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== Space and the Firmament ==
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Scripture talking about space and the Firmament - Yes, the Scriptures describe what's above us in many accounts.
What are the stars, planets (wandering stars), where's the Creator at? Is there a Firmament or is space a ever expanding vacuum full of wonders and dangers? Enoch says those on the earth shall err concerning them saying "Yea, they shall err and take them to be gods. And evil shall be multiplied upon them". Sadly this seems to be the case, as man has named the wandering stars after the names of false gods.
According to the scriptures, the Firmament ([https://biblehub.com/hebrew/7554.htm 7554. raqa]) is an extended surface, expanse - the visible arch of the sky - which was stamped / beat out, spread out by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal).
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| [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+1%3A14&version=KJV Genesis 1:14] || Then God said, “'''Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens''' to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;
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| [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+1%3A20&version=KJV Genesis 1:20] || And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth '''across the expanse of the heavens'''.”
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| [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+7%3A11&version=KJV Genesis 7:11] || In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the '''windows of the heavens''' were opened.
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| [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+8%3A2&version=KJV Genesis 8:2] || The fountains of the deep and the '''windows of the heavens''' were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained
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| [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+4%3A19&version=KJV Deuteronomy 4:19] || And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest '''the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven''', shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
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| [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job+22%3A14&version=KJV Job 22:14] || Thick clouds veil him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the '''vault of heaven'''.’
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| [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+1%3A22-26&version=KJV Ezekiel 1:22-26] || '''Over the heads''' of the living creatures there was the '''likeness of an expanse''', shining like awe-inspiring crystal, '''spread out above their heads'''. And under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward another. And each creature had two wings covering its body. And when they went, I heard the sound of their wings like the sound of many waters, like the sound of the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the sound of an army. When they stood still, they let down their wings. And there came a voice from '''above the expanse over their heads'''. When they stood still, they let down their wings. And '''above the expanse over their heads there was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like sapphire'''; and seated above the likeness of a throne was a likeness with a human appearance.
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| [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+40%3A22&version=KJV Isaiah 40:22] || It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who '''stretches out the heavens like a curtain''', and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;
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| [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+42%3A5&version=KJV Isaiah 42:5] || Thus says God, the Lord, who created the '''heavens and stretched them out''', who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it:
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| [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+44%3A24&version=KJV Isaiah 44:24] || Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, who formed you from the womb: “I am the Lord, who made all things, who alone '''stretched out the heavens''', who spread out the earth by myself,
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| [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+45%3A12&version=KJV Isaiah 45:12] || I made the earth and created man on it; it was my hands that '''stretched out the heavens''', and I commanded all their host.
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| [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+1%3A22-28&version=KJV Ezekiel 1:22-28] || 22) And the likeness of the '''firmament''' upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. 23) And '''under the firmament''' were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. 24) And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings. 25) And there was a '''voice from the firmament''' that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings. 26) And '''above the firmament''' that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. 27) And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. 28) As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
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| [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+4%3A6&version=KJV Revelation 4:6] || And '''before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass, like crystal'''. And around the throne, on each side of the throne, are four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind:
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| [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joel%203%3A15&version=KJV Joel 3:15] || The '''sun and the moon shall be darkened''', and the '''stars shall withdraw their shining'''.
