Water in the Sky of the Original World (TMF:361)

Monday, March 14, 2016
Peace to Live By: Water in the Sky of the Original World (TMF:361) - Daniel Litton
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       On Day Two, God creates the sky of the earth, which in the text is called the “expanse.” Now, in the original world, the one before The Flood of Noah, it appears there was water which was high in the sky, in the atmosphere, before entering space. This appears to be what the text is stating. The waters below the expanse were the ocean of the earth and the other waters—for there was only one ocean (as there was one continent). The text has “Heaven” capitalized, but it probably shouldn’t be. The expanse is just simply the sky in this understanding. Another possibility, though, is that there were waters in Heaven, where God is, and he made an “expanse” between Heaven and the waters of the surface of the earth. In this case, the “expanse” would include both the sky and space. Either explanation is plausible, but I prefer the first one.