Genesis 1:3-6:
Genesis 1:2-3-6, “And darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. — And God said, let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
What’s does deep mean?
Deep: 12. Greek is abbussos. In Greek writers, deep, profound. Septuagint for abyss, either of the oceans, Gen. 1:2, “darkness was upon the face of the deep.”
Genesis 7:11, “The fountains of the great broken up.” It can refer to the underworld,
Psalms 71:20, “Shalt bring me up again from the depths of of the earth.”
Psalms 107:26, “they go down again to the depths.” In the N.T., as a noun signifies, the place of the dead.
a. General, Romans 10:7, “who will descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)”
b. Specifically. Tartarus, also, that part of the deep, in which the souls of the wicked are to be confined:
Luke 8:31, “They (devils) besought Him (Jesus) that He would not command them to go out into the deep.”
Revelation 9:1, “the bottomless pit.”
Revelation 9:2-11, “they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit.”
Revelation 17:8, 20:1-3, “cast him (Satan) into the bottomless pit.”
2 Peter 2:4, “If God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell.”
Here is where darkness dwells, at the bottom of the oceans of water that covered planet earth. The bottom of the oceans sometime called the gates of hell.
Question 11, who or what is this Spirit?
The Jerusalem Targum interprets this verse, “The Spirit of mercies from before the Lord.” Rabbi Menachem interprets it, “The Spirit of Wisdom, called the Spirit of the Living God,” and the author of Zoar calls it, “The Spirit of Messias (Messiah or Christ.)” The Spirit of mercies, the Spirit of Wisdom, the Spirit of the living God, and the Spirit of Messiah, these are all correct. These are a few of the titles and offices of God’s Holy Spirit.
The word Spirit in Hebrew is, “ruwach,” which is often rendered, “wind.” Can the Spirit in Genesis 1:3 be referring to a wind, or breeze? The answer is no. Why? We know of no instance in Scripture in which this word ruwach, or Spirit, is ever understood to mean wind whenever it is connected to the name of God.
Therefore, “ruwach,” or Spirit here is referring to God’s Holy Spirit. Also, whenever you see the word Spirit, in upper case, “S,” it always refers to the Holy Spirit. The spirits of angels, men, a wind, or breeze is always in lower case, small “s”.
Ps.104:5-7, “Who laid the foundations of the earth (God did?)” “Thou covers it with the deep — the waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they (the waters) fled.” The verse supports Genesis 1:9. The earth was born below the waters, and had not yet been gathered together in one place.
Why is the Holy Spirit hovering above the waters and not below the waters where darkness dwells? What has light to do with darkness? What has good to do with evil? The verse in question is,
Genesis 1:3, “the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”
The word “moved,” in Hebrew is, “ra-chaph.” In reference to Gen.1:3, It means, he or it shook, trembled, infused, imparted as life and motion to that which is without life. It fluttered, brooded over as a bird. The Holy Spirit is now prepared to bring, to infuse life into a newly created world. He will begin to act, when God speaks. Also,
Job 26:13, “By His (God’s) Spirit He (God) hath garnished the heavens.”
The Hebrew word for “garnished” is, sha-phar. It means He adorned, embellished, made beautiful, is agreeable, pleasant, acceptable. This is the work of the Holy Spirit. In both Gen.1, and Job, we can understand through the words, moved and garnished, that the work to be done by God’s Holy Spirit was to prepare a dead planet for life, and to garnish and adorn it with God’s beauty and wonders.
Question 12: What is the light of Genesis 1:3?
As the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters, “God said let there be light: and there was light” This is sometimes rendered, “light shall be.” Longinus, expression was, “Let light be, and light was!” The wonderful power of the Almighty would be seen in His creation. This was the future, and as the future is indefinite, the event itself must define it. Ancient Rabbis say the word is derived from the two Hebrew words, fire and water. How ironic that Jesus the Light of the world, is the water of life, and His judgments will be by fire.
The following may be difficult for some to comprehend; it may go against what you have been taught. I only ask that you keep an open mind, examine the facts, and let go of that which is not verified by Scripture. There are many false teaching, some intentional some not, but any false teaching, especially concerning the creation, can lead us away in many other areas of doctrine. All doctrine is connected to the Lord’s work of creation.
