"The Shepherds Way" E.W.King: It’s a Matter of Time

The Sea of Glass

It’s a Matter of Time

By Eric William King (September 2^nd 2021)

*Here Eric William King answers some recent questions that we received regarding the Garden of Eden and the Biblical understanding of “time”.

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God destroyed the “First Earth” where angelic beings lived in bodies similar to our human bodies and the earth was governed by Lucifer. If you truly study God’s word you will begin - by God’s grace - to understand this past mystery.

The First Earth Surface Destroyed

Using the entire Bible to interpret itself we find a much different story than what many “Christians” are saying. The Bible actually teaches that when this planet was first created it was created to be inhabitable but something catastrophic occurred. This catastrophic event was an asteroid (made of matter and fallen spiritual beings) which God used to destroy the “First Earth” (actually more than one asteroid). I have other articles on this subject posted at “The Shepherds Way” so that one can get a thorough and Biblical understanding of this event. Be that as it may, let us proceed carefully.

“For this is what the Lord says – he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty (Hebrew: “without form and void”), but formed it to be inhabited.” (Isaiah 45:18) ~

So the original “planet Earth” was made complete and inhabitable. The very second verse of the Bible properly reads in the Hebrew; “Now the earth BECAME formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.” (Genesis 1:2) So the original translation tells us that something happened in-between verses one and two of Genesis….something that brought desolation to planet Earth.

We also notice that the planet was covered in “darkness” and “water” after the first rebellion.

God destroyed the surface of the first earth (of which we are now the “second” earth”) because Lucifer rebelled and brought with him one third of the angelic host. This is called “The First Rebellion”. Now Lucifer is called “Satan” which simply means “The Fallen One”. He will start a second rebellion in the middle of the Seven Year Tribulation (Revelation 12:7) when he wars with Michael the archangel – a future event.

The Garden of Eden

So again, many of the angelic beings of the past were once living on the first earth before the rebellion and after the rebellion one third of them sided with the fallen Lucifer. When God created Adam and Eve God placed them in a protected garden, separate from the rest of the fallen world which had collapsed because of the fall of Lucifer.

The Garden of Eden was protected by a dome which covered it. It is spoken of as the “firmament in the midst of the waters”, in other words, a separate atmosphere – covered by an invisible protective dome – in the middle of the existing fallen atmosphere. It was placed there to “divide the waters from the waters” thus creating two separate atmospheres. [Genesis 1:1:6:7]

“And God made the firmament, and divided the waters from the waters which were under the firmament [the Edenic Dome] from the waters which were above the firmament [natural atmosphere]: and it was so.” [Genesis 1:7]

Note: This Edenic Dome which once (long ago) existed is a “type” of the Sea of Glass which separates our universe from the presence of God. [Revelation 4:6]

(*For much more information regarding the Biblical Creation story read our “dispensational” articles.)

The Creation Days mentioned in the book of Genesis are not literal “days” as we understand them but are better understood as the CREATIVE AGES. Having stated this, the Bible DOES NOT TEACH EVOLUTION – IT TEACHES DIVINE CREATION.

We did Not exist Before!

Many pagan religions are teaching reincarnation. This is a false teaching and it is being propagated through false New Age Christian beliefs and many other fake metaphysical understandings.

The Bible teaches that God formed us and our “spirits” in the womb of our mothers. “This is what the LORD says – he made you, who formed you in the womb…” [Isaiah 44:2]

Also, the “natural body” (your flesh body) CAME FIRST – your “spirit” did not! [1^st Corinthians 15:46]

However, because God can live in the ETERNAL NOW – God knows all things even before they happen. In this sense “God knew us before we were born.” He told the prophet Jeremiah; “Before I FORMED YOU IN THE WOMB I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” [Jeremiah 1:5]

So all of God’s true “elect” were chosen before they were born according to the FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD.

God’s elect,…”who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father.” [1^st Peter 1:2]

God also knows us IN THE FUTURE!

According to Apostle Paul we also already exist in the future and as God’s true children we (because of Jesus Christ) are already “seated in the Heavenly realms.” “And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that IN COMING AGES [the Future of our time] He might show the incomparable riches of His grace, expressed in His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.” [Ephesians 2:6]

So, though we as human-beings did not exist in the past, we in fact do exist in the future. This is a mystery that is revealed to us in the unsealed Scroll – God’s Word.

