Beloved, in this lesson we will be covering the three world ages. We will document from God's word the fack that there was a pervious age. the age that was. an age befor this prenent earth age, just as there is an age to come, the millennium. We are going to tie this in to the fact that Satan ruled and reigend in the age that was, after his fall, through decption, what his position was relative to God, and how the fall came about. Will answer many question, as we dig into God's word and find the deeper truths hidden there. Trurhs that you have not been taught from the pulpit, because, frankly, they don't understand God's word and they have no knowledge at all to the fact that there indeed is an age that was. We will find that not only is there an age that was, but also that there was cities in the previous age, and that this planet was indeed inhabited between Gen 1:1 and Gen 1: 2.

Beloved, this knowledge of the three world age is very important. For without understanding that there was a previous earth age, the present earth age, and an age to come, you will not be able to understand God's plan, for it encompasses all three earth age.

Let's begin this study right in the very beginning in the book of Genesis. The word Genesis in fact is not a Hebrew word. but a Greek word that comes from the Septuagint. The word Genesis in the Greek simply means creation or generation. This will give us an account from the beginning. Then we will peruse through the scriptures and pin down certain scripture passages that will give you a clearer understanding that God has put there so that we might know about this age that was. These are important things, because if you don't understand these things, then you will not understand any of the deeper things in God's word. This way you will be better prepared to stand in these end days soon to come.

earth....  Hebrew 776. 'erets, eh'-rets; from an unused root prop. mean. to be firm; the earth (at largh, or partitively a land):-X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X nations, way, + wilderness, world.

Beloved, this verse goes all the back to the time when God first initiated the creation. This is not the beginning of creation of this earth age, but the very beginning, even back to the world that was. Now just to pin down, we are going to flip real quick to Proverbs 8, and we want to take a few passages there just to begin to give us an idea of this overall plan that God has had from the beginning.

Prov 8:22  The Lord possessed me in the beginning, of his way, before his works of old.

Beloved, this is before this earth age.

Prov 8:23  I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

Prov 8:24  When there were no depths, I was brough forth; when there erer no funtains abounding with water.

Prov 8:25  Before the mountanis wrer setted, before the hills was I brought forth;

Prov 8:26  While as yet he had not made the earth ('erets), nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

Beloved, this loses something in the translation here fronm the Hebrew, because in the Hebrew, "this nor the highest part of dust of the world" is referring to the very atom, the very building black of matter as we understand it.

Prov 8:27  When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass (circle,vault) upon the face of the deep:

compass...  Hebrew 2329. chuwg. khoog; from Heb 2328; a circle:-, circuit, compass.

Prov 8:28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep (abyss).

Prov 8:29  When he gave to the sea his decree, that the water should not pass his commandment (coasts): when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

Prov 8:30  Then I was by him, as one brought up with him (constantly with him): and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

This verse is better translated "then I became beside him." This word "was" we will note when we get back to Gen I should have been translated "became".

Prov 8;31  Rejoicing in the habitable part of his reath; and my delights were with the sons of men.

You see, you have to understand that God is talking here about an age that was. He is talking aboyt a time before this present earth age. we are giong to find maney more passages like this throughout the scripture referring to this age before, and we must understand what this means to us. Why is it important to understand this ? And why if you do not have this knowledge, because they don't teach it to you from the pulpits and the churches today, Beloved, you will not be prepared for the times to come, If you do not understand these things, you will not stand in those days.

Alright let's go back to Genesis and pick it up with verse 2, and cover more of these passages. We have much material to cover, because there are so many scriptures that document the fact that there was an earth age before. That God had a host, sons of God, children, souls if you will, that he had created even back then, and they inhabited this earth. The very earth that we are reading about here. You have been taught that the earth began only 6,000 years ago. Now Beloved, you stop and think about that for a moment.

It is one of the reasons Christianity has such a difficult time, if not impossible task, of getting its teachings included in science classes, Beloved, take the issue of evolution versus creation for example, It is rather stupid for a Christian to stand up and say "will this earth is only 6,000 years old."Any scientist with any brains at all is just going to tear you aport. It is very simple using God's natural happenings and events and situations for a scientist to prove that this earth is indeed millions of years old. Fossils, carbon dating, there are many methods at thier disposal to prove that a Christian who stands up and say that this earth is 6,000 years old is an idiot.

