Era 1: Early World

Introduction: This era covers The Book of Genesis 1-11


The First Book of Moses Commonly Called Genesis

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Here is an interesting thing about God creating light on the first day:

From “Exorcism: The Battle Against Satan and His Demons by Fr Vincent Lampert” (Exorcist of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis)


There is no biblical account of the creation of the angels. Much of our understanding of the angelic order comes to us from one of the great saints of the Church, St. Augustine. His works, The Literal Meaning of Genesis (AD 404–412) and The City of God (AD 413–427), provide us with an interesting reflection on the creation of angels. In the Book of Genesis we read, “And God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night” (1:3–5). From this passage, St. Augustine believed that the light first created by God that was found to be good was the angelic order. When the light was separated into day and night St. Augustine saw this as the judgment of the angelic order because the separation was not stated to be good. God’s angelic order had now been separated into angels and demons.


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The Psalms

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