How
we read the Bible should be different than the way we read a fictional
novel. If we read a romance novel, for
example, it is not important if we miss a few words or sentences. It doesn’t matter if we do not understand a
word. And really, if we are distracted reading our romance novel, it will not
make much of a difference in the grand scheme of our life. However if we read our Bible’s in that
manner, it will make a difference in the grand scheme of life. Take for example someone who promotes the
idea of no hell. If we do not read for
study, memorization, content, and detail we could be fooled into thinking
someone speaking about there not being a hell could be right. That does make a difference to your personal
eternal life. When we read the Bible we
should read every word. Some scholars
believe that Moses was given the Torah one letter at a time. That is the way we should read the Bible. Each word, each letter, and each combination
of words are very important, and we have to analyze it fully to understand it.
If we do not, we will allow ourselves to be as dumb sheep, and anyone with a
smile on their face can lie to us and we
will believe a lie. The devil has every
intention of keeping people ignorant, but we are told that we are not ignorant
of his devices, therefore as we continue our study of the beginning, we should
keep in mind that it has been the devil’s plan all along to confuse us so that
we would not see the damage he has caused.
We live a much shorter life because of destruction and decay on the
earth than God ever intended us to.
Living a shorter life means that humanity has a shorter time to receive
salvation. It is time to dig deep into
the word of God as if our very lives depended on it.
God’s
word tells us the Earth was old and that he did not create the earth formless
and void. Many people assume that this verse in 2nd Peter is about Noah, but
there are some very big differences between Noah and this verse. We seem to overlook that there was water and
a lot of it in Genesis 1:2. By
definition it was a surging mass of many waters. It may be because we read the
words in Genesis and don’t put them into practical sense in our minds. Something
we should remember is that the Earth became formless, void and dark on the
faces of the deep waters or abyss, therefore there was a problem with land and
water in Genesis 1:2. Peter tells us more.
2
Peter 3:5-7 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God
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:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are
kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of
ungodly men.KJV
·
Firstly
the heavens were of old, which means they were not young or made new. The
heavens were around a long time to make them old. Remember that it was the Earth that was
formless, void and dark, but the heavens were still intact.
·
Secondly
Peter says some of the Earth was not affected by the water because there was
land standing out of the water. Noah’s flood covered the whole earth. There was
not any land standing out of the water during the flood.
·
Thirdly
the world perished, but the world did not perish in the flood, it did not need
to be recreated after the waters receded. God did not speak into being plants
and animals. One of the first things Noah did was plant a vineyard. Once the
water level dropped, everything came back, the same way we see on a smaller
scale today, when there is a flood. When the water receded the grass, trees and
flowers came back to life. The Earth was
not destroyed in Noah’s flood but it was in the beginning. Humans perished in
Noah’s flood, not the world. If we
remember Jeremiah said there was no men, but the cities were destroyed when he
saw the earth formless, void and dark.
·
Fourthly
we also saw from Jeremiah that the Lord said in the future, the Earth would
become desolate but he would not make and end of it, meaning that disasters and
wars may come but it would not be destroyed again until the time of the new
heavens and Earth. In Noah’s flood the Earth was not made an end to lie in
waste or perish.
·
Fifthly
we see that the world and its occupants perished, but Noah and his family did
not perish, therefore all the world and its occupants did not perish in Noah’s
flood. God specifically states repeatedly that the flood was to destroy flesh
not Earth or heaven; not the world.
·
Sixthly
if Peter intended to reference Noah’s flood he would have said Noah’s
flood. Peter references Noah on two
other occasions, once speaking about the time of God’s patience during the
building of the ark and once about how God did not spare the ungodly
inhabitants of the world.
·
Lastly
there was plenty of water along with the Earth lying in waste and empty and
dark in Genesis 1:2.
The
Message reads this way:
2
Peter 3:5-7 They conveniently forget that long ago all the galaxies and this
very planet were brought into existence out of watery chaos by God's word. 6
Then God's word brought the chaos back in a flood that destroyed the world. 7
The current galaxies and earth are fuel for the final fire. God is poised,
ready to speak his word again, ready to give the signal for the judgment and
destruction of the desecrating skeptics. (from THE MESSAGE: The Bible in
Contemporary Language © 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson. All rights reserved.)