It is no wonder that we can't have our Christian creation taught in classes today in the public school, because quite simple, Christian don't bother to find out the facts from God's word. Had they done so, they would have prepared to argue our right to teach creation as a viable scienitific fact. We are going to prove from God's word that the earth is indeed millions of years old, that there was a habitable earth ('erets), prior to verse 2 of Genesis 1.

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:2 And the earth was (became), without form, and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the water.

Beloved, the word "Was" is a mistranslations. It should have been translated ("Became"). Beloved, "Was" is a from of the verb "to be", and in Hebrew there is no verb "to be". Now to understand what the phrase "without form and void" really means you must understand what the phrase really says. In the hebrew, this phrase reads  (tohuw va bohuw).

without form... Hebrew 8414. tohuw, to'-hoo; from an unused root mesn. to lie waste, a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; fig. a worthless things; adv. in vain:-confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.

Viod... Hebrew 922. bohuw, bo'-hoo, from an unused root (mean. to be empty); a vacuity, i. e. (superficially) an undistinguishable ruin;- emptiness, void.

Beloved, if you don't learn any other Hebrew phrases, learn this one: tohuw va bohuw. We will come upon this phrase on other passages of the scripture referring to this same period of time. Veres 2 would then be better translated as: and the earth became totally destoyed, void. We will find out that the earth was not created this way, God did not create the earth destroyed, He created it inhabited and saw that it was very good. He did this in the age that was, and the destruction came about because of the fall of Satan in the age that was, as we are going to learn.

Now let's go to Peter 3 and study some New Testament references to this age that was and to the destruction of that time.

2 Peter 3:3  Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffer, walking after thier own lusts,

2 Peter 3:4  And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

2 Peter 3:5  For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water.

Beloved, God's word plainly states that, for this they willingly are ignorant of, they choose to be ignorant, they want to be ignorant, or else they would learn the truth as it is written, but they don't. It is not taught in the churchers, and the pastors and the teachers don't teach it to you; they are willingly ignorant, they don't want to know these things. Therefore you can't know these things unless you are driven to God's word for yourself. That is the purpose why I do this to drive you into God's word.

2 Peter 3:6  Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.

perished:  Greek 622. apollumi, ap-ol'-loo-mee; from Greek 575 and the base of Greek 3639, to destroy fully (reflex. to perish, or lose), lit. or fig. -destroy, die, lose, mar, perish.  Greek 3639. olthros, ol'-eth-ros; from a prim. ollumi ( to destroy; a prol. form); ruin, i.e. death, punishment:-destruction.

2 Peter 3:7  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.

Now notice the difference between verse 6 and verse 7. Verse 6 reads "whwreby the world that then was". and verse 7", but the heavens and the earth which are now."

2 Peter 3:8  but beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousnad years as one day.

Will now beloved, we have almont completed six days, Before the year 2000 we will have finished six days. The seventh day is our rest, the millennium. Those with eyes to see and ears to hear will understand.

2 Peter 3:9  The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Now Beloved, let's go back and review what we have just learned. Peter is talking about two ages here, the age that then was, and the age that is now. A lot of your pastor/teachers out there are going to try to tell you that this is talking about Noah's flood. Beloved, this is not so, this cloud not possibly be talking about Noah's flood. First of all, Noah's flood did not destory everthing. It did not leave the earth utter void. Noah and his family as will as two of every living creature lived, they were not destroyed. Second of all, the flood of Noah was not even world wide. The flood did not cover the whold earth. From Genesis 1:1, we have already learned that the Hebrew word for earth is ('erets').  That is not the case when it comes to Noah's flood.

Genesis 7:4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that i have made will i destroy from off the face of the earth.

Now in this case, the Hebrew word for earth is not 'erets, but is adamah, which comes from the root word adam. Properly, the Hebrew  word 'adamah means the land or country of the descendants Adam.

earth...  Hebrew 127. 'adamah, ad-aw-maw; from Heb 119, soil (from its gen. redness):-country, earth, ground, husban [-nan] (ry), land. Hebrew 119. 'adam, aw-dam; to show blood (in the face), i.e. flush or turn rosy:-be (dyed, made) red (ruddy).

Now from this we learn that the flood was not world wide as so often taught, but was instead brought upon Adam's lineage and their land. And third, it says here: '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. "Beloved, did Noah'a flood cause the heavens to perish ?  Show me were that is written, Beloved, its not. The havens in Noah's flood were not destroyed. You see, you must understand that thesr are two different ages spoken of here. Now remember also, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand days as one day. Friends, we are approaching the end of our sixth day, wake up! It is time to wake up and study God's overall plan for yourself before it is to late.

