In the beginning God made the heavens and the earth.
The earth and the heavens were void without form, they had no light, as darkness was upon the face of the deep ( then God made the sun and the moon and the stars)
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
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.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Jeremiah 4:23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without
form, and
void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
From what you have quoted , I will prove my point.
Let's start at the beginning as you have . Question , does that opening verse tell you when said Heaven and Earth were created ,it just says they were ,period , correct ?
Now let's go to verse 2
Genesis 1:2 "And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep."
Who is that Spirit of God? He is the Holy Spirit, and it is God's Spirit that moved upon the face of the waters.
In the Hebrew translation of the word, "
was", as used in this verse "
...the earth was without form,..."; in the original text it reads "
became without form...". This same mistranslation of the word "became", and turning it into the word "was" is also present in
Genesis 2:7. It should read there; "
..and man became a living soul."
was
1961 hayah
hayah (haw-yaw); a primitive root [compare OT:1933]; to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary):KJV - beacon, altogether, be (-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, follow, happen, have, last, pertain, quit (oneself-), require, use.
void
922
bohuw (bo'-hoo); from an unused root (meaning to be empty); a vacuity, i.e. (superficially) an undistinguishable ruin:
KJV - emptiness, void.
The correct Hebrew translation from the Massoretic Hebrew text for the words, "
without form" is "
tohu-va bohu" in the Hebrew Strong's dictionary.
In
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."
Now lets do your other verse
Jeremiah 4:23; "I beheld the earth, and, lo it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light."
Here we get back to the same word that we saw earlier in
Genesis 1:2; The Hebrew word "
Tohu" for "
void". In other words, God is saying, "
I destroyed the first heaven and earth age."
There simply was no life form existing on this earth at the close of the first earth age in any form.
Jeremiah 4:24; "I beheld the mountains, and lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly."
This is why the magnetic north is 90 miles off true north? God shook the earth and everything moved from its foundations at the time the destruction "tohu" took place.
Jeremiah 4:25; "I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled."
Did you get that?
No man, no animals, and not even the birds were left alive.
The earth was covered with water, and life could not exist. There was no boat floating around on the surface, for the span of time could have been for thousands of years, or a much greater time.
Jeremiah 4:26; "I 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."
In this flood there wasn't a tree or a blade of grass left with life in it. However, what about these "cities" that once existed? Yes there were cities at that time, and God's anger and fury against Satan, and the third of God's children that followed Satan, caused God to destroy that entire earth age, and all that was part of it.
That is what God meant in
Hebrews 11:7 when He said,
"I shook her once and know I'll shake her again." The only thing that will be left standing then, is that which is unshakeable, and it will only be those who have repented, and have Jesus Christ in their heart. They are those souls that were sealed in their minds, and did not bow to the Antichrist, his system, or take his name, nor his number.
Jeremiah 4:27; "For thus hath the Lord said, "The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end."
God allowed the waters of the first earth age to recede, and from it came a condition whereby we can live in this second earth age. Each soul, or God's child, will pass through this flesh earth age once, and we have the choice to chose either light or darkness; Jesus Christ or Satan. When God created each soul and gave it free will, He cannot force that soul to love Him. You cannot buy love, or it will be a false love.
God is looking for your tender love; from within your free soul. It is your choice.
One must really REALLY understand the 3 Heaven and Earth ages , and scripture woukd open up really great
