In the Pre-Adamic world, did an Original Earth exist before Adam?

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The Bible happens to reveal many things about what life existed in the Pre-Adamic World.

In this, Genesis 1:1 says:

In the beginning God created the heaven and the [Original] earth.'  

Genesis 1:2 says:

And the [Original] earth was without form [as a sphere], and void [of any lifeforms]; and darkness [that enveloped the heavens] was upon the face of the deep [waters that covered the Earth].

Between those two verses, something happened.

The Original Earth as stated in Genesis 1:1 is shown as #1 in the image below. It was brought under God’s judgment (#2), now known as Lucifer’s Flood. Following this, the Original Earth was then re-created to become our Present Earth (#3). This is explained in the article, Part 1: The Generations of the Heavens and the Earth.

The Bible does not leave these “mysteries” unexplained (1 Corinthians 4:1). It requires God’s people to compare spiritual things with spiritual (1 Corinthians 2:13) to find the truths God has hidden within His words.

What Jeremiah saw in his vision of Lucifer’s Flood (Jeremiah 4:23-26)

God showed the prophet Jeremiah a vision of the Original Earth as viewed from space in total darkness and in complete desolation where:

• No light from the sun, moon and stars shone;
• Cities were no longer evident. This was because they had been broken down by God;
• Humans were no longer evident;
• Birds and other living creatures were not evident, and;
• The former fruitful place had become a wilderness.

In this scene, Jeremiah saw the disaster of the first worldwide flood, which he struggled to describe. Genesis 1:2 relates to this destruction as Lucifer’s Flood. This flood is unique and distinct to Noah’s Flood. It is a vision of the Original Earth during God’s judgment that resulted in Lucifer’s Flood.

Twenty contrasts between Lucifer’s Flood and Noah’s Flood (Book Table 1)

The above book ‘God’s Great Plan for Mankind- REVEALED!‘ lays out 20 specific contrasts between the two floods from Scripture.

Key differences between these two worldwide floods are:

In Lucifer’s Flood,

• There were no men on the Earth to build an ark;
• As there was no ark, no birds or animals could be saved;
• Much of the entire planet was submerged with water. The Bible says it was covered by permanent darkness (Jeremiah 4:23-26; 2 Peter 3:5-7).

In Noah’s Flood,

• The land at the top of the mountains remained (Genesis 8:11-12,22),
• Day-time and night-time continued as usual (Genesis 8:6-22), and
• Only eight humans from the entire world’s population were preserved in the ark (1 Peter 3:20).

Conflating the two worldwide flood events to indicate that the creation of the Earth and everything in it commenced at Genesis 1:3 has caused generations of Bible students to misread the Genesis narrative entirely.

There is the likelihood that all humans have lived a previous lifetime on the Original Earth

This book presents the scriptural case that every soul born on this Present Earth has lived a previous lifetime on the Original Earth (Ecclesiastes 1:10-11):

Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new [on this Present Earth]? [this is because] it hath been already of old time [on the Original Earth], which was before us.  11 There is no remembrance of former things [during our lifetime on the Original Earth]; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after [in the New Earth].

In Jeremiah 1:5, the Bible says that God had foreknowledge of Jeremiah prior to being formed within the womb of his mother:

Before I formed thee in the belly [of your mother on this Present Earth] I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified [or set] thee [apart for My service], and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Ephesians 1:4 indicates that certain people have been chosen by God to serve Him in this life. The Bible says that this choice by God occurred before the foundation of the world.

According as he [God] hath chosen us [as His sons and daughters - 2 Corinthians 6:18] in him before the foundation of the world [of Genesis 1:1]...

The Bible indicates that God has erased the memories of all people before each soul’s birth on this Present Earth. Our lifetime on the Original Earth has enabled Him to determine what our our lifetime of service to Him is expected on this Present Earth. In this, God determines what our:

• Ethnicity will be;
• Parents will be;
• Gender will be;
• Marriage partner will be;
• Children will be;
• Level of faith that we can attain (2 Thessalonians 1:3);
• Level of spirituality or carnality will be (Romans 8:6-7)…etc.

Why dinosaurs and Lucifer’s Flood fit here

The image below provides archaeological evidence of dinosaurs having existed when humans walked the Earth . This claim is not a contradiction of Genesis.

The book references Figure 8 of a human footprint beside dinosaur footprint. The image is presented as part of the evidence presented for life having existed on the Original Earth.

The archaeological evidence together with the Biblical evidence of Lucifer’s and Noah’s Floods presents the scriptural case for each soul’s prior lifetime on the Original Earth. This is built across Chapter 1 of ‘God’s Great Plan for Mankind REVEALED!‘ as produced by Alan Manson.

This book is the most thorough KJV-based treatment of the pre-Adamic world currently available in print.

Others who have read the book have posted their reviews here.

Other articles in this series are:

1. In the Pre-Adamic world, did an Original Earth exist before Adam?
2. Is ‘Salvation’ Simply Believing in Jesus?
3. Biblical Salvation as viewed from the spiritual perspective
4. What Does ‘Walking in the Spirit’ Mean?
5. How Does God Test Believers?
6. Who Is Satan in the Bible Really? <<Coming Soon>>

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Alan Manson
A Disciple of Jesus Christ
Retired engineer
Australia