better, therefore, that they believe that they are the end product of organic soup, stewed over billions and billions of years, until it formed like jello into monkeys, who then lost most of their hair, and became people. This first sentence in Gods Word is therefore the great dividing wall between all of mans vain [ stupid} words and theories and philosophies which precede it, and the wisdom of Our Father contained in the words which follow it. It is, therefore, the perfect opening statement to the perfect Word of God. It is the Gate through which we must pass, else that which follows cannot be absorbed. Genesis Chapter 1 Ladies and gentlemen, the first words of truth and wisdom: Genesis 1-1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Since this statement is of such importance, lets analyze it. Does it say when God Created the heaven and earth? No, it doesnt. Does it say that the earth is only 6,000 years old? No, it doesnt. Does it say that He Created the earth only? No, it says He created both the heaven and the earth. So, when was the beginning? Why did He Create the heaven and the earth? How did we get here? Let us search the Scriptures. In Proverbs Chapter eight we see that Wisdom was with Our Father before He Created the heaven and the earth. The Proverbs 8-22-30 The LORD possessed Me in the Beginning of his way, before his works of Old. { Verse 23}. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. { Vs 24} When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were No fountains abounding with water. [ V. 25}. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth { v. 26} While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world, { v. 27} When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: [ v. 28} When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: [ v. 29} When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: {v. 30} Then I was by Him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him. And so Our Father decided to have a family, and He CREATED a beautiful home for His children. He created it perfect, as He always does, and He created it to be inhabited. Listen to Him: 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 it to be inhabited: I am the LORD, and there is none else. Let there be no doubt about who is speaking here. It is the CREATOR GOD of Genesis 1-1. This is extremely important because He says that He did Not Create the EARTH in Vain. but He formed it to be inhabited, and it was habitable. The word Vain used here is the Hebrew word tohu and it mean desolation, utter waste...... God did Not Create the Earth as a desolation, a wasteland. We just documented it. Do you believe it? It certainly makes sense, for even man doesnt create things tohu. Now let us return to Genesis 1 and read Verse 2, {2} And the earth was witout form, and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the wates. Uh Oh! We have a big problem. We just read in Genesis Chapter 1-1 that God Created the heaven and the earth And now it says that the earth was without Form and Void which is the exact same word , tohu used in Isaiah 45-18. In fact the Phrase tohu va bohu without form and void, means totally and utterly desolate and wasted. Look it up in Strongs Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. Remember, dont take mans word for it. document it! The apparent contrdiction [ of which there is none, and there never is} lies in the improper translation of the verb to be which is translated Was in Verse 2m instead of BECAME...... It is exactly the same word translated BECAME in Genesis 2-7 And man BECAME A Living Soul. Check it out! You will also find that some translations have it correct. In fact, if you have access to an NIV translation, you will note that they sugget or BECAME in place of Was. Therefore, Isaiah 45-18 is CORRECT. God Created the earth beautiful and perfect, to be inhabited. That could have been millions or billions or trillion of years ago. But then, in verse two, something MUST have HAPPENED because the earth became tohu -va bohu.... The beautiful earth that Our Father made to be inhabited was DESTROYED... And guess what? You can see evidence of it everywhere, in the geological layers of the earths crust, in the fossils pressed between the rocks, in the bones of the dinosaurs, in the tilt of the earths axis, etc, etc, etc. So was there a Lost City of Atlantis? Was there a Lost World a World That Then Was? Well find out! The Bible gives us the answers in detail! Isnt it amzaing that Gods Word has the answers to so many intriguing questions concerning such things as the identity of UFOs, the whereabouts of the Ark of the Convenant, the existence of the lost cities such as Altantis, the extinction of the dinosaurs, etc? We are constantly told by the main stream media and the Higher Critics that the Bible is old fashioned and out of date, but it is they who show their ignorance and remain confused by rejecting Him. Here is what Apostle Peter has to say about the Scoffers and mockers of the last days, in the A.D. 2000,s who walk according their own lustful desires. 2 Peter 3-5-7 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 [ Gen. 1-2} and in the water: In the Beginning God Created the heaven and the earth. This was of OLD [ The First Earth Age} in the BEGINNING..... Before Adam, Before the flood of Noah. Those who dont believe it are Ignorant according to Apostle Peter! {6} Whereby the world that then was [ World # the First earth Age} being overflowed with water, perished. And the earth BECAME without form, and Void tohu -va bohu. It Perished! [ The Greek word for Perish is appollumi, to destroy fully! And darkness was upon the face of the deep [ water}. The earth was overflowed with water and it Perished! But isnt this passage talking about the Flood of Noah? No, it is not. The flood of Noah belongs to the next verse, the heaven and earth Age which are NOW the Age of Flesh Man. Noahs flood occurred about 2348 B.C. {7} But the heavens and the earth, which are NOW [ World # 2} Second Earth Age] by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. And there will yet be another Heaven and Earth Age the third and final one, which is the Eternity Age that is spoke of in Revelation 21, A New Heaven, A New Earth, A New Jerusalem. 