Shocking Revelation!

The 6 days of creation as mentioned in Genesis 1 of the Holy Bible was actually re-constructive creation!

Earth experienced a catastrophe before God reconstructed it!

The word "was" in Genesis 1:2 means "become" in Hebrew. This implies that earth has changed from one state to another. Although the former state of the earth was not clearly mentioned in the Bible, what it has become was vividly described: formless, dark and void. So what happened!

The Creation of the Universe
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Genesis 1:1-2:3 set forth the account of the beginning of the universe, the disaster which overtook the primitive earth and the reconstruction as well as the repairing of this damage, together with the beginning of the present human race. These scriptures give us, in panoramic form, a clear-cut definite idea of the past and points to things future from the standpoint of "the days of reconstruction."

In the first verse, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth," we see that portion of eternity which antedated time and the creation of the material universe. However in the second verse we see that a cataclysmic [tragic] catastrophe wrecked the earth and reduced it to a chaotic condition.


Genesis 1:2 Hebrew Study Bible (Apostolic / Interlinear)
וְהָאָ֗רֶץ[earth] הָיְתָ֥ה[was=become] תֹ֙הוּ֙ ]formless]וָבֹ֔הוּ[emptiness]וְחֹ֖שֶׁךְ[dark]עַל־[above] פְּנֵ֣י[face] תְהֹ֑ום[deep] וְר֣וּחַ[Spirit]אֱלֹהִ֔ים[God] מְרַחֶ֖פֶת[move] עַל־[above] פְּנֵ֥י[face] הַמָּֽיִם׃ [waters]

Genesis 1:2 KJV
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.

Nothing however is said with reference to the damage wrought throughout the rest of the material universe. Notheless there are little hints here and there in later passages of the Scripture that may shed some light .
There were six days of reconstruction , during which God was engaged in repairing, to a certain extent, the damage that had been wrought. Under His moral government, it was impossible for Him to restore the primitive, sinless order. He therefore repaired the wreckage that was necessary in order that He might create man in His own image, to whom He would give authority and dominion over the entire earth and all of its denizens. Unfortunately man later forfeited his right and authority to dominion over the world. Knowing God as we do, we may be certain that He would not be thwarted in His plans and purposes by any of the devices of Satan and of his wicked purposes.

In keeping with this general thought, we see that Psalm 8 takes up this very idea and shows that God will restore to man his forfeited authority and that He will do that by paying man a special visit.
Psalm 8 looks out, therefore, into the future, is quoted in Hebrews Chapter 2 and is applied to the great Kingdom Age of the future.

Psalm 8 (Amplified Bible)

1O LORD, our Lord, how excellent (majestic and glorious) is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory on [or above] the heavens.
2Out of the mouths of babes and unweaned infants You have established strength because of Your foes, that You might silence the enemy and the avenger.(A)
3When I view and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained and established,
4What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him?
5Yet You have made him but a little lower than God [or heavenly beings], and You have crowned him with glory and honor.
6You made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet:(B)
7All sheep and oxen, yes, and the beasts of the field,
8The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
9O Lord, our Lord, how excellent (majestic and glorious) is Your name in all the earth!

Hebrews Chapter 2 (Amplified Bible)
1SINCE ALL this is true, we ought to pay much closer attention than ever to the truths that we have heard, lest in any way we drift past [them] and slip away.
2For if the message given through angels [the Law spoken by them to Moses] was authentic and proved sure, and every violation and disobedience received an appropriate (just and adequate) penalty,
3How shall we escape [appropriate retribution] if we neglect and refuse to pay attention to such a great salvation [as is now offered to us, letting it drift past us forever]? For it was declared at first by the Lord [Himself], and it was confirmed to us and proved to be real and genuine by those who personally heard [Him speak].
4[Besides this evidence] it was also established and plainly endorsed by God, Who showed His approval of it by signs and wonders and various miraculous manifestations of [His] power and by imparting the gifts of the Holy Spirit [to the believers] according to His own will.
5For it was not to angels that God subjected the habitable world of the future, of which we are speaking.
6It has been solemnly and earnestly said in a certain place, What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You graciously and helpfully care for and visit and look after him?
7For some little time You have ranked him lower than and inferior to the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor and set him over the works of Your hands,(A)
8For You have put everything in subjection under his feet. Now in putting everything in subjection to man, He left nothing outside [of man's] control. But at present we do not yet see all things subjected to him [man].
9But we are able to see Jesus, Who was ranked lower than the angels for a little while, crowned with glory and honor because of His having suffered death, in order that by the grace (unmerited favor) of God [to us sinners] He might experience death for every individual person.
10For it was an act worthy [of God] and fitting [to the divine nature] that He, for Whose sake and by Whom all things have their existence, in bringing many sons into glory, should make the Pioneer of their salvation perfect [should bring to maturity the human experience necessary to be perfectly equipped for His office as High Priest] through suffering.
11For both He Who sanctifies [making men holy] and those who are sanctified all have one [Father]. For this reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren;
12For He says, I will declare Your [the Father's] name to My brethren; in the midst of the [worshiping] congregation I will sing hymns of praise to You.(B)
13And again He says, My trust and assured reliance and confident hope shall be fixed in Him. And yet again, Here I am, I and the children whom God has given Me.(C)
14Since, therefore, [these His] children share in flesh and blood [in the physical nature of human beings], He [Himself] in a similar manner partook of the same [nature], that by [going through] death He might bring to nought and make of no effect him who had the power of death--that is, the devil--
15And also that He might deliver and completely set free all those who through the [haunting] fear of death were held in bondage throughout the whole course of their lives.
16For, as we all know, He [Christ] did not take hold of angels [[a]the fallen angels, to give them a helping and delivering hand], but He did take hold of [[b]the fallen] descendants of Abraham [to reach out to them a helping and delivering hand].(D)
17So it is evident that it was essential that He be made like His brethren in every respect, in order that He might become a merciful (sympathetic) and faithful High Priest in the things related to God, to make atonement and propitiation for the people's sins.
18For because He Himself [in His humanity] has suffered in being tempted (tested and tried), He is able [immediately] [c]to run to the cry of (assist, relieve) those who are being tempted and tested and tried [and who therefore are being exposed to suffering].

Thus when we grip all of these facts, we can see that eternity past and time--the period during which the present material universe is in existence--are presented in Genesis 1:1-2:3, together with Psalm 8 and Hebrews Chapter 2, which are the outgrowth of the Genesis original. Thus these passages give us in general the outline of the developments of the Almighty's plans from eternity in the past out to the end of the Millennial Age. Everything else that is mentioned in the Scriptures fits into this general picture. Without this plan of the ages, one is unable to locate and to pigeonhole, figuratively speaking, events that are referred to in the subsequent writings of the Scriptures.

In view of the facts just mentioned, one can see that it is of the utmost importance that we study carefully and microscopically:
1. the first account of the creation of the heavens and the earth,
2. of the primitive disaster which wrecked the earth,
3. of God's repairing the damage wrought, and
4. His creating man upon it.

Man, as we shall see, is an immortal spirit, who lives on after his earthly life has passed. He is destined to live somewhere throughout all eternity. Thus there is laid in this first portion of the Scriptures the fundamental outline of eternity past, of time, and of eternity throughout the ages of the ages which follow the great Millennial Era.

"The Father and His Family" by Dr E W Kenyon offers more details on the Redemption Plan.