A: You bring up some great questions.
The problems you address are some of the reasons that I
believe there was a space of time between the original
creation of God's heaven and earth and the six-day
creation that makes up the bulk of Genesis chapter one.
The six days of creation do not mention the creation of
God's heaven or the creation of hell. Neither do they
mention the creation of the angelic beings. Here is my
belief concerning the creation of these things.
First, God created His heaven. This is recorded in
Genesis 1:1. The wisdom of the King James Bible is seen
in the fact that Genesis 1:1 states that God created the
"heaven" (singular) and the earth in the beginning. That
heaven is the third heaven mentioned by Paul in
2Corinthians 12:2. At this time, He also created the
original earth. This should not surprise us since there
is going to be a new earth one of these days.
Second, God created the heavenly beings. There was no
need to create the angels before there was a place for
them to dwell. This creation would include the creation
of Lucifer before he sinned.
Third, in this initial world, God gave Lucifer rule but
his fall led to the entire destruction of that world.
This doctrine is controversial, but it will explain the
problems you are dealing with and others as well. The
pride and fall of Lucifer as described in Isaiah
14:12-15 is best put in this time.
Fourth, God created hell for the devil and his angels.
Matthew 25:41 states, "Then shall he say also unto them
on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into
everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his
angels." Two points: first, there was no point in
creating this place of punishment before the devil and
his angels rebelled; and, second, it must have been
created before the fall of Adam or else it would have
been created for him and his descendants too.
Fifth, after all of the above, we have the six-day
creation that makes up the bulk of Genesis chapter one.
I hope this helps. At least, it may give you more to
think about in your Bible studies.
Till He comes,
David F. Reagan