Take A Walk Through the Old Testament with me...

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

I can’t believe how energized I am about this God Blog, couldn’t sleep for thinking about casting the Word of God into the ATMOSPHERE! The scripture in Eccl 11:1 kept coming to my mind… Cast your bread upon the waters; for after many days you will find it again. This principle in God’s Word really works; I expect to find a great exchange in this blogging process. Oh, I better not get started on this topic… as a friend of mine used to say “That will preach!”
Anyway, as in any walk, it is easy to get sidetracked and enjoy a stroll down a divergent path. But, I promised myself (and God) that I would try to stay on track and make some progress through the Old Testament. It is my hope to bring the valuable truths from the Old Testament into our New Testament lives and possibly impart some of my love for the Old Testament to the readers of these humble posts. So, back to the past…

I mentioned in my last post the possible event between verse 1 & 2 in Genesis chapter 1. Let’s examine the things we know.

1. Scientist have well documented a prehistoric world, replete with living creatures and an orderly system of existence that does not match to the world we see today. But, they have yet to build the road that will actually connect the two.

2. God’s Word is basically silent about that prehistoric world. He begins the Bible with a world that is without form and void (Gen.1:2)-remember this is a history of mankind, not a history of the world. God’s knowledge and thoughts are far above ours, and above our capacity to comprehend (see Is.55:8-11)—He is not telling us everything; He is telling us what we need to know. Just as a good parent will not try to explain all he knows to a child, but rather impart the information that is pertinent to the child’s current situation.

3. Our timing is not God’s timing. Remember the scripture in 2nd Peter—a day with the Lord is as a thousand with man? God is not limited to our time frames. He did not even create our system of time until the 4th creative day.
So, what happened to destroy the prehistoric world and leave a mass without form and void for God to use in the creation of our current world? Jesus, God the Son, tells us in Lu. 10:18 “I saw Satan fall like lightening from Heaven”. (read also: Is 14, Ezk 28:13-17, Rev. 12:7-10) I think this was the cataclysmic event that turned the world upside down, freezing dinosaurs and the world that existed into chaos. Our Redeeming God chose this same world to create the place that would “prove” His future Bride. Selah… (this is a Hebrew word often used in the Psalms that means pause and think upon that!)

Such a long post… sorry, I will try to keep it brief, but it is so hard to stop when I get started talking about the awesome Word of God! Your thoughts?

5 comments:

  1. I really like the path you've started, Sharon! I'd like to offer the following thoughts:

    It is interesting to raise possibilities as to why there is such a disconnected path between
    the ancient and modern. I believe that there were supernatural forces at work, and that is
    simply not in the scientific realm of plausability. Christians and non-christians alike I believe
    can not possibly imagine the actual event(s) that took place. To have this explained I believe
    would take us on some celestial, cosmic bunny trail, and far afield from what God has established
    as His first and best purpose and destiny for our lives.

    But I just can't resist offering up one possibility: what if some of what we see in the geology of
    our earth and what we infer in the stars was from a period before time as we know it? Just a thought.

    It is interesting that you should bring up Luke 10:18 "I saw Satan fall like lightening from Heaven".
    I used to think that it was the deceiver himself that raced to earth from heaven. Now though,
    I'm apt to believe that God Himself provided the Deceiver with a heavenly powered rocket ride
    out of town. It gives perspective to the saying, "don't let the screen door hit you on the way out"!
    I used to think that this was the event that caused all the earthly ruckus, but now I am not so sure.
    The more I see of the uniquely creative nature of God, the more I believe that such a singular
    event is only a partial explanation of what we see on our earth today.

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  2. Mark, Very insightful. I agree that our attempts to answer these questions and explain these events will always fall short! We are just too simplistic and linear in our thinking. Thank God we will have time without end to learn the answers to these questions, and to enjoy God's complex future for us!

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  3. I would like to offer this link as some more food for thought. It's from the Answers in Genesis website; I encourage you to read to the end of the page, for it offers up two very good questions to answer. I plan to continue to read your thoughts Sharon, you've inspired me to get into the OT myself and bask in it's riches.

    http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2010/03/02/satan-the-fall-good-evil-could-death-exist-before-sin

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  4. Laura Grimmer sent me this comment...she has had trouble signing into the blog...

    God said "And it was". God said "it was good". God said. Wow! That is powerful! I want the blessings of God, so I will take Him at His word. Growing in God can be very painful! Many times we think this trial is gonna kill us, But in reality if we lean on God and trust Him, we will come out stronger and wiser. We must allow God to walk us through the fire and when we get to the other side, we won't even come out smelling like smoke. We have seasons in our lives when we are on the mountaintops of life, but it is in the valley we grow the most. It is in the pruning of the tree, the flower, the bush etc.... that the old is trimmed away, Ouch! They look bare and even weak. But behold a new life begins to bud forth. We become so excited! but it took some work, some time. the out come is worth the wait. So it is with us, The people of God. John 12:24 reminds us that except a corn of wheat fall into the grown and die, it abides alone: But if it dies, it brings forth much fruit. Oh God help us not to be afraid of change! Growth brings life. We must fall in love with the word of God. obey it, and live it. We must show the world the redeeming power of the one true God! We are over-comers, because God said. : )

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