Gabbylittleangel said:
Georges said:
...strange things of that nature that would support the possibility of a pre Gen 1:2 existence...
Gen 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Gen 2:1-2 Thus
the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And
on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
George,
perhaps the pre Gen1:2 existence was created by someone other than God. God started at the beginning.(Gen 1:1) and he ended his work on the sixth day. You have got to cross out a lot of Scriptures and pencil in your own doctrine to keep going with this thought.
And behold, it was very good. For it to be very good, it was not yet in the hands of the enemy of the cross.
Not at all....Using a lexicon or concordance, you can make a case for this...
Gen 1:1 ¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Gen 1:2 And the earth
was (had become) without form, and
(was made) void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Gen 1:1 ¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Gen 1:2 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.
was [01961] hayah
Pronunciation Guide
hayah {haw-yaw}
TWOT Reference Root Word
TWOT - 491 a primitive root [compare 01933]
Part of Speech
v
Outline of Biblical Usage
1
) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
a) (Qal)
1) -----
a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
b) to come about, come to pass
2) to come into being, become
a) to arise, appear, come
b) to become
1) to become
2) to become like
3) to be instituted, be established
3) to be
a) to exist, be in existence
b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
d) to accompany, be with
b) (Niphal)
1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
2) to be done, be finished, be gone
It appears a case can be made that the formed earth became without form....meaning, an already formed earth (Gen 1:1) had become without form again...as in destroyed by water.
without form....
tohuw {to'-hoo}
TWOT Reference Root Word
TWOT - 2494a from an unused root meaning to lie waste
Part of Speech
n m
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness
a) formlessness (of primeval earth)
1) nothingness, empty space
b) that which is empty or unreal (of idols) (fig)
c) wasteland, wilderness (of solitary places)
d) place of chaos
e) vanity
I think a good case that Gen 1:1-2 can read....
Gen 1:1 ¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Gen 1:2 And the planet had become formless, and was made wasteland; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
My opinion only...based on the definitions for the Hebrew words for "without" and "form".
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