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| [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=joel%202:10&version=KJV Joel 2:10] || The earth shall quake before them; the '''heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining''':
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| [[:File:The_Apocryphal_New_Testament_(1924)_Acts_The_Acts_of_Paul.pdf|The Acts of Paul]] 3:19-21 || 19) They therefore are not children of righteousness but children of wrath who reject the wisdom of God, saying that the '''heaven and the earth''' and all that are in them are not the work of God. 20) THEY THEREFORE ARE CHILDREN OF WRATH, for cursed are they, following the teaching of the serpent, 21) whom do ye drive out from you and flee from their doctrine. (See [[Agencies/NASA|NASA]])
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| [[:File:The_Complete_Book_of_Enoch,_Standard_English_Version_-_Jay_Winter.pdf|4 Enoch]] 2:93-108 || 93) And the names of the '''sun''' are the following: the first Orjares, and the second Tomas. 94) And the '''moon''' has four names: the first name is Asonja, the second Ebla, the third Benase, and the fourth Erae. 95) '''These are the two great luminaries''': their circumference is like the circumference of the heaven, '''and the size of the circumference of both is alike.''' 96) In the circumference of the sun there are seven portions of light which are added to it more than to the moon, and in definite measures it is transferred till the seventh portion of the sun is exhausted. 97) And they set and enter the portals of the west, and '''make their revolution by the north''', and come forth through the eastern portals on the face of the heaven. 98) And when the moon rises one−fourteenth part appears in the heaven: the light becomes full in her on the fourteenth day she accomplishes her light. 99) And fifteen parts of light are transferred to her till the fifteenth day her light is accomplished, according to the sign of the year, and she becomes fifteen parts, and the moon grows by fourteenth parts. 100) And in her waning decreases on the first day to fourteen parts of her light, on the second to thirteen parts of light, on the third to twelve, on the fourth to eleven, on the fifth to ten, on the sixth to nine, on the seventh to eight, on the eighth to seven, on the ninth to six, on the tenth to five, on the eleventh to four, on the twelfth to three, on the thirteenth to two, on the fourteenth to the half of a seventh, and all her remaining light disappears wholly on the fifteenth. 101) And in certain months the month has twenty−nine days and once twenty−eight. 102) And Uriel showed me another law: '''when light is transferred to the moon, and on which side it is transferred to her by the sun'''. 103) During all the period during which the moon is growing in her light, she is transferring it to herself when opposite to the sun during fourteen daysher light is accomplished in the heaven, and when she is illumined throughout, her light is accomplished full in the heaven. 104) And on the first day she is called the new moon, for on that day the light rises upon her. She becomes full moon exactly on the day when the sun sets in the west, and from the east she rises at night, and the moon shines the whole night through till the sun rises over against her and the moon is seen over against the sun. 105) On the side whence the light of the moon comes forth, there again she wanes till all the light vanishes and all the days of the month are at an end and her circumference is empty, void of light. 106) And three months she makes of thirty days, and at her time she makes three months of twenty−nine days each, in which she accomplishes her waning in the first period of time, and in the first portal for one hundred and seventy−seven days. 107) And in the time of her going out she appears for three months thirty days each, and for three months she appears twenty−nine each. 108) At night she appears like a man for twenty days each time, and by day she appears like the heaven, and there is nothing else in her save her light.
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| [[:File:The_Complete_Book_of_Enoch,_Standard_English_Version_-_Jay_Winter.pdf|4 Enoch]] 3:1 || And in those days the angel Uriel answered and said to me: "Behold, I have
shown thee everything Enoch and I have revealed everything to thee that thou
shouldst see this '''sun and this moon''', and the l'''eaders of the stars''' of the heaven
and '''all those who turn them''', their '''tasks and times and departures'''.
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| [[:File:The_Complete_Book_of_Enoch,_Standard_English_Version_-_Jay_Winter.pdf|4 Enoch]] 3:5-9 || 5) And the '''moon shall alter her order and not appear at her time'''. 6) And in those days the '''sun shall be seen and he shall journey in the evening on the extremity of the great chariot in the west and shall shine more brightly''' than accords with the order of light. 7) And '''many chiefs of the stars shall transgress the order and these shall alter their orbits and tasks and not appear at the seasons prescribed to them'''. 8) And '''the whole order of the stars shall be concealed from the sinners and the thoughts of those on the earth shall err concerning them. And they shall be altered from all their ways. Yea, they shall err and take them to be gods.''' 9) '''And evil shall be multiplied upon them''', and '''punishment shall come upon them''' so as to destroy all.
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| [[:File:Eng-web_1ES.pdf|1 Esdras]] 4:34 || ...The earth is great. '''The sky is high. The sun is swift in its course, for it circles around the sky, and returns on its course again in one day'''.
