But we read: Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been closed, and the rain had stopped falling from the sky. Some scholars, however, believe that when YHWH flooded the earth, the firmament (which has been described as a glass-like structure – see references below) was destroyed as the waters flooded out. And not only were the floodgates opened but they were also closed again when enough water had poured out. Here we see a vivid picture of how the firmament over the earth has windows or floodgates. When it was time for the rain to fall and the ark to voyage out, YHWH commanded the floodgates to be opened so that the waters from above the dome would pour mercilessly onto the earth: On the seventeenth day of the second month, when Noah was 600 years old, all the springs of the great deep burst open, the floodgates of the heavens were opened Genesis 7 v 11 ESV But Noah was a God-fearing man and so YHWH told him to build an ark so that he and his family along with many animals could be saved and then go to repopulate the earth. YHWH planned to flood the earth and destroy everything. YHWH saw how the people of the earth had become corrupted in their ways and that animals as well as people were totally defiled : ₅The Lord saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time…₇So the lord said, “I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, off from the face of the earth…” Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.Īnd God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.Īnd they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.Īnd God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.Īnd 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:Īnd under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.Īnd 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.For this painting I skipped forward a few chapters in Genesis to get to the episode about Noah and the flood. And the evening and the morning were the second day. Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.Īnd there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.Īnd 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.Īnd God called the firmament Heaven. (To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.) The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament sheweth his handywork.Īnd let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.Īnd God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
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