When was our planet created according to Genesis 1?

[George Antonios]

Verse 1. They're called the Deep.
Genesis is not the record of the creation of angels, but of the corporeal world.

what DAY, not what verse.

 

[George Antonios]

when time was created.

I wasn't there but I know the One who was ... and is ... and is to come.

angels? in time to marvel and rejoice over The Creator's work ...

Which reminds me ...

BALANCE!

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Balance



The Archangel Michael had the heavenly host assembled to sing their choruses of praise to the Almighty.



But … God was not present. So Michael set off to locate Him and advise the host was ready to go …



not long after Michael started his search, well, he found God. “Sir, the heavenly host is assembled and ready when you are”



“Ah … Michael! come over here. I want to show you something”

“Oh, yes sir, what do you want me to see?”

“Michael, I’ve been creating.” “Creating? cool!”



“Yes, Michael, see for yourself the stars, planets, the sun … all in perfect order”

“I see! there is one unique planet there, God, what do you call THAT one?”

“Ah, Michael, that is planet Earth. And Earth, Michael … is ALL about balance”

“balance?”

“Yes, Michael, balance. For instance, see there in northern Europe, those people will have terrible weather, but will be quite wealthy. Conversely, the beaches in Southern Europe are pristine, but the people there will be almost paupers.”

“Hmm” mutters Michael as he continued to watch the little blue marble spin about.



“Wait” Michael exclaimed … “what is THAT section right there? with the piney woods, massive coastline, hill country, rich farmland, ranches everywhere, wild game, livestock and plains from yesterday to tomorrow!?”

“Ah, Michael … you have taken notice of TEXAS”



“TEXAS??? wow, that’s a GREAT name”

“Yes, Michael, TEXAS is the land of milk and honey. Everything is bigger in TEXAS. You’ve noted the natural resources/features. TEXAS will be populated by a great people. Handsome, charming, intelligence, gracious, and generous. Folks all over the world will be blessed when they are visited by a Texan.”

“Hmm. OK … so the land is diverse, plentiful, rich … and the people are as well … but what about balance?”

with a wink in His eye, “Wait until you see the idiots I put in Austin to run the place.”

NOW you know the rest of the story!

what DAY?

 

[Van]

Not true. A pile of bricks can be a house without form.

Your description of a pile of bricks describes the form of a pile of brinks. To point to something without form, not gaseous, or liquid, or solid and call it something that can be formed, is to point to absurdity.

 

[Van]

The key here is that it is a matter of interpretation, thus precludes dogmatizing.

Decoding, I take it you both do not know, and do not have an interpretation.

 

[Van]

Everyone is forgetting the Deep, the sudden appearance of the raw material.

What is the "deep" in the mind of the initial audience? The "unknown" beyond what is known, i.e the surface.

 

[Van]

Again, the Deep has escaped your notice.

Or perhaps I have studied the whole passage, every word. All these assumptions of ignorance of those who hold differing view betrays less than wisdom.

 

[Van]

OK ... I'll take verse 9 for $200.

verse 1 declaring this to be so ... and 2-on the details which include 6 consecutive 24 hour periods for all of Creation ... which started about 6000 years ago and was completed about 6000 years minus 6 days ago.

Thanks, we agree, verse one simply provides an overview. God is telling us what He is going to tell us.

 

[Aaron]

What is the "deep" in the mind of the initial audience?

How could you possibly know? The important thing is what we're told.

The "unknown" beyond what is known, i.e the surface.

The Deep is the waters.

 

[Aaron]

Your description of a pile of bricks describes the form of a pile of brinks. To point to something without form, not gaseous, or liquid, or solid and call it something that can be formed, is to point to absurdity.

That is a huge non sequitur. Besides the earth was without form, not the waters.

 

[Aaron]

what DAY, not what verse.

Day one for the waters. Angels are not part of the corporeal world. Genesis 1 is not about their making.

 

[agedman]

Here are a few things to keep in mind when dealing with to be age issue.

1) God is light in Him is no darkness, yet we find the creation in darkness and covered with water. No stars shown there light, no sun or moon to give light, just darkness. God moved through the darkness passing over the water.

2). The first pronouncement was “let there be light,” and drew out the earth from the water and placed a boarder between.

3). Paul states that the visible is made of that invisible, so it is not what is seen that determines age but the unseen.

One of the neat speculations is what happens after the final curtain of the Scripture closes? Does God forever never create anything, or He boundless in exercising all His attributes and creativity?

The Scriptures are silent.

 

[Two Wings]

what DAY?

IDK

 

[agedman]

IDK

Isn’t that a rapper or someone pretending to sing when they are merely quoting poetry in rhythm?

I don’t know?

 

[percho]

In Genesis 1:2 scripture says the earth was "formless and void." That means, it seems to me, the earth did not exist. Obvious, others think this describes a planet existing in chaos.

I think scripture says the planet was formed in verse 1:9.

What say you?

Do a search for Tom Cassidy's thoughts in these forums.

 

[percho]

The question refers to when Genesis says the earth was created, 1:1, or 1:9. I think 1:9.

1:1 and the sons of god shouted with joy. I do not believe God created it; without form
H8414 - tôû see Isa 45:18

 

[percho]

That is what I had understood to have been referred to as the gap theory. And the "was" in Genesis 1:2, ". . . And the earth was without form, and void; . . ." is argued to mean "became." I personally do not hold that view.

But I do believe the 6 days from Genesis 1:3-31 were actual Earth days in which God did in those 6 days pretaining to our Earth. I believe day 1 God turned on our Sun.

Where was the devil at the moment spoken of in Gen 1:2? Isa 45:18 states God did not create the earth without form.

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 (same word in Gen 1:2), he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.

Does on the sixth, 24 hour period of time, day, the creation of man have anything to do with the devil and his works needing to be destroyed? Is man necessary to the destruction of the devil and his works.

I believe on day 1 Light represents twelve hours of God and is called good in V 4 and Darkness represents twelve hours of Satan the devil as seen in John 11:9,10 and also Acts 26:18

You see the same in Rev 21 where God is the Light, day and there is no night, darkness, for Satan the devil has been destroyed.

 

[RighteousnessTemperance&]

Decoding, I take it you both do not know, and do not have an interpretation.

LOL. How obtuse.

It's already posted (#17) and post #21 is your own "I think" response to it

 

[Aaron]

Let me try this one more time. Is the earth created in Genesis 1:1 or is the earth created in Genesis 1:9

Let me try one more time: was the house built when the bricks were made? Or was the house built when they were stacked and cemented?

 

[Van]

Do a search for Tom Cassidy's thoughts in these forums.

I already searched scripture and the commentaries of several scholars. Please address the position, the earth was created, formed, in Genesis 1:9

 

[Van]

1:1 and the sons of god shouted with joy. I do not believe God created it; without form
H8414 - tôû see Isa 45:18

More nonsense, I did not say God created the earth without form, or came to be without form. That would be the Gap Theory advocates...