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“Wherefore God also gavethem up to uncleannessthrough the lusts of their ownhearts, to dishonour their ownbodies between themselves:Who changed the truth of Godinto alie, and worshippedand served the creature morethan the Creator,who isblessed for ever.Amen.”—Romans 1:24-25“The great differencebetween the real statesmanand the pretender is, that theone sees into the future, whilethe other regards only thepresent; the one lives by theday,and acts on expediency;the other acts on enduringprinciples and for immortality.”—Edmund Burke19. Q:A:When did Satan fall from Heaven?Ibelieve theGenesis account is tobetaken literally justas itwas written. It teaches the world was created in six, twentyfourhour days about6600 years ago; therewas nogap. Therewas noperiod oftimebefore theoriginalcreation. Therewasactually no time. God madetimeas wellas matter and space. Idonot thinkthat Satan fell from heaven untilaboutonehundred years after thecreation. He could not havefallenbefore the creation becausehewas spoken about in the bookof Ezekielas beinggood while in the garden. LookatEzekiel28:13-15, “ ThouhastbeeninEdenthe gardenofGod;everypreciousstone wasthycovering, thesardius, topaz,andthe diamond,theberyl, theonyx, andthe jasper, the sapphire, the emerald,and thecarbuncle,andgold:theworkmanshipofthytabretsandofthypipeswaspreparedinthee inthe daythatthouwastcreated.Thouartthe anointedcherubthatcovereth;andIhave setthee so:thouwastupontheholymountainofGod;thouhastwalked upanddowninthe midstofthe stonesoffire. Thouwastperfectinthywaysfromthedaythatthouwastcreated,tilliniquitywasfound inthee. ”Hewas Lucifer, agood angel, or cherub, and hewas intheGarden. TheGarden of Eden wasn’t madeuntil daysix, sothatshoots theGapTheoryfull ofholes right there. Not onlythat, but Jesus said in Matthew 19:4 thatthecreation ofAdam and Evewas thebeginning. Read what itsays: “ Andheansweredandsaid untothem, Haveyenotread,thathewhichmadethematthe beginning made themmale and female. ”Romans5:12 says that there was nodeathuntilAdam sinned, “ Wherefore,asbyone mansinentered intotheworld, and deathbysin;and sodeathpassed uponallmen, for thatallhavesinned. ”Thosewho say thatSatan fellfrom heaven and wipedoutthepreadamic civilization are placingdeathbefore sin. They havejusteliminated theneed for Christtodieon the cross. Therewas nodeathuntilsin cameintotheworld. Exodus 20:11states, “ For insixdaystheLORDmadeheavenandearthandallthatinthemis... ”This is found in themiddleof theten commandments.God made the whole universe in six, literal twenty-four hourdays, including time, including the angels, and everything thatis.WhatdayHemadetheangelsisnotknownsincetheGenesisstory is mainly telling events on the earth. The angels wereprobablymadeonthefirstday,beforeGodlaidthefoundationsof the earth (see Job 38:4-7 and Gen 1:9). Genesis 1:31tells useverything was very good at the end of the creation week, soSatan had not fallen yet. Satan did not fall until after the creation,maybe even one hundred or so years later. All that weknow is Adam was one hundred thirty when Seth was born.That is the first date given in Scripture. Before Seth, they hadCain and Abel, but dates are not given. Before he had Cain andAbel,theywereremovedfromthegarden.Therefore,itwouldDr. Kent Hovind • office (850) 479-DINO (3466) •Fax 479-8562 72