What
exactly is Peter trying to tell us? The context of the conversation is there
will be scoffers that are mocking the promise of God’s coming. They will say
that everything is the same since everything was created. However everything is not the same since the
heavens and the Earth were created. Peter is trying to put into their
remembrance that once the world was destroyed and God had to put it right but
that God is ready to speak final judgment and destruction, to the chagrin of
the skeptics. All Peter is trying to do is remind people of Genesis 1:2. Now I
realize that there weren’t Bibles in every corner store in Jerusalem. People would have had to have been faithful
in attending temple and the religious instructions of their day to know the Torah. But that is the audience he is speaking
to. Peter was speaking to the select
resident foreigners & the converted Israelite residents in Gentile
countries as stated in 1 Peter 1:1. They
should have known their history better as Peter is trying to point out. So even
with these converted Israelites (converted to the new way) who were living in
Gentile nations, they should not get slack in their thinking, but that God will
return soon.
In
the future as we saw in Revelation, there will be a new heaven and new Earth.
But just in case we think it will all be wonderful, Revelation says there are
walls and gates and there will be undesirables outside. Peter goes on to say
how the earth will be destroyed.
2
Peter 3:10-13 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the
which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be
burned up.11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner
of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,12 Looking for
and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on
fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?13
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new
earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.KJV
Peter
compares the time of the new heaven and Earth to the recreated time of Genesis
1:2. As it was destroyed back then it will be destroyed in the future. And he
is also trying to motivate people to holiness.
He is trying to get people to understand the Earth will burn, so live as
if today you will meet God. Truly we
don’t know when we will stand before God, we could have a freak accidental
death or he could return any time, as soon as the number of Gentiles is
fulfilled, we simply don’t know, but we should not be lulled into sleep or a
false sense of security.
Another
verse to examine is in Isaiah were Yahweh/Jehovah Himself attests to the fact
that he did not create the world void.
Isa 45:18 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, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and
there is none else.KJV
Here
in Isaiah Yahweh/Jehovah says that he created the heavens and Elohim molded the
Earth and he did not create it to lie in waste or to be a worthless thing
(tohuw), instead he molded it to abide or remain. Let’s break this down in the Hebrew.
For OT:3588 kiy (kee); a primitive particle [the full form of
the prepositional prefix] indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent
or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or
adverb [as below]; often largely modified by other particles annexed:KJV -
and, (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as,
assured [-ly], but, certainly,
doubtless, else, even, except, for, how, (because, in, so, than)
that, nevertheless, now, rightly,
seeing, since, surely, then, therefore,
(although, till, truly, until, when, whether, while, whom, yea,
yet.(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.)
thus OT:3541 koh (ko); from the prefix k and OT:1931; properly,
like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here
(or hither); or (of time) now:KJV - also, here,
hitherto, like, on the other side, so (and much), such, on that manner,
(on) this (manner, side, way, way and that way), mean while, yonder.(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.)
saith OT:559 'amar (aw-mar'); a primitive root; to say (used with
great latitude):KJV - answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boastself, call, certify,
challenge, charge, (at the, give)
command (-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, desire, determine, expressly,
indeed, intend, name, plainly, promise, publish, report, require,
say, speak (against, of), still, suppose, talk, tell, term, that is,
think, use [speech], utter,
verily, yet.(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 Lord OT:3068Yehovah (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.)
that created OT:1254 bara' (baw-raw'); a primitive root; (absolutely) to
create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative
processes): -choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat).(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.)
himself OT:1931 huw' (hoo); of which the feminine (beyond the
Pentateuch) is hiy' (he); a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular,
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also
(intensivelyself), or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as
demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are:KJV -
he, as for her, him (-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (... it),
these, they, this, those, which (is), who.(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.)
