God’s Timeline – Part 3
Creation
Day 2
Pastor Bruce A. Shields
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SERMON INTRODUCTION
We began a couple weeks ago looking at the
major peaks of events throughout scripture. Obviously, we are looking through
this in order, so naturally we are beginning with creation.
SCRIPTURE READING
Genesis 1:6-8
“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.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the
second day.”
I.
SEPARATE
WATER FROM WATER
a. Earth was formless, empty, and covered in water
(Genesis 1:2)
i.
“In the beginning God
created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty,
darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering
over the waters.” Genesis 1:1-2
ii.
The earth had no
inhabitable land
iii.
Covered completely in
water
iv.
It was now time for
God to prepare the earth for the rest of creation now that He had set the stage
and spoke the Universal Natural Laws including all the dimensions and forces
needed to make the universe “operate”
b. God created the “vault”
i.
Hebrew – raqiya
ii.
Used as “expanse” or
“support”
iii.
This “vault” would
hold “water” above it
iv.
What is this “vault”
or literally “expanse” holding water above it?
1.
VS 8 God tells us it
is the sky
2.
Hebrew for sky here is
shamayim
3.
Literally meaning “sky”
or “atmosphere”
v.
God created a “vault”,
an “atmosphere” that was capable of “supporting” water above it.
vi.
We know this is 100%
possible from viewing other planets, and now that we understand the universal
natural laws such as gravity.
vii.
There are currently
over 8,000 manmade objects above our vault “sky” right now and NASA is
currently tracking over 13,000 objects in our gravitational pull above our sky.
c. Earth now appears like Neptune from space
i.
At this point the
earth now has waters on the surface as well as waters above the atmosphere
surrounding the entire planet separated by the “vault”, or sky
II.
THE VAULT
CREATED
a. The three heavens in scripture
i.
The bible speaks of
three heavens at various points, they are;
1. Our atmosphere
2. Outer space w/ sun moon stars
3. The home of God just beyond space (dome of creation)
a. More than likely a place that is an in-between stop
between creation and where God actually “is”
b. It is a “created” place mentioned in Genesis 1:1
when it speaks of God creating the “heavens” – plural
i.
However, God has NOT
yet created the “atmosphere” which is one of the 3 heavens, so this verse MUST
be referring to the 2nd & 3rd heavens
1. 2nd outer space
2. 3rd God’s abode
b. Scripture about “multiple heavens”
i.
Hebrews
4:14 “Since we have a great High Priest, Jesus, the Son
of God who has passed through the heavens from death into new life with God,
let us hold tightly to our faith.”
c. Reference to each of the heavens
i.
1st
heaven “atmosphere”
1. Genesis 6:7 “I
will destroy humanity whom I have created from the face of the earth, both
humans and beasts, creeping thing and birds of heaven”
2. Matthew 6:26 “Look at the birds of the air…”
ii.
2nd
heaven “outer space” or “celestial”
1. Matthew 24:29 “Immediately
after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will
not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven,
and the powers of the heavens will be shaken”
2. Deuteronomy 4:19 “And take heed, lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the stars,
all the host of heaven, you feel driven to worship them and serve them,
which the Lord your God has given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as a heritage”
3. Deuteronomy 10:14 “Indeed heaven
and the highest heavens belong to the Lord your God, also the earth with
all that is in it”
iii.
3rd
heaven “God’s abode”
1. 1 Kings 8:27 “But
will indeed God dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven
and the heaven of
heavens cannot contain You”
a. This verse mentions our atmosphere is too small for
God to dwell (which is why God came as a man to earth, the Word made flesh in
Jesus), and the heaven of heavens (speaking of the 2nd and third
heaven) are also too small.
b. More proof that the third heaven is a created place
just outside of the second heaven “space” and it is a place between creation
and where God “is”
2.
Hebrew
9:24 “For Christ has not entered
the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for
us”
3.
This 3rd
heaven, just outside of the 2nd heaven, space, was created by God in
Genesis 1:1 to be where His throne sits, and where we (and here
Christ) can see. This is the place where Christ sits at the right hand of God.
a.
