Truth is relative to an
individual’s maturity level. While God is the Truth, his children are all in a
process of learning and growing in Him. Some of God’s children are breastfed
while some are milk drinkers, and others have graduated to meat. We are all in a different level of learning
so to one person truth may be at the milk level while to another person truth
is at a meat level. With that
understanding in mind it takes a willingness to love people where they are in
this process. Some people can be quite
intolerant but that is not how we are to walk in love. God is calling his people and we are all in a
process of learning about Him, therefore we should endeavor, personally, to
study, as the word tells us, to show ourselves approved of God as workmen,
needing not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. We all are required to push ourselves to
learn, rather than be spoon fed.
As we explore other
scriptures relating to our creation story, we find a section in Jeremiah that
is quite interesting. In the context of
this section, Jeremiah is prophesying to the Israelites that watchers, or
gentiles would come and raise their voices against Israel because they have
been rebellious toward God. Jeremiah 4:16-ff. God through Jeremiah says that
destruction is coming because they did not know God. Then Jeremiah gives us a
vision of the entire earth. What he sees
is the destruction that happened in Genesis 1:2. Some might say that this is a future event
but there are flaws in that argument which we will see later. After the vision, Jeremiah prophesy’s again
that the Lord says the whole land shall be desolate. The first thing we have to take note of is the
tense changing. First Jeremiah prophesy’s
in present tense, then tells us a vision in past tense (saw, was, were) then
Jeremiah prophecies again in the future tense (shall, will). If we keep our tenses straight we can
understand what he is saying. For our
purposes we will look at Jeremiah’s past tense vision, which is not a prophecy,
just the explanation of a vision. This is an example of understanding scripture
in light of the context.
Jer
4:23-31 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the
heavens, and they had no light.24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they
trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no
man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.26 I beheld, and, lo, the
fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at
the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger.
Remembering Genesis1:2 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.KJV The same Hebrew words for
without form and void are used in Jeremiah’s vision.
Jeremiah sees the earth, not a city, not
Israel, he sees earth formless and void, without light. There were mountains
that moved and hills that moved which speaks of earthquakes. Then he says he sees no man, and birds fled,
and the gardens and the ranchlands became a wilderness, and the cities were
broken down. This means there were cities,
that someone made, but there were no men anymore. The earth became empty, wasteland, and dark
because the Lord was angry.
Let’s
look at this section of scripture from two other translations
Jeremiah 4:23 I looked at the land - it
was unformed and void - and at the sky - it had no light. 24 I looked at the mountains,
and they shook - all the hills moved back and forth. 25I looked, and there was no
human being; all the birds in the air had fled. 26 I looked, and the fertile
fields were a desert, all the land's cities were razed to the ground at the
presence of ADONAI, before his burning anger. (Complete Jewish Bible http://www.biblestudytools.com/cjb/)
Jer
4:23-26 I looked at the earth, and it was empty and formless. I looked at the
heavens, and there was no light.24 I looked at the mountains and hills, and
they trembled and shook.25 I looked, and all the people were gone. All the
birds of the sky had flown away.26 I looked, and the fertile fields had become
a wilderness. The towns lay in ruins, crushed by the Lord's fierce anger.(Holy
Bible, New Living Translation ®, copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable
Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.)
Now
let’s look at the definitions of these words.
I beheld OT:7200 ra'ah (raw-aw'); a
primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications,
direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative):KJV - adviseself,
appear, approve, behold, certainly,
consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, indeed,
joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another,
out, up, upon), mark, meet, be near, perceive,
present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see (-r, -m,
one another), shew (self), sight of
others, (e-) spy, stare, surely, think, view, visions.(Biblesoft's New
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Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International
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Untranslated OT:853'eth (ayth);
apparent contracted from OT:226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly
self, (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or
preposition, even or namely):KJV - [as such unrepresented in English].(Biblesoft's
New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew
Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International
Bible Translators, Inc.)
