WHAT WERE THE TREES IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN?

Our people have been taught for over 100 years that Adam and Eve ate an apple or some sort of fruit from the tree of good and evil which was in the midst of the Garden of Eden. That Adam and Eve were the father and mother of all the various races, yet the Bible proves they are lying through their teeth.

STRANGE AS IT MAY SEEM, BUT: AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE TREES SPOKEN OF IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN WERE PEOPLE!

It is very possible that many of them believe that story themselves, because that was what they were taught; however there are a very large number of Judeo‑Christian Preachers today who know that is false, but will not teach the truth because they are wolves in sheeps' clothing, teaching that Christ is Christ but are working secretly to destroy the Word of God; to destroy the knowledge of Christ, Christianity from the people and to destroy Christians at some future date, under laws which have been secretly passed which will allow The Execution of Christions In America! Laws such as Public Law 102‑14.

But the truth of the matter is that The Trees spoken of in the Garden of Eden were People! not trees such as the Pear, Apple, Orange, Pecan and etc. They were people. 

Right about now you are thinking; "All right smart aliec prove it." So we will attempt to do so. Although we do so with the full knowledge that no one can be convinced of anything if they do not wish to accept facts when they are given. For example, there was a man in Dallas about 25 years ago who said he would give anyone $1‑million dollars if they could prove to him that the moon was not made out of green cheese. Well many tried, they took him books, papers, pictures and even some rocks that came from the surface of the moon; but no one could ever convince him that the moon was not made of green cheese because he would not accept anything they presented. So he never had to pay the $1‑million to anyone.

Please turn with us to the book of Ezekiel; to chapter 31 where we read:

"And it came to pass...that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness? Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar (a tree) in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees (people) of the field. Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees (people) of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth. All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations (countries). Thus was he fair in his greatness,

in the length of his branches; for his foot was by great waters. (Now we change and go to the Garden of Eden) The cedars (people) in the Garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees (people) were not like his boughs (See the comparison, thus we know that there were other people there to compare with him), and the chestnut trees (their children ‑ or people) were not like his branches (his children ‑ or people); Nor any tree in the Garden of God was like unto him in his beauty (See we know the trees in the Garden were people because they were not like the Assyrian in beauty ‑ because they were of a different color, they were not White. That is not racist it is simply a fact, even if you don't like it. For God has never cared what we like or don't like when He speaks, we either accept it or reject it to our hurt). I have made him fair (White) by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees (people) of Eden; That were in the Gardin of God, Envied him (trees cannot envy each other, only people can do that). Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart (trees do not have hearts) lifted up in his height; I have therefore delivered him (Now God is speaking of Adam) into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen: he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out (Driven Adam out of the Garden of Eden, because of his disobedience to Amighty God) for his wickedness. And strangers (people of other races), the terrible of the nations, have cut him off and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches (See he is again comparing him with a tree) are fallen by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him (Here is were the departing of the various races left the Garden of God ‑ The Garden of Eden and were scattered all across the earth, away from Adam and his people. Thus God segregated the races from each other, so they could not mix; which is against God's Law of Kind after Kind). Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches (Here God is saying that Adam's children would always be attracted to the black race ‑ The Beast of the Earth); To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death (All mankind will die because of Adam's sin), to the nether parts of the earth (In other words all people everywhere, no matter what race would die in their time), in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit (grave). Thus saith the Lord God; In the day when he (Adam) went down to the grave (pit) I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees (people) of the field fainted (Here again trees do not faint, only people do that) for him. I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall (When Adam fell all the various races and nations on earth knew of his fall and shook with fear and sadness), when I cast him down to hell (the grave) with them that descend into the pit; and all the trees of Eden (people), the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted (Here again trees cannot be comforted) in the neither parts of the earth. They also went down into hell (the grave) with him unto them that be slain with the sword (In other words everyone will die and go to the grave); and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen (Here we are told that the trees of the Garden were people of other races, other than Adam who was a White Man, like it or not, love it or not). To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees (people) of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees (people) of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth; thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. (Now God goes back to Pharaoh whom He is comparing Adam and the Assyrians with) This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God." [1]