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| [[:File:3_baruch.pdf|3 Baruch]] 2:1-2 || 1) And he took me and led me where the '''firmament has been set fast''', and where there was a river 2) which no one can cross, nor any strange breeze of all those which God created. And he took me and led me to the first heaven, and showed me a door of great size...
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| [[:File:3_baruch.pdf|3 Baruch]] 2:4-5 || 4) ...And I Baruch asked the angel, Make known to me, I pray thee, what is the thickness of the heaven in which we journeyed, or what is its extent, 5) or what is the plain, in order that I may also tell the sons of men? And the angel whose name is Phanuel said to me: This door which thou seest is the door of heaven, and as great as is the distance from earth to heaven, so great also is its thickness; and again as great as is the distance (from North to South, so great) is the length of the plain which thou didst see.
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| [[:File:APOCRYPHA_OF_THE_KING_JAMES_BIBLE_1611.pdf|The Prayer of Azariah and the Songs of the Three Jews]] 1:34 || Blessed art thou in the '''firmament of heaven''': and above ail to be praised and glorified for ever
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| [[:File:The_Complete_Book_of_Enoch%2C_Standard_English_Version_-_Jay_Winter.pdf|1 Enoch]] 2:4 || And again, observe ye the days of summer how the '''sun is above the earth''' over against it.
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| [[:File:The_Complete_Book_of_Enoch%2C_Standard_English_Version_-_Jay_Winter.pdf|1 Enoch]] 4:1 || And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel '''looked down from heaven''' and saw much blood being shed '''upon the earth''', and all lawlessness being wrought upon the earth.
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| [[:File:The_Complete_Book_of_Enoch%2C_Standard_English_Version_-_Jay_Winter.pdf|1 Enoch]] 4:21 || And in those days I will open the store '''chambers of blessing which are in the heaven''', so as to '''send them down upon the earth''' over the work and labour of the children of men. And truth and peace shall be associated together throughout all the days of the world and throughout all the generations of men."
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| [[:File:The_Complete_Book_of_Enoch%2C_Standard_English_Version_-_Jay_Winter.pdf|1 Enoch]] 6:9-10 || 9) And I saw the corner−stone of the earth, I saw the four winds which bear the '''firmament of the heaven'''. 10) And I saw how the winds stretch out the '''vaults of heaven''', and have their '''station between heaven and earth: these are the pillars of the heaven'''.
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| [[:File:The_Complete_Book_of_Enoch%2C_Standard_English_Version_-_Jay_Winter.pdf|1 Enoch]] 6:11-12 || 11) I saw the '''winds of heaven which turn and bring the circumference of the sun and all the stars to their setting'''. 12) I saw the '''winds on the earth carrying the clouds: I saw the paths of the angels'''.
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| [[:File:The_Complete_Book_of_Enoch%2C_Standard_English_Version_-_Jay_Winter.pdf|1 Enoch]] 6:19-20 || 19) I saw there seven stars like great burning mountains, and to me, when I inquired regarding them. The angel said: "This place is the end of heaven and earth. This has become a prison for the stars and the host of heaven. 20) And the stars which roll over the fire are they which have transgressed the commandment of the Lord in the beginning of their rising, because they did not come forth at their appointed times
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| [[:File:The_Complete_Book_of_Enoch%2C_Standard_English_Version_-_Jay_Winter.pdf|1 Enoch]] 7:61 || 61) And to the east of those beasts I saw the ends of the earth '''whereon the heaven rests''', and the portals of the heaven open. And I saw how the '''stars of heaven''' come forth, and I counted the portals out of which they proceed, and wrote down all their outlets, of each individual star by itself, according to their number and their names, their courses and their positions, and their times and their months, as Uriel the holy angel who was with me showed me.
