Firmament 4

Mindmap of the sequential development of the firmament rabbit trail

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
(Psalms 19:1-6) KJV

August 5, 2018September 24, 2021

Firmament 3

And 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.
(Genesis 1:20) KJV

According to the context of our verse the open firmament is where birds fly, so it’s the atmosphere or sky. We can consider it to be the first of three heavens.

August 5, 2018September 24, 2021

Firmament 2

And 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: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
(Genesis 1:14-17) KJV

Key words:

sun/moon/stars
lights (2nd heaven)

The Firmament Rabbit Trail
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August 5, 2018April 5, 2022

The Firmament Rabbit Trail

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 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. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
(Genesis 1:6-8) KJV

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.

July 11, 2018July 14, 2022

July 11th

War in Heaven

And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
(Revelation 12:7) KJV

The dispensation of conscience, when man was banished from the garden of Eden, included the first purification of heaven. This is what Satan unwittingly accomplished with his rebellion and banishment to Earth.

June 18, 2018June 21, 2022

June 18th

Dead or Alive?

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
(Ephesians 2:1) KJV

All souls are eternal, however, they’re either dead or alive. The death of our body isn’t the end of consciousness, and the death of our soul isn’t the end of existence. We’re made alive through Jesus Christ.

April 30, 2018May 3, 2022

April 30th

A Woman Clothed with the Sun

And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
(Revelation 12:1) KJV

It appears that Women were created in heaven on the fourth day. This is a big deal. The significance of it becomes apparent when we consider that man was created on Earth on the sixth day.

April 28, 2018May 2, 2022

April 28th

The Host of Heaven

Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
(Nehemiah 9:6) KJV

The heaven of heavens is the firmament (third heaven). The “the host of heaven,” is everything above the atmosphere. We (that’s me and the Holy spirit) discern between heavenly bodies (inanimate) and entities (sentient).

February 27, 2018March 2, 2022

February 27th

The Armour of Light

The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
(Romans 13:12) KJV

If you don’t understand mainstream science (SciPop) well enough to know that it’s not a threat to the Bible, and try to live a Christian life without the truth of the Bible, then you have no armor of light.

February 16, 2018February 19, 2022

February 16th

The Three Heavens

I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not know, God knows—such a one was caught up to the third heaven.
(2 Corinthians 12:2) NKJV

Deductive reasoning is fun and easy, it’s simple logic most of the time. The Apostle Paul refers to something called the third heaven in which case, logically, there must also be a first and second heaven.