[fso301]

Verse two describes as Peter calls the heaven/earth that WAS being flooded in IIPeter 3, as does Moses. Genesis 1:2 describe the rebellion of Lucifer described in Isaiah 14:12..... and Ezekiel 28:12 ..... What Genesis 1:3 does is describe an 'environmental' clean up to make this earth once again inhabitable. Peter says in IIPeter 3 there are 3 different heaven/earth ages and we in the flesh are in the world that is now. And Peter also explains how God keeps time, that a day with the LORD is as a thousand years.... so that would mean the 8 days of creation took 8 thousand years.

Also consider early cooling with respect to waters covering the face of the earth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Early_Earth Then consider late heavy bombardment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Heavy_Bombardment

[EnglishCon]

Ah - I have always considered the waters of heaven to be the gas tides, driven by the stars, that created the sun and the planets. In a metaphorical sense it is true - there is a flood of gass and heavier elements.

Sure, it ain’t orthodox, but what you expect from a three religion guy!

[Just mythoughts]

Well we are not told specifically other than flooding what other types of what we call natural disasters took place in Genesis 1:2. However, this earth is marked with all manner and types of 'natural' disasters and we even can see the remains of life that was destroyed eons ago. Also we are told in Genesis 2:5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew:

for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

This is after the 7th day of rest that the earth was 'watered' without rain. So all that water of Genesis 1:2 had to go someplace.