The Firmament
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and let it be a division between water and water, and it was so. And God made the firmament, and God divided between the water which was under the firmament and the water which was above the firmament. And God called the firmament Heaven, and God saw that it was good, and there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
Genesis 1:6-8
God took one of the six days just to make one thing — a impassable dome — the firmament.
This firmament is offensive to people. We are supposed to rocket to distant galaxies. There should be no barriers, boundaries, or borders in “space” to prevent us from “going where no man has gone before.”
But it is there — Genesis 1:6-8 proves it.
- Boundaries are borders are part of God’s fixed order.
- There was an impassable boundary between Lazarus and the rich man.
- There is a fixed border to the garden of Eden guarded by a Seraphim with a flaming sword.
- Ancient Israel had fixed and defined borders for not only the group of Twelve Tribes, but also for each individual tribe.
At the Tower of Babel men built a tower to break into heaven.
Today, men build space rockets to break into heaven.
Babel of old is directly related to Babylon the Great today.
And the Middle Babylon — that of Nebuchadnezzar — likewise was struck down in his arrogance.
Ezekiel describes the firmament:
“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.” Ezekiel 1:22
“ And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.” Ezekiel 1:26
There is water above the Firmament, as well as the oceans below:
“When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens.” Jeremiah 51:16
The arrogance of man with the help of the dragon delude men into believing what is false:
“And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.” Revelation 12:9