The region of the air the sky or heavens. Here is what Noah Webster said about the firmament:įIRMAMENT, n. Reading about the firmament in this dictionary is very revealing… Noah was a real Bible scholar, the likes of which you won’t find today. Noah Webster wrote the first American dictionary and published it in 1828. What flat earthers believe is that the firmament is made out of some kind of material and that the thickness is something that can be measured in miles and not light years. Is that the firmament?” I say no, as how can something this huge divide the water of the earth how would the other “side” of this firmament contain water and still be related to the earth? Now, the first thing you’ll going to ask is, “How can this be possible with the stars being from a couple of light years away to billions of light years. By what we’ve read it looks like the firmament is something over or around the earth and it has stars in it. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.Įze_1:22 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.Ĭ: This tells me that the firmament is relatively close “over their heads above.”ĭan_12:3 And 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.Ĭ: Again, the firmament has brightness. The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament sheweth his handywork.Ĭ: This firmament must be something we can see as it “sheweth his handywork.” With the stars, doe this not show the beautiful handywork of God? Psa_19:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. This section of the firmament would be out atmosphere. Gen_1:20 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.Ĭ: Here we read of an open firmament. Outside of the Sun, the only thing that gives light to the earth are the stars. any time you read of something more than once, you should take note of it. Gen_1:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,Ĭ: This is a repeat of Gen. So, these stars in the firmament, which divides the waters and this place is also called heaven. Gen_1:15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.Ĭ: What are these lights that give light to the earth? They can be none other than stars. This indicates that man will (and should) observe the lights in order to tell us the seasons, etc. They also indicate signs, seasons, days and years. Gen_1:14 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:Ĭ: This firmament, this Heaven has lights in it and it serves a purpose – at least in part – to give us, here on earth light. Please keep all of this in mind as we read along as I will go back to these verses and comments later. And the evening and the morning were the second day.Ĭ: In this firmament it is called Heaven. Gen_1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. Gen_1:7 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.Ĭ: The first key we have with what a firmament does is that it divides the waters from the waters. Gen_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.Ĭ: This firmament divides the waters, but how, we’ll read later. My comments will be below the verse starting with C: The word “firmament”is Strong’s number 7549, which means “visible arch of the sky.”Īll verses, unless otherwise noted, are from the King James Version. What is the firmament and how it relates to creation, we’ll look at the verses that talks about the firmament. To understand the flat earth and God’s creation, we must look at the firmament. The Bible and the flat earth as it relates to the firmament.
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