THE FIRMAMENT

The warp and woof of space and time

Before God existed Properties of absolute nothing

No place No time No power No knowledge I.e., no existence

The Inverse of Nothing Omnipresence Eternal Omnipotent Omniscient Absolute existence

I AM THAT I AM of Exodus 3:14

God’s Goal for CreationRom 9:22-24 — What if God, willing to

show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

Properties of God Love

1 John 1:16 Light (a consuming fire)

1 John 1:5; (Deuteronomy 4:24) A plenum

Omnipotent & omnipresent

God is Light Knowledge Communication Intelligence Revelation

The way, the truth & the life (John 14:6)

Infinite heat (energy)

God’s Dilemma

To accomplish his goal, God had to create an environment that was shielded from his light and heat.

He has to make a space for man, and allot some time to him.

God’s Solution

Create light Create the Firmament

Looks & acts like a plenum

Day 1: Light Would have similar properties to

God’s eternal, uncreated light Light does not seem to decay Has no twist

momentum equally divided between its motion and its rotation

Everything except light must move in a helix

Day 2: The Firmament A created plenum Made of grains, called Planck Particles

Diameter = 1.62 x 10-33 cm Mass = 1.42 x 10-5 gm Charge = 10 q0

Surface temperature = 1.42 x 1032 K Density = 5.16 x 1093 times water Since it’s not light, it moves as a helix

Firmament’s yearly & daily motions

ENP

The Three-Storied Heaven

1. Third heaven: throne of God2. Waters above the firmament3. Firmament with sun, moon, & stars4. Open firmament: the atmosphere5. Earth: God’s footstool & waters

below6. Hell