THE OTHER FLOOD
THE FLOOD BEFORE NOAH’S FLOOD
First Word
The book of Genesis is the
SEED/PLOT of the whole Bible – The roots of every Great Doctrine.
What does the Bible say – What
does the Bible NOT say?
How can you make the JUMP “in the gap” if
the Bible didn’t say it?
I embraced “The flood before Adam” about 30
years ago and while most pastors knew about it, they certainly did not teach
it. It was only recently in Adult Bible
Study, in a PCA Presbyterian Church, that I heard about the two floods from a
Professor at Columbia Bible College (CIU).
He recommended the book “The Invisible War”
by Donald Grey Barnhouse.
I recommend “Dake’s Annotated Reference Bible”
for a cornucopia of “scripture”.
The light of God comes to man progressively and
God rewards those who diligently seek Him.
There are no new revelations; just more enlightenment.
“The PEARL
Heb 11:6 – God reward those that seeks Him
6 And without faith it is
impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he
exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. NIV
Matt 13:46 – Pearl of great value
46 When he found a
pearl of great value, he went away and sold every thing he had and bought
it. NIV
The Endless Ages before everything
- Somewhere in the dateless
past God made stars before “TIME”
as we know it began. – The stars sang as the earth was created.
- Before anything else was,
there was God and it was his great pleasure to make things. Like a carpenter building a table and
sitting back and looking at it and admiring it because he made it. - “IT WAS GOOD” and what a piece of
work! - That’s how He feels about
Job 38:4-7 – The stars were there at earth’s creation
4 "Where were you
when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand.
5 Who marked off its
dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?
6 On what were its
footings set, or who laid its cornerstone-
7 while the morning
stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy? NIV
Deut 32:4 – God’s works are perfect
4 He is the Rock, his
works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God
who does no wrong, upright and just is he. NIV
Job 7:17 – God loves
man His creation.
17 "What is man that
you make so much of him, that you give him so much attention, NIV
The Creation of the first
earth age
- In the
beginning God
created all things that are in heaven and in earth, both visible and
invisible. He established areas of
dominions principalities, and powers.
They were created for His own pleasure.
- BUT - God did NOT make
the earth “tohu”; topsy turvey, void, waste, desolate, empty,
wreck or ruin. - The RSV says; “He
did not make the earth in Chaos”.
- But something
dreadful happened between verse one and verse two of Genius; it became
void. – WATER FLOODED THE EARTH
- There is a gap here
where other scripture fills in.
Gen 1:1 – The First Earth Age
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and
the earth.
Ps 33:9 – He spoke it into existence.
9 For He spoke, and it
was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
NKJV
16 For by him were all
things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and
invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers:
all things were created by him, and for him:
17 And he is before all
things, and by him all things consist.
Ps 33:6 – The breath of His mouth
6 By the word of the LORD
the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.
NKJV
Isa 45:18 – God did not create the earth VOID
18 For thus says 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, (it was good) he formed it to be
inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
Pre-Adamic
Population
- God created angels before creating the
earth and the angel Lucifer was put in charge.
- The earth was inhabited by “immortal”
beings, eons before Adam was ever created
- Lucifer rebelled and the corrupted earth
came under the judgment of darkness and a flood. This fallen state and judgment
occurred long before the time of the Garden of Eden.
- There was no law of “If you sinned
you would die”. – Those whose bodies perished in this first universal flood
became the “immortal” demons
that would plague the second earth age.
Job 38:6-7 – The angels were created before the earth
6 On what were its footings
set, or who laid its cornerstone-
7 while the morning stars
sang together and all the angels shouted for joy? NIV
Isa 45:18 God formed the world to be inhabited.
18 For this is what the
LORD says-- he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made
the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to
be inhabited NIV
Isa 14:12 – There
were nations before the flood
12 How you have fallen
from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to
the earth, you who once laid low the nations! NIV
Ezek 28:14-16 The Angel Satan was in charge of the TRADING.
14 You were anointed as a guardian
cherub, for so I ordained you.
You were on the holy mount
of God; you walked among the fiery stones.
15 You were blameless in
your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you.
16 Through your widespread
trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. NIV
2 Peter 3:5-7 – Ungodly men existed before Adam
5 But they deliberately
forget that long ago by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was formed
out of water
6 By these waters also the
world of that time was deluged and destroyed.
