The Second Heaven (part 4 of Debunking flat earth)

The Second Heaven (Part 4 of Debunking Flat Earth)

Gen 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons (Leviticus 23), and for days, and years (Leviticus 25—The Shemitah and the Jubilee years):

Lights: H3974; mâ'ôr mâ'ôr me'ôrâh me'ôrâh; (1,2) maw-ore', (3,4) meh-o-raw'

From H215; properly a luminous body or luminary, that is, (abstractly) light (as an element); figuratively brightness, that is, cheerfulness; specifically a chandelier: - bright, light.

H215; 'ôr; ore

A primitive root; to be (causatively make) luminous (literally and metaphorically): - X break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened), set on fire, shine.

The Tabernacle on earth had 7 menorah's in it. The fourth candle is called the Christ candle or servant candle and represents the 4th day which was the creation of the Sun, Moon, and Stars.

Firmament: H7549; râqı̂ya‛; raw-kee'-ah

From H7554; properly an expanse, that is, the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky: - firmament.

H7554: râqa‛; raw-kah'

A primitive root; to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication to overlay (with thin sheets of metal): - beat, make broad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates), stamp, stretch.

Flat earthers will change the word visible to solid so watch out for this lie of just one little word. Satan comes to deceive, steal, kill, and destroy. It is our unbelief which causes us to follow the deceiver.

Heaven: H8064; shâmayim shâmeh; shaw-mah'-yim, shaw-meh'

The second form being dual of an unused singular; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve): - air, X astrologer, heaven (-s).

Gen 1:15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven (Second Heaven) to give light upon the earth (first Heaven): and it was so.

Gen 1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

Stars: H3556; kôkâb; ko-kawb'

Probably from the same as H3522 (in the sense of rolling) or H3554 (in the sense of blazing); a star (as round or as shining); figuratively a prince: - star ([-gazer]).

H3522; kabbôn; kab-bone'

From an unused root meaning to heap up; hilly; Cabbon, a place in Palestine: - Cabbon.

H3554: kâvâh; kaw-vaw'

A primitive root; properly to prick or penetrate; hence to blister (as smarting or eating into): - burn.

A star is type of astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye from Earth during the night, appearing as a multitude of fixed luminous points in the sky due to their immense distance from Earth. Historically, the most prominent stars were grouped into constellations and asterisms, the brightest of which gained proper names. Astronomers have assembled star catalogues that identify the known stars and provide standardized stellar designations. However, most of the stars in the Universe, including all stars outside our galaxy, the Milky Way, are invisible to the naked eye from Earth. Indeed, most are invisible from Earth even through the most powerful telescopes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star

Gen 1:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

Gen 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

Gen 1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

In examining this, I understand that it is a transparent firmament and if the Sun. Moon, and Stars are within it, then this transparent firmament covers the milky way galaxy and our spiral universe that we are in which is only one of billions upon billions of universes out there.

Stars

STARS.—The stars form part of the Divine creation in Gen_1:1-31. They are invisible in the sunlight, but begin to appear about sunset (Neh_4:21).

In poetical passages hyperbolical expressions are used concerning them. At the creation ‘the morning stars sang together’ (Job_38:7); at the battle between Barak and Sisera ‘the stars in their courses fought against Sisera’ (Jdg_5:20): in the former passage it may be that the angels are described as stars (cf. Rev_1:20 ‘the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches’).

The difference of magnitude in the stars is recognized by St. Paul: ‘one star differeth from another star in glory’ (1Co_15:41). The stars were looked upon as innumerable: ‘tell the stars, if thou be able to tell them’ (Gen_15:5). The appearance of a bright particular star was supposed to portend some great event. Thus Balaam prophesied ‘There shall come forth a star out of Jacob’ (Num_24:17), and this was afterwards interpreted as applying to the Epiphany star (Mat_2:2; see Star of the Magi); and so in 2Pe_1:19 we read of the day-star arising in men’s hearts.

Caution is given against the worship of the stars, in the legislation of Deuteronomy (Deu_4:19), and the punishment of death assigned for the convicted worshipper (see Host of Heaven).