We know that the Pharaoh did not go into the Garden of Eden, because there were no such thing as Pharaoh until about a thousand years later. Other places in Scriptures where men are described as trees are as follows: Leviticus 26:4, 20; Deuteronomy 28:40, 42; Judges 9:8‑15; 1 Kings 4:33; 2 King 3:25; 1 Chronicles 16:33; Psalm 96:2; Isaiah 7:2; 10:18; 14:8; 55:12; 61:3; Ezekiel 17:24; 31; Hosea 2:12; Joel 1:12; Zechariah 1:8; 4:4‑12; Matthew 3:10; 8:24; Luke 3:9; 21:29; Jude 11:12; Revelation 7:3; 11:4. There are others but they are hard to dig out and takes much study to see that the trees, vines and etc., are indeed people. Now let us turn to a subject of the Bible that most people don't understand, yet is one of the fundamental subjects of the Scriptures. For God does not leave us without knowledge; it is for us to study and learn.

                   THE THREE WORLD AGES

In this study we will be covering the three world ages. We will document from God's Word the fact that there was a previous earth age, the age that was, an age before this present earth age, just as there is an age to come. We are going to tie this in to the fact that Satan ruled and reigned in the age that was, after his fall, through deception, what his position was relative to God, and how the fall came about.

We will answer many questions as we dig into God's Word and find the deeper truths hidden there. Truths that you have not been taught from the pulpit, because, frankly, they don't understand God's Word and they have no inkling at all to the fact that there indeed was an age that was. We will find that not only is there an age that was, but also that there were cities in this previous age, and that this planet was indeed inhabited between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2.

This knowledge of the three world ages is very important. For without understanding that there was a previous earth age, the present earth age, and an age to come, you will not be able to understand God's plan, for it encompasses all three earth ages.

Now that we have shown you that the trees, spoken of in Genesis are people and not literal wooden trees: Let's begin this study right in the very beginning in the Book of Genesis.

The word Genesis in fact is not a Hebrew word, but a Greek word that comes from the Septuagint. The word Genesis in the Greek simply means creation or generation.

This will give us an account from the beginning. Then we will peruse through the Scriptures and pin down certain Scripture passages that will give you a clearer understanding that God has put there so that we might know about this age that was.

These are important things, because if you don't understand these things, then you will not understand any of the deeper things in God's Word. This way you will be better prepared to stand in these end days soon to come.

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." [2]

   Earth:

   Hebrew 776, 'erets, eh'-rets; from an unused root prob. mean. to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively  a land):-X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X nations, way, + wilderness, world.

This verse goes all the way back to the time when God first initiated the creation. This is not the beginning of the creation of this earth age, but the very beginning, even back to the world that was. Just to pin this down we are going to turn to Proverbs 8, and we want to take a few passages there just to begin to give us an idea of this overall plan that God has had from the beginning. This is God speaking here, and He is speaking about wisdom: God's wisdom.

"The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old." [3]

This was before this present earth age.

"I  was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. While as yet he had made the earth {'erets}, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world."

This loses something in the translation here from the Hebrew, because in the Hebrew, "this nor the highest part of the dust of the world" is referring to the very atom, the very building block of matter as we understand it.

"When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass {circle, vault} upon the face of the depth:"

   Compass:

   Hebrew 2329, chuwg, khoog; from Heb 2328, a circle:-circle, circuit, compass.

"When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep {abyss}: When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment {coasts}: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: Then I was by him, as one brought up with him {constantly with him}; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;"

This verse is better translated "then I became beside him." This word "was" we will note when we get back to Genesis 1 should have been translated "became."

"Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men." [4]

You see, you have to understand that God is talking here about an age that was. He is talking about a time before this present earth age. We are going to find many more passages like this throughout the Scripture referring to this age before, and we must understand what this means to us.

Why is it important to understand this? And why if you do not have this knowledge, because they don't teach it to you from the pulpits and churches today, is it that you will not be prepared for the times to come? If you do not understand these things, you will not stand in those days.

Alright, let's go back to Genesis and pick up with verse 2, and cover more of these passages. We have much material to cover, because there are so many scriptures that document the  fact that there was an age before. That God had a host, sons of God, children, souls if you will, that He had created even back then, and they inhabited this earth. The very earth that we are reading about here.

You have been taught that the earth began only 6,000 years ago. Now stop and think about that for a moment. It is one of the reasons Christianity has had such a difficult, if not impossible task, of getting its teachings included in science classes. Take the issue of evolution verses creation for example. It is rather stupid for a Christian to stand up and say "well this earth is only 6,000 years old."

