Part 13 thru 16

 

Chapters 2 and 3

 

The blessings and promises continued

 

The 7 Spirits of God

 

And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God,

 

... and the 7 Stars

and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.  --  Rev 3:1 (KJV)

 

 


 

The 7 Stars are the 7 Angels

(or Arch-Angels)

 

The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.  --  Rev 1:20 (KJV)

 

 

Definite Article

And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.  --  Rev 8:2 (KJV)

 

7 Spirits (or Angels) of Presence

 

 


 

Mystery about the spirits within the wheels

 

 

When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.  --  Ezek 10:17 (KJV)

 

The 7 Spirits are also the Seven Stars or Angels

 

       

 

These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars;

 Rev 3:1 (KJV)

 

The 7 Spirits stand before the throne in heaven

as the Seven Stars or Angels are sent forth into

all the earth

 

And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.  --  Rev 5:6 (KJV)

 

 

...

 

He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.  --  Rev 3:5 (KJV)

 

The Redeemed are clothed in White Raiment

 

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He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment;

 

 

Their name is found in the Book of Life

 

and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life,

 

 

The Redeemed are allowed access to the throne

passed the Cherebuim

 

 

but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.  --  Rev 3:5 (KJV)

 

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.  --  Rev 3:6 (KJV)

 

 

 

 Only Christ has the Key of David

 

 

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;  --  Rev 3:7 (KJV)

 

Old Testament reference to this Key of David

 

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim (God raises up) the son of Hilkiah (Jehovah is the portion):  --  Isa 22:20 (KJV)

And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.  --  Isa 22:21 (KJV)

 

And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.  --  Isa 22:22 (KJV)

 

And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.  --  Isa 22:23 (KJV)

And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.  --  Isa 22:24 (KJV)

 

 

Note that Lucifer has lost all of his authority

 

In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.  --  Isa 22:25 (KJV)

 

 

How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!  --  Isa 14:12 (KJV)

 

 

 

Lucifer had once ruled this solar system

 

Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.  --  Ezek 28:14 (KJV)

 

 


 

Lucifer set himself up to be worshipped as god

 

 

For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:  --  Isa 14:13 (KJV)

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.  --  Isa 14:14 (KJV)

Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.  --  Isa 14:15 (KJV)

They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;  --  Isa 14:16 (KJV)

 

Lucifer destroyed the first earth

 

 

That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; Isa 14:17 (KJV)

 

 

In the beginning ?

 

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.  --  Gen 1:1 (KJV)

 

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.  --  Gen 1:2 (KJV)

 

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.  --  Gen 1:3 (KJV)

 

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.  --  Gen 1:4 (KJV)

 

 

Earth was without form

 

 

And the earth was without form,  Gen 1:2 (KJV)

 

 

8414 WhTo tohuw {to'-hoo}  --  vain, vanity, confusion ,  without form , wilderness, nought,  nothing, empty place, waste,  formlessness, confusion, unreality,  emptiness, nothingness, empty space, wasteland, wilderness, place of chaos

 

 

 

 

and void

 

and void;   Gen 1:2 (KJV)

 

0922 WhBo bohuw {bo'-hoo}  --  void, emptiness, waste 

 

 

 

and darkness was upon the face of the deep

and darkness was upon the face of the deep.  Gen 1:2 (KJV)

 

 

8415 ~AhT. t@howm {teh-home'} or  ~hoT. t@hom {teh-home'}  -- deep, depth, deep places, abyss,  deep subterranean  waters,  deep, sea, abysses (of sea) ,  primeval ocean, abyss, Sheol 

 

 

 

 

And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.  --  Gen 1:2 (KJV)

 

 

 

 

Lucifer called a Morning Star   ??

 

How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn!

you have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations   --  Isa 14:12 (NIV)

 

 

Lucifer - the anointed Cherub

       Guardian of the earth - the solar system

Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.  --  Ezek 28:13 (KJV)

 

Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.  --  Ezek 28:14 (KJV)

 

Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.  --  Ezek 28:15 (KJV)

 

By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.  --  Ezek 28:16 (KJV)

 

Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.  --  Ezek 28:17 (KJV)

 

Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffic; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.  --  Ezek 28:18 (KJV)

 

All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.  --  Ezek 28:19 (KJV)

 

 

Prince of the Power of the Air

 

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:  --  Eph 2:2 (KJV)

 

 

The God of this world

 

In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.  --  2 Cor 4:4 (KJV)

 

 

Original earth created according to the pattern of birth

 

out of water as breaking forth from the womb

 

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,  --  Job 38:1 (KJV)

 

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?  --  Job 38:2 (KJV)

 

Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.  --  Job 38:3 (KJV)

 

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.  --  Job 38:4 (KJV)

