The firmament gives us a source of light for the second and third days of creation, a source of water for Noah’s flood, literal windows of heaven and we can account for all empirical observations of the cosmos.
February 11th
February 9th
In pondering the physics of creation we have come to understand that the earth is part of the ongoing process of the permanent physical separation of light from darkness. The process is not complete. Yet.
February 3rd
The concept of sinking down occurs in the creation narrative when God laid the foundations of the earth. The occurrences of this phrase fit the creation of a gravitational singularity on the second day.
December 16th
There won't be a temple in the New Jerusalem because there won't be any need for a symbolic representation of God. His glory will be the light we see for the rest of forever.
December 15th
Meaning comes from context. For example the phrase "were garnished" in Revelation 21:19. One meaning could be: the wall of the city had foundations, and the foundations had been decorated with precious stones.
December 13th
Denying the truth about God so that we may live an immoral life with no guilt has a glitch: we all still have guilt. Faith in SciPop leads to the agony of unconfessed sin.
December 6th
The reason for creation drives its purpose which, in turn, dictates its form and function. The logic of the broad narrative of scripture requires us to establish that God is light, light is in heaven, and heaven is above.
December 5th
The permanent physical separation of light from darkness, good from evil, starts by causing darkness to accumulate at the center of creation. It's what we're made of. Light is on the periphery.
December 1st
We refer to the life after this one as "heaven" because we haven't paid attention to what the Bible says. We'll eventually live in a new Jerusalem at the the location presently occupied by our Earth.
Divide the Waters from the Waters
This post is part of the series Gravity And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it …