Any scientist with any moxie at all is just going to tear you apart. It is very simple using God's natural happenings and events and situations for a scientist to prove that this earth is indeed millions of years old. Fossils, carbon dating, there are many methods at their disposal to prove that a Christian who stands up and says that this earth is 6,000 years old is an idiot.

It is no wonder that we can't have our Christian creation taught in classes today in the public schools, because quite simply, Christians don't bother to find out the fact from God's word. Had they done so, they would have been prepared to argue our right to teach creation as a viable scientific fact. We are going to prove from God's word that the earth is indeed millions of years old, that there was a habitable earth {'erets}, prior to verse 2 of Genesis 1.

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was {became}, without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." [5]

The word "was" is a mistranslation. It should have been translated "became." "Was" is a form of the verb "to be," and in Hebrew there is no verb "to be." Now to understand what the phrase "without form and void" really means, you must understand what the phrase in Hebrew really says. In the Hebrew, this phrase reads tohuw va bohuw.

   Without form:

   Hebrew 8414, tohus, to'-hoo; from an unused root mean to lie waste; a desolation {of surface}, i.e., desert; fig. a worthless thing; adv. in vain-confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.

   Void:

   Hebrew 922, bohuw, bo'-hoo; from an unused root (mean. to be empty); a vacuity, i.e. (superficially) an undistinguishable ruin:-emptiness, void.

If you don't learn any other Hebrew phrases, learn this one: tohuw va bohuw. We will come upon this phrase in other passages of the Scripture referring to this same period of time. Verse 2 would then be better translated as: and the earth became totally destroyed, void. We will find out that the earth was not created this way.

God did not create the earth destroyed, He created it inhabited and saw that it was very good. He did this in the age that was, and the destruction came about because of the fall of Satan in the age that was, as we are going to learn.

Let's go to 2 Peter 3 and study some New Testament references to this age that was and to the destruction of that time.

"Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts. And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 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 an din the water." [6]

God's word plainly states that for this they willingly are ignorant of, they choose to be ignorant, they want to be ignorant, or else they would learn the truth as it is written, but they don't.

It is not taught in the seminaries, and the pastors and teachers don't teach it to you; they are willingly ignorant, they don't want to know these things.

Therefore you can't know these things unless you are driven to God's word for yourself. That is the purpose of this ministry, to drive you into God's word, so that you can study for yourself and learn, learn, learn.

"Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished." [7]

   Perished:

   Greek 622, apollumi, ap-ol'-loo-mee; form Grk 575 and the base of Grk 3639; to destroy fully (reflex. to perish, or lose), lit. or fig.:-destroy, lose, mar, perish.

   Greek 3639. olethros, ol'-eth-ros; from a prim. ollumi (to destroy; a prol. form): ruin, i.e. death, punishment:-destruction.

"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." [8]

Notice the difference between verse 6 and verse 7. Verse 6 reads "whereby the world THAT THEN WAS," and verse 7, "but THE HEAVENS and the EARTH WHICH ARE NOW."

"But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." [9]

Well we have almost completed six days. Before the year 2000 we will have finished six days. The seventh day is our day of rest. Those with eyes to see and ears to hear will understand.

"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." [10]

Now let's go back and review what we have just learned. Peter is talking about two ages here, the age that then was, and the age that is now. A lot of your pastor/teachers out there are going to try to tell you that this is talking about Noah's flood. This is not so, this could not possibly be talking about Noah's flood. First of all, Noah's flood did not destroy everything. It did not leave the earth utter void. Noah and his family as well as two of every living creature lived, they were not destroyed. Second of all, the flood of Noah was not even world wide.

The flood did not cover the whole earth. From Genesis 1:1, we have already learned that the Hebrew word for earth is 'erets. That is not the case when it comes to Noah's flood.

"For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth." [11]

In this case, the Hebrew word for earth is not 'erets, but is 'adamah, which comes from the root word 'adam. Properly, the Hebrew word 'adamah means the land or country of the descendants of Adam.

   Earth:

   Hebrew #127. 'adamah, ad-aw-maw': from Heb 119; soil from its gen. (redness):-country, earth, ground, husband [-man] (-ry), land.

   Hebrew #119, 'adam, aw-dam'; to show blood (in the face), i.e., flush or turn rosy:-be (dyed, made) red (ruddy).

From this we learn that the flood was not world wide as so often taught, but was instead brought upon Adam's lineage and their land. And third, it says here:

"By the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth  standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished."

