Let’s dig into the original text to see if the ancient Hebrew considered the skies to be the firmament…
We’ll touch more on the types of lights and their stated purposes later, but for this current topic, it is clear that the “firmament” is not dry land, since the sun, moon, and stars are not placed in the dry land.Īnother possible assumption is that the firmament is just a word used to describe our atmosphere, our skies, our heavens. These verses clearly tell us that YHVH made various types of lights (sun, moon, stars) and placed them in the firmament.
19 So the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 17 God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. 16 Then 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. The firmament is again referred to in Genesis 1:14-19ġ4 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years 15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth” and it was so. Verse 7 tells us there is water above the firmament and water below the firmament. Then God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear” and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. Dry land is not created until the Third Day in verses 9-10. There are several major problems with this assumption.ġ. I just assumed the ‘firmament’ was referring to dry land. I never could do it successfully, so I would just continue reading without coming to an understanding of these verses. I would stop and ponder these verses, trying to fit “what I already knew” into the words on the page. ~ These verses regarding the firmament always confused me.
So the evening and the morning were the second day. Then God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” 7 Thus 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. Let’s take a look at what this bizarre ‘firmament’ might be… Have you ever read Genesis 1 and gotten confused about what the firmament is? This idea plagued me my whole life, but it wasn’t until recent years that I slowed down and studied it, and more importantly, prayed about it.
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