Now before we go back to the book of Genesis weare going to pick up a few verse from Jeremiah 4, so as to document further, and to leave no doubt in your mind, that indeed there was an age that was and that this is part of God's overall plan for salvation, brining unto Himself a pure undefiled spotless bride, Gos is seeking chlidren that love Him freely. love is the one think that God will not manufacture. Because there was an age that was, and Stan's fall took down with him a thrid of the sons of God from that age that was, and this age became necessary. You see, it became nesessary wereby God could redeem unto Himself those who had been lost in that age that was. Again, we will find out that there were cities in that age. The earth was populated and it was inhabited. We will also find out how the fall came about and why, and then you will begin to understand why this age became necessary. Necessary so that those souls who fell with Satan and rebelled against God would have an opportunity to love God instead of Satan, and thereby be reconciled unto God. Beloved, these are important things to understand because it has to do with the very basic foundation of Christianity as we have learned and understood, but you have never known why. Nobody has ever told you before why you must be reconciled unto God. You see we are all souls created by God, and some were lost to Him when they rebelled. Now since we are all God's children, he had two choices in the age that was: Beloved, He could either destory His creation and start over, providing a way,whereby he could redeem and reconcile those children who rebelled back to Himself.

Alright, let's document this world that was from the book of Jeremah.

Jer 4"21  How long shell I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet ?

Jer 4:22  For my peopkle are follish, they have not known me; they are sottish (stupid) children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knoweldge.

Sottish...  Hebrew 5530. cakal, saw-kaw', from Heb 5528; silly-fool (-ish)'sottish.

Jer 4:23  I (God speaking)  beheld the earth, and lo, it was (became), without form (tohuw) and void (bohuw), and the heavens, and they had no light.

Beloved, here again is that Hebrew phrase tohuw va bohuw, the same phrase found in Gen 1:2.

Jer 4:24 I beheld the mountains, and lo, they tremble, and all the hills moved lightly.

Jer :425  I beheld, and lo, there was no man, and all the birds of heavens were fled.( destroyed).

Now Beloved, listen, did Noah's flood kill all the men and all the birds,? Stop and think about it, used your mine and not the traitions of men. Beloved, the answer is no, it did not.

Jer 4:26 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.

You see, there were cities in the age that was, and they were broken down at the presence of the Lord and by his fierce anger. Beloved, thats not my words, but God's words.

Jer 4:27  For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.

Now keep in mind that science can prove that this earth is millions of years old. God's word plainly says that there was a previous earth age before this persent one. The earth was inhabited, man was present, and cities existed, yet pastor/ teacher don't teach you these things, It is no wonder that God calls his children stupid, sottish, willfully ignorant. did you know that science even confirm this tohuw va bohuw, this sudden destrction? We know for a fact that scientists have found mammoths in the Arctic region, which once was a paradise with foliage and dew to water the ground, and there were no jet streams, just as it shall be again, and these mammoths were destroyed so suddenly that there were buttercups found in thier mouths. The meat from these mammoths was still good, preserved, because it was frozen solid. This destruction happened instantly, and scince has proved that beyond any shadow of a doubt. Beloved, why is it that Christians have to be sottish ?

Now let's go to the book Isaiah and see what the scriptures have to say about Satan's fall.

Isaiah 14:12  How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken (subdue) the nations!

weaken...  Hebrew 2522. chalash, khaw-lash' a prim root, to prostrate; by impl. to overthrow, decay:- discomfit, waste away, weaken.

Isaiah 14:13  For thou hast said in thine heat, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars (children) of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congreation, in the sides of the nort:

Isaiah 14:14  I will ascend above the hights of the clouds; I will be like the moust high.

Beloved, keep this in mind, that this tranpired in the age that was and brought about the destruction of that age: God choosing to destroy His creation rather then His children.

Isaiah 14:15  Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the side of the pit.  (compare also Rev 20).

Isaiah 14:16  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; (Beloved, this will transpire in the age to come, the millennium).

Isaiah 14:17  That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners ?

Isaiah 14:18  All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.

Isaiah 14:19  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.

Beloved, now that we have seen an account of satan's fall and why the first earth age was destroyed, let's continue on in the book of Isaiah and document from God's word the fact that the earth was not created in vain, destroyed, tohuw, but to be inhabited.