7 By the same word the
present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the Day of
Judgment and destruction of ungodly men. NIV
Jer 4:23-26 – The people had perished in the first flood
23 I looked at the earth, and
it was formless and empty; and at the heavens, and their light was gone.
24 I looked at the
mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.
25 I looked, and there
were no people; every bird in the sky had flown away.
26 I looked, and the
fruitful land was a desert; all its towns lay in ruins before the LORD, before
his fierce anger. NIV
THE PRE -ADAMIC FLOOD – LUCIFER’S FLOOD
·
Now
this is “fixin” to get deep here, but just hang in there a minute - In the
beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Gen 1:1)
This ends the first earth age creation - Later we will get to the
second earth age creation as recorded in Gen 1:3.
·
NOTE: In verse two the Lucifer Flood had already
happened. - “and the Spirit of
God was hovering over the waters. – Some translations say “brooding
over the waters” - pondering
- Hayah - All other 67 translations of the
Hebrew word “hayah” was
translated “became” not
“was”. So you can say the earth became
without form and void. The
translator’s literally did not understand how the earth “became”
void, so they substituted it with the word “was”.
- The
Apostle Peter said
the “earth of old” overflowed with water - Jeremiah the prophet recorded that the earth became
formless. This did not happen during the flood of Noah.
- With Satan’s
rebellion, God withdrew Himself from the world. This released all restraints of nature
and plunged the world into the judgment of DARKNESS. Water
came from everywhere and flooded the earth. We believe this to be for thousands upon
thousands of years which would account for the age of some fossils that
have been found and carbon dated.
- It is believed that
this flood completely destroyed everything and this made the world without
form and void. If we use
Genesis as a concept of God; that everything He made was good; then we can
pre-suppose that the earth was
created good and because of rebellion and sin, it became void.
- THE
JUMP
– This is where you make the jump in the gap between what is said and what
is NOT said, and you do this with other scripture.
Gen 1:2 – The earth became
without form and void
2 And the earth was (“hayah” became) 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.
2 Peter 3:5-6 – The world that was then overflowed with
water
5 … the heavens were of
old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world
that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
Why
the pre-Adamic flood
Just to stay on point with
this study, I will not cover why God flooded the earth, except to say that
Satan, the fallen Angels and all corrupt mankind caused it. Another study NYOB S
Satan is given eons of
time to restore the earth, but cannot.
He cannot create anything,
but can only counterfeit and copy.
Isa 14:12-14 – Satan rebels with the Five I Wills
12 How you have fallen
from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the
earth, you who once laid low the nations!
13 You said in your
heart," I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne
above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on
the utmost heights of the sacred mountain.
14 I will ascend
above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most
High."
NIV
Let us reason together
- Did God create the
world Void and a waste land?
- Does God create evil as
well as good?
- Can both fresh water
and salt water come from the same spring?
- The Good man brings
forth Good things that are stored up in him, how much more will God.
- God’s ways are
perfect and flawless.
- Everything God
created; He said, that “It was GOOD”.
Isa 1:18 – Let us
reason together
18 "Come now, let
us reason together," says the LORD.
NIV
James 3:11 – Fresh and
salt water not from the same spring
11 Can both fresh water
and salt water flow from the same spring? NIV
Matt 12:35 – A good
man bring forth good – The evil man evil
35 The good man
brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man
brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. NIV
Ps 18:30 – God’s way
is perfect and flawless
30 As for God, his way is
perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless.
Gen 1:4 – It was Good
4 God saw that the light was
good, NIV
Gen 1:10 – It was Good
10 God called the dry
ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas."
And God saw that it was good. NIV
Gen 1:12 – It was Good
12 trees bearing fruit
with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
NIV
Gen 1:18 – It was Good
18 to govern the day and
the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.
NIV
Gen 1:21 – It was Good
21 according to their
kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was
good. NIV
Gen 1:25 – It was Good
25 That move along the
ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. NIV
Gen 1:31 – It was VERY
good
31 God saw all that he had
made, and it was very good. NIV
Darkness - Judgment
Every time the sky is
darkened, it is a sign of God’s judgment. – EVERY TIME.
Gen 1:2 – Darkness was
over the surface of the deep
2 Now the earth was
formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the
Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. NIV
Ex 10:21 – Judgment
- So dark it can be felt
21 The LORD said to Moses,
"Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness will spread over Egypt
Jer 4:23 – Judgment
– The light was gone
23 I looked at the earth, and
it was formless and empty; and at the heavens, and their light was gone.