God OT:430 'elohiym (el-o-heem'); plural of OT:433; gods in the
ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the
article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to
magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative:KJV - angels, exceeding, God (gods)- dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty.(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.)
that formed OT:3335 yatsar (yaw-tsar'); probably identical with OT:3334
(through the squeezing into shape); ([compare OT:3331]); to mould into a form;
especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution):KJV
- earthen, fashion, form, frame, make
(-r), potter, purpose.(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 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible
Translators, Inc.)
and made OT:6213 `asah (aw-saw'); a primitive root; to do or make, in
the broadest sense and widest application (as follows):KJV - accomplish,
advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be
busy, certainly, have the charge of,
commit, deal (with), deck, displease,
do, (ready) dress (-ed), (put in) execute (-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, [fighting-] man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish,
gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great,
hinder, hold ([a feast]),
indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be
meet, observe, be occupied, offer,
officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure,
provide, put, requite, sacrifice, serve,
set, shew, sin, spend, surely, take,
thoroughly, trim, very, vex, be [warr-] ior, work (-man), yield, use.(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.)
it OT:1931 huw' (hoo); of which the feminine (beyond the
Pentateuch) is hiy' (he); a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular,
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also
(intensivelyself), or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as
demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are:KJV -
he, as for her, him (-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (... it),
these, they, this, those, which (is), who.(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.)
he hath
established it OT:3559 kuwn (koon); a primitive root; properly, to be erect
(i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety
of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or
figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous):KJV - certain (-ty),
confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed,
frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self),
provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be
stable, (e-) stablish, stand, tarry,
very deed.(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.)
not OT:3808 lo' (lo); or low' (lo); or loh (Deut 3:11) (lo); a
primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no;
often used with other particles (as follows):KJV - before,
or else, ere, except ig
[-norant], much, less, nay, neither, never, no ([-ne], -r, [-thing]), (X as
though ... [can-], for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, surely,
as truly as, of a truth, verily, for want, whether, without.(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.)
in vain 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.)
he created it #1254 as above
to be inhabited OT:3427 yashab (yaw-shab'); a primitive root; properly, to
sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to
dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry:KJV - (make to) abide
(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell (-ing), easeself, endure,
establish, fail, habitation, haunt,
(make to) inhabit (-ant), make to keep [house], lurking, marry (-ing), (bring again to) place, remain,
return, seat, set (-tle), (down-) sit (-down, still, -ting down, -ting [place]
-uate), take, tarry.(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.)
he formed it OT:3335 yatsar (yaw-tsar'); probably identical with OT:3334
(through the squeezing into shape); ([compare OT:3331]); to mould into a form;
especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution):KJV
- earthen, fashion, form, frame, make
(-r), potter, purpose.(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.)
I OT:589 'aniy (an-ee'); contracted from OT:595; I:KJV - I,
(as for) me, mine, myself, we, which, who.(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.)
am #9999 added word
the Lord #3068 as above
and there is none 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 Biblesoft, Inc. and International
Bible Translators, Inc.)
else OT:5750 `owd (ode); or `od (ode); from OT:5749; properly,
iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition),
again, repeatedly, still, more:KJV - again,
all life long, at all, besides, but, else, further (-more), henceforth,
(any) longer, (any) more (-over), once,
since, (be) still, when, (good, the) while (having being), (as, because,
whether, while) yet (within).(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.)
What
we see from Isaiah is that the Lord did not create the earth to lie in waste,
therefore for someone to say that the Lord created the earth a waste, would be
in direct contradiction to Jehovah’s words. In the context Jehovah is
testifying to Himself and how He speaks plainly and openly. God tells us many times how he made the Earth,
and tells us about the heavens and the Earth. He created the Earth to be
inhabited, not to be a waste, it would be a shame to assume God just created a
big pile of waste for no reason, he created it to be inhabited, then it became
waste and ruined and dark.
