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Base12
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Message 311 of 312 (880512)
08-07-2020 1:25 AM


This is my first post on this forum.
I just wanted to state what I believe is happening in Genesis 1:1.
The KJV is my preferred translation as it uses the singular 'Heaven' instead of plural 'Heavens'.
In other words, in the beginning God created only ONE of the Three Heavens .
Because only one of the Three Heavens were created at that point, our Universe didn't even exist yet.
Thus, Earth was 'without form and void' because one can't have an Earth without a Universe to put it in.
Another way of explaining what Earth was like at that point was that Earth only existed in the form of the Bottomless Pit.
I believe the Bible calls this Bottomless Pit 'Waters'... as in the Abyss.
The Heaven that was created is what the Bible calls the 'Sea of Glass'.
Thus, the way I interpret Genesis 1:1 is something like this...
"In the beginning, God created the Sea of Glass and the Abyss."
The rest of the Creation Account is all about God creating the other two Heavens and eventually Planet Earth.
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Base12
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Message 312 of 312 (880513)
08-07-2020 1:33 AM


The Sea of Glass is the 'Waters Above' and the Bottomless Pit (Abyss) is the 'Waters Below'.
These were not 'Oceans and Clouds' as is commonly taught, but rather Dimensional Barriers.
The Sea of Glass separates our 3D Universe from Higher Dimensions.
Conversely, the Abyss separates our 3D Universe from Lower Dimensions or the 'Underworld'.
After God created the Sea of Glass and the Abyss, he separated them in order to create a 3D 'Firmament' between them...
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."
The Firmament is what we call Outer Space. It is NOT Earth's Atmosphere.
Here is an illustration of what I am proposing...
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