NIV
Joel 2:31 – Judgment
– Sun turned dark
31 The sun will be
turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and
dreadful day of the LORD. NIV
Rev 6:12-13 – Judgment – The sun turned Black
12 I watched as he opened
the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like
sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red,
13 and the stars in the
sky fell to earth, NIV
Rev 8:12 – Judgment – Sun, moon and stars turned dark
12 The fourth angel
sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon,
and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third
of the day was without light, and also a third of the night. NIV
Rev 9:2 – Judgment – The Sun and sky were darkened
2 When he opened the
Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun
and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. NIV
Rev 16:10 – Judgment – Plunged into darkness
10 The fifth angel poured
out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into
darkness. Men gnawed their tongues in agony NIV
THE TWO FLOODS COMPARISON RABBIT TRAIL
LUCIFER’S FLOOD
Gen 1:2 –
Earth was formless
2 Now the earth was formless and empty,
darkness was over the surface of the deep,
NIV
Jer 4:23 – Earth was empty
23 I looked at the earth and it was formless and empty
and at the heavens and their light was gone.
NIV
Gen 1:2 –
Earth was totally dark
2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness
was over the surface of the deep,
NIV
Gen 1:3 –
Days did not exist
3 And God said, "Let there be light,"
and there was light and he separated the light from the darkness. NIV
Jer 4:23 – Vegetation destroyed
23 I looked at the earth and it was formless and empty
and at the heavens and their light was gone. NIV
Gen 1:6 – No
receding of the waters
6 And God said, "Let there be an expanse
between the waters to separate water from water." NIV
Ps 104:9 –
Water boundaries set
9 You set a boundary they cannot cross; never
again will they cover the earth.
NIV
Gen 1:24 – Animals all destroyed
24 And God said, "Let the land produce
living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move
along the ground, and wild animals, NIV
Jer 4:25-26 –No Ark
25 I looked, and there were no people every bird
in the sky had flown away.
26 I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert; NIV
Jer 4:25 – All the people were destroyed
25 I looked, and there were no people; every
bird in the sky had flown away.
NIV
NOAH’S FLOOD
Gen 8:12 – Earth was not formless
12 He waited seven more days and sent the dove out
again, but this time it did not return to him. NIV
Gen 6:16-17
– Earth was not empty
17 I am
going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the
heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything
on earth will perish NIV
Gen 8:8 –
Earth was not totally dark
8 Then he sent out a dove to see if the
water had receded from the surface of the ground NIV
Gen 8:6 –
There were days
6 After forty days Noah opened the window he had
made in the ark
NIV
Gen 8:11 – Vegetation remained
11 When the dove returned to him in the evening,
there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! NIV
Gen 8:3 –
The Waters receded steadily
3 The water receded steadily from the earth. At
the end of the hundred and fifty days the water had gone down, NIV
Gen 1:9 –
Water boundaries already set
9 And God said, "Let the water under the sky
be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear. NIV
Gen 6:20 – Animals preserved
20 Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of
animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground
will come to you to be kept alive. NIV
1 Peter 3:20 – Ark
God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the
ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through
water, NIV
Gen 6:18 – Eight people saved
I will establish my
covenant with you, and you will enter the ark--you and your sons
and your wife and your sons' wives with you. NIV
THE SECOND CREATION
BEGINS
Time
- Time did not begin
till the second earth age which is the age we live in now and Time will end
at the end of this age. – Time will end. Ponder
that!
- We are living in a
blip – A point between eternity past…… and…… eternity forever.
- The Bible speaks of a
six day creation, but it could just as easily have taken 6000 years; it
actually doesn’t make any difference.
One day with the Lord is like a thousand years.
- We are taught as
students of the Bible to; FIRST; take the precepts as literal,
simple and straight forward; SECOND take it figuratively; THIRD
parabolic as a instructional parable.
- I take the 6 day
creation as 6 literal days, but I could just as easy embrace 6000 years,
however, I would literally have to live 7000 years to enjoy the rest on
the Sabbath
- Oddly enough, it
has only been about 6000 years since the “second” creation with only 1000 years remaining for the
millennial reign of Christ. (resting
on the 7th day) –
2 Peter 3:8 – One day is like a thousand years to God
8 But, beloved, be not
ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand
years, and a thousand years as one day.
