Since God is eternal, what did He do before the earth was created?
Answer:
While the Bible is basically a book that God gave to man to instruct him on why he was created and to explain man's incredible potential, we can deduce that there was much activity within the spirit realm before man.
The concept of eternity in the past is not one our physical minds can truly grasp. We do know that whatever God had been doing, it would have reflected His nature of love (1 John 4:8) and perfect teamwork between the Father and Son (also called the Word in John 1:1).
The Bible reveals God as a Planner and Creator. Of course there is our vast physical universe that He planned, created and sustained, apparently over billions of years. The Bible also reveals an unimaginably incredible angelic creation already in existence before the earth was created (Job 38:4-7). This angelic creation is described many places in the Bible, including Revelation 4.
The Bible also gives a small glimpse into a major negative event before the creation of man. Satan, whose former name was Lucifer, was given a throne and had the responsibility of managing part of God's creation. What this entailed or how Satan corrupted the government is not totally clear. Ezekiel 28 shows that a mortal prince of Tyre was compared to Satan, who was a being given great authority on the earth prior to man.
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