Gen 1:7 And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so.
Gen 1:8 And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
God is working with the matter of the earth in the form of the waters that cover it. What is described here is the creation of a watery curtain above and surrounding the earth, as if the earth were constantly under a heavy cloud cover, yet not of the kind we would be familiar with. We can only speculate what this might have been like. Why wouldn't it be the kind of cloud cover we are familiar with? Because these 'clouds' of water were not rain clouds, at least not yet, as we will see in chapter 2.
Perhaps even more interesting than this is the creation of the "expanse" that God calls "Heaven." If this is the same heaven which is written of throughout the Scriptures, then it would appear that 'Heaven' is an actual created place with a physical nature of sorts. Much has been written and discussed about a place called 'Heaven' outside of the Bible as well. Most of that kind of discussion has been skeptical of its existence.
Of course, it could also mean simply the concept of the heavens as the sky itself. Heaven could by only a physical place where we look to see the moon and stars. There are many verses in the Bible that describe heaven, or the heavens in that way.
It seems to me that the Word of God throughout describes heaven in both physical and spiritual ways indicating that heaven is a place that exists as both physical and spiritual. It is both the home of physical objects, i.e. the stars and the moon, and the home of spiritual beings, God and angels.
The good news here is that heaven is not simply the sky, and it is not just a dream. It is a real place that will one day be recreated along with the earth to provide an eternal home for those who faithfully know and trust in Christ as Lord and Savior. Is that your good news today?
Your Joyfully Loquacious Believer,
LEE
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
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