A reply to Paul re Pre-Adamite Theory:  http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/jan2009/paulw130.htm

 

"What caused the earth to become a "Waste" after its original creation?"

 

There was a pre-Adamite populated Earth, per the Bible, but it took supernatural revelation during a life-after-death experience to help put the pieces of the puzzle together.  The Bible speaks of Lucifer being deposed from Heaven, but no one connected that to an event in Genesis.  As a result, many have wrongfully assumed it would be a future event as part of 'end times' prophecy.  Here in a paraphrased 'nutshell' is what Jesus told Dr. Eby about it during his visit to heaven:

Lucifer, in a tantrum of hate and rage, because he had been cast from Heaven to Earth

so quickly, for seeking to usurp God's throne and to rule the universe, proceeded,

with the help of his fallen angels, to disfigure God's perfect Earth.  Consequently,

it become void and *unihabitable.  (Cont'd. below)

*This indicates it had been inhabited previously.  Further proof of this is found in God's command in Genesis to "re-plenish" the Earth.

For punishment Lucifer was given a new name, "Satan," as the self-appointed

'Adversary' of the Almighty.  Anything God made thereafter Satan would attempt to

destroy.

 

As Lucifer, the highest created angel around God's Throne, one of his assigments

and talents was being the chief musician in charge of worship and music.  When he

became rebellious (resulting in his being cast down to earth), he went about

destroying harmony on, and in, the Earth from that point on.

 

This is why the Earth where he operates now is out of harmony with God's other

creations.  In the Bible God calls this disharmony "sin," because it defies God's Will

that the heavens declare His Glory and the firmament show His Handiwork.  However,

in God's time, Jesus the Creator (John Chptr. 1), will restore all creation as it once

was, in Him. -- "Didn't You Read My Book?" (c) 1991 by Dr. Richard Eby, Treasure House, an imprint

of Destiny Image (R) Publishers, Inc., ISBN 1-56043-448-1