The Void in Life That Only God Can Fill

The Void in Life That Only God Can Fill

We have been getting a lot of search hits on the phrase “void in life that only God can fill”.  So I decided to answer this question for our visitors that are looking for the answer.

There are 31,103 verses in the entire bible.  When you open the bible to Genesis, the 2nd verse of the entire bible describes the Earth in its dark, formless, void-filled beginnings before the heavens, land, plants, animals, or man was created.  Through God’s six days of creation and seventh day of rest, we can see all of the events that lead up to an Earth which is no longer void and formless, but rather an Earth that is at rest and at peace because God’s plan was completed.

“The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters” - Genesis 1:2

Then on the first day, God said “‘Let there be light’; and there was light. God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.”  Formless and Void in the original Hebrew can be translated as a worthless empty ruin.  Thus, if we apply the days of creation to the age of man and God’s 6000 year redemptive plan (1 day is as 1000 years to God; Psalm 90:4, 2 Peter 3:8), then the first day (or first 1000 years) represents the creation of the first Adam, the light of the world because he recognized his creator.  In Romans 5:14, Paul says that Adam was a type of Him who was to come – referring to Christ Jesus, the light of the world.  Through Christ, we are forgiven for our sins, and therefore, can be in eternal fellowship with God.  God saw that this light was good.

On the second day, God created the expanse in the sky, heaven, which separated the waters below the earth from the waters above the earth (the earth was in a different form before the flood of Noah).  During this 2nd millennium, Noah and his sons (the righteous), were separated from the wicked, which were judged by water.

On the third day, God created the land and from the land God said “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them”; and it was so.”  God saw that it was good (Gen 1:12).  The land represents Abraham, the man who was righteous by faith and was isolated (metaphorically) from the rest of the void-filled world (water), which participated in idolatry.  During this third millennium also came Moses, who brought the Torah, the original covenant, into the world.  The Torah represents the fruit sprouting from the land.  In Gen 1:12, “The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.”  God saw that these plants yielding seeds and trees yielding fruit (the fruit of the law) was good. Each day has been progressively taking away from the formless void that the Earth originally was.

On the fourth day, God created the lights in the sky (stars, moon, and sun).  This fourth millennium (4000 years after the creation of the world) represents the age of Christ.  And “God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, and to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.” (Gen 1:17-18).  Christ brings the light, which separates darkness, to the world.  This too, God saw as good and removed the void from the Earth.

On the fifth day, God created the creatures of the sea and the birds of the air.  During this fifth millennium, God said “”Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”  During this age of Christ (age of the gentile), God sent all kinds of man (represented by all sorts of creatures) into the earth to proclaim the light of the world, which is Christ.

On the sixth day, God created both animal and man.  During this present millennium, the sixth, the creation of man represents the highest peak in knowledge.  First God created the creatures of the sea, the birds of the air, then the creatures of the land, and finally man (the peak of knowledge).  This peak of knowledge is not just of earthly things, but also in knowledge of God.  Finally, God tells man “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you” (Gen 1:29).  God allows man to inherit His kingdom.  Likewise, God allows man to enter the new world when Christ returns.  This time, God says “behold, it was very good” (Gen 1:31).

Following this inheritance during the sixth millennium comes the seventh millennium (the seventh day of creation), in which God entered his rest, our sabbath.  For those that are in Christ, we too will inherit our eternal sabbath, which is our eternal rest, the messianic era.  This seventh day, the sabbath, is a day set apart by God, who also sanctified it.  When we reach our eternal sabbath, we will be forever sanctified to perfection, as Christ was perfected through death.  This sanctification is what we seek and is the void which God will fill in us.

Similar to how God turned the world from a formless void to a fruitful kingdom with creatures, air, water, land, etc., God also turned the world from a wasteful ruin to a world which is bearing fruit through acknowledging God and following His light, Christ.  As for the individual man, us, who seek a void to be filled in our life, God too will turn us from a spiritually blind, meaningless existence, to a new creation of light, through Christ, with direction, peace, rest, and a light yoke.  As the Earth and once God-less world were transformed through a process, we too are continually being transformed through a process of sanctification, which climaxes at the return of Christ and where we enter our eternal sabbath rest.  The trick is that we have to allow God into our lives to accomplish what he wants to accomplish.  Man will not enter his eternal rest with God until God’s plan is completed.  Likewise, we will not enter our eternal rest until God’s plan is completed in our lives.

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Mark