God divided the waters by making a firmament in their midst, separating the waters above from the waters below (Genesis 1:6-8).
God commanded a firmament to exist in the middle of the waters, and it divided the waters from the waters. God then made the firmament and separated the waters under it from the waters above it, calling the firmament Heaven. Les Feldick explains that the firmament was the atmosphere and that God raised part of the water covering the earth into a vapor belt above it.
Genesis 1:7 — This verse directly describes God making the firmament and dividing the waters under it from the waters above it.
In Genesis 1:6-8, Scripture records that God said, 'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.' God made the firmament, divided the waters under the firmament from the waters above the firmament, and called the firmament Heaven. The text does not explain the physical mechanism; it simply states that God made the division and it was so.
Les Feldick teaches that the earth was covered with water from a previous judgment before God prepared it for human habitation. In Genesis 1:6-7, Les identifies the firmament as the atmosphere, the air around us. He explains that God raised a large portion of the water that was flooding the planet and placed it into a huge vapor belt in space, leaving the remainder to become the seas. That vapor belt produced a constant spring-like climate with no rain, and it would later return to the earth during Noah's flood.
Les Feldick says the firmament was the atmosphere, what we call the air around us, placed between the waters. Scripture records that God called the firmament Heaven. So the division was between the waters under the sky and the waters above the sky.
Les teaches that the water God raised above the atmosphere was a vapor belt in space. It produced a spring-like climate, meaning it did not rain. That same water came back down during Noah's flood, covering the planet. After the flood, Les notes that nothing in Scripture indicates God lifted water back off the earth again.
Les explains that the present earth had been flooded from a previous judgment—not on man, but on what he thinks was an angelic kingdom—and God was preparing it for human habitation. The water that covered the planet was already there, and God divided it with the firmament.
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Firmament as the Atmosphere
Les teaches that Genesis 1:6-7 describes God making a firmament, the atmosphere, to divide the waters under it from the waters above it, after the earth had been covered by an earlier flood.
Water Returned in Noah's Flood
Les explains that at creation God removed at least half of the water covering the earth, placed it above, and then that water came back down to cover the planet in Noah's flood.
Vapor Belt in Space
Les teaches that God raised part of the flooding water into a huge vapor belt in space, which created a constant spring-like climate with no rain until Noah's flood.
Water Left After the Flood
Les states there is no Scripture indicating God lifted water off the earth after Noah's flood, since the original vapor belt had already come down.
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Genesis 1:6: And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
God's command to create a division between the waters.
Genesis 1:7: And 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.
This verse directly describes the dividing of the waters.
Genesis 1:8: And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
This verse identifies the firmament as Heaven.
Les teaches that before Genesis 1:6, the present earth was flooded from a previous judgment on an angelic kingdom, so it was already covered with water. God then prepared it for human habitation, beginning with dividing those waters.
Les identifies the firmament as the atmosphere, the air around us. Scripture says God called the firmament Heaven. It separated the water on the earth from the water placed above it.
Les teaches it was a huge vapor belt in space, possibly above the atmosphere. He says the Bible doesn't describe its exact location, but it returned to earth during Noah's flood.
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