2 Peter 3-13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth { World # 3}, wherein dwelleth righteousness. So Apostle Peter declares that there are Three heave and Earth Ages: 1} Same Heaven Same Earth but in different Age. The world that then was, which perished , 2} the heaven and earth which is NOW and 3} the New heaven and new earth age to come... But why would God destroy the First Heaven and earth Age? That answer is simple. Because of the rebellion of one whose name is Satan, who we learn in Revealtion 12- 4 drew one third of the sons of God away from Him and into his own camp. Prophet Ezekiel tell us what happened to this one? Ezekiel 28-12-19 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus said, the LORD God; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Tyrus means rock the false rock, Satan. {13} Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God, every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. [ 14} Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth, and I have set thee so, thou wast upon the holy mountain of God, thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Satan was one of the two archangels given charge to protect, i.e. cover, the throne of God. But he wanted to sit on the throne and be the one in charge, i.e. be like God. {15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou was created, till iniquity was found in thee. This should answer the question Where did the Devil come from? He was a free- will son of God, Created by God, perfect and beautiful Male Archangel [ Note: Satan does not run around in a little red suit toting a pitc fork}. Continuing with Satans fall: {16} By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou has Sinned therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O Covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. {17} Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness; I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. {18} Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thin iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick, therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of ALL them that behold thee. Satan has been judged to die the Second death, i.e. To perish in the lake of fire. That is why he is called the Son of Perdition { 2 Thess.. 2-3-4} The son who will perish. The man of sin. Remember when God said, Let us make man in Our image, after Our likeness He was refers to the angels... Satan is Male {19} All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shall be a terror, and never shall thou be any more. Satan, when God is done with him, will cease to exist, which is what happens when something or someone perishes. Its GONE Forever and ever! But judgment for the rest of Gods chidren has been postponed until after the Millennium, at the great White Throne Judgment, until God plan of Salvation, of restoring His sons [ whosever will } to Him, is complete. So, Our Father chose not to judge His other children at the time of Satans rebellion but chose rather to destroy the Earth Age that then was and Create a New heaven and a New Earth, which are Now just as Apostle Peter explained. The Creator shook this old Planet [ or perhaps smote it with a meteor} and knocked it off its true axis and out of its true orbit. That is why theres a magnetic declination where magnetic north and trur north are as much as 80 km apart. And since the earth now Wobbles it produces the jet stream which determines patters of weather and storms. In the World that then was the entire earth was as a tropical Garden. That is evidence by the recent discovery of Mastodons in the artic regions, frozen soild in their tracks, with buttercups still in their mouths. That global destruction, that tohu -va bohu of Genesis 1-2, wiped out All living things, and destroyed to utter ruin all the Cities and habitable places of that earth Age. It is the Age of which All Fossils and Remains belong. The geological evidence of a worldwide catastrophe are everyhwhere, and then some, Listen to Our Father describe the destruction Himself. Jeremiah 4-22 -27 For my people is foolish, they have not known Me they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. Dr. Moffat translate the first part of this Verse it is because my people are Stupid and know Me not, Look up the word Sottish in the Strongs concordance of the Bible it means Stupid..... Hey, He [ God} tells it like it is! { 23} I [ God} beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void, and the heavens, and they had no light. Here it is, the same Without Form and Void tohu va bohu which is why God later commanded Let there be light. There was light in the day of Noah, but not at this destruction. {24} I [ God] beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. The earth was violenly shaken: {25} I [ God} beheld, and, lo, there was no Man and all the birds of the heavens were fled. This couldnt possibly be the flood of Noah, for there were at least 8 PEOPLE Alive Then... This say there was No Man and No Birds. remember Noah sent a rave out of the ark.. seen there were land... {26} I [ God} 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. Thats right! There were Cities in the world that then was and they certainly Became LOST. And you and I and all of Gods children were there in that World that then was.... Do you remember the Mysteries that Paul taught, how in Ephesians 1-4 he tells us that Gods elect were chosen Before the Katabole the overthrow of Satan, before the foundation of this Earth Age? [ Stay with us and well document it.} And so we began in Genesis 1-1 with the Creation, in the Beginning of a beautiful, inhabitable earth, and we end verse 2, with a dark and desolated world, destroyed by His fierce anger to a state of tohu va bohu. And out of the total darkness now covering the earth: Genesis 1-3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. This light was not the Sun for it will not be present until the Forth Day of Creation. This Light would divide the darknessm, and so there would be tha choice in this world Age, to choose light or to choose darkness. The choice is ours. Heres your light: John 8-12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I Am the LIGHT of the WORLD: he that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the LIGHT OF LIFE. We spent a great deal to time documenting and establishing the fact that the beautiful heaven and earth Age That then Was that which was Created in the Beginning [ Genesis 1-1} Perished in [ Genesis 1-2}. Our Father Destroyed it when He overthrew Satan at his rebellion and reduced it to the state of tohu va bohu utterly void and desolate. The Physical [ Scientific} evidence of this destruction is overwhelming, the Spiritual { Biblical} evidence is conclusive. There is no conflict between True Science and Gods Word. There never was and there never will be! This foundation knowledge is essential of the true understanding of the entirely of Gods Word. It is one of the main reasons that many who claim to be instructors and teachers of the Bible struggle to explain what should be simple verses and simple passage. For it you dont understand what happened in the BEGINNING if you start out with a mental declination and are off track just 80 Km before you begin, by the time you should have REACHED your destination of understanding, you will have passed by the major benchmarks of Truth and be totally LOST in the land of confusion, which is the stat of Babylon. The creation, then, which begins in Genesis 1-3, is the Creation of the Earth Age which is now the former having passsed away. Our Father will once again prepare an habitable place for His children, only this time each child will Pass through this Earth Age in a flesh Body entering in from the WOMB of Woman, and born innocent [ which means they will have no prior knowledge of what happened in the World that Was, i.e. their Hark Disk or Hard Head whichever you prefer, will be newly formatted and contain no data.} They can then have an opportunity to make up their own minds as to who they will follow, the LIGHT or the Darkness. It is documented in the New Testament , by the apostle Paul, that we should All die, and therefore live, in the flesh body ] Only one time, of course. Hebrews 9-27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.
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