How well can you explain this verse, and descibe what it was actually like?

Question

Genesis 1:2
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.


What would that have looked like? Are there any paintings or anything I can use for ideas for a visual aid in a mini Creation museum? How about any rocks or stuff from that time? are they still around or were they completely destroyed in the Flood?

Answer 1

TRY STAR WARS--WRATH OF CON--THE BLACK HOLE SCENE

Answer 2

It seems that the earth had been established in orbit around the sun and was a globe covered with water before the six “days,” or periods, of special creative works began. “There was darkness upon the surface of the watery deep.” (Genesis 1:2) At that early point, something, perhaps a mixture of water vapor, other gases, and volcanic dust, must have prevented sunlight from reaching the surface of the earth. The Bible describes the first creative period this way: “God proceeded to say, ‘Let there be light’; and gradually light came into existence,” or reached the surface of the earth.

The expression “gradually, came” accurately reflects a form of the Hebrew verb involved, denoting a progressive action that takes time to complete. Anyone who reads the Hebrew language can find this form some 40 times in Genesis chapter 1, and it is a key to understanding the chapter. What God began in the figurative evening of a creative period, or age, became progressively clear, or apparent, after the morning of that “day.” Also, what was started in one period did not have to be fully completed when the next period began. To illustrate, light gradually began to appear on the first “day,” yet it was not until the fourth creative period that the sun, moon, and stars could have been discerned. Genesis 1:14-19.

Genesis 1:1, 2 relates to a time before the six “days”. When these “days” commenced, the sun, moon, and stars were already in existence, their creation being referred to at Genesis 1:1. However, prior to these six “days” of creative activity “the earth proved to be formless and waste and there was darkness upon the surface of the watery deep.” (Ge 1:2) Apparently, a swaddling band of cloud layers still enveloped the earth, preventing light from reaching its surface.

There are paintings no doubt that artists show how they think the earth looked at that time, I have beautiful wallpapers on my computer depicting the beginning, but have no way of sending them to you, unless I had a e-mail address.

As far as the flood, the same earth, soil, rock, is here, it probably has been rearranged due to the water.

Answer 3

I picture dark greenish gray turbulent water with black streaks under a canopy of dark and cloudy sky in purple, dark blue, with black streaks . And because God is light, and because he made man in his own image I see a form of a man in a bright blinding light moving over the surface with all the storm and waves moving away from the image . Of course God is so awesome that just looking at his hind parts caused Moses face to shine all by itself, so capturing the essence of the Spirit of God will be most difficult. Good luck.

Answer 4

the earth had no shape
It was empty
It was without light
There was water on the earth

Of course there are rocks from that time look in your drive way! Yes there still around.

Answer 5

its all empty. coz nothing have done yet..if you go to outer space and you came to air floating, nothings all around you. that's what is like..can you imagine the 1st time you came to earth, when you are still a baby,you cant see anything isnt it?
the flood came after the earth was made, the ocean, river was only a part of it thus the flood..

Answer 6

If you are one who believes in all the hebrew words and this "flood" then there is no use explaining the "rest....."