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NASB | Genesis 1:2 The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 1:2 The earth was formless and void or a waste and emptiness, and darkness was upon the face of the deep [primeval ocean that covered the unformed earth]. The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters. |
Bible Question:
Genesis 1:2 is this the fall of satan. everything that God makes is good. The creation of the earth and the creation of man are more or less the same. |
Bible Answer: Hi, Thought I would answer this question in 2 notes - #1 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen. 1:1). When God creates something it is always perfect (Deut. 32:4; Ps. 18:30). “For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens, who is God, who formed the earth and made it, who has established it, who did not create it in vain, who formed it to be inhabited” (Is. 45:18). So why does the next verse say “the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep”? There is no time frame given from the creation of earth (Gen. 1:1) to the chaos on the earth (Gen. 1:2). “The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters” (Gen. 1:2). Jeremiah speaks of the exact same thing, “I beheld the earth, and indeed it was without form, and void; and the heavens, they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and indeed they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth. I beheld, and indeed there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens had fled. I beheld, and indeed the fruitful land was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of the LORD, by His fierce anger” (Jer. 4:23-26). This has never happened since then and will never happen not even during the tribulation. The earth was literally destroyed and covered with water. And because there was no light there was no heat therefore the earth was literally a ball of ice. Then God reformed the earth and recreated physical life forms over 6 days. Could God do make plants grow in super quick time? Of course He can. Who destroyed the earth? What was before the destruction? And why was the earth destroyed? Is there any correlation between the flood of Gen. 1:2 and God flood in the days of Noah Gen. 7? Who destroyed the earth? God destroyed the earth. Job said, “God removes the mountains, and they do not know when He overturns them in His anger; He shakes the earth out of its place, and its pillars tremble; He commands the sun, and it does not rise; He seals off the stars” (Job 9:5-7). This has not happened since Adam and will not happen, not even in the tribulation period. Then Job goes on to describe Gen. 1:2-5. “He alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea; He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south” (Job 9:7-9). |