So what is the source of this light that is spoken of on the first day? Coming to the truth of this question is especially important, for in it we may better understand God and the creation. It can only be one of two things. It is either physical light, that is, the light of the sun, moon and stars, or it is that light of God’s glory, a light that comes from His person, and from His presence.
Scripture specifically states that the sun, moon, and stars were not created until the fourth day, see below. Forget the nonsense taught that this light is coming from a sun, moon and stars hidden by clouds, or gases. Or these heavenly bodies were yet in some form of a liquid or gaseous state. Scripture is clear concerning the creation of the heavenly bodies. Lets move ahead to the fourth day, and examine what Scripture reveals concerning the literal days and nights.
Genesis 1:14 thru. 18, “God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs; and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
And God made two great lights; the greater light (the sun) to rule the day, and the lesser light (the moon) to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth. 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. And the evening and morning were the fourth day.” Clear as Chrystal!
Therefore if the sun, moon, and stars were created by God on the fourth day, again I ask, what then is the source of the light spoken of on the first day? There is only one possible answer left. The light is coming from God Himself: He descending from heaven in all His power and glory. Can this conclusion be supported by Scripture?
Let’s fast forward 6000 plus years plus to the end times. After death and hell have been cast into the lake of fire, when the heavens and earth are made whole again, when God has set up His Kingdom, we read in,
Revelation 22:5, of God’s great new city, Jerusalem. He said, “there shall be no night there; and they (the saints) need no candle neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light.” As it will be at the end of time, so was it in the beginning of time.
Let’s examine the Greek word for light and its various definitions’. It is, “phos.” It is the idea of “shining, brightness, and splendor.” See the following.
Past particle, expressing complete action. Generally of light in itself, Genesis 1:3, “Let there be light,” verse 4, “God saw the light, that it was good:”
2 Corinthians 4:6, “God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness.”
John 1:4, “and the life = (Jesus) was the light of men. And the light shines in darkness; and the darkness comprehended (to seize with the mind) it not,” Light as coming from the Creator Himself. Luke 8:16, “Lighted a candle.”
Matthew 17:2, “Raiment was white as the light.” with verse 5, “a bright cloud overshadowed them. Revelation 18:23: 22:5, “They need — neither; for the Lord God giveth them light.” Isaiah 30:26, Jeremiah 25:10, Ezekiel 32:7, Isaiah 4:5, Habakkuk 3:11.
Of day-light, or day, John 11:9, “If any man walk in the day, he stumbles not, because he sees the light of this world,” as opposed to verse 10,
“But if a man walk in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.”
The Lord is referring to the case of a traveler who has to walk the whole day: The day points out the time of life, the night, that of death. Jesus has used this same form of speech in,
John 9:4, “I must work the works of Him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.” Jesus is the Light of this world, he that walks in His Spirit, and in His direction, cannot stumble.
Common, John 3:20, “Evil hates the light,” verse 21, “He that doeth truth cometh to the light.” In the light openly, publicly, opposed to darkness,
Matthew 10:27, “speak ye in light,”
Luke 12:3, “Whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light.” So,
Ephesians 5:13, repeated, “All things that are reproved (exposed) are made manifest by the light,” as opposed to darkness in verse 11, “Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness.”
Of a dazzling light, splendor, glory, which surrounds the throne of God, in which God dwells;
1 Timothy 6:16, Speaks of Jesus, who is, “Dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto.”
Revelation 21:24, “The nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light.” Compare,
Psalms 104:1-2, “O LORD my God, — who covers thyself with light as with a garment:” See with,
Isaiah 60:1-19-20. “Arise, for the light is come, — the Lord shall be unto thee an ever- lasting light, — the LORD shall be thine everlasting light.”
Also as surrounding those who dwell with or come from the Father; such as the Lord Jesus, as appearing in glory after His ascension.
Acts 9:3, “Suddenly there shined round him (Paul) a light from heaven.” Collectively with verse 5, Paul asked, “Who art thou?” the Lord said, “I am Jesus.” Acts 22:6-9-11, 26:13.
Of angels Acts 12:7, 2 Corinthians 11:14, “Satan is transformed (transforms himself) into an angel of light.”
Of glorified saints, Colossians 1:12, “the inheritance of the saints in light.”
John 1:5, “The light shines in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.”
