The Firmament and the Mystery Above

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Adapted from a Facebook reflection by Maina P Kiromo.

In The Bible (right from the beginning) this is said

Genesis 1:6–8

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

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.

And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

The "firmament", the great expanse that divides what is seen from what is unseen. And this is so interesting

We gaze upon it daily through the stars, planets, and galaxies. It is the visible fabric of Heaven.

Yet much remains hidden. No one has researched the Firmament because it supposedly doesn't fall in the realm of science.

The “waters above” hint at life beyond our Universe. The Bible unequivocally says there is water above the Firmament. This goes beyond our understanding and points to divine secrecy.

Is the firmament the boundary of our Universe? Does it separate the reality of our Earth , as we know it from the unknown?

By the way, several religious texts, including the Bible and Quran, talk of heaven having levels. Some go further to say that at the top of all the levels is water.

When we gaze at the stars we are probably looking at the Firmament which the Bible calls heaven. But beyond what we see, the Bible says is water that was separated from the water we see. This is the majesty of God’s design.

We can only wonder and marvel at the Firmament and what is below it. We probably will never know what is above the Firmament and that is the beauty of it all. It keeps us exploring and imagining and discovering in awe

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