A Firmament explanation - Biblical Hermeneutics Stack Exchange
2024年3月18日 · The firmament is a ceiling or dome-like vault stretching out to form a solid canopy over the earth, separating the heavens above from the earth below. [1] The firmament in the Bible is the tremendous dome-shaped expanse of sky separating the upper atmosphere or “waters” from the lower waters of the earth.
In Psalm 148:4 are the waters above the highest heaven?
God called the firmament heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day." Jubilees 2:4 And on the second day He created the firmament in the midst of the waters, and the waters were divided on that day -half of them went up above and half of them went down below the firmament that was in the midst over the face of the whole ...
Did genesis say the sky is made of water?
2020年11月26日 · The “firmament” is called “heaven”; i.e., it is what people see when they stand outside and look up. It is the space which includes the earth’s atmosphere and the celestial realm. In the firmament, we see the sun, moon, and stars; in modern translations the firmament is often called the “expanse” or the “sky.” [2]
What was the logic behind changing "firmament" to "sky"?
2015年11月18日 · The 'firmament' of Gen.1 was thus not the inner atmosphere as we conceive it: it was the dome superstructure inside of which God created the universe as they conceived it, both heaven and earth. The Genesis author wrote that God called this dome ‘shamayim’ , traditionally rendered here as ‘heaven’ (Gen.1:8) .
The word “expanse” in Genesis 1:6-8
2015年4月10日 · (17) And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, “HEAR” O, Israel….(the expanse of the hearing of Heaven). Mark 12:28 KJV (29) And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O …
In Genesis 1:14, how are the “lights in the firmament of …
First, the firmament or “expanse” is the broadening out (the expansion) of the ear to hear. As Jesus said, “let he that has ears to hear, let him hear”. Let there be a “firmament”….an expanse to our hearing ears which requires meekness/humbleness….a pounding of the earth…in order to receive the Word of God spoken from Heaven.
genesis - Biblical Hermeneutics Stack Exchange
The raqia or firmament - the visible sky - was a solid inverted bowl over the earth, coloured blue from the heavenly ocean above it.[29] Rain, snow, wind and hail were kept in storehouses outside the raqia, which had "windows" to allow them in - the waters for Noah's flood entered when the "windows of heaven" were opened.[30]
genesis - Why is the observation that "it was good" missing on the ...
2014年9月29日 · Day 2 - it is left unstated during the day (as your question notes), a day in which division of water and firmament (or expanse) is made (v.6-8). Day 3 - it is stated twice : first, after the gathering together of seas and appearing of the dry land (v.9-10); second, after the plants emerged from the earth to reproduce itself (v.11-12), which ...
genesis - Why were the waters divided in Gen 1:6? - Biblical ...
2016年8月12日 · 7 And 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. Gen 1:14-15 . 14 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 years:
Does Job 26.7 confirm the earth is floating in outer space?
Job 26:7 appears to say that God stretches out his domain, the north, over the waters above the firmament (the tohu) and hangs the flat earth-circle over the waters under the earth (the beliy-mah). In other words, the flat circle of earth lies between the chaotic waters above and the chaotic waters below (cf. Genesis 1:6-7).