It gives a fresh perspective about the ‘firmament‘ of Genesis; the ‘circle‘ of Isaiah 40:22; the clay turned to the ‘seal‘ in Job 38:13-14; the ‘pillars‘ of 1 Samuel 2:8; the sun going forth in his ‘circuit‘ of Psalms 19:6; and much more. If you know someone who ...
Verse 2. - And the earth. Clearly the earth referred to in the preceding verse, the present terrestrial globe with its atmospheric firmament, and not simply "the land" as opposed to "the skies" (Murphy); certainly not "the heavens" of ver. 1 as well as the earth (Delitzsch); and ...
Verse 10. - And God called the dry land Earth. In opposition to the firmament, which was named" the heights" (shamayim), the dry land was styled "the fiats," "Aretz" (cf. Sansc., dhara; Pehlev., arta; Latin, terra; Gothic, airtha; Scottish, yird; English, earth; rid. ...
not assky. Ifšĕḥāqîmindicates ‘clouds’ here, it would mean this verse makes no reference to a firmament at all. But the somewhat ambiguous nature of this word means we cannot lean to heavily on it alone, which brings
On the 2nd Day of Creation, God created the firmament, heaven, or hollow expanse within the hollow earth: Genesis 1: 6 "And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. ...
a lot of my very religious friends are not like, "Yeah, there's a magic dome above the Earth and there's angels above that. And the stars are just little holes in the firmament where divine light shines through." It's like, that's just kooky. So, how does the fad even exist rig...
which has its name in the Arabic language from its being low and depressed; the lighter parts having been elevated, and moved upwards, and formed the atmosphere; the grosser parts subsiding and falling downwards, made the earth, which is low with respect to the firmament, which has its name...
let there be lights in the firmament— The atmosphere being completely purified, the sun, moon, and stars were for the first time unveiled in all their glory in the cloudless sky; and they are described as “in the firmament” which to the eye they appear to be, though we know they ar...
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the (outer) heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and days, and years: (as this is when the Earth was put into orbit about the outer Sun in the Moon’s orbit, so that the ...
“The woodpaths shall be the aisles of our cathedral — the firmament itself shall be its ceiling. What needs an earthly roof between the Deity and his worshippers? Our faith can well afford to lose all the drapery that even the holiest men have thrown around it, and be only the more ...