Hello everyone, I welcome you in the name of Jesus to another day in this ongoing series. Just like I expected, thus series has been generating a lot of questions and arguments. One prominent question that I got from yesterday's series was about THE EARTHLY PARADISE. Let me start off from there. By the usage of the word 'Earthly Paradise', I mean the place where ALL THE OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS BEFORE THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST WERE KEPT. Do you mean to say Abraham had not gone to Heaven before Jesus? Yes. Though contrary to some people's belief, I believe ENOCH and ELIJAH were the only exception to this. God could not have taken Enoch to go and dump him in the place where others with no exceptional walk with God were? The level of fellowship Enoch had with the LIFE OF GOD TRANSCENDED ALL IN HIS DAYS AND OURS. Is it any wonder that his son is still the oldest in history? As a matter of fact, the reason Methuselah died was because he refused to join Noah in the ark. Let's just leave this one. Also, the Bible says Elijah went up to Heaven by a whirlwind. There are three Heavens; the atmospheric heaven just above us, the second heaven where galaxy, stars, etc are and also the abode of high ranking demons. Apostle Paul talked about SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS IN HEAVENLY PLACES. Eph. 6:12. Judge for yourself, are there habitable locations in the first heaven or it is in the second heaven that the whirlwind would have dropped him? I don't think so. I believe Elijah went to the THIRD HEAVEN. Apart from this, the Bible spoke about TWO STRANGE PEOPLE with the title, 'THE TWO WITNESSES'. Zech. 4: 3,11, Rev. 11:3-6. They are the ones that will confront the Antichrist during his Seven years reign on Earth. The two witnesses are either of MOSES, ELIJAH AND ENOCH. They stood out exceptionally in the Old Testament. By the way, there has not been a conclusion on who and who it will be. But, the debate has been between either of Moses or Enoch. BACK TO THE SUBJECT Apostle Paul talks about 'LOWER PARTS OF THE EARTH' Eph. 4:8-9. One of these regions is where we call EARTHLY PARADISE. We call it PARADISE because Jesus used the word when He addressed the 'thief on His right. Luke 23:43. Jesus could not have been referring to Heaven because He rose up on the THIRD DAY. Some people said Luke 16:22 is not real; that there is nothing called Abraham's bosom/Earthly Paradise, rich man or Lazarus. I marvel at their ignorance! This Earthly Paradise was a temporary place of rest and comfort for the Old Testament Saints until Jesus came. Are there still people there? No! All of them had been led into Heaven when Jesus rose up at His first Ascension (Jesus ascended twice- find out).
The topic I want to start today is THE PLANET EARTH BEFORE ADAM Gen. 1 vs. 1 says 'In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth'. I said yesterday that Heaven was created first before the Earth. Let us explore THE EARTH. This is one of the most debated cases in the Bible. Many have argued that Gen.1: 3-19 is the actual creation of the Earth. If this were true, then many other parts of the Bible must be thrown away. Many parts of the Bible both in the Old and New Testament testified to the fact that THERE WAS AN ACTUAL CREATION AND EXISTENCE OF A PLANET EARTH BEFORE ADAM. I want you to know that the Bible is not against Science. The only thing is that science in this planet is still too young to fully refundable God and His work. To say there is no planet earth before Adam is to say that there was an Earth in the state of 'without form and void' which God didn't create and God now started RECREATION IN GENESIS 1 VS 3. Also, I am aware of the GAP THEORY that seeks to explain that there is a wide gap between Gen. 1 vs 1 and Vs. 2. This is actually true. Be it known unto you that THERE WAS A PLANET EARTH BEFORE ADAM WITH VEGETATIONS, NATIONS, CITIES, MEN, KINGS, ANIMALS, ETC A WHOLE CIVILIZATION. It even had an OVERALL HEAD. It has sanctuary where the men worship, etc. Tomorrow, I will give all of the scriptural proofs and explanations that I can mutter. What is the relevance of this to my life you may ask? I will proof the relevance of it and link it up with what Jesus came to do and even the New Creation. May God bless you with understanding! My name remains Olufemi Solomon. WhatsApp: +2349095507154
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