the earth OT:776 'erets
(eh'-rets); from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at
large, or partitively a land):KJV -
common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way,
wilderness, world.(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and
Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006
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and, lo OT:2009 hinneh
(hin-nay'); prolongation for OT:2005; lo!:KJV - behold, lo, see.(Biblesoft's
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it was OT:9999 NOTE:
inserted word (x); This word was added by the translators for better
readability in the English. There is no actual word in the Hebrew text. The
word may be displayed in italics, or in parentheses or other brackets, to
indicate that it is not in the original tex(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's
Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright ©
1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
without form OT:8414 tohuw
(to'-hoo); from an unused root meaning to lie waste; a desolation (of surface),
i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain:KJV -
confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity,
waste, wilderness.(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance
with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft,
Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
and
void OT:922 bohuw (bo'-hoo); from an unused root (meaning to be empty); a
vacuity, i.e. (superficially) an undistinguishable ruin:KJV - emptiness, void.(Biblesoft's
New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew
Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International
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and OT:413 'el (ale);
(but only used in the shortened constructive form 'el (el)); a primitive
particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a
quiescent position, i.e. near, with or among; often in general, to:KJV - about,
according to after, against, among, as for, at, because (-fore, -side), both
... and, by, concerning, for, from,
hath, in (-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to (-ward), under, unto,
upon, whether, with (-in).(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and
Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006
Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
the heavens OT:8064 shamayim
(shaw-mah'-yim); dual of an unused singular shameh (shaw-meh'); from an unused
root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the
visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the
celestial bodies revolve):KJV - air,
astrologer, heaven (-s).(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and
Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006
Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
and they had no OT:369 'ayin
(ah'-yin); as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a
non-entity; generally used as a negative particle:KJV - else, except, fail,
[father-] less, be gone, in [-curable], neither, never, no (where), none, nor,
(any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un (-searchable), well-nigh,
without. Compare OT:370.(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and
Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006
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light OT:216 'owr (ore);
from OT:215; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including
lightning, happiness, etc.):KJV - bright, clear, day, light (-ning), morning, sun.(Biblesoft's
New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew
Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible
Translators, Inc.)
Again we see an added
word and a non translated word. This is a funny diagram as earth is the subject, without form and void and the heavens
are a prepositional phrase, had is the verb, I saw is the pronoun and verb that relate to had, no is the adjective that describes light. Again punctuation was added later. What this is saying
is that Jeremiah had a vision of what had happened to the earth and heavens and
the earth was formless and empty and the heavens had no light. If you separate
this into two clauses the earth was a wasteland and the heavens had no light.
This is the same
picture of Genesis 1:2 except Jeremiah goes on to tell us more.
I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they
trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
I beheld #7200 as above
the mountains OT:2022 har (har); a
shortened form of OT:2042; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used
figuratively):KJV - hill (country), mount (-ain), promotion.(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive
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and lo #2009 as above
they trembled OT:7493 ra`ash
(raw-ash); a primitive root; to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.; also a
field of grain), partic. through fear; specifically, to spring (as a
locust):KJV - make afraid, (re-) move, quake, (make to) shake, (make to)
tremble.(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with
Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc.
and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
and all OT:3605 kol (kole);
or (Jer 33:8) kowl (kole); from OT:3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any
or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense):KJV - (in) all
(manner, [ye]), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing),
howsoever, as many as, [no-] thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso
(-ever).(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with
Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc.
and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
the hills OT:1389 gib`ah
(ghib-aw'); feminine from the same as OT:1387; a hillock: -hill, little hill.(Biblesoft's
New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew
Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International
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moved lightly OT:7043 qalal
(kaw-lal'); a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) light, literally
(swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.):KJV -
abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-) curse, despise, (be) ease (-y,
-ier), (be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light (-en, -er, -ly, -ly
afflict, -ly esteem, thing), slight
[-ly], be swift (-er), (be, be more, make, re-) vile, whet.(Biblesoft's New
Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew
Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International
Bible Translators, Inc.)
There had been
mountains on the earth before it became ruined, and they undulated, or moved in
waves, like when there is an earthquake. And all the hills, not just in Israel,
all of them everywhere moved sharply. Again this denotes that what Jeremiah saw
was not only in Israel because he saw the earth, all of it.
I
beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled
I beheld #7200 as above
and lo #2009 as above
there was #9999 not in the
text as above
no
OT:369 'ayin (ah'-yin); as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or
not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle:KJV - else,
except, fail, [father-] less, be gone, in [-curable], neither, never, no
(where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un
(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare OT:370.(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive
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man OT:120 'adam
(aw-dawm'); from OT:119; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the
species, mankind, etc.):KJV -
another, hypocrite, common sort,
low, man (mean, of low degree), person.(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive
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and all #3605 as above
the birds of OT:5775 `owph
(ofe); from OT:5774; a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering
with wings), often collectively:KJV - bird, that flieth, flying, fowl.(Biblesoft's
New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew
Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International
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the heavens #8064 as above
were fled OT:5074 nadad
(naw-dad'); a primitive root; properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up
and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away:KJV -
chase (away), could not, depart, flee (X
apace, away), (re-) move, thrust away, wander (abroad, -er, -ing).(Biblesoft's
New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew
Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International
Bible Translators, Inc.)
