Date: May 27, 1978
Pre-history-Before Jesus Christ; Before Gen. 1:1; The beginning is John 1:1-3.
John 1:1. - Word = The one who is the Spokesman of the Godhead.
= One personage with God who is a personage. Both God.
John 1:2-3 - (Eph. 3:9; John 1:14).
The Word became Jesus Christ.
No universe at the time. They were just in outer space together.
1st created angels.
Spirit, not matter. Created before the Earth.
Job 1:1, 9-12.
Job 2:4-7.
Job 38:1 & 4, 5-7 - The sons of God are = the angels.
- They existed before Earth’s creation.
- Why shout for joy? Because Earth was to be their abode.
- Angels were on Earth before humans.
Gen. 1:1. - Heaven(s) – pl.
- The universe being created.
- Was not finished. Angels put on Earth to finish it.
The ONLY thing God cannot create by fiat: Holy, righteous, perfect character.
If the angels succeeded, they would have moved on to create other planets and continued to move on creating.
A super-archangel was over the angels.
Isa. 14:12. - Lucifer = Shining star of the dawn; light bringer/bringer of light and truth; son of the morning.
- How – Nations? Is better translated: How are thou who did weaken the nations cut down to the ground?
Vs. 13. - Lucifer had a throne (on Earth; under the clouds) – A king, over the angels.
- North = Where God’s throne is.
Vs. 14. - like (become) – I will become the most high myself.
Vs. 15. - hell (grave).
Eze. 28:2.
Eze 28:11-13.
Vs 12. - King (not prince) of Tyre.
- King: not human; Prince: human
Vs. 13.
Vs. 14,15. - Anointed cherubim that covers (Ex. 24/25) – throne of God.
- Lucifer: created, perfectly.
- Iniquity
- Created with a mind of his own.
- God set/taught correctly.
- Satan choose the bad character.
Vs. 16. - destroyed (remove) thee.
- Lucifer now becomes Satan.
Vs. 17.
Rev. 12. - Satan and 1/3 of the angels falling.
Satan led a rebellion; destruction.
Gen. 1:2. - was (became) ...because God does not create this way.
- Tohu and Bohu = without form/void
- Chaotic, confusion, waste and empty, corruption, degeneration.
- Earth was covered in water, completely, at that time. It was all dark.
Gen. 1:3.
Ps. 114:30. - God sends forth His Spirit.
- God creates through Christ (The Word). Christ speaks and it is created.
God’s Spirit is the power that does the creating.
- Renewest – when? Gen. 1.
Gen. 1:1. - God = Elohim (uni-plural) = God the Father and The Word (Who became Jesus).
The angels failed in their great purpose.
God and The Word – the ONLY ones who cannot sin.
Man created out of physical matter.
Restoring the government of God and character of God in humans.
Satan has deceived all nations – to come in another program.
This program: The beginning through restoring the surface of the Earth for humans.
The Wall