Acts 7:55
“But Stephen, full of the
Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the
right hand of God”
b.
Hebrews
8:1 “The point of what we are
saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand
of the throne of the Majesty in heaven”
iv.
Though it is true, the
FULLNESS of God cannot fully dwell within creation, this certainly does NOT
limit “where” He is.
v.
His “presence” is
everywhere, just not His fullness.
III.
WATER
ABOVE THE SKY ON EARTH
a. Earth is now (Genesis 1) a greenhouse
i.
What happens to a
planet that has a layer of water around it?
1.
It becomes a
greenhouse
2.
Vegetation grows very
well
a.
This is why when we
see fossilized vegetation it is GIANT
3.
Oxygen levels are
“higher”
a.
This is why dinosaurs
have tiny nostrils and could live
b.
At current oxygen
levels those tiny nostrils would do no good, and there wouldn’t be enough
oxygen in the air to support such large creatures
c.
But in a greenhouse,
with giant vegetation for food and higher oxygen levels, giant creatures could
easily live
4.
But what about the
weather? Winter?
a.
We know at one time
the earth was on a different axis
b.
We know this because
the “true” north and magnetic north no longer line up
c.
In fact, science has
determined the earth is “wobbling” more than likely from a giant meteor strike
d.
Before this, when the
earth true north and magnetic north were the same, there were no seasons, the
earth was a “perfect” greenhouse with beautiful vegetation, lovely climate, and
no seasons.
e.
Remember, in Genesis 1 God calls the creation “good”, everything was
working as it was created to do.
b. Prepared for the coming flood
i.
So why did God place a
huge amount of water above the sky in our atmosphere?
1.
First of all, to
create a perfect greenhouse for creation
2.
Secondly, God is all
knowing, and was preparing for what would come at a later point in “time” …the
flood
3.
We need to think
logically here, if it was going to rain for 40 days and nights, and actually
“flood” the earth, that would take an enormous amount of water.
4.
A water layer just a
few inches thick above our atmosphere would be more than enough to flood the
earth, and it would take days for it all to fall to the earth.
5.
So God was preparing
the creation for the flood.
a.
Why so early, before
man even sinned, or was created?
b.
Because God is
“outside” of “time” and already knew what was coming. Remember, everything that
was ever created was created at the time of creation. Therefore, everything
that would ever “be” in existence had to be made during this week of creation.
c.
I also believe that it
was during this week God had prepared the fish that would swallow Jonah.
d. Jonah 1:17 “Now the LORD had prepared
a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the
fish three days and three nights.”
e. This fish was “prepared, perhaps even one-of-a-kind,
to serve a specific purpose for God.
f. God had, denotes this fish was prepared before-hand
by God, probably during creation.
c. Evidence
i.
So, how did we get to
where we are today?
1.
No water above our atmosphere
2.
No flooded earth
3.
True north and
magnetic north different
4.
Dinosaurs are gone
5.
We now have seasons
6.
Vegetation is smaller
7.
Polar caps
ii.
I believe all of the
scientific evidence shows that God created the earth, and things were good. We
had a greenhouse effect with water in our atmosphere, true north and magnetic
north were one and the same eliminating seasons and cold weather due to earths
tilt to the sun, we had giant vegetation and dinosaurs, so what happened?
1.
Sin in the garden,
which eventually leads to evil upon the face of the earth, and the great flood.
2.
Science points to the
earth being hit by a giant, earth changing meteor that science admits killed
the dinosaurs and caused the earth to get off its axis and “wobble” from the
strike.
iii.
When this meteor hit
us, it broke through the water above our atmosphere, causing it to fall into
the gravitational pull of the earth which drew ALL of the water down to earth
as rain, taking 40 days and nights to fall, flooding the earth.
iv.
This new wobble and
tilt causing something the earth never had before, seasons, cold weather, less
oxygen once the greenhouse was gone, killing dinosaurs (cold blooded creatures
needed warmth to live)
CONCLUSION –
So, God creates the
“vault” or our atmosphere, placed the waters above it is preparing for the
flood, and things were good, this was the second day.
The second day.
Next week we will begin our series with the Third Day
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