Genesis 1&2 is a BRIEF OUTLINE of ALL of the Events leading to the Creation of the Perfect Heaven. Most of the rest of the Bible refers to the present 6th Day, but ALL of the Bible refers to the events of God's 6 Creative Days. That's why we are taken back to the 3rd Day at Gen 2:4. The narrative is adding details to the events listed in Gen 1. Both accounts Gen 1 & 2 agree totally and in detail.
Since God sees the end from the beginning, Isa 46:10 He wrote the complete HISTORY of His Seven Days in the first 34 verses of Genesis. At Gen 2:4 the narrative RETURNS to the details of the THIRD Day.
[Isa 46:10 KJV] Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times [the things] that are not [yet] done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
In other words, the first 34 verses of Genesis tell us the ENTIRE History of God's 6 Days of Creative Works, including Events which will NOT happen until AFTER Jesus, the Son, returns to this Planet. Gen 1:28-31.
Then, on the 7th Day, God will REST FOREVER from ALL His Work which He Created and Made because, the 7th Day of God is the Age of Joy (Sabbath) which will never End, simply because, the 7th Day of God has No Evening and No End = ETERNITY.
Here is a brief summary of how I read the first five verses of the the Book of Genesis - The Story of the Beginning:
Genesis 1:1 Is an Introduction- The Story of the Beginning of the Physical World
Genesis 1:2 Tells us the Condition of the Deep - Formless / Void / Darkness - before the making of the physical world.
Genesis 1:3 The bringing forth of the LIGHT before anything is made that was made - before the world was.
Genesis 1:4 The division of light from darkness - the first work of old.
Genesis 1:5 The evening and the morning the first day of creation.
As you can see, based on the above perspective of the cited texts, our physical heaven and earth that we know of today were still non-existence, formless and void on the 1st Day of Creation. The 1st formation of the firmament of Heaven took place on the 2nd Day - Gen 1:6-8 not Gen 1:1 as most people believe. Our Earth was formed/made on the 3rd Day Gen 1:9-10.
God bless
Since God sees the end from the beginning, Isa 46:10 He wrote the complete HISTORY of His Seven Days in the first 34 verses of Genesis. At Gen 2:4 the narrative RETURNS to the details of the THIRD Day.
[Isa 46:10 KJV] Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times [the things] that are not [yet] done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
In other words, the first 34 verses of Genesis tell us the ENTIRE History of God's 6 Days of Creative Works, including Events which will NOT happen until AFTER Jesus, the Son, returns to this Planet. Gen 1:28-31.
Then, on the 7th Day, God will REST FOREVER from ALL His Work which He Created and Made because, the 7th Day of God is the Age of Joy (Sabbath) which will never End, simply because, the 7th Day of God has No Evening and No End = ETERNITY.
Here is a brief summary of how I read the first five verses of the the Book of Genesis - The Story of the Beginning:
Genesis 1:1 Is an Introduction- The Story of the Beginning of the Physical World
Genesis 1:2 Tells us the Condition of the Deep - Formless / Void / Darkness - before the making of the physical world.
Genesis 1:3 The bringing forth of the LIGHT before anything is made that was made - before the world was.
Genesis 1:4 The division of light from darkness - the first work of old.
Genesis 1:5 The evening and the morning the first day of creation.
As you can see, based on the above perspective of the cited texts, our physical heaven and earth that we know of today were still non-existence, formless and void on the 1st Day of Creation. The 1st formation of the firmament of Heaven took place on the 2nd Day - Gen 1:6-8 not Gen 1:1 as most people believe. Our Earth was formed/made on the 3rd Day Gen 1:9-10.
God bless