Second Creative Day:
Before the Creator made dry land appear on the third creative "day", he lifted some of the waters. As a result, the earth was surrounded by a blanket of water vapor. The Creator could have employed natural processes to lift these waters and keep them aloft. These waters fell in the days of Noah. ( Genesis 1:6-8, 2 Peter 2:5; 3:5-6) . This historic event left an indelible mark on the human survivors and their descendants , as anthropologists confirm. We find this event reflected in flood accounts preserved by peoples earth wide.
The ancient record does not-and need not- describe the mechanisms used. Instead the Bible focuses on the expanse between the upper and surface waters. It calls this the heavens. Even people today use this term for the atmosphere where birds and airplanes fly. In due course, God filled this atmospheric heavens with a mix of gases vital for life.
Genesis 1:6-8 reads:
"' Let an expanse come to be in between the waters and let a dividing occur between the waters and the waters.' Then God proceeded to make the expanse and to make a division between the waters that should be beneath the expanse and the waters that should be above the expanse. And it came to be so. And God began to call the expanse Heaven."
To be continued.....
Brien
Before the Creator made dry land appear on the third creative "day", he lifted some of the waters. As a result, the earth was surrounded by a blanket of water vapor. The Creator could have employed natural processes to lift these waters and keep them aloft. These waters fell in the days of Noah. ( Genesis 1:6-8, 2 Peter 2:5; 3:5-6) . This historic event left an indelible mark on the human survivors and their descendants , as anthropologists confirm. We find this event reflected in flood accounts preserved by peoples earth wide.
The ancient record does not-and need not- describe the mechanisms used. Instead the Bible focuses on the expanse between the upper and surface waters. It calls this the heavens. Even people today use this term for the atmosphere where birds and airplanes fly. In due course, God filled this atmospheric heavens with a mix of gases vital for life.
Genesis 1:6-8 reads:
"' Let an expanse come to be in between the waters and let a dividing occur between the waters and the waters.' Then God proceeded to make the expanse and to make a division between the waters that should be beneath the expanse and the waters that should be above the expanse. And it came to be so. And God began to call the expanse Heaven."
To be continued.....
Brien
