Like the wind, there are things created that can not be seen by the eye, but nonetheless are real
Scientist love to describe the billions of years the light has been here. Other scientists love to talk about how short of a time all of this has been here. Maybe they are both right for there is something about the creation that we have only hints of and does not go into great detail which could leave an open door for explaining both.
God created angels which are his messengers. Which is what the word angel means: messenger. There are certain places in the bible that describes these beings. God said they were created good but one of them became proud and corrupt:
Ezekiel 28
“You had the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. 13 “You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The ruby, the topaz and the diamond; The beryl, the onyx and the jasper; The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald; And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and sockets, Was in you. On the day that you were created They were prepared. 14 “You were the anointed cherub who covers, And I placed you there. You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked in the midst of the stones of fire. 15 “You were blameless in your ways From the day you were created Until unrighteousness was found in you. 16 “By the abundance of your trade You were internally filled with violence, And you sinned; Therefore I have cast you as profane From the mountain of God. And I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, From the midst of the stones of fire. 17 “Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I put you before kings, That they may see you. 18 “By the multitude of your iniquities, In the unrighteousness of your trade You profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you; It has consumed you, And I have turned you to ashes on the earth In the eyes of all who see you. 19 “All who know you among the peoples Are appalled at you; You have become terrified And you will cease to be forever.”’”
This particular angel was found in Eden, the Garden of God, which seems to be a different place than where God placed Adam as described in Genesis 2: 8 The Lord God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; Eden where Adam is placed is never referred to as the Garden of God. So how long did this angel walk on the mountain of God, centuries tens of thousands of years and was this place on Earth? Wherever it was it had an atmosphere for he declared he was going to make is throne above the clouds: Isaiah 14:14
‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’
There are some who believe it was here and God had to destroy all that was here and started over. This comes from a very hidden passage that describes the Earth as formless and void. Once in Genesis it is described that way and then a very small passage by the Prophet Jeremiah 4
I looked on the earth, and behold, it was formless and void; And to the heavens, and they had no light. 24 I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were quaking, And all the hills moved to and fro. 25 I looked, and behold, there was no man, And all the birds of the heavens had fled. 26 I looked, and behold, the fruitful land was a wilderness, And all its cities were pulled down Before the Lord, before His fierce anger.
27 For thus says the Lord, “The whole land shall be a desolation, Yet I will not execute a complete destruction. 28 “For this the earth shall mourn And the heavens above be dark, Because I have spoken, I have purposed, And I will not change My mind, nor will I turn from it.”
The understanding goes something like this first God creates perfection and angelic beings and one third of them rebel. God destroys everything and the bible specifically tells us what happens after the earth was made formless and void and very little about the time previous to that time. For the Bible is all about teaching us how to get out of being stuck in the mud. The fallen angels are stuck in the mud and will forever be stuck in the mud. But it is very important to know that there are fallen angels that want you to live a life stuck in the mud.
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