WHEN THE ANGELS WERE CAST OUT OF HEAVEN WAS THE EARTH STILL A MASS OF DARKNESS?
No. Satan and many of the other fallen Angels have not yet been cast out of heaven. See Job 1:6, and 2:1 where Satan presents himself before God with the other Angels. (It is believed by many that Job and Abraham lived about the same time.) They will be cast out of heaven during the Tribulation period. See Mat. 25:41, for their punishment to come in the hell that was made for them; and Rev. 12:7-9 where Satan and his fallen angels will be cast out of heaven during the middle of the tribulation period. However, 2 Pe. 2:4, and Jude 6, indicates that some of the fallen Angels were cast into hell and some of them are being held in chains of darkness until the judgement day. John 12:31 seems to indicate that the Prince of this world (Satan) was not cast out or could not be cast out before Jesus died. Rev. 12:4 indicates that Satan himself brought one third of his fallen angels to the earth just before Jesus was born. (Stars can be actual stars, planets, meteors; or it can be an exalted pers
