What is the purpose of God creating the earth?

Let us consider … the purpose of the creation of the earth. The scriptures make it clear that it was … to provide a place for the sons and daughters of God to dwell in mortality and prove themselves worthy, through keeping the commandments, to return to the presence of God from whence they came.

What does the word void mean in the Bible?

1 : nullify, annul. 2a : to make empty or vacant : clear.

What happened during the first Earth age?

While the Earth was in its earliest stage (Early Earth), a giant impact collision with a planet-sized body named Theia is thought to have formed the Moon. Over time, the Earth cooled, causing the formation of a solid crust, and allowing liquid water on the surface.

What does Earth age mean?

The age of Earth is estimated to be 4.54 ± 0.05 billion years (4.54 × 109 years ± 1\%). This age may represent the age of Earth’s accretion, or core formation, or of the material from which Earth formed.

How did God create heaven and earth?

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

Why did God create a void and formless earth?

God creates a void and formless earth to manifest His redemptive power by giving it shape and filling it with life. Note that in the first three days God shapes his creation, and in the next three days God fills his creation; and all this with the power of his Word.

What was the Earth like when God created it?

When God created the earth it was clearly a physical mass orbiting the sun. It was without form in that there were no stable land-masses at the start of its existence and it was void in that there were no established structures or life forms yet.

What does “without form and void” mean?

Genesis 1:2 could be translated as “it came about that the earth was without form and empty.” Some have suggested that perhaps God created the heavens and the earth, and then something happened that caused the earth to go from fully created and beautiful to “without form and void.”

Did God create the Earth in a chaos?

In yesterday’s Daily Bible Verse Blog, we covered the chaotic state of the earth as revealed in Genesis 1:2, which describes it as “without form, and void.” We saw, based on other scriptures, that God would not have created the earth and universe in this state because everything God creates is perfect and orderly.