Jeremiah
did not see any humans and the birds were gone. One might say “of course there
were no men as God hadn’t created them yet”, but that is a problem as the next
sentence says the cities and towns were broken down. Who built the cities and towns?
I
beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities
thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger.
I beheld #7200 as above
and lo
#2009 as above
the fruitful place OT:3759 karmel
(kar-mel'); from OT:3754; a planted field (garden, orchard, vineyard or park);
by implication, garden produce:KJV - full (green) ears (of corn), fruitful
field (place), plentiful (field).(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers
and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003,
2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
was #999 not in the text
as above
a wilderness OT:4057 midbar
(mid-bawr'); from OT:1696 in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field,
whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including
its organs):KJV - desert, south, speech, wilderness.(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive
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and all #3605 as above
the cities thereof OT:5892 `iyr (eer);
or (in the plural) `ar (awr); or `ayar (Judg 10:4) (aw-yar'); from OT:5782 a
city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere
encampment or post):KJV - Ai [from margin], city, court [from margin], town.(Biblesoft's
New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew
Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International
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were broken down
OT:5422 nathats
(naw-thats'); a primitive root; to tear down:KJV - beat down, break down (out),
cast down, destroy, overthrow, pull down, throw down.(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive
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at the presence of OT:6440 paniym
(paw-neem'); plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun [paneh
(paw-neh'); from OT:6437]; the face (as the part that turns); used in a great
variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional
prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.):KJV -
accept, a- before (-time), against, anger, as (long as), at, battle,
because (of), beseech,
countenance, edge, employ, endure, enquire, face, favour, fear of, for,
forefront (-part), form (-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, him (-self),
honourable, impudent, in, it, look [-eth] (-s), me,
meet, more than, mouth, of, off,
(of) old (time), on, open, out of, over against, the partial,
person, please, presence, propect, was
purposed, by reason of, regard, right
forth, serve, shewbread, sight, state, straight, street,
thee, them (-selves), through
(+-out), till, time (-s) past, (un-) to (-ward), upon, upside (+down), with (-in, -stand),
ye, you.(Biblesoft's New
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Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International
Bible Translators, Inc.)
the Lord OT:3068 Yehovah
(yeh-ho-vaw'); from OT:1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish
national name of God:KJV - Jehovah, the Lord. Compare OT:3050,
OT:3069.(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with
Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc.
and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
and #9999 not in the
text as above
by #6440 as above
fierce OT:2740 charown
(khaw-rone'); or (shortened) charon (khaw-rone'); from OT:2734; a burning of
anger:KJV - sore displeasure, fierce (-ness), fury, (fierce) wrath (-ful).(Biblesoft's
New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew
Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International
Bible Translators, Inc.)
his anger OT:639'aph (af); from
OT:599; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a
person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire:KJV - anger (-gry), before, countenance, face, forebearing, forehead, [long-] suffering, nose, nostril, snout, worthy, wrath.(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive
Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary.
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Jeremiah
then saw the planted fields, orchards, and vineyards, become like a desert.
And, all inclusive, the cities, all over the earth, were torn down by the face
of Jehovah’s burning anger. The places were a wilderness and the cities were
broken. Places is the subject, were is
the verb, wilderness is a noun. Cities
is a noun, were is a verb and broken is an adjective. Someone
planted the orchards and vineyards.
Someone built the cities. If God was in the process of creating again,
as some might think, there couldn’t have already been cities. This tells us that there may have been
something that happened to the humans that were here before the destruction
came.
To
reiterate previous blog studies in regards to our exit, coming in the future
there seems to be three gatherings away from earth. One is before the tribulation, called the
gathering together. The second is during the tribulation for the 144,000. And the third is at the end of the
tribulation for those who do not take the mark of the beast. God will rescue
people three different times throughout that entire period, so it could be that
something similar happened in the old earth. This is a good explanation as to
why we find megalithic structures all over the world that we in our time cannot
reproduce. Yes we can build big
buildings but we do not have the machines to quarry and move such large rocks
as are found in Puma Punku, or Stonehenge.
Whoever lived before us also had a knowledge of subtle energy as they
seem to have been building pyramids and using them to generate power. This is similar to the tower Telsa built in
New York. There are pyramids all over the earth and almost none of them were
used as burial tombs.
Some
might say that this section in Jeremiah is during the tribulation. It can’t be.
