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destroyed. It was made formless, void, and covered in darkness until the time Yahweh
moved to create the earth anew. We find the re-creation of the earth described in Genesis
chapter one verses 3-31. This present earth is the second creation of the earth. It must pass
away and be replaced by a third earth.

The Second Earth

II Peter 3:7, 10
But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day
of judgment and destruction of ungodly men... But the day of the Lord will come like a
thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed
with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up.

There will then come a third and final creation of the earth.

The Third Earth

Revelation 21:1
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed
away, and there is no longer any sea.

Kenneth F. McKinley, in his book Scanning the Plan, breaks down the three creations
of the earth into seven subsidiary states.

Original Earth
Before Satan's fall. In the beginning... This is the earth of the dinosaurs. We are not
told how long this earth existed before Satan rebelled and it was destroyed.

Chaotic Earth
This is the earth after the fall of Satan. It is now formless and void and covered in
darkness. The length in which the earth lay under this judgment is not known. Being sealed
in darkness, this was likely a period in which the earth was covered in ice, corresponding
with evidence of an ancient ice age.

Adamic Earth
This is the re-created earth as described in Genesis chapters one and two, before the
fall of man. The earth is a paradise. There is no rain, but a mist arose from the ground to
water the earth (Genesis 2:6). There is no sin or death.

Pre-Flood Earth
This is the earth after Adam sinned. Sin and death has now entered the creation. The
earth no longer gives forth abundantly. Man must cultivate it by the sweat of his brow.

Present Earth
This is the earth after the flood of Noah. It is an earth under human government. After
the flood Yahweh shortened man's life span from a thousand years to one hundred-twenty
years (Genesis 6:3). This present state of the earth will continue until the millennial reign
of Christ.