Before Eden: The Flood that Time Forgot – A Stoic Stoner’s Trip through Genesis 1:1-7

 

Oh man, pass the scrolls and light the incense—this is a perfect Stoic Stoner rabbit hole. We're tuning into the deep cuts of Genesis and what we're asking about touches on a long-debated, fringe-but-fascinating interpretation of the early verses of Genesis, often called the Gap Theory or more sensationally: "Satan’s Flood". Let’s break it down Stoic-Stoner-style, grounded in scripture, Hebrew etymology, and the philosophical curiosity that comes when cannabis meets contemplation. 😌🔥🌍

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🌌 Satan’s Flood? Or Cosmic Renovation? A Stoic Stoner’s Trip through Genesis 1:1–7

In the beginning... wait. Which beginning are we talking about, bro?

🔍 Let’s Look at the Text:

Genesis 1:1 — "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."
Genesis 1:2 — "And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep."

Wait—hold up.

• “Was without form and void”?
• “Tohu wa-bohu” in Hebrew?
• Darkness? Deep waters?
• But God is light and order and calls things good, right?

That second verse almost sounds like something went terribly wrong between verse 1 and 2. Like a cosmic disaster took place. A kind of... prehistoric flood.

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🧠 Gap Theory & the Mysterious "Flood Before the Flood"

Some theologians and scholars interpret a gap between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2, suggesting that the earth was originally created perfect, but became “formless and void” as a result of some cosmic rebellion or judgment.

That word “was” in Hebrew ("hayah") can also be translated “became.” So it could read:

"And the earth became formless and void..."

Whoa. What happened?

Enter the theory:

A pre-Adamic world existed. Something went down. A judgment-level flood devastated the cosmos. And what we see from Genesis 1:3 onward is God reclaiming and rebuilding.

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😈 Why “Satan’s Flood”?

• Lucifer (before he became Satan) may have rebelled.
• Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 both hint at a being of high glory, cast down due to pride.
• Could that rebellion have brought judgment on an earlier creation?

But here's the Stoic-Stoner objection:

Can Satan really wreck something God made without God allowing it?

That's the philosophical snag—if God is sovereign and does things well and doesn’t change, then either:

1. God allowed a judgment for a good reason, or
2. Something about the fall of celestial beings (like Satan) triggered a cataclysmic reset.

So maybe it's not “Satan’s Flood”...
Maybe it’s “Judgment’s Flood” or “The Divine Reset.”

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☁️ The Waters Above and Below — The Firmament Trip

Genesis 1:6-7 — "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."

What are these waters doing above the firmament?
We’re talking space flooded—a pre-space age cosmic water park!

And yes, the Hebrew word for firmament is “raqia” — meaning something hammered out, spread like metal, a kind of solid expanse. So the image is of God creating a vault, a barrier between these primordial waters above and below. This is not just geography; it's cosmic architecture.

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💭 Stoic Reflections with a Side of Smoke:

• If God reclaims chaos into cosmos, then maybe Genesis 1 isn’t the first creation, but the first restoration.
• If Satan had a part in a cosmic rebellion, then his story goes way back — before Eden — and his judgment might have already begun.
• The “firmament” reminds us that boundaries are divine — even in chaos, structure and space are hammered into place.

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✍️ Final Thought:

“The Earth was without form and void...” — not because God failed, but because the stage needed resetting.

So maybe we rename “Satan’s Flood” to something a little more Stoic and a little less spooky:

The Pre-Adamic Deluge
The Chaos Waters
The Divine Reset
The First Flood of Judgement

Whatever we call it, this reading invites us into a deep philosophical space:

What if Genesis 1 is not about beginning...
...but about beginning again?

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