Did Noah's flood cause the heavens to perish? Show me where that is written; it's not. The heavens in Noah's flood were not destroyed. You see, you must understand that these are two different ages spoken of here.

Now remember also, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand days as one day. We are approaching the end of our sixth day, wake up! it is time to wake up and study God's word for yourself before it is too late.

Before we get back to the Book of Genesis, we are going to pick up a few verses from Jeremiah 4 so as to document further, and to leave no doubt in your mind, that indeed there was an age that was an that this is part of God's overall plan for salvation; for bringing unto Himself a pure undefiled spotless bride. God is seeking children that love Him freely. Love is the one thing that God will not manufacture.

Because there was an age that was, and Satan's fall took down with him a third of the sons of God from that age that was, this age became necessary. Alright, let's document this world that was from the Book of Jeremiah.  

"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken {subdue} the nations!" [12]

   Weaken:

   Hebrew 2522. Chalash, khaw-lash'; a prim. root; to prostrate; by impl. to overthrow, decay:-discomfit, waste away, weaken.

"For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars {children} of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I  will be like the most High." [13]

Keep in mind now, that this transpired in the age that was and brought about the destruction of that age: God choosing to destroy His creation rather than His children.

"Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. (Compare also Revelation 20) They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; (this will transpire in the age to come). That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof, that opened not the house of his prisoners? All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. But thou art cast off of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcass trodden under feet." [14]

Now that we have seen an account of Satan's fall and why the first earth age was destroyed. Let's continue on in the Book of Isaiah and document from God's word the fact that the earth was not created in vain, destroyed, tohuw, but to be inhabited.

"For this 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 (tohuw), he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else." [15]

 

   Vain:

   Hebrew 8414. tohus, to'-hoo; from an unused root mean. to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; fig. a worthless thing; adv. in vain:-confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.

You see, God did not create the earth tohuw, He created it to be inhabited. Remember Genesis 1:2, and the earth became tohuw.

In the age that was, God created the heaven and the earth to be inhabited; that is why there were cities. The sons of God dwelt there and God amongst them until Satan decided that he would be like the most high. The same pattern that transpired in the age that was, i.e., Satan's attempt to use a one world government system to  rule and a religious system whereby he would ascend up on high and be like the most high, will again transpire in this age. That is why it is so imperative that you understand both the world that was and this earth age.

Satan is once more using the political system, the religious system, education, and economics, the same methods that he used in the age that was to bring about the downfall. He has only one desire and motivation, to set himself up as God and to be worshipped as God.

That is why you must know and understand that there was an age prior to this age, all of God's children were created at that time, and not at the beginning of this age.

We will document this further when we get back into the Book of Genesis. But, just to first give you an overall picture, the souls were created in the first earth age and not in this age.

When they fell, when they rebelled against God and followed the lies and deception of Satan in the age that was an were cast down, God destroyed that earth age, and then instituted this age whereby through Christ He could reconcile those souls who were lost, back to Himself.

The plan is perfect and God is in control, but you have not been taught these things. If you can understand this knowledge, you will be better prepared to stand in the days that are soon to come when this same one, Satan, Lucifer, that old dragon returns to this earth in person to once more deceive the nations into worshipping him, through the political beast and the religious beast.

Now that we have shown you from God's word that the earth was not created without form, desolate, vain, destroyed, tohuw, but became that way: let's return to Genesis 1 and pick up with verse 3 where we left off.

"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 the evening and the morning were the first day. And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters." [16]

   Firmament:

   Hebrew #7549, raqiya', raw-kee'-ah; from Heb 7554; prop. an expanse, i.e., the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky:-firmament.

   Hebrew #7554. raqa', raw-kah'; a prim. root, to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by impl. to overlay (with thin sheets of metal):-beat, make broad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates), stamp, stretch.

"And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning the second day." [17]

   Heaven:

   Hebrew #8064, shamayim, shaw-mah'-yim; dual of an unused sing. shameh, shaw-meh'; from an unused root mean. to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perh. alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve):-air, X astrologer, heaven (-s).

"And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear; and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so." [18]

The next several passages will all point to one thing, it completely kills the whole doctrine of evolution because God's word plainly states that each and every living thing that God created reproduces only after its own kind, and He continually repeats that fact.

"And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw it was good. And the evening and the morning were the third day. And 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 to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the 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 the morning were the fourth day." [19]

The number four in Biblical numerics represents the earth or earthly things.

