The Theory

"The Theory, held by Kurz, Delitzsch, Rudelbach, and Guericke, that this tohu vabohu denotes the remains of an earlier world which perished when a part of the angels fell and that the creation described in Genesis 1 is merely the restitution of a prior creation has no foundation whatever in the text." Peiper writes this concerning the 1st day of creation. I agree with Pieper 100%. It is not a fallen creation that needs to be repaired. While this appears to me very similar to the view of a continued creation.

God creates the Heavens and the Earth in verse 1 then in verse 3 it is day one. I do not know when Angels Fell but God made his creation good in all respects. Angels are thought to have fallen during the course of Chapter 3. Satan leads Angels and Humans into Sin.

This compounds again the complicated view of creation. Is verse one related to verse three? How do the follow through verse 2? I do not know. I see the short falls in the three different views I have been reflecting upon. Is this the short fall of continued creation or of 3 creation accounts. Remember it is not to say these Creation flow into one another. But three accounts of the same event.

Pieper reminds us that there has been complications over this verses for centuries. I have not read the work of any of these individuals but it is a struggle to understand what it means to be formless and void. Pieper in a foot note calls this "Restitution Theory." I do not want anyone to think I believe that theory. Creation only needs to be restored after man's fall in sin. Christ dies for men not for Demons. Thank you.

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