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THE SEVEN MILLENNIAL DAYS OF HUMAN HISTORY
CHAPTER ONE

The First Millennial Day

It was with deliberate purpose that, when God made light, He noted that it was good.  He did not make the same observation about darkness.  Rather, He divided the light, which was good, from the darkness.
"Then God said, 'Let there be light'; and there was light.  And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.  God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night."

(Genesis 1:3-5)   ​
God's act of dividing light from darkness carries the most important, deeply significant lesson in the whole Bible.  It shows man that God has everything to do with light, and nothing to do with darkness.  Throughout the Bible, light is used to portray the things which come forth from God, and God's Way of Life.  Darkness, on the other hand, represents the way of Satan which leads to death.  God is the God of light, while Satan is the god of darkness.
"This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all." 

(I John 1:5)
" . . . to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God. . . ."
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(Acts 26:18)
" . . . if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel . . . should shine on them. . . . For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge . . . of God. . . ."
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(II Corinthians 4:3-6)​​​​
"Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers.  For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness?  And what communion has light with darkness?"

(II Corinthians 6:14)
"Walk as children of light. . . .  And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. . . ."
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(Ephesians 5:8-11)
"Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.  For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age. . . ."

(Ephesians 6:11-12)
"He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love."

(Colossians 1:13)
"You are all sons of light and sons of the day.  We are not of the night nor of darkness."

​(I Thessaloniahs 5:5)
"The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul;
The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;
The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. . . ."

[This entire Psalm compares the Law of God to the light of the sun, shining brightly upon the earth!]


​(Psalm 19:7-8)
" . . . the path of the just is like the shining sun,
​That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.
The way of the wicked is like darkness;
They do not know what makes them stumble."

​(Proverbs 4:18-19)
"For the commandment is a lamp,
And the law a light. . . ."

(Proverbs 6:23)
Angel Rebellion

Whatever God creates is in a state of perfection, beauty and light from the moment it is brought into existence.  The heavens and the earth were perfect when originally created.  The angels shouted for joy when they saw the awesome universe God had made (Job 38:4, 7).  But long after the time of Genesis 1:1, a horrible rebellion of one-third of the angels occurred, led by the one who became Satan the devil.
"And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer.  So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."

(Revelation 12:7-9)
"And He" [Jesus] "said to them, 'I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.' "
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(Luke 10:18)
This rebellion of angels -- war in heaven -- brought about the condition of spiritual darkness in which Satan and the demons dwell to this day.
" . . . God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down . . . and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment. . . ." 

(II Peter 2:4)
"And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day. . . ."

​(Jude 6)
"Babylon the great . . . has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit. . . ." 

(Revelation 18:2) ​
Satan was originally an archangel named Lucifer who was created by God and perfect in all his ways, but who corrupted himself in pride and vanity.  Over the course of time he corrupted the minds of the angels under his authority and attempted a coup d'état in order to seize control of God's Kingdom (Isaiah 14:12-14; Ezekiel 28:12-17).  That is how darkness came into existence before the time of man.
"The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep."  

(Genesis 1:2)
The Hebrew words translated "without form, and void" in the passage quoted above are tohu and bohu, which signify a condition of chaos, confusion, waste and decay.  God did not create the earth in such a condition (Isaiah 45:18).  

The creation of the physical universe occurred billions of years ago (Genesis 1:1).  God placed man upon the earth approximately 6,000 years ago -- long after the creation of the universe and subsequent rebellion of angels.
Angel Rebellion
Two Trees in the Garden

One-third of God's angels had rebelled against the authority of their Maker.  The universe, in addition to the earth, was subjected to a state of waste and decay (dinosaurs perished on earth; billions of other now-dead planets were similarly affected by the war in heaven).  God set out to repair the damage, restore order to the universe and lay a solid foundation for the security of future eternity.  He did so by rejuvenating the earth in seven days and placing man upon it, intending to teach human beings the importance of following their Creator (the God of light) instead of Satan (the god of darkness).  
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As a result of God's having rejuvenated the earth in seven days, the earth today is a beautiful blue ball teeming with life in the midst of a barren, lifeless universe which is in a state of darkness.  Because God caused atmosphere to blanket the earth, and the earth to spin on its axis, it is illuminated by rays of the sun by day -- but not by night -- while other planets remain in a state of continual darkness.  Every day God causes light to appear on earth, and divides it from darkness, in order to teach mankind a vital lesson (Psalm 19).  It is the lesson God declared at Mount Sinai when He said, "You shall have no other gods before Me" (Exodus 20:3) -- a lesson emphasized continually throughout the Bible (Deuteronomy 13:1-16; 29:10-28; 32:16-18; I Kings 9:6-9; Matthew 4:8-10; I Corinthians 10:20-21).
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The two trees in the garden of Eden were intended to impress angels as well as humans (Matthew 25:41; Revelation 20:10, 15; 21:8; I Peter 1:12; 3:22; I Corinthians 4:9; 6:3; Ephesians 3:10; Hebrews 5:12, 14).  They represented the matter of obedience to God's Government versus rebellion against it.  Obedience leads to life, rebellion to death.  The Basic Questions
"The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.  And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food.  The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. . . .
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"And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, 'Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.' " 