"And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven." [20]

Life would be better translated as soul.

   Life:

   Hebrew #5315. nephesh, neh'-fesh; from Heb 5314; prop. a breathing creature, i.e., animal or (abstr.) vitality; used very widely in a lit., accommodated or fig. sense (bodily or mental):-any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead (-ly), desire, X [dis-] contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart (-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy); lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.

   Hebrew #5314. naphash, naw-fash'; a prim. root; to breathe; pass., to be breathed upon, i.e. (fig.) refreshed (as if by a current of air):-(be) refresh selves (-ed).

The Hebrew word nephesh was used 754 times in the Old Testament. 472 of those times it was translated as soul, the other 282 times it was used, it was translated with 44 different meanings.

"And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day." [21]

The number five in Biblical numerics represents grace.

"And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth  after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish or the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created mean in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." [22]

Now this particular man that the scriptures are talking about here in verse 26-28, are referring to men that were not tillers of the ground, but rather hunters and fishermen (hunter-gatherers). This is important, keep this in mind. These men and women were to have dominion over the wild animals: fish, birds, wild beasts. They were hunters and fishermen. Some of the races of this age come from this sixth day creation as you will find out. But in this age, these that were created on the sixth day were hunters and fishermen (hunter-gatherers).

"And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth." [23]

Notice that here it states that this man was to "be fruitful and multiply, and REPLENISH the earth." What does it mean to replenish something? It means to fill again or refill.

   Replenish:

   Hebrew #4390. mala' (Esth. 7:5), maw-law'; a prim. root, to fill or (intrans.) be full of, in a wide application (lit. and fig.):-accomplish, confirm, + consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, X draw, give in, go) full (-ly, -ly set, tale), [over-] flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a [hand-] full, + have wholly.

Also, again make a note of it, the Scriptures say nothing about farming, that man should be a farmer and till the ground, but that he was to have dominion over the wild beasts. This sixth day man was a hunter-gatherer.

"And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day." [24]

Now did you grasp that? This is the sixth day. He made the races of men and women who had dominion over the sea, dominion over the fowl, and dominion over the wild beasts.

This was done on the sixth day. These men were hunter-gatherers, not farmers. This will be covered deeper at another time, but we want to touch on it, because it is part of God's overall plan stemming from the age that was, which is what we are studying.

"Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he  had rested from all his work which God created and made." [25]

     The word "host" in verse 1 in the Hebrew means to mass an army in waiting or servants in waiting.

   Host:

   Hebrew #6635. tsaba', tsaw-baw'; or (fem.) tseba'ah, tseb-aw-aw'; from Heb 6633; a mass of persons (or fig. things), espec. reg. organized for war (an army); by impl. a campaign, lit. or fig. (spec. hardship, worship):-appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war (-fare).

   Hebrew #6633. tsaba', tsaw-baw'; a prim. root; to mass (an army or servants):-assemble, fight, perfomr, muster, wait upon, war.

This word host is used many times in the Scriptures. It is interesting that right here in the first verse of the second chapter of Genesis He is already speaking of this host. Who is this host? Why is it important that God tells us that about this host? "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them." This host, implied by the Hebrew word tsaba', means to mass an army or servants, to muster, to wait upon, organized for war at an appointed time; all out of this word host. You see, if you remember back earlier, we told you that souls of all living children of God were created in the age that was. Those souls were not created at the instant there was a conception here in the flesh on the earth in this age. The souls were created in the age that was: this is the host that God is talking about here, an army of servants in waiting, waiting to be placed into this age.

If we have time after finishing this study on the age that was, so that you have a well-founded, documented from God's word proof of an age that was, so that it is clear to your understanding, we want to touch upon this host further. How is this host relative to today as well as in times past? What is this army in waiting? Waiting for what? Hopefully we will find out at the end of this study.

Alright, we want to go not to Psalm 104 and take a few passages to document further from God's word of the age that was relative to this host. Who was this host? Well, we are going to touch on that here and we find out how God refers to them.

"Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds {thick clouds} his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind {spirit}." [26]

   Chariot:

   Hebrew #7398. rekuwb, rek-oob'; from pass. part of Heb 7392; a vehicle (as ridden on):-chariot.

   Wind:

   Hebrew #7307. ruwach, roo'-akh; from Heb 7306; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; fig. life. anger, unsubstantiality; by extens. a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (includ. its expression and functions):-air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit ([-ual]), tempest, X vain, ([whirl-]) wind (-y).

"Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever." [27]

The earth will never be totally destroyed, or in other words, made non-existent. it will be rejuvenated in the age to come, but will never be totally destroyed. God has laid it waste as we have found out earlier, tohuw va bohus, in chapter 1 of Genesis. The earth became void and without form, but did not cease to exist, nor will it ever.

"Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains." [28]

Now this is the transition from the age that was into this age. Remember the account given in 2 Peter 3.

"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." [29]

"Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away." [30]

Verse 7 here is indicating the time of the rejuvenation of this earth at the start of this earth age, and these other verses are prior to that. It's very simple.

Let's go now to Job 38 and further document this world that was from God's word.

"Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof. When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?" [31]

"When the morning stars sang together," this referring to that very host, the host that was in the age that was. The host of Genesis 2:1, that army of servants in waiting. Interestingly, when they san together and all the sons of God shouted for joy was even prior to the fall of Satan.

This was when everything was as it should be. The sons of God simply being the children of God, whose souls that were already created in the age that was, as were all of them, and this is that very same host.

Before we go on, we would like to pin something down a little further for you. Remember back in Psalm 104:3 the word chariot, that we told you was a real vehicle.

"Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind." [32]

Let's pin this vehicle down for you and look at a word commonly translated in the King James Bible as whirlwind, as we have just read in Job.

"Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said." [33]

This word "whirlwind" would also be better translated as a vehicle or that which was within the stormy wind (ruach). To give you a better description of this chariot or whirlwind, this vehicle, let's go to Ezekiel 1.

"And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire involving itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst therefor as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire." [34]

This colour of amber would be better translated as highly polished bronze.

   Amber:

   Hebrew #2830. chashmal, khash-mal'; of uncert. der.; prob. bronze or polished spectrrum metal:-amber.

So what we have here is a highly polished bronze vehicle, in the midst of the whirlwind.

"Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man." [35]

What is being describe here, as much as I hate to say this, but you with eyes to see and ears to hear will understand. In verse 4 we are getting a glimpse of the mother ship of you will. A vehicle that is very large, out of which four smaller ships come. Don't wrestle with this, just let it sink in.

"And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. And their feet were straight {unjointed} feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass." [36]

You see, here again we have this highly polished bronze vehicle, only these are smaller. These came out of the mother ship.

"And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. Their wings were joined one to another; they burned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle." [37]

You see, this is that chariot, or one of those chariots, spoken of in Psalm 104. That which appeared to man periodically such as Job and Ezekiel out of the whirlwind, and that same chariot no doubt that came and took away Elijah.

"And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." [38]

This fiery chariot is something to keep in mind. Just file that away in your memory. Now let's get back to Genesis, chapter 2, and pick up where we left off before.

"And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made." [39]

You see, God was resting on the seventh day from all that He had made; a positive thing. Man rests on one day because of  fatigue, a big difference. Also, you have got to remember that as we found in 2 Peter 3, a day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as a day.

Well, we have gone through almost six thousand years, six days, and as is spoken of in Matthew 24 and Mark 13, we are approaching the birth of a new age. This new age is almost upon us friends, the seventh day if you will.

For those with eyes to see and ears to hear, our day of rest. Those with eyes to see and ears to hear are those who understand these deeper things, who understand that the  false Messiah is first to show up, those who understand that there was an age before this age and how it fits in with God's plan. You can understand these things because you have God's word in truth as it is written. Now it is time for you to be about the Lord's business of painting seeds and spreading the truth to others.

You must understand about this age that was before this one. An age that began with peace, with harmony, the sons of God dwelling with the Father. All things being as they should be, until iniquity was found in Satan and he began to deceive the children of God in the age that was, until they eventually rebelled against God.

Then God was left with a choice, God could either kill his children, destroy those souls {learn to think of God's children, all of us, as souls rather than flesh bodies}, or He could destroy His creation. We want to touch on this a little bit more because without understanding this from God's word, you will not understand the overall plan of God from the beginning, because it is not taught from the pulpits of the churches today, as it has not been taught for many centuries now. But this is as is written in God's word.

Alright, we want to go back to 2 Peter 3 and cover it again, and take a few more verses than we did before, because you must understand these three world ages. The age that was, this age, and the one very soon to come.

