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Let us ask a word of wisdom from our Father in Jesus name. Amen.

There is no way that one can understand many of the scriptures in the Bible and rightly divide the word without the knowledge of the fact that there are Three Earth and Heaven Ages. Verses like:

Gen 1:28
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.

What was God telling us here when He said to replenish earth? This is on the sixth day when He created man in our image. He is telling them to replenish the earth. How can we repopulate the earth if it had not been populated before? Of course we know that there is no way to refill something if it has not been filled before. Note here that God created us man and woman. Not that we came from a single celled inorganic life form that became man after millions of years.

2 Cor 12:2
2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.

Here in II Cor. Paul is speaking of himself in the third person. He says that he was taken up into the third heaven. There is not 3 heavens or 3 levels of heaven. But there is the heaven and earth that was, that is now and an earth and heaven age to come. Christ himself through John makes this statement in Revelation.

Rev 1:4
4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;

Rev 1:8
8
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending,
saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

These are just a few of the examples of scriptures that without the knowledge of the 3 ages you cannot rightly divide the word of God. You have to know what age you are talking about to be able to understand. If not you will get the chronological orders confused. With this being said lets go to the beginning.


Gen 1:1-2
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

This very first verse of the Bible does not make up one of the days of the creation of this age. Also it has no time frame mentioned in it. This particular verse involves the very beginning. When animals (dinosaurs) were flesh and man was in a spiritual body. Yes folks, we walked with the dinosaurs. I suppose this is why man has such a strong curiosity about dinosaurs today. The facts are that man finds dinosaur bones today that date back millions of years old on one hand. On the other hand you have church systems saying this earth is only 6000 years old. How can this be if the dinosaurs lived so long ago? This is one of the reasons why at a young age I got away from church and I would say many of you did the same thing. The religious systems of today can't prove this earth is only 6000 years old. Scientist can prove that there are bones, rocks, and fossils that date back millions of years. Because Christians today cannot go into court and prove their case our children are being taught in school that man came from monkeys. Our Father tells us about the dinosaurs in Job chapter 40.


Job 40:15-24
15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
24 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.

I think by these verses in Job we can see that the Bible does not say this earth is only 6000 years old. As we go through this study I will do my best to prove to you that the Bible states this earth is eons old. In fact, on the 6th day when God created man, at the end of that day, this earth age was 6000 years old then. Remember Peter tells us that a LORD'S day is as a 1000 years with man.

2 Peter 3:8
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.

Let's take a fast look in the book of Isa. 45:18 and see why our Father created this world.


Isa 45:18
18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.

This particular verse tells us that the world was created to be inhabited and this includes all three heaven and earth ages. It wasn't created void or in vain. Now lets go back to Genesis.

Gen. 1
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

This is the end of the first earth and heaven age and the beginning of the second earth and heaven age. There is one word in this verse that if it had been translated right this statement would make sense. So let's go to the Strong's Concordance and look up the word was.

Was:
1961 hayah (haw-yaw);
a primitive root [compare 1933]; to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary):

KJV-- beacon, X altogether, be (-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (oneself-), require, X use.


This verse should have read: The earth became void and without form. Let us go to our FATHER'S word in the book of Jeremiah and read about how the earth became void and without form.

Jer 4:22-27
22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

First let's look at this word "sottish" in the Strong's and at what the Companion says about it. The KJV Companion Bible states that the word "sottish" means stupid.

Strongs Sottish:
5530 cakal (saw-kawl');
from 5528; silly:
KJV-- fool (-ish), sottish.

5528 cakal (saw-kal');
for 3688; to be silly:
KJV-- do (make, play the, turn into) fool (-ish, -ishly, -ishness).

3688 kacal (kaw-sal');
a primitive root; properly, to be fat, i.e. (figuratively) silly:
KJV-- be foolish.


Today if you talk about a flood in reference to the Bible. The only flood that people who know anything about the Bible can relate to is Noah's flood. So to this day people are silly, foolish, and stupid about this flood that we are going to learn about in II Peter chapter 3 and Jeremiah chapter 4.

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

Jer. 4
23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

God through Jeremiah is going to go into more details of the flood mentioned in Genesis 1:2. Also you see here the word "was". You should note that it was is in italics and that it was added by man.


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

If you look at the worlds axis today you will see that magnetic north is about 90 miles from true north or about 10 degrees off from being straight up and down. Also our orbit is not perfectly round. When God shook the earth this was the final effect of it. We find evidence of this shaking all over the world. One example is we have found mammoths in Siberia and Alaska frozen in their tracks with buttercups in their mouths and stomachs. This tells me that at one time, in that particular part of the world, it was a plush tropical paradise. From what I understand this dates from 12 to 13 thousand years ago when this happened. Also while they were drilling for oil in Alaska at the 300 foot level they pulled up part of a petrified palm tree.