(Genesis 2:8-9, 16-17) ​​​
God issued a command to man.  He allowed the very first human beings whom He had created to be tested (James 1:12-15).  Satan approached mother Eve, the weaker vessel (I Peter 3:7), and persuaded her to break God's command (Genesis 3:1-6).  Eve followed Satan as the demons had done.  Then, Adam made the colossal mistake of following his wife instead of obeying God (Genesis 3:17; Luke 14:26; Matthew 10:37).  Eve was deceived; Adam was not (I Timothy 2:14).  Sin entered the world through Adam (Romans 5:12).  God's reaction was swift and resolute: 
" ' . . . And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever' -- therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden. . . .  So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life." 

(Genesis 3:22-24)  ​​​
​Light Divided From Darkness
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Just as God divided light from darkness on the first day of Creation (Genesis 1:3-5), He divided His Way from Satan's way on the First Millennial Day of human history by casting Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden and cutting them off from His presence after they had chosen to follow Satan.  God does not tolerate rebellion (Genesis 3:22-24; I Corinthians 10:21). 
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Adam and Eve became the parents of the entire human race (Genesis 1:28; 3:20; 5:1-2, 4).  The majority of their descendants (except for a relatively few Saints whom God has been preparing for eternal life down through history), have been separated from God for nearly 6,000 years (Isaiah 59:2; Ephesians 2:1-3, 11-13; 4:17-19).  This is what the veil in the temple symbolized (Leviticus 16:2; Mark 15:37-38; Hebrews 6:19; 9:3, 6-8; 10:19-20; Revelation 11:19; 15:5-8: 21:1-5).  Satan has been "holding the world captive" in a mental prison of spiritual darkness to this day (Isaiah 42:7; 61:1; Luke 4:18; II Corinthians 4:4; Ephesians 6:10-12).  The Creation was subjected to futility (Romans 8:20).  God's Plan of Salvation for Mankind
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Most human beings today are walking in spiritual darkness -- blinded -- unable to "see" the difference between right and wrong (Luke 11:34-36).  God wants us to learn to discern the difference between good and evil (Hebrews 5:12-14; I Kings 3:9-10).  We do so by walking in the light of God's Law (Psalm 19).
Sin Spreads Like Leaven 

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At the time of Creation,
"God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good." 

​(Genesis 1:31)
But in the process of time,
"the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually."

​(Genesis 6:5)
​Evil mixed with goodness starts a trend 
​That leads to only evil in the end 

​The lesson now is written, and man must learn to choose 
​To keep the way of goodness, the way of sin refuse 
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Two Trees in the Garden
Imagine the pain and sorrow Adam and Eve felt as they watched their children begin to destroy one other; as a spirit of hatred, violence and immorality began to permeate the world (Genesis 3:16; 4:1-8, 19, 23-24; 6:1-5).  God's Way had been pictured by the Tree of Life which was pure and good, but Satan's way was represented by a tree which contained a mixture of good and evil.  The human race fell under the sway of Satan (Ephesians 2:2-3; Romans 8:20; I John 5:19; Genesis 8:21).  That is why Cain first hated, then killed his righteous brother Abel (Genesis 4:1-2, 8; Matthew 5:22-24; 23:35; I John 3:10-15).  Mankind was smitten with Satan's sinful nature (Romans 7:19-23; Galatians 5:19-21; John 2:24-25).  Evil spread throughout the entire world like leaven (Genesis 6:5; James 1:15; Romans 5:12; I Corinthians 5:6; Galatians 5:9).  Doctrine Five 
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​God gave Adam nine hundred thirty years to see the long-term fruit of his decision to disobey God (Genesis 5:5).  God intends that human beings learn from 6,000 years of experience to resist, reject and overcome Satan's evil way (Genesis 3:15; John 14:30; Romans 16:19-20; Revelation 2:24-26; 3:21; 21:7).  The Basic Questions
New World Coming
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On the First Millennial Day God divided light from darkness -- God's Way from Satan's way.  Mankind, in general, has remained in a state of darkness and deception to this day (John 3:19), but soon​ will be given the opportunity to live in a world of light and truth when Jesus Christ returns to restore the Government of God on earth (Isaiah 11:9; 42:6-7; 60:1-3, 19-20; 61:1-2; Daniel 2:44; 7:14; Zechariah 14:9; Matthew 6:10; Luke 1:33; 4:18-19; Acts 3:21; Hebrews 2:5; Revelation 11:15; 21:24-25).
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This is the Gospel of the Kingdom of God -- the Good News of the World Tomorrow!
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Human civilization, because of Adam and Eve's decision to follow Satan instead of God, was built on a "foundation of sand" 
(the tree of knowledge of good and evil) and is destined to crumble and fall (Matthew 7:17-19, 26-27; 24:3; I John 2:15-17).  Christ's New World will be built on a "rock-solid foundation" (the Tree of Life) which shall endure forever (Matthew 7:24-25; Hebrews 12:27-28; Revelation 2:7).
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