The first four verses concern the creation, therefore verse 5 in context, refers to the creation also. Darkness never could, or will ever comprehend the coming of the Son of God to create a world for Himself. God created for Him a man He called Adam: then He took a peculiar people from among the nations and called them Israelites: then He called out both the Jews and the Gentiles and calls them the body of Christ. God first established a people, a law, then a land, then a covenant to complete the cycle for man’s eternal salvation. Satan never understood the work of Jesus Christ, or the creation. Because he cannot understand it, he attempts to destroy it.
Light in the highest sense is always spoken of as the eternal source of truth. Jesus said in John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” John 1:4, speaks of Jesus, “In him was life; and the life was the light of men.” This particular office designated as bringing Light to a forsaken world, gives and preserves life, and speaks of God’s truths.
Hebrews 13:8, speaks of Jesus; He is, “the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.” In all times past, in all of our today, and all our tomorrows, He is the life, and the light of the world. The light of the world, came to expose, and overcome darkness, through the creation.
The Hebrew for light is “owr ” pronounced “or.” The Hebrew’s expressed it as a, “shining, brightness, splendor.” He (the Word) coming from the Father, shone, reflected, illuminated, created and inspired. He reflected light, as the Divine Shekinah glory (the glory of God). Following are other examples of how the word light is used in Scripture.
God’s Light has been seen in a bright cloud, a pillar of fire.
Exodus 13:21, “And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud … and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light.”
There is that dazzling light, splendor, and glory, which surrounds the throne of God, in which The Father dwells.
Daniel 7:9. Daniel has a vision of God in heaven; hear is what he saw, “His (God’s) throne was like the fiery flame, and His wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him.”
There is the light also that surrounds those who dwell with, or come from the Father. There is Jesus Christ who appears in His glory and splendor after his ascension.
Matthew 17:2, “and His (Jesus) face did shine as the sun, and His raiment was white as the light.”
Jesus is the author and dispenser of both moral and spiritual light. He is the great Teacher and Savior of the world, He who brought life and immortality to light in his creation first, and later in His Gospel.
Malachi 4:2, Speaks of the “Sun of righteousness,” who has healing in his wings. What the physical sun is in the natural world, Jesus is that Sun in the spiritual.
Psalms 84:11, “For the LORD God is a Sun and Shield.”
The first thing that a new born child sees through closed eyelids is natural light. The first thing a believer beholds when born again, is the light of the glory of God as it shines in the face of Jesus Christ. The first thing the new born creation saw, was its’ Creator. The creation is to obey God’s every word. The laws of physics, physics of the environment, those laws which govern our universes, unseen laws that bind all things together, all working together for God’s glory.
Heb.1:3, He Jesus, “upholding all things by the word of His power.”
Colossians 1:16, “For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth.” Also by Him all things consist.
Skeptics say that nothing could exist the first three days without the sun, moon, and stars. Again I refer to,
Revelation 21:23, “And the city (New Jerusalem) 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.” Also,
Revelation 22:5, “And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light.” If eternity is without natural light, so also were the first three days of creation. God sustains all things through, and by Himself.
Isaiah 60:19-20, “The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of the mourning shall be ended.”
Mark 10:27, Jesus said, “with God all things are possible.” Until the natural sun was created, our Creator was that Sun; that Light; and that Life that gave and sustained and gave life to His creation. This is the glory of our God, who is the Light and Life of the world.
Isaiah 48:16, The Lord (Jehovah) is speaking in the first 15 verses of this chapter. In verse 16,
the LORD said, “Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I (Jehovah) have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord God (the Father), and His Spirit, (the Holy Spirit) hath sent me.” It is very clear that the LORD is saying that He, Jehovah, has been sent by His Father, and the Holy Spirit, in the beginning. Genesis 1:3, “God said, let there be light.”
When speaking of God’s spiritual light, what are some of its’ characteristics?
1. It exposes, and illuminates darkness.
2. It points to God’s character, and explains the works of our Creator and our Savior.
The word “life” in the Greek is “zoe.” It is physical life and existence, opposed to death and non-existence. Concerning human life, it is given by both the Father and Son, absolutely, for they are the source of all life.
The word for “life” in the Hebrew is, “cha-yah,” or, “chay.” It means, living, strength, vigor, verdant. Verdant means, to grow or advance with strength. Concerning the vegetables, and animals, it is the green, fresh covering and characteristics of growing plants, grasses. It also concerns the strength and vigor of all animals, wild beasts, insects, birds, etc. This is that life our Creator gives to His creation.
