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.
The Firmament Rabbit Trail
August 2nd
The fountains of the great deep were created on the third day as the dry land was spread out over the waters of the deep. 1,656 years later they burst forth, allowing Noah's flood to happen.
March 23rd
Depths, is a translation of the Hebrew word tehom. It's translated elsewhere as the deep, the deeps, depths and the great deep. It occurs in the account of Noah's flood.
March 8th
During the third day Earth's surface rose out of the ocean at Rosh, the beginning. The ocean drained into Earth's interior through the fountains of the deep, which were then sealed somehow.
Literally Literal
"Deep calls to deep" may be flowery poetic language intended to teach us something spiritual. However we're going to use it as the description of a hydrological cycle. It's an application of Hypothesis 22.
Depositional Environments
Interesting thing about fossils: Fossils don't just record evidence of ancient life, they also show us clues about what the environment was like when the fossil was made, or deposited.
The Third Day
As we build Matty's Paradigm we find an amazing opportunity to account for a lot of scriptural oddities that are a problem for Creationism and Flat Earthers alike.