Page 006 - What Can Be Said of the Creation of the World?
*Verses from AMP
"In THE beginning God (prepared, formed, fashioned,) and created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and empty waste, and darkness was upon the face of the very great deep. The Spirit of God was moving, (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters. And God Said, Let there be light; and there was light." (Amp: Genesis 1:1-3; See Hebrews 11:3; Job 9:5-7; Isaiah 45:7; Jeremiah 4:23)
Due to our living in a scientific age, we hear of cave men and dinosaurs and wonder how they fit into the book of Genesis. Even harder to grasp is stating the world as we know it is only 6000 years old instead of millions of years.
Nevertheless, Genesis chapter 1 may be giving us an account of how God first created, then purposely destroyed the earth by water and finally remade the earth some time afterwards in 6 days. Since the sun, moon, and stars were created on the 4th day, we should not assume what is men- tioned are 24 hour days.
Isaiah 45:18 does tell us that God did not create the earth waste. So what happened? Did Satan fall as lightening from heaven to earth? (Luke 10:18) Was he responsible for the destruction of this first creation by water? According to Genesis 1:9, God did not create the earth here. It simply appeared from under the water. Much of what God did was to remake and not create as He did in the beginning.
God has not given us all the details because this is not His purpose. However, man today does have a 6000 year history and that is all we know.