Now we know the true meaning of the words, “light” and “life,” in both the Hebrew, and Greek. How then is the Holy Spirit interwoven into this picture of creation? Comp. the following, Gen.1, with Luke 1:35, and Revelation 1:10.
In Genesis 1:2, The Holy Spirit moves upon the waters of a barren earth. The earth was without light, and life. The Holy Spirit comes from the Father. The Holy Spirit than prepares the way for the Creator. The Father sends His Son, to begin the works of creation, a chain of command from the will of the Father, through to the Holy Spirit, and to the Son of God, Jesus Christ who is our God, because He is our Creator. When we worship our Creator, we glorify the Father who rules from His throne in heaven.
Example: Luke 1:35, we read, The Holy Ghost comes to Mary the mother of Jesus, and said, “the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing (Jesus) which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.” The Holy Spirit then moved over the barren womb of Mary, as He did over the barren earth, and she conceived, just as the earth conceived life. The light (Jesus) already was, and life (eternal life for man) began.
Revelation 1:10, John said, “I was in the Spirit (Holy Spirit.)” In other words, John was under the total influence of the Holy Spirit. John turns to see, “One like the Son of Man,” and hears His voice. His eyes were like flames of fire, and His feet like burning brass. Yes, the Holy Spirit precedes the light, and life of the world. He prepares the way for our Creator and Savior, this to the glory of the Father.
Mark 1: Jesus comes to John the Baptist, and is baptized under the law. Jesus comes out from the water, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him. Then come’s the announcement from the Father, “Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
John the Baptist was to make straight the way of the lord, and bears record of this.
In John 1:32 -34, he said, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon Him (Jesus.)” He then adds, this was given to him as a sign by which he was to recognize and identify the Son of God.
John continued saying, “And I knew Him not: but He that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit (Holy Spirit) descending and remaining on him, the same is He which baptized with the Holy Ghost. And I bare record that this is the Son of God.”
Again, the Holy Spirit announced the presence of Messiah, the Light of the world, just as He did in Genesis 1.
Compare John 1, to Genesis 1,
1. John 1:1, “In the beginning…”
Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning…
2. John 1: “Was the Word (Jesus).”
3. John 1: “And the Word was with God (the Father).”
4. John 1: “And the Word was God.”
5. John 1: “The same = (Father, Son, H.S.) was in the beginning with God.”
6. Genesis 1:1. “In the beginning God,” the Hebrew here for God is Elohim. This is in a plural form, referring to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
7. John 1:3, “All things were made by Him = (Jesus): and without Him was not any thing made that was made.”
Genesis 1:1, “God created the heaven and the earth”
8. John 1:4, “In him was life,” and “And the life was the light of men.”
Genesis 1:3, “Let there be light” Only from the light, comes the life of the world. God standing before His creation, gives life.
9. John 1:5, “And the light shineth in darkness.”
Genesis 1, “Darkness was upon the face of the deep, and God, declared, “Let there be light,” here is the presence of the Creator standing in all of His glory, making ready to expose the darkness. “The light shineth in darkness.”
10. John 1:5, “And the darkness comprehended it not.” This word, “comprehend,” means to lay hold of, to seize with the mind with the idea of eagerness, or suddenness. Satan and his world of demons, cannot comprehend the work of God.
Psalms 36:9, David is here speaking of God, “For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.” God is considered as the fountain of life, and light. The Father, like the natural sun, cannot be seen but by the light which He emits. This He does by and through, His Son Jesus, the Word.
John 1:3, “All things were made by him; (Him being Jesus) and without him was anything made that was made.” Compare with the following:
Hebrews 1:10, The Father speaks of His Son, “Thou LORD, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands.”
Colossians 1:16, “For by Him (Jesus) were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth,”
Therefore we have the Light of the world, Jesus Christ, the Word of God, coming to expose the darkness beneath the waters. Jesus the Light of the world came to create a new world, a world full of life. Man was the finest and best of God’s creation. Man made in God’s image and likeness: Satan plan, destroy him.
Lucifer a spirit creature, was living in an spiritual world, he having great powers, now finds himself with limited power, and confined to a material world. His evil is soon to be exposed by the Light of the Creators righteousness. The Son came to create and then to finish the work of His Father.
Genesis 1:4-5, “And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night.