Isaiah 45:18 For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath eatablished it, he created it not in vain (tohuw), he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord, and there is none else.

Vain... Hebrew 8414. tohuw. to'-hoo, from an unused root mesn. to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert, fig a worthless thing; in vain:-confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of ) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wildereness.

So you see beloved, God did not created the earth tohuw, he created it to be inhabited. Remember Gen 1:2, and the earth became tohuw.

You see, in the age that was God created the heavens and the earth to be inhabited; that is why there were cities. The sons of God dwelt there and God amangst them until Satan decided that he would be like the moust high. You see, the same pattern that transpired in that age that was, i.e., Satan's attempt was to used a one world government system to rual, and a religious system whereby he would ascend up on high and be like the moust high, and again beloved, this will transpire in this age. That is why it is so importiant that you understand bout the world that was and this earth age. Satan is once more using the political ststem, the religious system, education, and economics, the same methods that he used in the age that was to bring about the downfall. he has only one desire and motivation, to set himself up as God and to be worshipped as God.

That is why you must know and understand that there was an age prior to this age, all of God's children were created at that time, and not at the beginning of this eartg age. We will document this further when we get back into the book of Genesis. But, just to first give you the overall pictuer, the souls were created in the first earth age and not in this age. Whem they fell, whem they rebelled against God and followed the lies and deception of Satan in the age that was and were cast down, God destroyed that earth age, and then instituted this age wereby through Christ he could reconcile those souls who were lost, back to himself. The plan is perfect and God is in control, but you have not been taught these things. If you can understand this knowledge, you will be better prepared to stand in the days that are soon to come when this same one, Satan, Lucifer, that old dragon returns to this earth in person to once more deceive the nations into worshipping him, through the political beast and the religious beast.

Now that we have showed you from God's word that the earth was not created without form, desolate, vain, destoryed, tohuw, but became that way, let's returen to Genesis 1 and pick up with verse 3 where left off.

Genesis 1:3 And God said let there be light: and there was light.

Genesis 1:4 And Gos saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:5 And called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Genesis 1:6 And God said, Let there be a fimament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Firmament... Hebrew 7549. raqiya'; raw=kee'-ah; from Heb 7554; prop. an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky:-firmament. Hebrew 7554. raqy; raw-kah; a prim. root, to pound the earth (as a sign of passion): by analogy to expand (by hammering); by impl. to overlay ( with thin sheets of metal):-beat, make borad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates), stamp, stretch.

Genesis 1:7  And God made the firmament, and divded the waters which were under the firament from the water which were above the firmament: and it was so.

Genesis 1:8 And God call the firmanent Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

Heaven... Hebrew 8064 shamayim, shaw-mah'-, dual of an unused sing. shameh, ahaw-meh'; from an unused root mean. to be loft, the sky (as aloft, the dual perh. alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higer ether where the celestial bodies revolve):- air, X astrologer, heaven (s).

Genesis 1;9 And God said, Let the water under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

Genesis 1:10  And God called the dry land Earth, and gathering together of the waters called he Seas: And God saw that it was good

Genesis 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

Now the next several passages Beloved, will point to one thing, It completely Kills the whole doctrine of evolution because God's word plainly states that each and every living thing that God created reproduces only after its own kind, and Beloved, He continually repeats that fact.

Genesis 1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good

Genesis 1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

Genesis 1:14 And God said, Let there be lifgts in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.

Genesis 1:15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and it was so.

Genesis 1:16 And God made two great lights, the greater lifgt to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, he made the stars also.

Genesis 1:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.

Genesis 1:18  And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness, and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

Beloved, the number four in biblical numerics represents the earth or earthly things.

Genesis 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

Now life would better translated as soul.

Life... Hebrew 5315. nephesh, neh-fesh, from Heb 5314; prop. abreathing creature, i.e. animal or (abstr.) vitality, used very widely in a lit, accommodated or fig. sense (bodily or mental):-any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature,X dead (-ly); desire,X [dis-] contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he heart, (-y), (hath, x jeopardy of) life (x in jeopardy), lust, man, me mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-), them (your) - selves,+ slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, she, will, would have it. Hebrew 5314. naphash, naw-fash; a prim. root; to breathe, pass, to be breathed upon, i.e. refreshed (asif by current of air):- (be), refresh selves (ed).

