Genesis 1: 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Thus, we are about to stack texts one upon the other to confirm the truth in the matter… Jeremiah 4:23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. 24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. 25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled… Why didn’t Jeremiah see any man?
Answer: Because there was no man. The righteous have been taken to heaven and the rest of people have been destroyed by the brightness of Christ’s coming, thus, there is no man left on the earth as the 1000 years of sabbatical rest begins to run its course…. 1st Thessalonians 4: 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first.
1st Thessalonians 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so, shall we ever be with the Lord…. That accounts for the righteous dead and the living, but what about those who will not be saved when Christ returns. According to the Scriptures, they will remain very dead during the one thousand years of sabbatical rest.
Revelation 20: 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!