Genesis 1:1 NKJV In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Our Solar System: The Sun and eight major planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) previously Pluto.
Proverbs 25:2 NKJV It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
- 9 fruits of the Spirit – love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, meekness, faithfulness, and temperance (Galatians 5:22-23).
- 9 gifts of the Spirit – word of wisdom, word of knowledge, gift of special faith, gifts of healings, miracles, prophecy, discerning of spirits, tongues, and interpretation of tongues (1 Corinthians 12:7-11).
- 9 Biblical holidays.
- 9 inspired songs sung by Biblical figures in the Old Testament at important times in Jewish history.
- 9 months of pregnancy from conception till childbirth.
- 9 demon-possessed cases delivered by the power of the Holy Spirit:
Asteroids: primarily located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
According to the Biblical description, the twelve jewels in the breastplate.
- 12 is the number of authority, order or government.
- There are 12 tribes of Israel;
- 12 Apostles of the Lamb;
- 12 constellations of stars;
- 12 musical notes in an octave;
- 12 foundations of Heavenly Jerusalem, with 12 gates made of 12 pearls and 12 angels guarding those gates.
- Jesus said He could pray to the Father and He would send Him 12 legions of angels.
- The measurements of New Jerusalem are 12,000 stadia.
- There are 12 minor prophets in the Old Testament: Hosea, Amos, Micah, Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zachariah, and Malachi.
- Anyone who wants to understand the chronology of the Old Testament needs to read 12 books in this order: Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah.
- Transfiguration and the gates of Hell.
Job 38:4-7 NKJV “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. [5] Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? [6] To what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone, [7] When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
We may deduce two logical conclusions from these verses:
- first, that they are not referring to literal stars but the sentient sons of God,
- and second, that these sons of God are older than the earth itself, since they were present to witness its primordial formation.
The motif of the morning star in biblical parlance is meant to convey preexistence and preeminence.
Revelation 22:16 NKJV “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”
While writing to the brethren in Colossae, Paul affirms the preeminence of Christ:
Colossians 1:15-18 NKJV He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. [16] For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. [17] And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. [18] And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
- As the firstborn (not only from the dead, but over all creation), Jesus is the original morning star and the preeminent Son of God.
These epithets are more than descriptions of his attributes; they are proper titles assigned to the person of Christ alone. When employed in an informal and broader context, the connotation of the terms remains the same, but the persons they denote are of a different estate/domain.
Jude 1:6 NKJV And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day;
The morning stars and sons of God represent an elder race of beings that are both preexistent and preeminent in relationship to all others,
- save the Son of God himself, the first and foremost over all creation.
Very little is disclosed about the morning stars, but by virtue of their designations, we may surmise that they are, to some degree, akin to the firstborn Son and ancient beyond reckoning.
As we have seen, the exceptional agedness of the elder race (as we shall refer to them hereafter) is assumed in the biblical narrative, since they were a party to the formation of Planet Earth, an event that likely took place many millions of years ago.
- Chaos to order is pagan philosophy
- Order to chaos be of disobedience is Biblical view
Genesis 1:1-3 NKJV In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. [2] The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. [3] Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.
- In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth – order
- The earth became without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep – because of judgment due to disobedience
- Let there be light”; and there was light – reestablishment of order – light
Genesis 3:11 NKJV And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?”
- Disobedience leading to chaos
- Curses and judgment followd
Galatians 4:4 NKJV But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Ephesians 1:10 NKJV that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth-in Him.
- Finally there will be order
1 Corinthians 15:24-26 NKJV Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. [25] For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. [26] The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.
Revelation 21:1 NKJV Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.
God of order
1 Corinthians 14:40 NKJV Let all things be done decently and in order.
1 Corinthians 14:33 NKJV For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.
1 Corinthians 11:34 NKJV But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment. And the rest I will set in order when I come.
The scriptures supports a Christocentric (Christ-centric) perspective.
- Not a an anthropocentric perspective
- By making ourselves the center of all things, we supplant the Son of God, who is not only the primal source of the universe but its primary purpose.
- Paul articulates the correct view when he declares that Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
Notice that all things were created not only through him but for him.
The Son of God is the first cause, the initial singularity, and the intrinsic purpose of the universe.
He is the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
The universe was not made for the earth, and the earth was not made for man.
- It was all made for Jesus, the firstborn and beloved Son of the Father—the apple of his eye.
Notice also that in Colossians 1:15-18, Paul references thrones, dominions, principalities, and powers when referring to things created in heaven and on the earth.
- These terms are indicative of a vast kingdom with many realms. There is a plurality of thrones, a plurality of dominions, and a plurality of principalities.
In light of the Christocentric perspective clearly conveyed in the scriptures, we need to disassociate the creation of the universe with the creation of mankind, as man was not its purpose.
- Moreover, the fact that the morning stars were present to witness the primordial formation of Planet Earth presumes a pre-Adamic paradigm.
The pre-Adamic inference is made by the writer of Hebrews:
Hebrews 1:1-4 NKJV God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, [2] has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; [3] who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, [4] having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
- And again,
Hebrews 11:3 NKJV By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
Jesus Christ is identified as the creator of thrones, dominions, principalities, and powers etc.
The pre-Adamic landscape is one of empire.
- The system of government presented in the biblical narrative is an absolute monarchy.
- There is a kingdom of heaven (kingdom of God) and a high King who sits on a throne and before whom all tremble and pay obeisance.
- Other, lesser thrones, configured in the hierarchy of the empire, are occupied by the King’s delegates, princes and regents who do his bidding.
- The kingdom has a court, a council, and an army. It has councilors, courtiers, couriers, and warriors.
- There is a royal family and a ruling class.
- It has a standing army.
- So the forces of darkness had to find a legal loophole
Genesis 6:2 NKJV that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.
- Why wives are a legal loophole?
Psalm 115:16 NKJV The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’s; But the earth He has given to the children of men.
- This explains the appearance of Moses and Elijah
- This explains what Jesus meant by the gates of hell shall not prevail over what He builds.