"This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance." [40]

Now without going into a lot of detail, it brings to mind here, by this way of remembrance, that many of you have known for a long time that there is more to God's word than you have been taught.

That there were many things written within the thousands and thousands of words printed in God's word, that living letter to his children, that you have not been told and have not been taught.

By way of remembrance, there are many of you with eyes to see and ears to hear, those of you who the scripture refers to as elect, who have been placed in this age at this time for a special purpose, one that we will touch upon a little later.

But you have known instinctively, intuitively, that there is more to God's word, that there is a purpose or destiny for you in these days. A plan that God has specifically for you. Because of that, you must understand the age that was, this  age, and the age soon to come. It must be clear in your mind.

"That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation." [41]

First of all, they don't even understand what has happened from the beginning of creation.

"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." [42]

What God is saying is that the majority of the pastor, teachers today are willingly ignorant, they choose not to know.

They choose not to get into God's word themselves and check out the truth as it is written, but would rather lean upon the false teachings and the doctrines and traditions of men that have been handed down in the seminaries from past generations to the present.

They teach you that you will fly away, that the first supernatural entity that arrives is the true Messiah, Jesus Christ, when in fact it will be antichrist, Satan himself.

"By the word of God the heavens were of old,"

He spoke, and it was so. Peter here is talking about the age that was, not this age. "And the earth standing in the water and out of the water," which again, is the same account given in Psalm 104:6. This is the age that was and not Noah's flood as they would try to teach you. It is all spelled out for you right here. How can it be any clearer?

"Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished." [43]

   Perished:

   Greek #622. apollumi, ap-ol-loo-mee; from Grk 575 and the base of Grk 3639; to destroy fully (reflex. to perish, or lose), lit. or fig.-destroy, die, lose, mar, perish.

"But the heavens and the earth, which are not, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire {God is a consuming fire, See Deuteronomy 4:24; Hebrews 12:29} against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men." [44]

Again, how simple the word of God is. Verse 6: "THE WORLD THAT THEN WAS." Verse 7: "THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH WHICH ARE NOW."

   Perdition:

   Greek #684. apoleia, ap-o'-li-a; from a presumed der. of Grk 622; ruin or loss (phys. spiritual or eternal):-damnable (-nation), destruction, die, perdition, X perish, pernicious ways, waste.

This word for perdition, apoleia, is the same root word used to describe the son of perdition, the only one who thus far has been judged and sentenced to perish, Satan himself, and he is first to come.

"Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition...But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that nay should perish, but that all should come to repentance." [45]

It was never in God's plan that any should perish. That is why He destroyed the creation of the age that was, instead of destroying his children.

"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." [46]

This word elements would be better translated as the rudiments, or evil spirits, the wicked.

"Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." [47]

   Elements:

   Greek #4747. Stoicheion, stoy-khl'-on; neut. of a presumed der. of the base of Grk 4748; something orderly in arrangement, i.e. (by impl.) a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent (lit.), proposition (fig.):-element, principle, rudiment.

   Burned up:

   Greek #2618. katakaio, kat-ak-ah'ee-o; from Grk 2596 and Grk 2545; to burn down (to the ground), i.e., consume wholly:-burn (up, utterly).

"Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for an hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements (rudiments) shall melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness." [48]

Alright now, let's go to Ephesians 1 and take a few passages here because this has to do with the overall plan of God. Pay close attention here because you are not taught these things from the pulpit, and without these truths you will not stand in the days soon to come when antichrist sets foot on the mount presenting himself to be Jesus Christ the Messiah. You will not stand if you do not know the truths as they are written.

We are going to teach you now Ephesians 1, what this plan is all about and why. Remember we told you there were a third of the sons of God that fell in the age that was, that took Satan's side and rebelled against God. Well, there were two thirds that didn't, and to varying degrees they were overcomers in the age that was.

God wants to redeem those souls who were lost in that age, and He has devised this plan whereby those souls who were deceived and fell then could be saved now, because God wishes that none should perish. The one thing that God cannot do is command love, He can't create love, that has to be free will. His children must live him freely. Alright, let's begin Ephesians 1 in verse 4. Now pay attention because this material is very heavy and deep, but you must understand it.

"According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love." [49]

This word "foundation" should be translated from the Greek as overthrow; that overthrow that is indicated in Genesis 1:2, when God had to destroy His creation of the age that was, Satan's overthrow.

