Creation: Day 2 & 4

Ok, and now on a happier note. Here's something interesting I learnt this morning.

Oh, and speaking of Bible Studies, they're starting to get more interesting and involved as I keep asking, which is really exciting. Especially since the way God got me out of bed this morning was like tempting a donkey with a carrot.

'Come on child .... you know you want to. I've got something special for you. :D'
'Come on ... sit up! There we go. It'll be like last night, but even better .... '

The fact that I am not a morning person - well it went out the window!

So, where was this ultimate revelation? Genesis 1, continuing from last night.

You see, I recently came across the speaker Herb Larsen, and one of my spiritual buddies gave me 2 CDs with different talks. I was listening to 'What happened at the Cross', which I recommend to ANYONE who doesn't cry when ever they see or think of the sacrifice that Jesus gave for us, just because we've been so desensitised by the Devil.

So, I heard the first few of the four part series, and from then the passion started to build even more then it's been growing over the last week since the retreat last week end.
And when I hit the Bible last night - :D

I didn't get very far, just imagining God creating light and separating waters, with the audience of Heaven and other creations.

But this morning was the big bomb.
Here's the connection I made...

^'6 And God said,
“Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.”
⁷ So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it.
And it was so.
⁸ God called the vault “sky.”
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¹⁴ And God said,
“Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years,
¹⁵ and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.”
And it was so.
¹⁶ God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.
¹⁷ God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth,
¹⁸ to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness.
And God saw that it was good. ¹⁹
And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
(Gen 1:6-8, 14-19)

So these are the verses for Day 2 and Day 4. The similarity I noticed for the first time is the nature of the sky. The message calls the sky, the heaven-sky which is what made me notice.

God created the 'Heavens' and the 'Earth'. I always assumed that this meant he created all of heaven, all the other creations he made before us including angels ... well before. And there was just a big gap between 'Heavens' and 'Earth'.

In other words ...
'God created the Heavens … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ('War' in heaven occurs somewhere around here) … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … and the Earth.

But I think I was just misunderstanding what was meant by 'Heavens'.

The original Earth consisted of three 'layers', excluding the crust/mantle/core of course.

*This is according to a theory by one of my Religion Teachers a few years ago*

The first layer ~ water
The second layer ~ the sky/atmosphere
And above the atmosphere a thick layer of water which served the purpose of increasing the air pressure - allowing larger animals and humans as hypothesised the original creation was ~ I mean, even if there isn't any evidence, its a cool thought thinking man was once 10-12 feet tall ~ and it was expended in the flood.

Anyway, this theory made sense, as beyond the Earth there is space/the Heavens.



But if you really think about it, God put the 'lights' of the sky - the planets and stars in the sky. And the sky was beneath this layer of water. So really, unless at one point all the stars and planets of the solar system were within the Earth's atmosphere, which is just silly, this second layer of water is beyond Earth. Maybe it's the border of sin?

I don't know as I don't have a degree in space - and I can't really be bothered letting my theory be popped, but it means that far out there in space there's this layer of water. It could be thin, thick, it could even be the asteroid belt for all I know.

But in between this layer and Earth - all this cosmos - it still 'counts' as Earth.

And this makes God's creation even bigger then I previously thought. The sky/heavens include a lot more of the cosmos then what's obvious.

It could be completely wrong - but I thought it was an interesting twist on the story of creation.

Plus I know that a few weeks ago, I would never have come up with this theory.

God is good! :D And it was COMPLETELY worth getting out of bed this morning. :D

God bless!

Why?

I have this friend who ... well lets just say, if I regard myself as a soldier in God's army, we see her as the General (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force_ranks_and_insignia) ... second to few.

But the irony is that she can't see it. I mean, some people have their daily battles - she has a nuclear war going around her. And she knows that.

I just remember what she said to me on school on friday; 'Why do you follow me? You'll only get hurt'. There are a few demons ~ literally~ attacking her on a daily basis.

But just before I was thinking about what that meant. And I finally understood something.
Something cool.


Jesus, why do you follow us into the darkest parts of our lives?

Why do you stand there holding out your hand while the world collapses around us?

Why do you keep your offer open, even when we are so hurting that we attack anything that comes near us?

Why do you keep coming back night after night when we keep rejecting you?

And why is your offer so much greater then we could ever earn, greater then we should be able to accept?

She never slows down
She doesn't know why but
she knows that when
She's all alone feels
Like it's all coming down
She won't turn around
The shadows are long
And she fears if she cries
That first tear
The tears will not stop
Raining down

So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it's all crashing down
You stand through the pain
You won't drown
And one day what's lost can be found
You stand in the rain

She won't make a sound
Alone in this fight with herself
And the fears whispering
If she stands, she'll fall down
She wants to be found
The only way out is through
everything she's running from
Wants to give up and lie down

So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it's all crashing down
You stand through the pain
You won't drown
And one day what's lost can be found
You stand in the rain

So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it's all crashing down
Stand through the pain
You won't drown
And one day what's lost can be found

So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it's all crashing down
You stand through the pain
You won't drown
And one day what's lost can be found
You stand in the rain
~ Lyrics ... Stand in the Rain by Superchick