1. Darkness is spoken of first in, Genesis 1:2, “Darkness was upon the face of the deep.”
2. Darkness is not called good.
3. Then come’s the Holy Spirit. Gen.1:2, “The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”
4. Then the light = (glory of God) appears; Genesis 1:3, “God said let there be light.”
5. God calls the light good, Genesis 1:4.
6. Light is called Day, the word Day is in the upper case.
7. Darkness is called Night, the word Night is also in upper case.
8. God divides the Light from the darkness. Genesis 1:6, A separation of the spiritual world, the separation of good and evil.
Compare this with verse Genesis 1:18, where it speaks of a literal day and night. Both the literal day and night are in lower case. What does upper case signify? When a word is put in capitals, it usually implies a title, an office, or a noun. Titles such as King, Prince, Destroyer, Savior, God, etc. I believe the Day and Night mentioned in Genesis 1:5, represent the titles and offices of our Creator, (Day,) and of Lucifer, (Night.)
1 Thessalonians 5:4-5, Paul said, “But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that, that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of the day: we are not of the night, not of darkness.” Christians are children of light, children of the day, as opposed to children of the night, children of darkness.
This is a Hebrew idiom, implying that as sons resemble their fathers, so we as Christian’s are in character, light, intellectually and morally illuminated in a spiritual point of view as the Lord Jesus is. We are not of, or belong to the night and the darkness of Satan. If sons’ of the day, we are in Jesus, and if sons of the night, we are of Satan.
Hebrews 13:8, “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.” This verse marks with great ceremony both Jesus character, and dependability. He is the author and the finisher of the faith for mankind. As night comes between yesterday and today, and yet night itself is swallowed up by yesterday and today, so Jesus brief stay here on earth, and the suffering of the cross, did not interrupt His glory. He is the same yesterday, before He came into the world, and to-day in heaven, and tomorrow, when He returns.
To set a firmament between light and darkness: In Genesis 4, God is said to have “divided the light from the darkness.” The word divide in Hebrew is, ba-dal. It means separated, distinguished, also removed, took away, appointed, constituted, set apart. As an English verb, it means to part or separate an entire thing, to part a thing into two or more pieces, to keep apart by a partition, or by an imaginary line or limit. A wall that divides two rooms, the invisible equator divides the earth into two hemispheres. Two political parties divided by different schools of thought. As a verb intransitive, it means to break as friendships, or brothers, to divide into two as the legislative house.
Ezekiel 28:14, we read, that Lucifer was an anointed cherub, who was in the holy mountain of God, and walked up and down before God. He was perfect in his ways, from the day he was created. But one day iniquity was found in him. He became filled with violence, and sinned against God.
Isaiah 14:12, informs us that he was cut down to the ground, and then weakened the nations! Cut down, is the idea of amputation, to be cut off. He was cut off from God. His plan was to overthrow God, to ascend above the clouds, to be like God.
Jude 6, “And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgement of the great day.”
Revelation 12:4, speaks of the great red dragon. “His tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, (the stars of heaven being fallen angels, demons) and did cast them to the earth:” As a tail is the hind part of an animal, so also the angels followed Lucifer from heaven, having left their first estate.
The word drew, in Greek is, suro. It means to draw, drag and haul. So let’s compare this word with cast. In Greek, cast is, ballo. It means to throw, with a greater or less degree of force as modified by the context. Whatever power Lucifer had over these angels who chose to follow him is unknown. But what Scripture does say is that a Cherub has a great deal of authority and power in heaven.
Lucifer, afer leaving his place in heaven, he is followed by one third of the angels of heaven, and draws them to the earth. As one with authority he cast them down to the earth. The earth being covered with water, the general and his army descended to the bottom of the oceans, possibly believing they could hid from God. Here they began to hatch their dark and evil schemes, “and darkness was upon the face of the deep.”
Genesis 1:7, “God divided the light from the darkness.”
If light speaks of the glory of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and darkness represents Satan and his demon angels, would it not make sense that God would divide, His glory, from Lucifer’s evil. As we saw before, if darkness, in,
Genesis 1:2, means, obscurity, spiritual blindness, low base, etc., then to divide that which is good, from that which is evil, makes a lot more sense, then to say literal darkness was separated from literal light, especially when the sun, stars, etc. had not yet been formed. Again the light is called good, but darkness is not. Consider also that literal days and nights are never totally divided, as the word divided implies. We have twilight and dusk, neither being totally light, or totally dark.