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| [[:File:The_Complete_Book_of_Enoch%2C_Standard_English_Version_-_Jay_Winter.pdf|1 Enoch]] 7:65-67 || 65) And from thence I went towards the west to the ends of the earth, and saw there three '''portals of the heaven''' open such as I had seen in the east, the same number of portals, and the same number of outlets. 66) And from thence I went to the south to the ends of the earth, and saw there three open '''portals of the heaven''': and thence there come dew, rain, and wind. And from thence I went to the east to the ends of the heaven, and saw here the three eastern '''portals of heaven open and small portals above them'''. 67) Through each of these small portals pass the '''stars of heaven and run their course''' to the west on the path which is shown to them
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| [[:File:The_Complete_Book_of_Enoch%2C_Standard_English_Version_-_Jay_Winter.pdf|2 Enoch]] 3:28-29 || 28) And the other angel who went with me and showed me what was hidden told me what is first and last in the '''heaven in the height''', and '''beneath the earth in the depth''', and at the '''ends of the heaven''', and on the '''foundation of the heaven'''. 29) And the '''chambers of the winds''', and how the winds are divided, and how they are weighed, and how the '''portals of the winds''' are reckoned, each according to the power of the wind, and the '''power of the lights of the moon''', and according to the power that is fitting: and the '''divisions of the stars''' according to their names and how all the divisions are divided
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| [[:File:The_Complete_Book_of_Enoch%2C_Standard_English_Version_-_Jay_Winter.pdf|2 Enoch]] (The Luminaries) 2:1-5 || 1) The book of the '''courses of the luminaries of the heaven''', the relations of each, according to their classes, their dominion and their seasons, according to their names and places of origin, and according to their months, which Uriel, the holy angel, who was with me, who is their guide showed me. 2) And he showed me all their laws exactly as they are, and how it is with regard to all the years of the world and unto eternity, till the new creation is accomplished which dureth till eternity. 3) And this is the first law of the luminaries: '''the luminary the sun''' has its rising in the eastern portals of the heaven, and its setting in the western portals of the heaven. 4) And I saw six portals in which the sun rises, and six portals in which the sun sets and the '''moon''' rises and sets in these portals, and the '''leaders of the stars''' and those whom they lead: six in the east and six in the west, and all following each other in accurately corresponding order: also many windows to the right and left of these portals. 5) And first there goes forth '''the great luminary, named the sun, and his circumference is like the circumference of the heaven''', and he is quite filled with illuminating and heating fire.
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| [[:File:The_Complete_Book_of_Enoch%2C_Standard_English_Version_-_Jay_Winter.pdf|2 Enoch]] (The Luminaries) 2:65 || In like manner twelve doors Uriel showed me open in the '''circumference of the suns chariot in the heaven''', through which the rays of the sun break forth: and from them is warmth diffused over the earth, when they are opened at their appointed seasons.
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| [[:File:The_Complete_Book_of_Enoch%2C_Standard_English_Version_-_Jay_Winter.pdf|2 Enoch]] (The Luminaries) 2:67 || As for the twelve '''portals in the heaven at the ends of the earth, out of which go forth the sun, moon, and stars''', and all the works of heaven in the east and in the west.
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| [[:File:The_Complete_Book_of_Enoch%2C_Standard_English_Version_-_Jay_Winter.pdf|TESTAMENT OF SOLOMON]] 114 || I therefore, having heard this, glorified the Lord God, and again I questioned the demon, saying: "Tell me how ye can ascend into heaven, being demons, and amidst the stars and holy angels intermingle." And he answered: "Just as things are fulfilled in heaven, so also on earth they are fulfilled the types of all of them. For there are principalities, authorities, world-rulers, and we demons fly about in the air; and we hear the voices of the heavenly beings, and survey all the powers. And as having no ground (basis) on which to alight and rest, we lose strength and fall off like leaves from trees. And '''men seeing us imagine that the stars are falling from heaven'''. But it is not really so, O king; but we fall because of our weakness, and because we have nowhere anything to lay hold of; '''and so we fall down like lightnings in the depth of night and suddenly. And we set cities in flames and fire the fields. For the stars have firm foundations in the heavens like the sun and the moon'''."
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