Ps 90:4 – A thousand years is only yesterday.
4 For a thousand years
in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the
night.
God
brings forth – The
re-construction
- In the second
creation which was mainly “reconstructive”, there were some things
that were NOT created, but were already here.
- NOTE: The word “create” is used only in the
first verse of Genesis and is not used again till the creation of life.
- There is no scripture
that says God founded the earth in the waters, therefore the DRY land
was already created and appeared when the waters were gathered
together.
- God brought forth; seas, dry land, grass, herbs and
fruit trees.
Gen 1:9-11 – The waters and land were already there
9 And God said let the waters
under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land
appear: and it was so.
10 God called the DRY LAND Earth; and the gathering
together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
11 And God said, let the
earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit
tree yielding fruit after his
kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. KJV
God
creates the heavens
- God now creates the Heaven, Sun, moon, and stars
Gen 1:7-18 – God creates the heavens
7 And God made the
firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the
waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God called the
firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
16 And God made two great
lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the
night: he made the stars also.
17 And God set them in the
firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18 And to rule over the
day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw
that it was good. KJV
God
creates living things
- God creates sea creatures, birds, beasts, insects and man.
- There are three
spears of creation; (1) Matter –
(2) Natural life and (3) Spiritual life; man.
Gen 1:21-27 God creates living things.
21 God created great whales,
and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth
abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: God
saw that it was good.
24 And God said, Let the earth
bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping
thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
27 So God created man
in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created
he them. KJV
God
said Replenish
- Now God has made Man
and told him to “replenish”
the earth, or “re-populate”
it again. He told Noah the same
thing after his flood.
- To replenish or
repopulate must mean there was a populace before this one begin.
Gen 1:26-28 – ADAM -
After the 1st Earth age flood
of Lucifer
27 So God created man in
His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created
them.
28 Then God blessed them,
and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and REPLENISH
the earth and subdue it. KJV
Gen 9:1 – NOAH -After the 2nd Earth age flood of
Noah
9:1 And God blessed Noah
and his sons, and said unto them, be fruitful, and multiply, and REPLENISH
the earth. KJV
CLOSING THOUGHTS
The words “In the beginning” does not refer
to the 6 day creation, but refers to the time
before this re-creation began. – The earth was
called “dry land”.
So in the beginning God created the heavens and
the dry land.
Satan had corrupted the inhabitants of the earth
and made them vile, wicked and evil.
At some point in eternity past, JUDGMENT darkness
and waters flooded the entire dry land.
Understand that NOW there was no light AND without light everything
perished
including the creatures of the deep.
The earth became without form and was void.
Un-repentant Satan was given eons of time to
re-construct the earth, but could not.
God started over and created man; made lower than
the angels; and gave him dominion over earth.
Satan having lost his dominion to a man made lower
than him and one made out of dirt at that,
struck back
at God by corrupting MAN who was made in the very
image of God.
Man became vile,
wicked and evil.
In the JUDGMENT of the second flood, God
started over again with Noah and his family of eight.
Today man is vile,
wicked and evil – God is sending another Ark
In the multitude of counselors,
there is wisdom.
Prov 11:14
I am grateful for those that went before me providing concepts, ideas, historical information, and scripture verses. Because of them I can stand on their shoulders and see further than I otherwise ever could have.
A Commentary - Eerdmans
Apocrypha; The – Edgar J. Goodspeed
Bible Almanac; The – Nelson
Bible Commentary – R.B. Meyer
Commentary on the Pre-Adamic flood – Dr. Al McCallister.
Customs and Folkways of Jewish Life – Theodor H. Gaster
Dake’s Annotated Reference Bible - Dake
Expositor’s Bible Commentary; The – Frank E. Gaebelein
Harper’s Bible Dictionary – Harper and Row
Illustrated Bible Dictionary – Nelson’s
Illustrated Bible Dictionary; The – Tyndale
Illustrated Manners and Customs of the Bible – Packer – Tenney
Invisible War; The – Donald J. Barnhouse
Jewish book of why; The - Kolatch
Matthew Henry’s Commentary - Zondervan
New International Dictionary of the Bible; The – Douglas - Tenney
There were Two Trees in the Garden – Rick Joyner
Today’s Dictionary of the Bible – T.A. Bryant
Who’s Who in the Bible: The Complete – Paul D. Gardner
Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible; The
- Tenney
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