John and Doves,  If one is a serious student of God's Creation, then one must understand the period of time that was between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2.  One will also understand, in greater appreciation, of why God became man to take back what was stolen.  No mere mortal could ever pay the price. I leave you with this study.  gerlinda       From the Author's own words,    "The "Kingdom" and who will rightfully rule it is the CENTRAL THEME of the Scriptures and all history of the ages. Every Christian knows how the story will end (Revelation chapters 19-22), but few know or understand exactly how, why, and when the story began.   http://www.kjvbible.org/satan.html   In Genesis 1:2, and in direct contrast to the glorious "heaven and earth" of Genesis 1:1 (which, according to Isaiah 45:18, was initially created by the Word of God to be inhabited), the Spirit now speaks of the same Earth as a planet now in ruin and total desolation: "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." (Genesis 1:2 KJV) "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: Whereby theworld that then was, being overflowed[] with water, perished [] : 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." (2 Pet 3:5-7 KJV)