The Hebrew word nephesh was used 754 times in the Old Testament. 472 of those times it was translated as soul, the other 282 times it was used, it was translated with 44 different meanings.

Genesis 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after thier kind, and every winged fowl after his kind, and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

Genesis.1:23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

The number five in biblical numerics represents Grace.

Genesis 1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind, and it was so.

Genesis 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon thr earth after his kind, and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let's us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion over all the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Genesis 1:27  So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them.

Now this particular man that the scriptures are talking about here in verses 26-28, are referring to men that were not tillers of the ground, but rather hunters and fishermen (hunter-gatherers). this is important, keep this in mind. These men and women were to have dominion over the wild animals: fish, birds, wild beast. They were hunters and fishermen. Some of the races of this age come from this sixth day creation as you will find out. But in this age, these that were created on the sixth day were huntrs and fishermen ( hunter-gatherers).

Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, 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.

Now beloved, notice that is states that this man was to "be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth. "What dose it mean to replenish something ? It means to fill again or refill. Also, again make a note of it, the scriptures say nothing about farming, that man should be a farmer and till the ground, but that he was to have domonion over the wild beast. This sixth day man was a hunter-gatherer.

Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed, to you it shall be for meat.

Genesis 1:30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepth upon the earth, werein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat, and it was so.

Genesis 1:31  And God saw every thing that he had mode, and behold, it was very  good. And the evening and the morning were the sexth day.

Now Beloved, did you understand that ? Beloved this is the sixth day. He made the races of men and women who had dominion over the sea, dominion over the fowl, and the wild beast. This was done on the sixth day. These men were hunter-gatheres, not farmers. This will be covered deeper in another study, but we want to touch on it, because it is part of God's overall plan stemming from the age that was, which is what we are studying.

Genesis 2:1  Thus the heavens nd the earth were finished, and all the host of them

Genesis 2:2  And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Genesis 2:3  And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it, because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Now the word " Host" in verse 1 in the hebrew meanes to mass an army in waiting or servants in waiting.

Host...  Hebrew 6635. tsaba' tsaw-baw, or (fem). tseba'ah, tseb-aw; from Heb 6633, a mass of persons. (or fig. things), esoec. reg. organized for war (an army); by impl. a campaign, lit. or fig. (spec. hardship, worship):- appointed time, army, battle, company, host service, soldiers, waiting upon, war . Hebrew 6633. tsaba'; tsaw=baw; a prim. root, to mass ( an army or servants):- assemble, fight, perform, muster, wait upon, war.

This word host is used many times in the scriptures, It is interesting that righr here in the first verse of the second chapter of Genesis He is already speaking of this host. Who is this host ? Why is it important that God tells us that about this host ? "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. "This host, implied by the Hebrew word tsaba' means to mass an army or servants, to muster, to waint upon, organized for war at an appointed time, all out of this word host. You see, if you remember back earlier, we told you that the souls of all living chrildren of God were created in the age that was . Those souls were not created at the instant there was a conception here in the flesh on the earth in this age. The souls were created in the age that was, this is the host that God is talking about here, an army of servants in waiting, waiting to be placed into this age.  Alright, we want to go to psalms 104 and take a few passages to document further from God's word of the age that was relative to this host. Who was this host ? Well, we are going touch on that here and we will find out how God refers to them.

Psalm 104:3 Who layeth the beams of this chambers in the waters, who maketh the clouds (thick clouds) his chariot, who waketh upon the wings of the wind (spirit).

Chariot...  Hebrew 7398. rekuwb, rek-oob"; from pass. part. of Heb 7392; a vehicle (as ridden on):-charot.

Wind...  Hebrew 7307. ruwach, roo'-akh; from Heb 7306, wind, by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible ( or even violent) exahalation, fig. life, anger, unsubstantiality; by expression and functions):- air, anger, blast, breath, x cool, courage, mind,x quarter, x side, spirit , tempest, x vain, [ whir-] wind.

Paslm 104:4  Who maheth his angels spirits; his ministers (servants) a flaming fire. 

These ministeres, or servants of God, are that host, that army of servants in waiting, referred to in Genesis 2:1.

Psalm 104:5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

Beloved, the earth will never be totally destroyed, or in other words, made non-existent. It will be rejuvenated in the age to come, but will never be totallt destroyed. God has laid it waste as we have found out earlier, tohuw va bohuw, in chapter 1 of genesis. The earth became void and without form, but did not cease to exist, nor will it ever.