In Apocalyptic literature (Rev_22:16) our Lord describes Himself as ‘the bright, the morning star’; whilst ‘they that turn many to righteousness’ are to shine ‘as the stars for ever and ever’ (Dan_12:3).

The day of the Lord is to be heralded by signs in the stars as well as in the sun and moon (Luk_21:25).

The appearance of shooting stars, which come out of the darkness and go back into it, is alluded to in Jud_1:13 ‘wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved for ever.’ Special numbers of stars are mentioned; in Rev (Rev_1:16; Rev_12:1), the seven stars and twelve stars illustrate a conventional use of those numbers common in apocalyptic literature.

In the OT the seven stars of the AV of Amo_5:8 are the Pleiades; and the ‘eleven stars’ which made obeisance to Joseph in his dream are simply a conventional number to correspond with that of his brethren.

Of individual stars or constellations, the Bear (AV Arcturus), Orion, and the Pleiades occur; all three in Job_9:9; Job_38:31-32, the last two also in Amo_5:8.

The mazzaroth (Job_38:32) are most probably the signs of the Zodiac (RVm; cf. 2Ki_23:5. margin). In 2Ki_23:5 the Heb. form of the word mazzaloth is different, and RV (text) renders it ‘the planets.’ The chambers of the south (Job_9:9) are probably the stars of the southern hemisphere.

Of worship connected with the stars we have two notable instances. That of ‘the queen of heaven’ was popular in Jerusalem (Jer_7:18) immediately before the Captivity, and to the neglect of it the captives in Egypt ascribed their disasters, in an address to Jeremiah (Jer_44:15-23) at Pathros. This worship consisted of the offering of incense and drink-offerings, and the making of cakes, with her figure, apparently, upon them. This Queen of Heaven seems to have been without doubt Venus, or Istar, whose star was considered the most beautiful in the heavens. This goddess is identical with Ashtoreth or Astarte. The second instance of star-worship is one that presents some difficulty. In Amos (Amo_5:26) we meet with an image of Chiun, if the word be a proper name, who is called ‘the star of your god.’ This passage is quoted by St. Stephen (Act_7:43), where the expression is rendered ‘the star of the god Rephan.’ There seems little reason to doubt that Chiun is the same as the Assyrian Kaiwân, identical with the planet Saturn, to whom divine worship was paid. The form of name ‘Rephan’ seems to have arisen from a corrupt reading of the Hebrew, which is as old as the Septuagint.

Solomon's seal. Star of David. A Man with Horns and a six sided star for 666.

There are very few allusions to astrology in the OT, but in Isaiah (Isa_47:13) we have mention of ‘the astrologers (Heb. ‘dividers of the heavens’) the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators’; all these persons drew their utterances and professed knowledge of the future from the heavens. The magicians and soothsayers of the Book of Daniel were a similar class, to which belonged the Magi or wise men who had seen the star which heralded the birth of the King of the Jews (Mat_2:1-2).

H. A. Redpath.

Stars

Created by God Gen_1:16; Job_26:13; Psa_8:3; Psa_33:6; Psa_136:7; Psa_136:9; Amo_5:8

Differ in splendor 1Co_15:41

Worship of, forbidden Deu_4:19

Worshiped 2Ki_17:16; 2Ki_21:3; 2Ki_23:5; Jer_19:13; Amo_5:26; Zep_1:5; Act_7:42-43

Constellations of Isa_13:10

Orion Job_9:9; Amo_5:8

Serpent Job_26:13

Planets 2Ki_23:5

The morning star Job_38:7; Rev_2:28; Rev_22:16

Darkening of Job_9:7; Ecc_12:2; Isa_13:10; Isa_34:4; Joe_2:10; Joe_3:15; Rev_8:11-12

Comets Jud_1:13

Falling of Dan_8:10; Mat_24:29; Mar_13:25; Rev_6:13; Rev_8:10; Rev_9:1; Rev_12:4

Figurative:

Of the deliverer Num_24:17

Seven stars of the seven churches Rev_1:16; Rev_1:20

Crown of twelve stars Rev_12:1

Moon

Created by God Gen_1:16; Psa_8:3; Psa_136:7-9

Its light Job_31:26; Ecc_12:2; Son_6:10; Jer_31:35; 1Co_15:41

Its influences Deu_33:14; Psa_121:6

Seasons of (months) Psa_104:19

Joseph's dream concerning Gen_37:9

Stands still Jos_10:12-13; Hab_3:11

Worship of, forbidden Deu_4:19; Deu_17:3

Worshiped 2Ki_23:5; Job_31:26-27; Jer_7:18; Jer_8:2; Jer_44:17-19; Jer_44:25 (Catholicism and Islam)

No light of, in heaven Rev_21:23

Darkening of Job_25:5; Isa_13:10; Isa_24:23; Eze_32:7; Joe_2:10; Joe_2:31; Joe_3:15; Mat_24:29; Mar_13:24; Luk_21:25; Act_2:20; Rev_6:12; Rev_8:12

Feast of the New Moon:

General references Num_10:10; Num_28:11-15; 1Ch_23:31; 2Ch_31:3; Ezr_3:5

Traffic at time of, prohibited Amo_8:5

Figurative, shining of Isa_30:26; Isa_60:19; Rev_21:23

Symbolic Rev_12:1

Sun

Created Gen_1:14-18; Psa_74:16; Psa_136:7; Jer_31:35

Rising and setting of Ecc_1:5

Diurnal motion of Psa_19:4; Psa_19:6

Worship of, forbidden Deu_4:19; Deu_17:3

Worshiped Job_31:26-28; Jer_8:2; Eze_6:4; Eze_6:6; Eze_8:16 (Catholicism)

Kings of Judah dedicate horses to 2Ki_23:11

Miracles concerning:

Darkening of Exo_10:21-23; Isa_5:30; Isa_24:23; Eze_32:7; Joe_2:10; Joe_2:31; Joe_3:15; Amo_8:9; Mic_3:6; Mat_24:29; Mat_27:45; Mar_13:24; Mar_15:33; Luk_21:25; Luk_23:44-45; Act_2:20; Rev_6:12; Rev_8:12; Rev_9:2; Rev_16:8

Stands still Jos_10:12-13; Hab_3:11

Shadow of, goes back on Ahaz's dial 2Ki_20:11; Isa_38:8

Does not shine in heaven Rev_21:23

Figurative Psa_84:11; Mal_4:2; Jdg_5:31; Isa_30:26; Isa_60:19-20; Jer_15:9; Rev_1:16; Rev_12:1; Rev_19:17

Four corners of the Heavens

Pro_8:27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

COMPASS.—A ‘compass’ is the space occupied by a circle, or the circle itself: Pro_8:27 ‘he set a compass upon the face of the deep’ (AVm and RV ‘a circle’) usually explained of the horizon, which seems to be a circle resting on the ocean. To ‘fetch a compass’ (Num_34:5, Jos_15:3, 2Sa_5:23, 2Ki_3:9) is to make a circuit or simply ‘go round.’ The tool for making a circle is a compass (Isa_44:13)

A compass is an instrument used for navigation and orientation that shows direction relative to the geographic cardinal directions (or points). Usually, a diagram called a compass rose shows the directions north, south, east, and west on the compass face as abbreviated initials. When the compass is used, the rose can be aligned with the corresponding geographic directions; for example, the "N" mark on the rose points northward. Compasses often display markings for angles in degrees in addition to (or sometimes instead of) the rose. North corresponds to 0°, and the angles increase clockwise, so east is 90° degrees, south is 180°, and west is 270°. These numbers allow the compass to show azimuths or bearings, which are commonly stated in this notation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass

Job_26:7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

Job_9:9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.

Psa_78:26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.

Job 26:8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

Job 26:9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.

Job 26:10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

Job 26:11 The pillars (ammud) of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

The location of theses verses of Job 26:7-11 is a reference to the third heaven and second heaven but many people place it within the first heaven.