Every time Jesus speaks of the end, there are still people on earth with
the ruined cities and earth.
Matt
24:29-31 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be
darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from
heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:30 And then shall appear
the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the
earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven
with power and great glory.31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound
of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds,
from one end of heaven to the other.KJV
Luke
21:25-27 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the
stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the
waves roaring;26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after
those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be
shaken.27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power
and great glory.KJV
Jesus
told us what tribulation would be like and there are still men on earth. There
is not a time men won’t be on earth to see this coming to pass. If he gathers the elect, the non elect are
left. If he shakes the heavens, people
will see him coming in a cloud. Therefore Jeremiah’s words are a vision of a
time when there are no men on the earth. Now let’s look at the next part of
Jeremiah’s words that are prophecy for the future of his time. Right up front the Lord says the land will be
desolate but He will not make a full end.
Jeremiah
4:27 For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I
not make a full end.28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be
black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent,
neither will I turn back from it.29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of
the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the
rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.30 And when
thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson,
though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face
with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise
thee, they will seek thy life.31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in
travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the
voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her
hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.KJV
He
says the whole city will flee and men won’t dwell in the cities. This relates to a future time but men will
still be on earth. Even though they
mourn in crimson the Lord will shrug his shoulders at them. What’s interesting
to note is the woman in travail, it sounds familiar to me. Let’s remember that Jerusalem has been
abominated and desolated many times. Babylon (599 BC) made it desolate, then
Shishak (971 BC), Antiochus (168 BC), Pompey (63 BC), Sossius & Herod (37
BC) all abominated it, and then Vespasian-Titus (70AD) made it desolate again.
To understand desolate we need only to look at that period of time when there
were no Jewish people living in the land until 1947. No one cared too much for the land of Israel
because it was a desert. Nothing was
growing there, and there was no fresh water.
When God brought back the Jews, the land started to wake up, plants
started to grow, water started to flow again.
That is what Jeremiah was talking about; the city had been abominated,
and desolated until God brought his people back. People lived in Israel, but it was not a
country it was part of the Ottoman Empire, and a forgotten place until 1917
when the British took the land from the Turks and called it Palestine. The British won the land in 40 days by flying
planes overhead. God did not make a full end of Israel, the land started to be
healed again. Isaiah prophesied this event.
Isa 31:5 As birds
flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will
deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.KJV
We see from history
that Israel has had a rocky time since Jacob’s children tried to return to
their land. In our future, at some
point, there will be events that take place that will cause death and
destruction on earth, but men will still be on earth, many may die, but there
will not be a time when there will be no humans on the earth until the new
heaven and earth.
Rev 21:1 And I saw a
new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were
passed away; and there was no more sea.KJV
The first heaven and
earth will be completely gone, in Genesis 1:1 God created it a complete work
but now at this time it will be gone. A holy city will come down out of heaven
and the city will not have need of the sun or the moon for light, because the
glory of God will be the illuminator and the Lamb will illuminate it. Similar
maybe to when God said “light be”, but it was not sunlight in Genesis 1:3.
Rev 21:22-27 And I saw no
temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.23
And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for
the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
We are told there will
be no night there. This is now different from the state of darkness that was
over the land and the many faces of the waters in Genesis 1:2-3, and then God
separated the light and the darkness calling them day and night. But now in the
new heavens and earth there is no night.
Rev 21:24 And the
nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of
the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.25 And the gates of it shall
not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.26 And they shall
bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
Rev 22:4-6 And they
shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.5 And there shall
be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the
Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.6 And he
said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy
prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly
be done.KJV
It should not seem
unusual that there has to be another heaven and earth, as there has been so
much destruction on this one since Adam. Therefore it should not seem unusual
that Jeremiah saw the earth in a destroyed state where there were no men on the
planet, and all the cities, gardens, orchards, and vineyards were ruined and
lying in waste. There had to have been men or human types, to have planted
gardens, orchards and vineyards, and who had built and lived in cities and
towns. As I have pointed out previously in discussing Lucifer, we humans are
not the center of the story, but a part of a bigger story, where beings of an
angelic class that lived before Adam was created about six thousand years
ago. And we know archaeological evidence
shows us that the beings that lived on earth prior to six thousand years had
bone structure like we do. Yet God, in his fierce anger destroyed earth.
There’s more to look at on this subject. We will have to look at the planet
Rahab, but not yet.
End Notes
Israel Living Prophecy
Understanding the
prophecy of the deliverance of Jerusalem
The Balfour Declaration