Paslm 104:6  Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment, the waters stood above the mountains

Noe Beloved, this is the transition from the age that was into this age. Remember the account given in 2 Peter 3.

2 Peter 3:5  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

Beloved, "Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment, the waters stood above the mountains.

Paslm 104:7  At thy rebuke they fled, at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

Verse 7 here is indicating the time of the rejuvenation of this earth ,the start of this earth age, and these other veres are prior to that. Beloved, Its very simple!

O K, let's go to Job 38 and further document this world that was from God's word.

Job 38:1  Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Job 38:2  Who ois this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge ?

Job 38:3  Gird up now thy loins like a man; I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

Job 38:4 Where wast thou when i laid the foundations of the earth ? declare, if thou understanding.

Job 38:5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest ? or who hath stretched the line upon it ?

Job 38:6  Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened ? or who laid the corner stone thereof,

Job 38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Beloved, when the morning stars sang together; this is referring to that very host, the host that was in the age that was. The host of gen 2:1, that army of servants in waiting. when they sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy, was even prior to the fall of satan. This was when everything was as it should be. The sons of God simply being the children of God, those souls that were already created in the age that was, as were all of them, and this is that very same host.

Alright, let's go back to Genesis, chapter 2, and pick up where we left off before.

Genesis 2;2  And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Genesis 2:3 And God blessed the sevevth day, and sanctified it, because that in it he had rested from all his work which God crested and made.

You see, for God, He was resting on the sevtnth day from all that he had made, a positive thing. Man rests on one day because of fatigue, flesh man get's tired, Beloved, a big difference. Also, you have got to remember that as we found in 2 Peter 3, a day with the Lord is as a thouannd years, and a thousand years as a day . Well we have gone through almost six thousand years, six days, and as is spoken f in Matthew 24 and Mark 13, we are approaching the birth of a new age. This new age is almost upon us friends, the seventh day if you will. For those with eyes to see and ears to hear, our day of rest. Those with eyes to see and ears to hear are those who understand these deeper things, who understand that the fales Messiah is first to show up, those who understand that there was an earth age before this age and how it fits in with God;s plan. Beloved, you can understand these things because you have God's word in truth as it is written. Now it is time for you to be about the lord's business of planting seeds and spreading the truth to others.

You see Beloved, you must understand about this age that was before this one. An age that began with peace, with harmony, the sons of God dwelling with the Father, All things being as they should be, until iniquity was found in Satan and he began to deceive the children of God in the age that was, until they eventually rebelled against God. Then God was left with a choich. God could either kill his children, destroy those souls, (beloved, learn to think of God's children, all of us as souls rether then flesh bodies), or He could destroy his creation. We want to touch in this a little bit more because without understanding this from God's word, you will not understand the overall plan of God from the beginning, because it is not taught from the pulpits of the churches today, as it has not been taught for many centuries now. But this is as it is written in God's word. If you have a King James Bible and a strong's Concordance you can prov these thongs out yourself, being able to get to the original words and their meanings from the Hebrew and Greek as they appear in the manuscripts.

Alright, I want to go back to 2Peter 3 and cover it again, and take a few more verses then we did before, because you must understand these three world ages, The age that was, this age, and the one very soon to come, the millennium.

2 Peter 3:1  This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance.

Now without going into a lot of detail, it brings to mind here, by this way of remembrance, that many of you have know for a long time that there is more to God's word then you have been taught. That there were many things witten within the thousands and thounsands of words printed in God's word, that living letter to his children, that you have not been told and have not been taught, By way of remenbrance, there are many of you with eyes to see and ears to hear, those of you who the scripture refers to as elect, who have been place in this age at this time for a special purpose, one that we will touch upon a little later. But you have know instinctively, intuitively, that there is more to God's word, that there is a purpose or destiny for you in these days. A plan that God has specifically for you. Because of that, you must understand the age that was, this age, and the age soon to come, It must be clear in your mind.

2 Peter 3:2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour,

2 Peter 3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after thier own lusts,

2 Peter 3:4 And saying, where is the promise of his comong ? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginong of the creation.

First of all beloved, they don't even understand what has happened from the beginning of creation, beloved there is nothing new under the sun.

2 Peter 3:5 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.

Beloved, what God is saying is that the majority of pastor/teachers today are willingly ignorant, they choose not to know. they choose not to get into God's word themselfs and chech out the truth as it is written, but would rather lean upon the false teaching and the doctrines and traditions of men that you have been handed down in the churches from past generations to the prenest. They teach you that you will fly away, that the first supernatural entity that arrives is the true Messiah, Jesus Christ, when in fact it will be antichrist, satan himself.

