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Earth Age              

There was an earth age prior to this one. Genesis 1:2, the word ”was” is mistranslated it should be “became” and the words ”without  form”  should be translated ‘waste’  according to the original Hebrew texts,  The original Hebrew states the earth became “ tohu” and  

bohu” i.e., waste and desolate. Obviously, if something became waste, it had to already be in existence. The reason  first earth age was destroyed because of  Satan’s rebellion, see Katabole.  

E.g., rather than kill all His children , God decided to start over. And the earth was (became) without form,(waste)  and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters

Jeremiah 4:23  God speaking, " I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was (became) without form ( waste), and void; and the heavens, and they had no light."

Isaiah  65:17   "For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind."

2 Peter 3:5-7  Not only was there a previous earth age, but a third earth is to follow the current one,  " For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. "

For evidence of the first earth age, see Ashfall  State Park in Nebraska that has remains of camel, giraffe, zebra and rhinoceros.

See Creation , Katabole, Appendix 146