In the new heaven and the new earth (Rev. Consequently, when God saved us, he sent “fishers of men,” (Matt. So, the wrath of God is like the waves of the ocean beating on a man (Ps. Indeed, before we were saved, we were separated from God in heaven by that great body of water above the firmament. In the earth, sinners without Jesus Christ are under the wrath of God (Jn. Psalm 19:1 (KJV) states, 'The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament sheweth his handywork. On this point, as on many others, the Bible simply reflects the current cosmological ideas and language of the time. in the air as distinct from the firmament. The third heaven is above the waters where Paul “was caught up into paradise,” (2 Cor. The word 'firmament' is seen again in the Book of Psalms. In conformity with these ideas, the writer of Gen., i, 14-17, 20, represents God as setting the stars in the firmament of heaven, and the fowls are located beneath it, i.e. The second heaven is from the clouds to the waters above the firmament, (Gen. The first heaven is from the earth to the clouds the birds fly in this “open firmament of heaven,” (Gen.
136:6).Īs a result of this firmament, there are three heavens. 5:8 speaks of “the waters beneath the earth,” (see Ps. And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 148:4, we see that there are “waters that be above the heavens.” And since these waters completely enclose the universe, they are also “below” the earth. And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and. They are beyond outer space and enclose the entire universe. Share it nowAnd God called the firmament Heaven. The waters above the firmament are also called the sea (Job 41:31). Search King James Bible,American Standard Version,Douay-Rheims Bible,Darby Bible Translation,English. The waters below the firmament are the seas of the earth, (Gen. 1:6-8 We have here an account of the second days work, the creation of the firmament. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. One Rabbi explained the phrase Let there be a firmament in the midst. It’s what we call “outer space.” It contains the sun, moon and stars found in Gen. Youngs Literal Bible And God called the firmament Heaven. There are several ways in which the heavens could have been made according to the Rabbis. The firmament is simply a space or an expanse.
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