 

Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?  --  Job 38:5 (KJV)

 

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;  --  Job 38:6 (KJV)

 

When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?  --  Job 38:7 (KJV)

 

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?  --  Job 38:8 (KJV)

 

When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,  --  Job 38:9 (KJV)

 

Created with a form NOT without a form

 

Created PERFECT as his works are Perfect

 

He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.  --  Deu 32:4 (KJV)

 

Creative act was done suddenly

 

I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.  --  Isa 48:3 (KJV)

 

 

The first world PERISHED

Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished (avpo,llumi):  --  2 Pet 3:6 (KJV)

 

622 avpo,llumi apollumi {ap-ol'-loo-mee}  -- perish, destroy, lose, be  lost, lost,  to destroy, to put out of the way  entirely, abolish, put an end to, ruin,  render useless, to kill,  to perish, to be lost,  ruined, destroyed 

 

 

 

The fruitful place BECAME a wilderness

 

The word AND used 148 times in Gen 1-2

          used to seperate 102 different independent acts of God

 

The word WAS (v2) from the verb TO BECOME 

NOT TO BE

 

The earth BECAME without form

       NOT originally made that way

 

The word WITHOUT FORM (Tohu Hbr.)

means: Waste and Desolation

 

Note that He created not Tohu (In vain)

 

For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.  --  Isa 45:18 (KJV)

 

 

Jeremiah's vision of destruction

 

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.  --  Jer 4:23 (KJV)

 

I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.  --  Jer 4:24 (KJV)

 

I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.  --  Jer 4:25 (KJV)

 

I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.  --  Jer 4:26 (KJV)

 

       1.  This is obviously a warning based upon

             a past event. 

 

For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.  --  Jer 4:27 (KJV)

 

       2.   Cannot be a future event.

 

I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.  --  Jer 4:25 (KJV)

 

       3.   Cannot be Noah's flood

 

I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.  --  Jer 4:25 (KJV)

 

 

       3.   All cities were destroyed

 

I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.  --  Jer 4:26 (KJV)

 

 

Lucifer is responsible for this destruction

 

That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?  --  Isa 14:17 (KJV)

 

The Origin of Demons

 

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:  --  2 Pet 3:5 (KJV)

 

 

Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished (avpo,llumi

--  2 Pet 3:6 (KJV)

 

A time of future torment appointed

 

And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?  --  Mat 8:29 (KJV)

 

A time of judgment appointed

 

And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.  --  Rev 20:13 (KJV)

 

 

PreAdamic World --

       The Lost world of Atlantis ???

 

 

An Immortal Soul ??

 

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.  --  Rev 20:11 (KJV)

 

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.  --  Rev 20:12 (KJV)

 

And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.  --  Rev 20:13 (KJV)

 

And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.  --  Rev 20:14 (KJV)

 

And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.  --  Rev 20:15 (KJV)

 

 

Lucifer desired to exalt his throne

 

How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!  --  Isa 14:12 (KJV)

 

For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:  --  Isa 14:13 (KJV)

 

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.  --  Isa 14:14 (KJV)

 

Lucifer's SIN was pride

 

Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.  --  1 Tim 3:6 (KJV)

 

Lucifer did not forsake his original dominion

 

And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.  --  Jude 1:6 (KJV)

 

Lucifer took prisoners

 

That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?  --  Isa 14:17 (KJV)

 


 

The Scribes and Pharisees did the same

 

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.  --  Mat 23:13 (KJV)

 

 

 

Lucifer had the keys of authority

but refused to open the door

 

that opened not the house of his prisoners?  --  Isa 14:17 (KJV)

 

 

Jesus has opened the door to the prisoners

 

 

 

I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.  --  Rev 3:8 (KJV)

 

 

 

1/3 of the angels joined (or will join) Satan's forces

 

And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.  --  Rev 12:4 (KJV)

 

And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.  --  Rev 12:5 (KJV)

 

And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.  --  Rev 12:6 (KJV)

 

And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,  --  Rev 12:7 (KJV)

 

And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.  --  Rev 12:8 (KJV)

 

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.  --  Rev 12:9 (KJV)

 

 

 

 

The WAR in heaven  (past, present, or future ?)

