And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
Firmament 6
Firmament 5
Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Firmament 4
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
Firmament 3
According to the context of our verse the open firmament is where birds fly, so it's the atmosphere or sky. We can consider it to be the first of three heavens.
Firmament 2
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:
The Firmament Rabbit Trail
One of our favorite ways to study the Bible is to follow a doctrine through from the first time it's mentioned to the last. This is a great way to develop understanding of the doctrine in the broad narrative of scripture.
April 28th
The heaven of heavens is the firmament (third heaven). The "the host of heaven," is everything above the atmosphere. We (that's me and the Holy spirit) discern between heavenly bodies (inanimate) and entities (sentient).
April 24th
When the sun was created heat caused a layer of the firmament to melt. The residue blackened and the layers below it detached and broke apart (Hypothesis 31).
April 15th
Astronomy is an induced rationalization of the premise that swirls of minute specks are galaxies, and the word "galaxy" has been defined to meet the requirements of THE NARRATIVE of mainstream science (SciPop).
April 6th
Assuming heliocentricity (Galileo’s bluff) causes the calculated distance to stars to seem greater than it is, because it’s derived from geometry with a base which is 2 astronomic units (AU) wide.