Pillar

PILLAR.—1. With two or three unimportant exceptions, ‘pillar’ in OT is the rendering of two very distinct Heb. terms, ‘ammûd and mazzçbâh. The former denotes in most cases—for a conspicuous exception see Jachin and Boaz—a pillar or column supporting the roof or other part of a building (Jdg_16:25 f., 1Ki_7:2 f.), also the pillars from which the hangings of the Tabernacle were suspended (Exo_26:32 and oft.). From this sense the transition is easy to a column of smoke (Jdg_20:40), and to the ‘pillar of cloud’ and the ‘pillar of fire’ of the Exodus and the Wanderings (Exo_13:21 etc.). The further transition to the figurative use of the term ‘pillar,’ which alone prevails in NT (Gal_2:9, 1Ti_3:15, Rev_3:12; Rev_10:1), may be seen in Job_9:6; Job_26:11—passages reflecting an antique cosmogony in which the pillars of earth and heaven were actual supports.

Pillars

'ammud. A chief feature in Eastern building, the flat roofs being supported by pillars. The tent fashion remained even in permanent structures. Open Persian halls have the fronts supported by pillars and shaded by curtains fastened to the ground by pegs or to trees in the court (Est_1:6). The heaven is compared to a canopy supported by pillars (Psa_104:2; Isa_40:22). In Psa_75:3, "the earth ... dissolved, I bear up the pillars of it," literally," I have weighed," i.e. consolidated by exact weight the pillars. I who at creation brought the world from chaos into beautiful order will restore it from its present disorganization.

Psa 104:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. Third Heaven

Psa 104:2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: Second Heaven

Psa 104:3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

Psa 104:4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:

Psa 104:5 Who laid the foundations of the earth (first heaven), that it should not be removed for ever.

Isa 40:21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth (first heaven)?

Isa 40:22 It is he (third heaven) that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens (2nd heavens) as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

Revelation 4 takes place in the third heaven

The Throne in Heaven

Rev 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

Rev 4:2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

Rev 4:3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.

Rev 4:4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

Rev 4:5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

Rev 4:6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

Rev 4:7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.

Rev 4:8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

I saw a picture of transparent angel wings touching each other that expanded across the second heaven with 4 or 7 angels and the background of stars made up the eyes watching our every movement.

Eyes all around in the wings. Imagine in the vastness of the universe above your head with angels watching the earth with their wings spread apart and the wings touching each other and the wings are transparent and they cover the expanse of the universe as far as the east is from the west in a never ending circle. Do you see all those eyes watching your every movement, every thought, every word spoken and written and every action performed and written down into either the Book of Luke-warm or the Book of Death on you.

Many of you today may or may not know the Lord are are either saved or not saved but NOW comes the time of judgment for the globe.

Are you ready to die this year and be judged?

God Loves You no matter what you have done in your life. (Jeremiah 31:1); God Hates Sin. (Psalm 11:5/I John 3:4); Even If you are a “Good” Person Proverbs (21:1); You have not lived a perfect life (I John 1:8); Nor has anyone else (Romans 3:23); Your Sin has Separated You from God (Isaiah 59:2); And your payment for sin is death. (Rom 6:23); But there is Good News (Luke 2:10); A perfect life can be substituted for yours (Heb 4:15); And God loved you so much (John 3:16); That He gave Jesus as your substitute (2 Cor 5:21); And Through His death (Heb 9:12); You can have eternal life (Jn 17:3); And by His resurrection Death is defeated (Jn 11:25); The Gift is Free (Eph 2:8); You Could Never Deserve it (Galatians 2:16); and Just by accepting this gift (Romans 10:13); Your sins will be forgiven and forgotten. (Acts 2:38); You will be reconciled to God (2 Cor 5:18) and Live with Him forever in Heaven. (Philippians 3:20).

Jesus told me this in 2007 in a God dream and the holes in His wrists are very real. You are my beloved bride who I love. May my Peace that passes all understanding cover your Body, Soul, Spirit, and Mind for all of eternity.

How can One Enter the Messianic Kingdom? 1. Hear the gospel of Christ (Rom 10:13-17); 2. Believe in Christ (Acts 16:31); 3. Repent of past sins (Lk 24:47, Acts 17:30); 4. Confess faith in Christ (Rom 10:8-10); 5. Be baptized into Christ (Rom 6:3-4, Gal. 3"26-27)

REPENT, STOP SINNING and get on your kness and Pray is the best one can do.