Creation: Day 2 - Firmament

August 29, 2010

CREATION

Day 2 - Firmament

Genesis 1:6-8

I.  The Command of God Concerning it:  "let there be a firmament", ( an expansion ).

     A.  All that is visible above the earth.  ( Job 26:7; 37:18; Ps. 104:3; Amos 9:6 )

          1.  The Air  ( the receptacle ).

          2.  The Celestial Globe

          3.  The Spheres and Orbs of light above     

2.  The Creation of it: "And God made the firmament"

      A.  The work of God's fingers.  ( Ps. 8:3 )

3.  The Use and Design of it:  ( Deut. 11:10, 11 )
     A.  Divide the waters from the waters.
     B.  Waters in clouds/waters covering the seas. 
     C.  Egypt moistened/fruitful with waters below, but Canaan from above.  ( Micah 5:7 )
     D.  Chambers/Store chambers.  ( Ps. 104:13; 115:9, 10 )
     F.  Treasures of snow, hail.  ( Job 38:22, 23 )

4.  The Naming of it: "HEAVEN"
     A.  His throne is above it.  ( Ezekiel 1:26 )
     B.  Heavens rule.  ( Dan. 4:26 )
     C.  God in Heaven.  ( Job 22:12 )

"The height of the heavens should remind us of God's supremacy and the infinite distance there is between us and him;  the brightness of the heavens and their purity should remind us of  his glory, and majesty, and perfect holiness;  the vastness of the heavens, their encompassing the earth, and the influence they have upon it, should remind us of his immensity and universal providence."