The firmament

I recently read three excellent articles by Paul H. Seely: 1. "The Firmament and the Water Above, Part I: The Meaning of raqia' in ...

Then God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”

Hallelujah. Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in the firmament of His power. Psalm 150:1

Considerable disagreement exists about what God made on the second day of Creation Week in Genesis 1. The conclusion of this study is that 1) the expanse is outer space, 2) where the birds fly and the clouds float is the “face of the expanse,” and 3) the “waters above” are the outer boundary of the universe.

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Starting with the explosion debris left behind after the supernova of a star this book gives a detailed account of the formation of the Earth and rest of the Solar System. With this foundational knowledge many biblical truths concerning our planet can be explained in scientific terms. These include the formation, only a few thousand years ago, of a raised dome of ice over one hemisphere (called the Firmament in the Bible), the sudden but cyclic changes in sea-levels exampled by Noah's Flood…

Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.

Considerable disagreement exists about what God made on the second day of Creation Week in Genesis 1. The conclusion of this study is that 1) the expanse is outer space, 2) where the birds fly and the clouds float is the “face of the expanse,” and 3) the “waters above” are the outer boundary of the universe.