Genesis 1-6

The first 1656 years of earth's history has always held my fascination as there is very limited information on it. All we know for certain is that God created earth and the heavens in 6 working days. He created a mature solar system, with light from millions of light years away instantly reaching earth. He created a mature earth with everything in it we will ever need, gold, copper, silver, oil, coal, gas, etc.

It was a very different earth than we know today. One of the important features was the layer of water around the earth which turned the earth into a greenhouse with stable tropical temperatures all over the globe.

He created mature trees, plants, also fish, birds, animals. He also gave them their instincts so they would know how to take care of their young, how to build nests or dig holes for shelter, and everything else they needed to know for survival.

He also created mature human beings with pre-programmed wisdom, knowledge and understanding. We can be certain that they were the most intelligent humans that ever existed. Original man designed in God's image used 100% of his brain, not the fraction we use today. From Adam's time on, knowledge decreased as we can see in the builders of the tower of Babel, in the pyramids, even the Mayans all possessed knowledge that we even now don't have. In Biblical times people could even read the stars for prophecy.

But as pointed out in Daniel 12:4 at the time of the end "knowledge shall be increased". It has been said that 80% of the worlds current knowledge has been bought forth in the last few decades or so.

Which makes us wonder what could original man do that we now can't. Louie's theory is: the part of the brain that is dormant now was the part that controlled communication (Telepathy, and other powers of the mind). If you think about it, a lot of our current technology consists of communication, and all this technology would look primitive and useless compared to the communication original man had. All humans at that time had one language, and with the long life span and memory they had there would have been little need for the written word. As knowledge and lifespan decreased they had to then develop the written word to archive knowledge. Also their understanding of medicine would have been far superior.

A formula for calculating preflood population was published by Henry Morris and according to his calculations with 6 or 7 children per family and 18 to 20 generations it worked out to a rough average of 10 billion. We can read in Genesis 4 that Cain built a city and named it after his first son Enoch. Also Cains descendant Jubal was the ancestor of all those that played the lyre and pipe, and Tubel-cain made all kinds of bronze and iron tools, so that tells us there was some mining going on.
The continents were not divided yet (that happened after the tower of Babel in Pelegs day, according to Genesis 10:25 and 1 Chronicles 1:19) so the need for cross-ocean travel wasn't there and since there was a global tropical climate with no deserts or polar icecaps food could be grown everywhere.

So these are the thoughts out of louieville today, and you are all welcome to comment or voice your opinion of earth's first 1656 years.