1. Did God create evil? I believe all knowledgeable Christians would answer, No!
John 8:44, Jesus said, “he (the devil) was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. — for he is a liar, and the father of it.” The word beginning here is the same Greek word John uses in John 1:1, “In the beginning.”
2. Did evil exist before the material creation began? If Scripture proves that evil existed before the creation, then we know that God in His infinite justice, and judgments, would have to deal with it. Now for the same reasons, God does not kill or destroy every man the moment he sins, He will also deal with fallen spirit creatures in a just, yet decisive manner.
Psalms 103:8-9-10, “The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy, neither will he keep his anger for ever. He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.” For these same reasons, God will deal with the fallen spiritual world in a just, yet, decisive manner.
Revelation 13:8, Speaks of Jesus as, “a Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Why was it necessary that Jesus crucifixion and death were planned by the Father from the foundation of the world? Answer, because Lucifer fell before the creation.
It is important to raise and then answer the following questions. To answer the above, we will deal with the following.
1. Why did God after forming Adam from the dust of the ground, plant a garden, then take Adam to this newly formed garden? Was God trying to protect Adam from Lucifer who He knew was lurking near by. Also did Lucifer ever enter the garden?
Ezekiel 28:13, the Lord is speaking of Lucifer. In the following verses he is referred to as the king of Tyrus. It is said that Satan, the anointed cherub, verse 14, “hast been in Eden the garden of God.” So when was Lucifer in the Garden?
The answer is obvious, when Satan entered the garden, coming as a serpent. It could not have been any other time. After the fall, the garden was closed and protected by a Cherubim, He having a flaming sword in hand, this preventing any and all from entering. Also after the flood of Noah’s day, the garden was destroyed. So the answer is, Satan was in the garden of God before Adam and Eve fell into sin.
After Adam was placed in the garden, why did God tell Adam to, “dress it and to keep it? The word keep, in Hebrew is, sha-mar. It means to protect, preserve, and watch over. As far as Adam was concerned, there was only God, himself, and the animals, so why would God tell Adam to protect and watch over this garden? Because He knew Lucifer was near. Therefore He gave a warning to Adam, be on guard, be watchful.
1. Why did God tell Adam not to eat of the tree of good and evil? When God spoke to Adam about a tree of good and evil, there was no Eve,, there was no sin, and God was Adam’s only friend. Yet evil is mentioned. Answer, because Lucifer had already fallen from God’s grace.
Ezekiel 28:12, informs us, that Satan was the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
Genesis 3:1, “Now the serpent was more subtile than any beast of the field.” Subtile means cunning, but the word is used mostly in a bad sense. In his cunning ways, and deceitful lies, Eve became his pray. The following gives us more information concerning Satan and his fallen army of demons.
I would like to examine another word in Scripture. It is the word leviathan. Leviathan is mentioned in the book of Job and Isaiah. Does it have any connection with Lucifer, his demons, or his kingdom? In Job, God is speaking about the great Leviathan. It is said of Leviathan,
Job 41:33-34, “Upon the earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. He beholds all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.”
Isaiah 26: 21, speaks of the LORD coming out of His place in heaven to punish the inhabitants of the earth.
Isaiah 27:1, reads, “In that day the LORD with His sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and He (God) shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.”
Revelation 19, John sees the Lord, riding a white horse, on His thigh was a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords. “And out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should smite the nation: and He shall rule them with a rod of iron etc.” The prince of darkness the Leviathan is removed from power.
Isaiah 51:9, “Art thou not it that hath — wounded the dragon?
Psalms 74:13-14, “Thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces.”
Ezekiel 29:3, Pharaoh is called the great dragon.
Why would the LORD come out of heaven to punish an animal? Answer, He would not. Not for one moment. Animals do not sin, therefore no direct punishment from God is necessary. Therefore Leviathan must be another name, or title for Satan, and possibility for his demons, disciples, and his kingdom. There are verses in Scripture where the Leviathan is referred to an large fish, or reptile. But in Isa. and Job what is said of Leviathan seems to imply something quite different.
This is darkness, Lucifer, Satan, the dragon, Leviathan, his demons, his kingdom, his work. He descended from heaven, set himself up below the oceans of the world: declares that he will overthrow God, His creation, and destroy His people. The spiritual world is now divided by God, that which is below the firmament, from that which is above the firmament.
Phillip LaSpino www.seekfirstwisdom.com