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That created = the Creator of. Note how these expressions are heaped together to impress us with the fact that the One Who created all ought to be able to tell us, better than ignorant man, how He created it.
That formed = The Former of. Hebrew. yazar = to fashion.
made = the Maker of.
He created. It did not come of itself by evolution (see App-5and App-8). Reference to Pentateuch Gen_1:1).
in vain = tohu. The same word as in Gen_1:2 ("without form"). Therefore it must have become tohu : which is exactly what Gen_1:2 declares (see note there). In Gen_1:1 we have "the world that then was" (compare 2Pe_3:6); and in Isa_45:2 we have the ruin into which it fell. We are not told how, when, or why, or how long it lasted. When geologists have settled how many years they require, they may place them between Gen_1:1-2. In Gen_1:2-31; Gen_2:1-4, we have "the heavens and the earth which are now" of 2Pe_3:7. Both are set in contrast with the "new heavens and the new earth" of 2Pe_3:13.
[Conversion Note: The following comment is found in some Companion Bible text on the Internet but not in my original book.]
"why" God destroyed "the world that then was" may be better understood from Rev_12:4 (see note there), where Satan rebelled against God and drew a third part of God's children with him.