Please do this ...
Do yourself a favor and actually do this - pick up a Bible - you can touch it, go ahead, it doesn't bite - OK ...
Set a Bible on its spine on a table or in your lap. Put your left hand at Genesis 2 and your right hand at Revelation 21.
Between your hands is God's Plan for His People
Genesis 2:7 to Revelation 22:21 - It is an exquisitely crafted, precisely timed series of events leading to a very well defined goal.
It begins the morning after Satan seduced Eve and ends exactly 7000 human years later when Satan, his angels, and his followers are erased from time, eternity and memory.
Everything in between is exactly what you expect the Bible to be - Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham. Isaac, Jacob, the Exodus, the promised land, King David, the Prophets, Jesus, his disciples, his sacrifice, his resurection, and Satan's innumerable attempts to change God's Plan.
It is divided into two parts - the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament is Jesus by type, example, metaphor and analogy. While on this earth, Jesus never said or did anything new; everything he did and said can be found many times in the Old Testament. We have been taught by some that the Old Testament was done away with. We have been taught by some that all we need is the New Testament. Those who teach those things are very wrong. They are false teachers. They are helping Satan draw you away from God, the truth, and everlasting life.
Matthew 7:13-14 - "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves."
Between your hands is -
John 14:6 - "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
Left Hand, first section, eternity before time
To the left of your left hand (Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 2:7) is the creation. The time period that covers these 1 1/2 to 2 pages is eternity. Currently science believes the universe to be a minimum of 13.5 billion years old. When they come up with a larger or better telescope and they can see further ito the future that number will change.
The Bible is not a history book, nor does it concern itself with science or technology. It is composed of stories in both real and spiritual prose. If you read it from a realistic perspective you get the same good stories that your father and grandfather heard and taught you. If, however, you view this book through spiritual eyes you will begin to understand how the new discoveries in science, archeology, astronomy are changing the things we thought we knew. There will be examples. It all starts right here.
Right Hand - The Future (The Kingdom of God)
To the right of your right hand (Revelation 21:6 to Revelation 22:21) is like a "Welcome to Heaven, let me show you around" brochure. The time period that covers these 1 1/2 to 2 pages is - eternity. Heaven is The Kingdom of God, the place we all want to get to, the place we all know so little about. Care to know more?
Between Your Hands - The Plan (From Eden to The Judgement)
Between the palms of your hands (Genesis 2:7 to Revelation 21:6), is God's Plan beginning to end, accurate and complete. It is an amazing section. It's the shortest section as far as time covered, only 7000 years, but it is most comprehensive and complete. Like a college text book, you can listen to the profs but you have to know this book cold in order to pass. It tells you how you got here, why you're here, and where you're going. And, yes, there's going to be a test, in fact, you' taking it right now. Don't panic, read ...
Before You Start ...
We are talking about the Word of God. It is a spiritual book. As such many things in it are written in a spiritual format not a realistic format. Open your mind as you read. Things will be different.
We are living in the end times. Knowledge is increasing. We have at our fingertips massive amounts of knowledge. We carry all worldly knowledge on the Internet on a cell phone in our pocket. We can, at a moments notice find out anything about anything. This has never happened before. My mom and dad used encyclopedias huge heavy things. They spent lots of time in libraries and reading books, periodicals, magazines, and newspapers. We carry all that and more in our pocket.
Daniel 12:4 - "But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased."
This is the end of days - the last days - the end of time. The sealing of a book means that there was not enough knowledge present for people to fully understand. Unsealing is being done simply by the increasing amount of knowledge that is available today as opposed to yesterday or to the last generation.S
The second thing - please read the header and footer of this page - it's the same on every page of this website.Proverbs 25:2 - "It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings to search out a matter."
2 Timothy 2:15 - "Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
This book was meant to be studied. We are meant to be "watchers" and you need to know what to watch for. Hopefully in these pages you can find enough to pique your interest - or maybe enough to try and prove me wrong.
Thank you.
Left Hand: The Past (The Pre-Adamic Worlds)
The area between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 2:7 consists of 3 areas that have not been so apparent as they are becoming now - clouds, smoke, parables, stories. The first is the original creation of the heavens and the earth. The second is the rise, fall, and total destruction of that 'earth' and its civilizations. The third is the re-population of the flooded globe.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Then there's a period. That's it. He created the heaven, actually the word heaven is plural almost everywhere in the Bible, as a matter of fact, so is the word God, it is plural too, meaning more than one. And, since there is a capital G on God it is referring to our God. But there is one earth and only one earth. Are we alone in the universe - oh yes.