2 Peter 3:5 For this they willngly are ignorant of, by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water.

"By the word of god the heavens were of old," He spoke, and it was so. Peter here is talking about the age that was, not this age. " And the earth standing in the water and out of the water," which ahain, is the same account given in Psalm 104:6. This is the age that was and not Noah's flood as they would try to teach you. It is all spelled out for you right here. Beloved, how can it be any clearer ?

2 Peter 3:6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water perished.

Perished...  Greek 622. apollumi, ap-ol-loo-mee; from Grk575 and the beast of Grk 3639; to destroy fully (reflex. to perish, or loss). lit. or fig.: destroy, die, loss, mar, perish.

2 Peter 3:7  But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire (God is a consuming fire, see Deut 4:24, and Heb 12:29) against the day of judgment and peridtion of ungodly men.

Again, how simlpe the word of God is. Verse 6: "the world that then was. "Verse 7: "the heavens and the earth which are now."

Perdition...  Greek 684. apoleia, ap-o'-li-a; from a presumed er. of Grk 622: ruin or loss (phys; spiritual or eternal):- damnable (-nation). destruction, die, perdition,x perish, pernicious ways, waste.

This word for perdition, apoleia, is the same root word used to describe the son of perdition, the only one who thus has been judged and sentenced to perish, Satan himself, and he is first to come.

2 Thes 2:3  Let no man deceive you by any means, for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition.

2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Beloved you see, it was never in God's plan that any should perish. That is why he destroyed the ceration of the age that was instead of destroying his children.

2 Peret 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens shall pass away with great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and all the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Now this word elements would be better translated, as rudiments, or evil spirits, the wicked.

Col 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosphy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ

Elements...  Greek 4747 stoicheion, story-khi-on; neut. of a presumed der. of the base of Grk 4748; something orderly in arrangement, i.e. (by impl.) a seril (basal, fundamental, inital) constituent (lit), proposition (fig):- element, principle, rudiment.

Burned up... Greek 2618 katakaio, kat-ak-ah'ee-o; from Grk 2596 and Grk 2545; to burn (to the ground), i.e. consume wkolly:- burn (up, utterly).

2 Peter 3:11 Seening then that all these thing shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

2 Peter 3:12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, werein the heavens being on fire shall be dissovled, and the elements (rudiments) shall melt with fervent heat ?

2 Peter 3:13 Never the less we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth werein dwelleth righteousness.

Alright now,let's go to Ephesians 1 and take a fwe passages here because this has to do with the overall plan of God. Now you play colse attention here because you are not taught these things from the pulpit, and without these truth you will not stand in the end days soon to come when antichrist sets foot on the mount presenting hinself to be Jesus Christ the Massiah. You will not stand if you do not know the truths as they are written. I am going to teach you now Ephesians 1, what this plan is all about and why. Remenber, I told you there was a third of the sons of God that fell in the age that was, that took Satan's side and rebelled against God.  Well, there were two thirds that didn't, and to varying degees they were overcomers in the age that was. God wants to redeem those souls who were lost in that age, and he has devised this plan wereby those souls who were deceived and fell then could be saved now, because God wishes that none should perish. The one thing that God cannot do is command love, He can't creat love, that has to be free will. His children must love hih freely.

Alright, let's go to Ephesians 1 in verse 4. Now beloved, pay close attention because this material is very heavy and deep, but you must understand it

Eph 1:4  According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blam before him in love.

This word "foundation" as we have found in pther studys should be translated from the Greek as overthrow; that overthorw that is indicated in Genesis 1:2, when God had to destroy His creation of the age that was, Satan's overthrow.

Foundation... Greek 2602 katabole, kat-ab-ol-ay"; from Grk 2598; a deposition,i.e. founding,fig.conception;- conceive, foundation. Greek 2598. kataballo, kat-ab-al'-lo; from Grk 2596 and Grk 906, To throw down:-cast down, lay.

Beloved, the Greek word katabole is used 11 times in the New Testament, it was trenslated fundation 10 times, and always in connection with the world, the founation of the world. We can see from the Greek it would better be teansalted as casting down or throwing down of the world, or better stated, the overthrow of the world. It is also interesting to note the Greek word that was translated as overthrow 3 times in the new Testament is katalluo, which also means to throw down.