 

And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,  --  Rev 12:7 (KJV)

 

Prophecy can have DUAL fulfillment

 

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.  --  Eccl 1:9 (KJV)

 

Lake of fire not created until the rebellion

 

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:  --  Mat 25:41 (KJV)

 

 

 

War in heaven caused great devastation

 Tohu and Bohu

 

       All planets seem to show the same tohu - bohu destruction

          Wasteness, Voidness, and Ruin Like a Violent Nuclear War

 

The Heavens also BECAME unclean

 

Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.  --  Job 15:15 (KJV)

 

The Heavens MUST be sprinkled with blood

 

Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.  --  Heb 9:18 (KJV)

 

For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,  --  Heb 9:19 (KJV)

 

Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.  --  Heb 9:20 (KJV)

 

Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.  --  Heb 9:21 (KJV)

 

And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.  --  Heb 9:22 (KJV)

 

It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.  --  Heb 9:23 (KJV)

 

For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:  --  Heb 9:24 (KJV)

 


 

The Heavens MUST eventually be dissolved

PURIFIED by fire

 

And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.  --  Isa 34:4 (KJV)

 

compare also

 

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;  --  Rev 6:12 (KJV)

 

And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.  --  Rev 6:13 (KJV)

 

And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.  --  Isa 34:4 (KJV)

 

 

And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.  --  Rev 6:14 (KJV)

 

And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.  --  Isa 34:4 (KJV)

 

 

 

And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;  --  Rev 6:15 (KJV)

 

And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:  --  Rev 6:16 (KJV)

 

For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?  --  Rev 6:17 (KJV)

 

the heavens shall be completely destroyed

 

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.  --  2 Pet 3:10 (KJV)

 

Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,  --  2 Pet 3:11 (KJV)

 

Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?  --  2 Pet 3:12 (KJV)

 

Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.  --  2 Pet 3:13 (KJV)

 

 

Lucifer took prisoners

 

That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?  --  Isa 14:17 (KJV)

 

 

What is the GOSPEL ??

 

 

That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;  --  Luke 1:71 (KJV)

To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;  --  Luke 1:72 (KJV)

The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,  --  Luke 1:73 (KJV)

That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,  --  Luke 1:74 (KJV)

 

 

Lucifer had the keys of authority

and refused to open the door

 

that opened not the house of his prisoners?  --  Isa 14:17 (KJV)

 

 

Jesus has opened the door to the prisoners

 

I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.  --  Rev 3:8 (KJV)

 

What does it mean to

Preach the Gospel to every creature

 

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to

every (pa/j) creature (kti,sij).  --  Mark 16:15 (KJV)

 

 

And he said to them, Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to all creation.  --  Mark 16:15 (NAS)

 

And he said to them, Go into all the world, and preach the news to all creation.  --  Mark 16:15 (NIV)

 

 

3956 pa/j pas {pas}   --  all manner of, all,  the whole, everyone, all things,

 

2937 kti,sij ktisis {ktis'-is}  --  creature, creation, building,  the sum or  aggregate of things created

 

 

But from the beginning of the creation (kti,sij).God made them male and female.  --  Mark 10:6 (KJV)

 

For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation (kti,sij). which God created unto this time, neither shall be.  --  Mark 13:19 (KJV)

 

For the invisible things of him from the creation (kti,sij). of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:  --  Rom 1:20 (KJV)

 

Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature (kti,sij). more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.  --  Rom 1:25 (KJV)

 

 

Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature (kti,sij), shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.  --  Rom 8:39 (KJV)

 

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature (kti,sij): old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.  --  2 Cor 5:17 (KJV)

 

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature (kti,sij).  --  Gal 6:15 (KJV)

 

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every (pa/j) creature (kti,sij):  --  Col 1:15 (KJV)

 

And He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation.

NAS Colossians 1:15

 

 

If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every (pa/j) creature (kti,sij) which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;  --  Col 1:23 (KJV)

 

 if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

NAS Colossians 1:23

 

Neither is there any creature (kti,sijthat is not manifest in his sight: but all things  (pa/j) are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.  --  Heb 4:13 (KJV)

 

And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation (kti,sij).  --  2 Pet 3:4 (KJV)

 

And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation (kti,sij) of God;  --  Rev 3:14 (KJV)


He did not say EVERY MAN !

 

 

Who will render to every man (e[kastoj) according to his deeds:  --  Rom 2:6 (KJV)

 

 

1538 e[kastoj hekastos {hek'-as-tos}  -- every man, every one

 

 

For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man (e[kastoj)  according to his works.  --  Mat 16:27 (KJV)

 

 

It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man  (pa/j) therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.  --  John 6:45 (KJV)

 

 

But glory, honour, and peace, to every man (pa/j)  that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:  --  Rom 2:10 (KJV)

 

 

For I would that all men (pa/j a;nqrwpoj) were even as I myself. But every man (e[kastoj) hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.  --  1 Cor 7:7 (KJV)

 

 

444 a;nqrwpoj anthropos {anth'-ro-pos}  -- a human  being; a human being, whether male or  female;  generically, to include all  human individuals;  to distinguish man  from beings of a different race or order:

 

            a) from animals and plants

            b) from  God and Christ

            c) from the angels