01A.01A. Judgment, Restoration and Replacement I: Positional Victory

A. Judgment, Restoration and Replacement I: Positional Victory (Progeny and Promise) 1. Judgment I: of Satan and the universe a. The devil rebelled against God in eternity past (Isaiah 14:4-20; Ezekiel 28:12-19). b. God responded by devastating the earth and removing light from the universe (cf. the gap and disparity between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2; Isaiah 45:18).

2. Restoration I: of Earth a. God restored the earth to habitability and limited light to the universe in six literal days (Genesis 1:3-31; Genesis 2:4-5). b. The "fossil record" dates not from the earth’s restoration but from the era of Satan’s rebellion at some indeterminate time in the past (Genesis 1:1 compared with Genesis 2:4-5).

3. Replacement I: Adam and the Last Adam for Satan a. God created Man as a replacement for the devil and his rebellious angels (Genesis 1:26-30; Genesis 2:4-25). b. Without the temptation and fall, the human population of Eden would have rapidly expanded to the necessary replacement level (Genesis 1:28).

4. Satan’s Reaction: The temptation and fall of Adam and Eve a. The devil assumed that by luring Adam and Eve into sin he would destroy God’s plan to replace him (compare Genesis 2:17 with Genesis 3:4). b. But the fall of Man merely opened the way for salvation through the saving work of the Son of Man, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (Genesis 3:21; 1 Corinthians 15:22; 1 Corinthians 15:45).