   Foundation:

   Greek #2601. katabole, kat-ab-ol-ay'; from Grk 2598; a deposition, i.e., founding; fig. conception:-conceive, foundation.

   Greek #2598. Kataballo, dat-ab-al'-lo; from Grk 2596 and Grk 906; to throw down;-cast down, lay.

This Greek word katabole is used 11 times in the New Testament, it was translated foundation 10 times, and always in connection with the world: the foundation of the world. We can see from the Greek it would better be translated as the casting down or throwing down of the world, or better stated, the overthrow of the world. It is also interesting to note the Greek word that was translated as overthrow 3 times in the New Testament is katalluo, which also means to throw down. Now keep in mind that these passages all speak in the past tense, a done deal.

"According as he hath chose us in him BEFORE THE FOUNDATION {overthrow} OF THE WORLD, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will." [50]

Predestinated, in the past tense, meaning foreordained in the Greek.

   Predestinated:

   Greek #4309. proorizo, pro-or-id'-zo; from Grk 4253 and Grk 3724; to limit in advance, i.e. (fig.) predetermine:-determine before, ordain, predestinate.

   Greek #4253. pro, pro; a prim. prep.; "fore," i.e. in front of, prior (fig. superior) to:-above, ago, before, or ever. In comp. it retains the same significations. Greek #3724. horizo, hor-id'-zo; from Grk 3725; to mark out or bound ("horizon"), i.e. (fig.) to appoint, decree, specify:-declare, determine, limit, ordain.

According to the good pleasure of His will. This was His plan from the beginning. God is in control and it is His will.

"To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved."

The firstfruits, in other words. Who are the firstfruits? The elect. Those who overcame in the age that was, who stood and warred in battle and were overcomers against Satan in the age that was. They are the firstfruits. And for this age, it is God's will and plan that according to His good pleasure, those elect have been predestined, foreordained. They have already been judged.

"In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the rices of his grace; Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself." [51]

This is the mystery of His will. There was an age before, many fell, and He has brought them through this  flesh age to redeem them back to Himself through the Messiah, Jesus Christ the savior, rather than to destroy them.

Let's quickly recap what we have learned about these three world ages from the Scriptures, God's word, His living letter to you, for you must understand these things if you are to stand in the days soon to come. There are three world ages. There was the age that was, this present age, and the age to come. In the age that was, all the souls that were ever created or will ever be created, were created.

In the beginning there was a perfect harmony. The stars of heaven san, the sons of God were all joyful and rejoicing. Then Satan as we learned, with pride being found in him, decided that he would ascend up on high and be like the most high, that he would sit in the sides of the north, God's side. Satan began then with his one world government system and his religious system to usurp worship for himself.

He wanted the mercy seat for himself, to be like the most high. Subsequently a third of God's children fell, they rebelled, they took Satan's side and were deceived by him into  rebelling against God.

There were also two thirds who didn't rebel, not much is ever mentioned of them, but they did stay with the Father and did not choose Satan. They stood against Satan, they abhorred him from the beginning.

Now this is important because you must understand that yes, there was a third that fell, bringing about that tohuw va bohuw, that destruction of the age that was, whereby we are introduced into this age in Genesis 1:2 when God begins to rejuvenate and replenish the earth.

This plan being because He did snot want to destroy his children, though they were rebellious. He destroyed that age and created this age whereby those souls that fell in the age that was could be put into flesh bodies, with the memories of that past age blotted out. Born of a woman in this age, innocent, whereby they could decide whom they were going to serve, whom they would choose; Jesus Christ the savior, the Messiah, or Satan. As we approach these end days, this same scenario is going to play out once more, the same as it was in the age that was. Satan is using the same tools that he used in the age that was, the same basic plan, a one world government system.

The one world government system that you hear talked about and praised so highly by our own leaders clear from the president on down, ushering in this new age if you will, this one worldism, governed by one body, the United Nations. Satan is using the United Nations. It is the political beast spoken of in Revelation 13, the second beast spoken of there is the religious beast, antichrist, Satan himself.

Satan's main tool and weapon has always been religion, for he wants to be worshipped as God, presenting himself as the Messiah. Why? Because he has always wanted the mercy seat, and that is Christ's, and he wants the worship and the honor and the glory of that position, and that's what he's been after from the beginning.

We pray that this study has been a blessing to you, and that the Holy Spirit has revealed to you these deeper things, the mystery of these three world ages that have always been in God's word.

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