Now keep in mind that these passages speak all in the past tense, beloved a done deal.

Eph 1"4  According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation ( overthrow ) of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.

Eph 1:5  Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself,according to the good pleasure of his will.

Predestinated...  Greek 4309. proorizo, pro-or-id';zo, from Grk 4253 and Grk 3724; to limit in advance,i.e.(fig.) predetemine;-determine before, ordain, predestinate, Greek 4253. pro,pro, a prim. prep: "fore,i.e. in front of, prio (fig. suoerior) to:-above, ago, before, or ever. in comp. it tetains the same significations. Greek3724. horizo. hor-id'-zo, from Grk 3725; to mark out or bound ("horizon"), i.e. to appoint, decree, specify;-declare, determine, limit, ordain.

According to the good pleasure of His will. This was His plan from the befinning. God is in control ans ir is his will.

Eph 1:6  To the praise of the glory of his grace, werein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

The firstfruits, in other words. who are the firstfruits ? Beloved, its the elect. Those who overcome in the age that was. who stood and fought in battle and were overcomes against Satan in the age that was. they are the firstfruits. And for this age, it is God's will and plan that according to his good pleasure, those elect have been predestined, foreordained. They have already been judged.

Eph 1:7  In the whome we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.

Eph 1:8  Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence,.

Eph 1:9 Haveing made know unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself.

Beloved, this is the myster of His will. There was an earth age before, maney fell, and He had brouth them trough this age to redeem them back to Himself through the Massiah, Jesus Christ the savior, rether then to destroy them. Our job in understanding the mystery is to present the true gosple. Not the doctrines and fales teaching of men that you get from the pulpit today. You see, you have to did into God's living word and prove these things out for yourself, always taking it back to the Greek or Hebrew so that you, yourself can know the truth. Beloved, you, yourself are responsible for these things. it is your very own soul that is at stake here. Beloved, how much do you value your own soul? Enough to check these things out for yourself ? You see, its up to you.

OK,  let's quickly recap what we have learned about these three world ages from the scriptures, God's word. His living letter to you, fore you must understand these things if you are to stand in these end days soon to come, the millennium. In the age that was, all the souls that were created or will ever be created, were created. In the beginning there was a perfect harmony. The stars of the heaven sang, the sons of God were all joyful and rejoicing. Then Satan as we learned, with pride being found in him, decided that he would ascend up on high and be like the moust high, that he would sit in the sides of the north, God's side. Satan began then with his one world government system and religious system to usurop worship for himself.

He wanted the mercy seat fore himself, to be like the moust high, Subsequently a third of God's children fell, they rebelled, they took Satan's side and were deceived by him into rebelling against God. There were also two thirds who didn't rebel, not much is ever mentioned of them, but they did stay with the Father and did not choose Satan. They stood against Satan, they abhorred him from the beginning. Now this is important because you must understand that yes, there was a third that fell, bringng about that tohuw va bohuw, that destruction of the age that was, wereby we are introduced into this age in Gen 1:2, when God begins to rejuvenate and replenish the earth.

This plan being because he did not want to destroy his children, though they were rebellious. He destroyed that age and created this age whereby those souls that fell in the age that was could be put into flesh bodies, with the memories of the past age blotted out. Born of a woman in this age, innocent, wereby they could decide whom they were going to serve, whom they would choose, Jesus Christ the savior, the Messiah, or Satan.

Now as we approach these end days beloved, this same scenario is going to play out once more, the same as it was in the age that was. Satan is using the same tools that he used in the age that was, the same basic plan, a one world government system. The one world government system that you hear talked about and praised so highly by our own leaders clear from the president on down, bringing in the new age if you will, this one worldism, governed by one body, the United Nations. Satan is using the United Nations.

It is the political beast spoken of in Revelation 13, the second beast spoken of there is the religious beast, antichrist, Satan himself. Sata's main tool and weapon has always been religion, for he wants to be worshipped as God as it says in Matthew 24 and Mark 13, setting himself up in the temple as God, to be worshipped as God, presenting himself as the Messiah.  Why ? Because he has always wanted the mercy seat, and that is Christ's, and he want the worship and the honor and the glory of that position, and that's what he's been after from the behinning.

Beloved, I pray that this study has been a blessing to you, and that the Holy Spirit has revealed to you these deeper things, the mystery of these three world ages that always been in God's word.....