How long this creating took is anybody's guess but science says that it was about 13.5 billion years. Are they wrong? Probably it could have been a lot longer. For those of you who believe that science is wrong please remember about 'the knowledge is increasing' thing.
After a period of time (the Bible is not a history book, encyclopedia, or science tomb.) civilizations arose, farmers, herders, cities - which means politicians and royalty and just about every other enterprise. How far it progressed, who knows, perhaps someday soon archeologists may find some startling ancient technology too.
In the last few years 6, or more, ancient cities more that 12,000 years old have been discovered. Adam was formed in 4800BC give ot take, Noah's flood in 1800 BC or so. We know that hominids have been on the earth for more than a million years. None of this is a surprise.
Hasankeyf (Turkey), Göbekli Tepe (Turkey), Erdstall (Turkey), Maharashtra (India), NEG II (Golan Heights, Israel), Arghilas (Morrocan Desert). Since Turkey is in ancient Mesopotamia - the cradle of civilization, again, no surprise. I was going to put pictures in here but you can look this stuff up on the Internet very easily - there are others.
I relented.
Anyway, God is in his heaven. He has angels - he created them also - they do his bidding. The word angel means messenger. They do stuff that God wants done. And, there is a hierarchy of angels, archangels are on top.
Ezekiel 28:11-15 - "Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee."
Ho wait, but that's about the king of Tyrus - right - Lucifer/Satan - read it again. An earthly king who was in Eden, walked among the stars, perfect in beauty and wisdom, created by God. The jewels listed are almost the same as those in breastplate of the Priests of the children of Jacob/Israel - so Lucifer must have been a big shot in heaven, and angel in one of the highest, if not the highest position.
God makes no mistakes, errors or blunders. Everything is done with a purpose.
All of God's angels were created beings. They did what they were told, they had no choice. To have a choice means there are at least two things a this and a that. Heaven had no "that". God had to created a "that" to give his angels a choice, to see if they were working the way they were because they wanted to or they had to. So, He took his number one angel and put a touch of iniquity in his soul. It didn't take Lucifer long to find out it was there.
He started a rumor campaign - he could do a better job of running heaven, earth, and the universe in general. He gathered supporters.
Isaiah 14:12-14 - "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars 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."
We haven't talked much about The Plan yet but it has its own webpages. Suffice it to say that it was put together before the foundations of the earth - before it was created, and Lucifer knew all about The Plan. He knew that way, way back near the end, just before the Judgement, he was going to be eliminated. If there was a way to change the course of The Plan in even the slightest way it would save his life, and he was going to try.
How long was it from the creation to this point in time? Your guess would be as good as mine. It is at this point that Genesis 1:2 begins.
Genesis 1:2 - "And the earth was 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."
The word "was" actually means "became". Over time and with Lucifers urgings the earth "became" corrupt - without form and void and dark - spiritual thinking now - without form and void is 'tohu va bohu' in Hebrew. It didn't start out that way, it became that way.
Isaiah 45:18 - "For thus 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 {tohu}, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else."
God did not create the earth in vain (tohu) he made it to be inhabited. Jeremiah 'saw' what happened to the first earth - birds, people, beasts, fish - it was all destroyed by a flood.
2 Peter 3:5-7 - "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: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 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."
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Ezekiel, Peter - God's prophets and Apostles knew all about this and they wrote about it. Peter writes that people are willing ignorant about it. Willingly ignorant - they don't want to know. The Apostle Peter writes of the first earth that was, the earth of today, and a new heaven and earth in the near future.
Jeremiah 4:23-28 - "I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void {tohu va bohu}; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger. For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end."
Did this really happen? Well, it's in the Bible. There are more than two witnesses to it. I believe the Bible, completely. I've studied this book for over 50 years - yes, it did, absolutely.
Have you ever heard about Younger-Dryas? I'd give you sites but you really need to look this stuff up for yourself. New info. It happened about 12000BC and lasted 1200 years massive flooding and an ice age - worldwide. The ole 'knowledge is increasing' thing again. Old civilizations, floods, fire, ice worldwide. Really - Yes, again.
By the way this was 12,000 years ago, eight or nine thousand years before Noah's flood.'