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The Way InternationalIt is clear from the preponderance of scripture that original heaven and earth of Genesis 1:1 was subject to cataclysmic destruction between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2
Without getting into the about a dozen other passages that are pertinent let me add a little of what can be learned from scripture about Gen 1
I get a lot of guff for being a follower of The Way International, yet I find no one who has done their homework like they have.
you have joined a cult and people are giving you guff , that's weird.
perfect at Genesis 1:1Well, I expect the following will help fill some details
A verse I have yet to see posted about Genesis 1
Jeremiah 4:23
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
God showed by revelation to Jeremiah the state of the earth before God started restoring it in Genesis 1:3
God is light and in him is no darkness at all, I John 1:5
God would have included the creation of light in Genesis 1:1. Why did is it not found until Genesis 1:3? Because whatever light had been part of the original creation was extinguished by a cataclymic event. Call it a "big destruction"
you said: "At parochial grade school, I was taught that God is perfect. Since God is perfect, everything he does is perfect. "
When the dragon and his angels were cast down to earth was that a cotton ball landing on a pile of marshmallows?
Revelation 12:7-9,12-13,15-17
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
It is this war that caused the original creation of Genesis 1:1 to fall into the ruin described in Genesis 1:2
God makes clear who this was that was the evil that was the source of this cataclysm, "the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan,"
This dragon... is in direct opposition to God and to His son.
John 10:10 makes that abundantly clear.
Who steals, kills and destroys? the thief known by many other names as well as we have seen.
Without getting into all the passages that pertain, Lucifer was the angle of light that rebelled against God and was cast down. The dragon, the destroyer destroyed the perfection of Genesis 1:1, thus God brooded over the waters and began the restoration in Genesis 1:3
nope
Lucifer was placed in the garden of Eden with Adam & Eve by God , Lucifer fell after the creation of man
Eze 28:13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle; and crafted in gold were your settings and your engravings. On the day that you were created they were prepared.
Eze 28:14 You were an anointed guardian cherub. I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.