Isa
45:7-8 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I
the Lord do all these things.8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the
skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth
salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the Lord have created
it.KJV
Here
God tells us he formed the light and created darkness. This is in his speaking
to Cyrus, the King of Persia who defeated the Babylonians, and allowed Nehemiah
and Ezra to rebuild Jerusalem thereby liberating the Jews. Cyrus was God’s
anointed and appointed for the time.
Using a Gentile King to achieve his purpose, God is now revealing His
ways to Cyrus. God continues:
Isa
45:11-12 Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of
things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command
ye me.12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have
stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.KJV
God
is saying to ask Him about His sons and the things He created. Actually he is
saying to us ask Him forcefully to tell us about things to come. God’s sons are
the angelic class, the beings that were before man. Obviously the heavens have
a host, or beings as Isaiah says “all their host” he commanded. Some of them
came down to Earth and had children with the women of Earth. Here is an earth
shattering revelation, there were giants, and then there were also the mighty
men. I think I have always assumed the giants were the offspring of the sons of
God, but that is not exactly what this says.
Let’s look at these sons first.
Gen
6:2-4 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and
they took them wives of all which they chose.3 And the Lord said, My spirit
shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall
be an hundred and twenty years.4 There were giants in the earth in those days;
and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men,
and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old,
men of renown.KJV
In
Genesis & Job the sons of God are the angelic class, while in the New
Testament we are called the sons of God.
God is willing to enlighten us about his sons but when was the last time
anyone asked him to teach us. In the
future, when Jesus reigns from mount Zion, Isaiah tells us about the destruction
of the world. He says the Earth will wobble like a drunkard, and then Jesus
will punish the host of the high ones that are on high. Who are they? His sons. They along with the
kings of Earth will try and hide from God’s punishment but they cannot.
Isa
24:17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the
earth.18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the
fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit
shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the
foundations of the earth do shake.
Whoever
tries to escape this impending doom, will not be able to escape at all, they
instead will fall into the pit. The foundations of the Earth will be shaking
because something is going to happen when the windows from on high are open. Is
it a hurricane, or an asteroid hitting Earth, or is it something else?
Isaiah
24:19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth
is moved exceedingly.20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and
shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy
upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
It
seems like the Earth could be moved out of its orbit. The word cottage is poorly translated, more
so a hammock, think of how a hammock blows around. And the Earth shall become a burden and
because of its revolt it will not abide again.
What kind of revolt happens in the world? The people of the world have
denied their creator because they have been led astray by the devil and his
followers.
Isaiah
24:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall punish the
host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the
earth.
The host of OT:6635 tsaba'
(tsaw-baw'); or (feminine) tseba'ah (tseb-aw-aw'); from OT:6633; a mass of
persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army);
by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship,
worship): KJV - appointed time, (+)army, (+)battle, company, host, service,
soldiers, waiting upon, war (-fare).(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 host of OT:6633tsaba'
(tsaw-baw'); a primitive root; to mass (an army or servants): KJV - assemble,
fight, perform, muster, wait upon, war.(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.)
High ones OT:4791 marowm
(maw-rome'); from OT:7311; altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place),
abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft): KJV -
(far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily,
upward.(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.)
On high # 4791 as above
We
see that there will be an army from a high place that will be punished in a
prison along with the kings of the Earth.
We have to ask the question are the hosts of high ones somehow
influencing the kings of the Earth so that they are both punished in the same
pit? I think we know the answer.
Isaiah
24:22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the
pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be
visited.23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the
Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his
ancients gloriously.KJV
Again
this will be when Jesus reigns in mount Zion, and he will reign before his
ancient people in glory. It would seem that this is a great place to be, under
the rulership of our Lord. Somehow some of the sons of God rebelled and caused
chaos before Adam was created but they haven’t yet been punished. When they are punished they will be put in a
pit along with the kings of the Earth.
Where
did these sons of God reside before the Earth became formless, empty and
dark? They must have lived somewhere
high or were from somewhere elevated from Earth. The Bible tells us of a place that God
destroyed. The beings were lifted up
with pride and they made a ruin of the place they lived because they were fully
deceived. The heavens survived, but the
planets all suffered. This will be our next study.
