Don't Be Deceived by Chris Whitcomb - HTML preview

Chapter 4.

THE PRE-ADAMIC EARTH.

My attention of the possibility of life before Adam, come to me by finding answers to questions I asked, but the Holy Spirit leading me to find the answers in the Bible. The questions I asked was the questions mentioned in the first few chapters of this writing. I later found out that there were other people like Dake who wrote in his Annotated Bible about the pre-Adamite Earth. Also A. Hoyle Lester, who wrote a book called The Pre-Adamite or Who Tempted Eve book, about the subject. I have not yet read any of those writings and am not sure what conclusions they came to, but the only thing I came to is that I found answers to my questions explaining the questions I had about what is written in the Bible, found in the Bible and not from what other people wrote.

It is not clear how long the duration of the period was since Jesus was born, until God and Jesus created the earth we will call the pre-Adamic earth. What we do know, is that God created the earth to be inhabited. In Isaiah 45:18 “For this is what or this writing’s sake. the Lord says-he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty but formed it to be inhabited- he says: I am the Lord and there is no other.

In Chapter 5, when we read about when God brought back the pre-Adamic Earth to life again, God told Adam and Eve in Genesis 1:28 “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”. Note God said, REPLENISH. You can only replenish something that was filled before. At this time of the re-birth of earth there was only Adam and Eve, and they were told to replenish. God must have referred to the pre-Adamic earth where there were other people as is referred to in the following scriptures.

There are also people who say that the Bible did not say replenish but only fill. Some people say, the Hebrew word used was Male and others say there were two words used namely Asah, meaning restore and Barah meaning made new. Then there are others who says the word in Hebrew was mil’u. Now who is correct? Confusion from translators and this is how Satan confuse people from what is true and what is a lie? The believers of the earth only to be 6 000 years old, will believe that the “fill” is the correct word, but can they then just explain the scriptures referring to Satan been cast down on the ground in front of kings and people who mocked him. (Isaiah 14:12-23 and Ezekiel 28:11_19). Also, when did Jesus saw him been thrown from heaven like lighting on the earth, and where did the water come from, as in Genesis 15

1:2., upon which the Spirit of God moved. Do they also accept that God did nothing, before Genesis 1:1 before He made the heavens and the earth. That He only just became God, the creator just before Genesis 1:2.? When according to them was the beginning when Jesus was born? Me, believing that the earth is not just 6000 years old, brought peace to my soul knowing that what science and my geology Professor told me, and what is written in the Bible in some translations, are 100% in line. Question? Which translation is correct. Satan at work? Winning with his deception game?

In Ezekiel 26:20, there is reference of the people of the old time. There are more

scriptures mentioning the same old time, but it is important that in the Bible when there is reference of the old time, it refers to a time, long time ago. Some places it talks about people of old.

How old is old? Everything just more and more confusing. Is old very old, thousands even millions of years, or just 10 or 50 years old. It is all relevant to people’s perception and understanding and interpretation of what they want the answer to be. This is why we, as God’s children, was given the Holy Spirit to convince us from what is right and what is wrong. Who is right and who is wrong

 In Ezekiel 28 from verse 1 to 19, God is talking to the King of Tyre. In this

passage this prince of Tyre is referred to as follows:

o Because thine heart is lifted up o Thou hast said I am a God o I sit in the seat of God in the mists of the seas o Thou set thine heart as the heart of God. o Behold you are wiser than Daniel, there is no secret that they

can hide from thee.

o With thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches and hast

gotten gold and silver into thy treasures.

o By thy great wisdom and traffic hast thou increased thy riches

and thine heart is lifted up.

o Because you set your heart as the heart of a God; behold I will

bring strangers upon thee.

The lamentation is then focussing on the King of Tyre and say the following to him

o Thou seals up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. o Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God. o Every precious stone was thy covering, (List of precious stones)

and gold; the workmanship of thy tabrets and of the pipes was prepared in thee in that thou were created,

o Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set you

so; thou were upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

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o Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast

created, till iniquity was found in thee. By the multitude of thy merchandise, they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore, I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God; and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

o Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast

corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness; I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

o Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine

iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore, will I bring forth a fire from the midst of you, it shall devour thee, and I will bring you to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee, All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.