Jer. 4
25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

This is one of the verses that documents that we are not talking about Noah's flood. It plainly says that there were no men or birds left after this flood. If I recall correctly we had two of every flesh. Plus Noah and his family and at least a raven and a dove left after Noah's flood. I don't understand how anyone can relate this verse to Noah's flood.

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.

Yes thats right! There is nothing new under the sun! There were cities in the first world age. We have found remnants of them off the coast of Bermuda. Also I believe this is where the Gaza Pyramid and the Sphinx in Egypt and on Mars came from. Just like I stated in the first part of this paragraph there is nothing new under the sun. God's children in the first world age where exploring the stars.


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

Our Father destroyed and made desolate the first world age, not the earth and created this age to allow all His children that would, to be born from above innocent to decide which Father they would love. Let's go to the book of Job and read from our Father's word one of the things we where doing in the first world age.

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

In chapter 38 of Job, God finally speaks to Job. He asked Job why he was listening to these 3 men who had no knowledge. He asked Job where he was when God created the heavens and the earth. And when all the children of God, I repeat ALL sang together. We know that we are not talking about this earth age because there has never been a time when ALL of God's children sang together in the flesh. I think at this time it would be good for us to ask the question "why did God destroy what was?" First lets go to the book of Revelation.

Rev 12:3-4
3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

Revelation chapter 12 and II Peter chapter 3 are the 2 places in our Father's word that covers the longest time span than in any other chapters in the Bible. You will notice that in verse 3 we have almost the same political system as when the dragon appears in the sixth trumpet. The difference between the first time he came and the time to come is that when he comes in the sixth trumpet he'll have ten crowns instead of seven. We can see the difference of this dragons structure between Revelation 12:4 by going to Revelation 13:1. Also you will notice that one-third of God's children followed Satan and betrayed our Father. Our Father is a jealous Father just as we are. At this time Father had the choice to either kill one-third of his children or destroy that age and allow his children to be born again (born from above) innocent to decide who they were going to love.


Rev 13:1
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

Can you see the difference between Revelation 12:3 and Revelation 13:1? Some might say that this is an error in the translation or that the word contradicts itself. This is not true, they just don't have eyes to see or knowledge of the first world age. I really believe that this is why some people believe in reincarnation. They go to a place they have never been to before and they recognize it or they meet someone for the first time in this age and feel as though they have met this person before. They are having memories of the first world age. This is how our Father can make the statement about Esau in Mal. 1:3 and Romans 9:11-13. Lets go there and see what it says.


Mal 1:3
3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

Rom 9:11-13
11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

Here we have documentation from the Old and New Testament that our Father knew and hated Esau before he was even born. He hated Esau because of what he had done in the first world age. Also this is how some of us where chosen before the foundation of this world age. You can read of this in Eph. 1:4-5 and Revelation 17:8.

Eph 1:4-5
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

Rev 17:8
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

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In the verses above we see that some of us where predestined. Some in the positive sense and some in the negative. In Eph. we have those that are predestined to follow Jesus Christ. In Rev. we have the complete opposite which is made up of the one-third that will follow their father. It is written and so shall it be. There are many other examples throughout the word of those that where predestined, not reincarnated, to do good or evil.

We could go on and on about the fact there are 3 world ages. We have pretty well covered the basics of the first and second ages which make up what was and what is. But what about what is to come? Remember Paul was taken to the third heaven. He was given a glimpse into the future. You can read about the age to come in many places of the Bible but we are just going to cover the basics of it. In Revelation 21 and 22 after the LORD'S day, which is a 1000 years long, the books are opened and we are judged by our works. Some of us will get everlasting life with our Father and some of us will get everlasting death with their father. We can see in the next 2 chapters that there is a new heaven and new earth to come. This is just one place that speaks on this subject. With that being said lets go there.

Rev 21:1-22:21
1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

We will shortly be doing these 2 chapters. So for now this is only place we will be saying anything in these 2 chapters. The reason for commenting here is that what John has just been shown seems to be contrary to the fact that there are 3 earth and heaven ages.

To understand what John is telling us we have to take into consideration that John was taken and shown the end of this earth age, the millennium and the time after the millennium which is the LORD'S day. That is why John made the statement he did in the verse above. He was only shown what is and what is to come. Not what was.


2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

Rev. 22
1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
7
Behold, I come quickly
: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
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And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
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I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David,and the bright and morning star.
17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
20 He which testifieth these things saith,
Surely I come quickly
. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

These 2 chapters describe in pretty good detail the age to come and are self explanatory about what the age to come will be like. This is after the age we are in now and the LORD'S day. I hope by now I have stirred up your remembrance of things that were, things that are now, and things which are to come. I am pretty sure that through this study that our Father's word has proven that this earth is eons of years old. Also I hope that it has proved to you that without the knowledge of the three world and heaven ages you cannot rightly divide the word of God. When I learned of this it opened my eyes to many chapters and verses of our Father's word that were before confusing to me. Our Father's plan of salvation is righteous and just and is a lot deeper than what man teaches about being saved. I hope you have enjoyed this study as much as I did in doing it.

In His Service,
December 18, 2001

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