Dividing the Waters

Genesis 1:6

Well, it looks like we’ve finally encountered our first of several problems. Here’s what happens when Zebulon with the power of the water in the wide space and in the one that is smaller still meets up with the power of the threshing tool. The firmament here is acting like the threshing tool seen in the dividing between the waters if you will. If you won’t, that’s fine too but I really wish you would. That in itself becomes a bit of an issue. What happens when you try to divide water from itself. Then again, what exactly would that look like. There’s only one place in the world where this phenomenon occurs naturally. Well, there’s four really. Let’s say one water is nice and clear. The other is quite muddy and heavy laden with silt, sand, or debris. There’s actually a place in this world where these two waters meet. You can see the clear line drawn in the water as the muddy water struggles to join in with the clear. They just don’t mix all that well on the surface, mainly because of the two different densities or weights of the water. Think about it. Water with sand and dirt floating in it is heavier than that of it’s relative neighbor, the clear. If you think it’s because there’s more stuff floating in it, you would be right. Then there’s the issue where the currents meet the sea. Sometimes high powered currents travelling unusually fast will sweep along the shoreline only to be met with resistance. This resistance actually speeds up the current even faster, sending it right on back out to sea in the form of a riptide. Well, we’ve got force, weight, and then there’s also the air. Sometimes rain is contained dissolved in the clouds as vapor, mist, or steam. When enough has collected, the vapors will fall back to earth again in the form of the rain. Fresh water and salt water is also a good example of two different solvencies of water. It’s also a distribution of sorts if you like to think of it that way. Salt water contains salt dissolved in the water which makes it have different chemical composition than that of the fresh, which has nothing added except for maybe some minerals. These two different makeups alone are enough to discourage the two from ever coming together. Therefore, you can have large bodies of fresh water in the form of lakes and streams meeting that of the larger, the sea. Both will retain their relative consistency. Let’s see what happens in a minute once the firmament’s done.

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.

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

Genesis 1:7-8

Here we find the water has come under a kind of organization. This arrangement is known as Heaven and earth. You can also think of it as the under seas and the over seas if you like. Please do, try not to laugh. Look it isn’t funny, not one bit. Nor is this a Hollow Earth viewing station for any creature, much less one that’s currently housing a giant gorilla. Now I’m not saying that we are. Then again, I’m not saying we’re not. Let’s keep going and just forget all about a giant gorilla for now if you can. One thing is for sure though. Our God is definitely no oversized gorilla, though he reigns King over all. When he does something, you can be sure, no ifs ands or buts about it, it’s bound to be good. Then too, overlook the small matter of the passage of time and the days if you can. He’s done more in a day than some of us would if given a few years or even a lifetime. Alright , now you’ve got a firmament or a dividing tool in place which is beginning to look rather suspiciously like the air. Air, sky, clouds, little heaven under the big one up above, are all names for one and the same. Think about it though. If what isn’t seen is clearly visible, how blind must we be for it not to make sense. Then again, perhaps it’s all about the passage of light hiding what has been known since the beginning of time. One thing’s for sure though. This threshing tool is a mighty funny thing. Now you see it, now you don’t. Once you don’t see it anymore, all the water is fixed firmly in place. I bet you won’t see any eternal fountains around here anytime soon. Then again, the air sort of goes by the same rules. It’s all around us, but invisible. If we weren’t breathing in oxygen though, our bodies would soon cease to be. Therefore, it’s all around us and in just the right amounts. That’s the funny thing too about here and there. Other planets were made but of course. None of them though, have the right sort of atmosphere needed for life in any amounts. If you think about it, the plants and the trees are continually giving back to the sky in exchange for taking up space. These take in the carbon dioxide, what your body expires as the remnants of breath, and give off the air. This air is firmly known as oxygen with a bit of carbon dioxide mixed in. There’s carbon present in it though, because of the presence of living things. When you think about carbon decay or a carbon footprint even, in essence you’re looking at the impact your life makes on the earth. Thus, the perpetual balance in the threshing tool is kept with the force of the life. This force then, like the water, can be symbolic of Zebulon. Think about it though. Death is a one way street, going from a wide place into a narrow one of the grave. Then again, that’s why the life hereafter, which is really all most of us are here after in the first place. That’s why calling the firmament Heaven was such a beautiful thing in the first place. After all, beyond is where God lives unless he’s chosen to make his home among men.