Notice this mystery revealed…..

“Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account.” [Ecclesiastes 3:15]

So all true Christians are in fact in the presence of God in the future of our day. In fact, Apostle John was shown the Christians as the 24 Elders already seated before the thrown of God with their crowns on - meaning that they had already been judged which will be the future Bema Judgment – future of our current time. [Revelation 4:4]

It is in fact comforting to picture us all already there, at the “Marriage Super of the Lamb.” [Revelation 19:7]

Time and Space

God sits above on the Sea of Glass which encircles His entire creation.

“He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth.” [Isaiah 40:22]

God is in the position of ETERNITY. God may experience the constant reality!

Many atheists believe in a “relative morality”, they say that there are “no constants”. Yet even modern physics admits that there are at least some constants: the velocity of light, the constant gravitation, the mass of the electron, etc. So are there “static truths”? God says, “YES!”

“I the LORD do not change.” [Malachi 3:6]

To God time has no independent existence but time does describe independent relationships amongst living beings and objects. We serve a God of relationship – God is personal. Eternity is truly static to God. The mysterious flow of time may be experienced differently at different times by created living beings but there is in fact a fixed past to a fixed future. God knows the “beginning to the end” – He is omniscient.

Truly only God can answer the questions; D’ou venons-nous? Que sommens-nous? Ou allons-nous?

May you continue your Bible studies here with us at “The Shepherds Way” & “Nugget of Truth”. Resting in the static Truth of Jesus the Christ,

Eric William King (September 2^nd 2021)

Things We Will Experience Review

1-Jesus warned that persecution would increase with all Christians around the globe including in Great Briton and the United States. We will begin to witness this through anti-Christian legislation and public protests. (Matthew 10:16-23; 1^st Peter 4:1-6)

2-We may experience the first phase of the “War of Gog & Magog” which will be when Russia will assist predominantly Muslim countries to back an offense against geographical Israel. This first phase may not be when God supernaturally intervenes but will be the precursor to the 2^nd phase of “Gog & Magog” which will happen under the final Anti-Christ. It will be horrible none-the-less. The final 3^rd phase of “Gog & Magog” will be at the end of the Millennial Kingdom described in the book of Revelation. (Ezekiel 38:1-23; 39:1-13; Luke 21:20 – Luke’s gospel is referring to Gog & Magog, not the Tribulation.)

3-Increase in large earthquakes will begin soon. We will witness huge earthquakes that shall cause incredible damages on large scales. (Matthew 24:7-8)

4-Signs in the Sun, Moon, and Stars will increase. We have already documented the latest “Four Blood Moons” and their prophetical implications. Many more of these heavenly signs are now occurring. The moon is moving an inch away from Earth every year. This is causing most all of the extreme weather changes and unpredictable jet-stream changes. Weather will continue to get more radical. The Bible also states that heavenly bodies (including the Earth) shall be “shaken out of their places.” The Japan tsunami caused the Earth to wobble and slightly speed up. This is also changing weather patterns. (Luke 21:25-26; Joel 2:30-31)

5-Religious and race wars shall increase. Jesus warned that “ethnos against ethnos” would in fact increase. This will increase political turmoil which sadly will allow “bigger government” and rapid moves to the One World Order which will fully materialize under the Final Anti-Christ. (Matthew 24:7 – the Greek here is “ethnos against ethnos”)

These are five major signs. We will also witness increased terror attacks and perhaps some large objects fall from the heavens. Talk about a one world currency will also increase. The current pandemic is also a warning sign from God. The church needs to remain awake, aware and alert during these last times. The church dispensation will end with the Rapture of the Christian Church. Only those who have been watching and living their faith will be able to escape the greater wrath which is to come (Matthew 25:1-13)

The church is living to witness the five events which I have just listed. All of these things are happening before the Rapture of the Church. We urge all Christians to continue their studies here at “The Shepherds Way” and “Nugget of Truth”. May God continue to richly bless you.

Resting in the finished work of my Lord, God and Savior, Jesus the Christ.

Eric William King (September 17^th 2020)