It should be very clear that this King of Tyre is nobody but Satan. This lamentation was all about Satan. We know that Jesus told his disciples that he saw this event happening when he told them he saw Satan fall from heaven like a lightning strike. This could only have happened during a period before what we read in Genesis 1 verse 2. This earth was empty and void. So what kings are referred to in front of which Satan was cast down on the ground? Over whom were these kings ruling? They must have ruled over some people who were living in a very large and beautiful city called Tyre. The economy was booming in this city, and the prince and king of Tyre was very rich and full of wealth. Satan was cast down on the ground. What ground? Must be the ground covered by water as in Genesis 1: 2 and was made visible in verse 9.

We also read in 2 Peter 3:5-7 that the earth that then was, (an earth that was before something happened to it) was overflowed with water (the something that happened to it), and has perished. (Became empty and without form and covered by water) The earth did not perish during Noah’s flood but only living things that breathed was killed. So, there was people on the pre-Adamic earth and Satan was the ruler of this earth. It was from this throne that he said the following

Lucifer’s rebellion against God.

“I will ascend into heaven, (ascend from where? Earth where his city Tyre was). I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the

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congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High”.

He must have been on the earth “that then was” as mentioned in 2 Peter 3:6. Lucifer said in Isaiah 14:13 he will ascend (going up) into heaven. He must have miss led the other 1/3 of the angels as well as the nations which he has weakened. He was blameless in his ways from the day he was created until one day wickedness was found in him. Through his widespread trade (trading what with who?) he was filled with violence and sinned. His heart became proud on account of his beauty, and it corrupted his wisdom. God made him a spectacle before kings. (Which kings? Maybe the kings over the nations at the time). By his sins and dishonest trade, he desecrated his sanctuaries.

He was then cast to the ground as in Ezekiel 28:17 and like Jesus told his disciples in Luke 10:18.” And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lighting fall from heaven.” In Isaiah 14:12 to 19 it is even better described.

Lucifer and his deceived angels cast from heaven.

In Isaiah 14:12-19 the fall of Lucifers is described as follows: “How are thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! Yet thou shall be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. 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, 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, everyone in his own house. But thou art cast out 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 carcase trodden under feet. That did shake kingdoms; that made the world as a wilderness, (empty and without form) and destroyed the cities thereof(covered with water); that opened not the house of his prisoners?

(take note of these words). All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory,

everyone in his own house. But thou art cast out 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 carcase trodden under feet.

The above could only have taken place, if it took place on an earth that “then was, or of long ago or of antiquity or of old.” This never happened on our current earth distant for destruction by fire.

If you ever wondered, or even asked the question, why did God not killed or

destroyed Satan after he did what he did. Listen to what God said to Lucifer about

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himself and to those who was called his people. The people on earth with him at the time of this happening.

(Isaiah 14: 20-23) “Thou (Satan) shalt not be joined with them (his people) in burial, because thou (Satan) hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed (people of children) of evildoers shall never be renowned. Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that thy do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant and son, and nephew, saith the LORD. I will also make it a possession for the bittern (owls), and pools of water (swamp land): and I will sweep it with the besom(broom) of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.

Many shall now ask, if he was reduced to ashes, why is he then still around and will even be around till after the 1000 years of peace. The reason is because he will be cast in hell to burn there with the beast and the false prophet.

The pre-Adamite earth destroyed with water by God,

What happened to the city where Lucifer’s people stayed? We can read about what happened to them in Ezekiel 26:19-21: ”For thus saith the Lord God; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited ; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee; when I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou would not be inhabited and I shall set glory in the land of the living; will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more; though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord God.

Can this possibly refer to the lost city of Atlantis? Possible but not important. What is important is the fact that the city was destroyed by water. The water upon which the Spirit of God moved in Genisis 1:2.

The destruction of the earth by water is also described in 2 Peter 3: 5-7 as follows:

“ For 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; whereby the world that then was (of old) being overflowed with water, perished: but the heavens and the earth , which are now (the one we now experience and live on), by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgement and perdition of ungodly men.

Satan immediately would like the people to think, “this was Noah’s flood’ But in Noah’s flood only the following things died:

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“All flesh that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man, all in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land. And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. Nothing is mentioned about the things in the water.

The plants and trees were not destroyed because after some time after the water subsided, Noah send out a crow and doves and the second dove brought back an olive twig, a twig from a living tree. Also, after they left the ark, they went out and multiplied upon the earth.

The first destroyed earth was without form and void and in darkness and it was

covered by water.

Something that has always bothered me about what is written in Revelation 20: 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it. Is there a difference holding place for people dying in the sea than on earth? I always wondered about this until I found out about the pre-Adamite earth which is still today covered by the waters of the seas. Those people will also be woken up to be judged by God.

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