Creation and the Fall : Self-Indulgent Questions

Dear Diary,

Creation and the Fall.

#Creation_Episode_One_and_Two

Last Sunday (22/7/2018) I was teaching Sunday school about “The Activity of Creation,” from Genesis 1:1-2:7. Though I solely focused on the activities of the 6-Days and God's characteristics revealed in the passage, as I was preparing and meditating on this lesson, I was marvelling at God’s boundless and infinite wisdom, sovereignty, power and greatness. A few questions kept lingering in my finite mind: where did God come from; when the beginning of the beginnings is and how many times did God create! In addition, Genesis 1:2, “Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters,” made me wonder if there's a gap between Genesis 1:1 and Gen 1:2! All this self-indulgent questions flooded my limited intelligence. What’s important is that in the first 4 days of creation activity, God put order in creation and in the last 2 days of creation activity, He gave it life.

Genesis 1:1 opens with the words, “In the beginning God created the heavens and earth.” First, this verse assumes the pre-existence of God. Before time was, God was, in the eternity past. Second, this verse tells us that He created the heavens and earth. My question is, were heavens and earth created in the eternity past? Unfathomable! As the 6-day activity of creation unfold, I am curious; when were the celestial beings including Satan created? Could it be that there were two CREATION EPISODES?

Now, let me ASSUME there were two Creation Episodes: then my assumption is that in creation episode one, in the eternity past God created the heavens and earth and the celestial beings-in angelic order (angelology). Some are called cherubim, Gen. 3:24, Eze. 28:14-15; some seraphim, Is. 6:1-7; and some archangels. My hypothesis, Genesis 1:3-2:7 constitute creation episode 2, being the creation of the physical universe which took place within 6 days. God created mankind in His image and likeness, male and female. He gave him dominion over His physical creation, to rule and subdue it.

#The_Fall, Season I and II

Both the celestial and physical worlds were created by God, beautiful, perfect and morally good but something astonishing happened. I know Ezekiel 28:12-18 and Isaiah 14:12-16 allusion to Satan’s fall and his activity prior to the fall is debatable; nevertheless, in season one of the fall, Satan sinned and was cast out from heaven. His heart became lifted up because of his beauty. Sin was born in his heart. He decided to supplant his Creator (this is the greatest struggle of the ages, conflict between the evil of Satan and the mind of God).  The ancient war began. As a result of his fall, God’s beautiful  world fell into emptiness and formlessness. Satan led a cosmic revolt against God, his Creator. That was not enough; in season 2 of the fall, Satan further attempted to enlist mankind to join him. At the garden, the sinister being entered the serpent and deceived the woman to eat from the forbidden tree plunging God’s creation into darkness, emptiness, formlessness and chaos.

#Gods_Redemption_Plan
Thank God for the scarlet thread and the crimson stain, the Blood of Jesus Christ thoughout the Bible; GOD declared His divine redemption plan in Gen. 3:15, 21; it's sorted for in the Blood of the Lamb. Christ's death took away the power of Sin, Heb 9:23_28.

Yours faithful scribbler,
NzakuNashipae