day #2 and #3

Foundation Book of the Bible

Mike Mazzalongo

Genesis

7

Angels

•  Created Beings/Spiritual Being •  Present of Day #1 •  Disobeyed God.

Review – Day #1

•  Time, Space, Matter •  Energized by the Holy Spirit •  Electromagnetic Spectrum

Created •  Dark/Light Cycle

“YOM” = 1 X 24Hr. Day

Day #2 – Gen. 1:6-7

6 Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7 God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

Day #2 – Gen. 1:8

 8 God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

Atmosphere Jer. 4:25 Stars/Planets/Space Isa. 13:10 Where God Is Heb. 9:24

Heaven Firmament

Earth

Waters Below

Atmosphere

Waters above – Water Vapor

Water Canopy

1. Uniform temperature

Water Canopy

1.  Uniform temperature

2. No massive air currents

Water Canopy

1.  Uniform temperature 2.  No massive air currents

3. No rain

Water Canopy

1.  Uniform temperature 2.  No massive air currents 3.  No rain

4. Uniform and proper moisture

Water Canopy

1.  Uniform temperature 2.  No massive air currents 3.  No rain 4.  Uniform and proper moisture

5. Serve as filter

Water Canopy

1.  Uniform temperature 2.  No massive air currents 3.  No rain 4.  Uniform and proper moisture 5.  Serve as filter

6. Promote longevity

Gen. 7:11

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.

Today’s Weather

•  Very different temperatures •  Wild climate changes •  Excessive rain •  Deserts & droughts •  Disease, mutations, death •  Shortened life span

Gen. 1:9-10

9 Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so. 10 God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good.

Day #1 - Light From Darkness Day #2 - Waters above from waters below Day #3 - Dry land from waters below

Lessons from Days 1-3

1. God knows what’s best for you.

Lessons from Days 1-3

1.  God knows what’s best for you. 2.  It’s OK to pray about the weather.

Lessons from Days 1-3

1.  God knows what’s best for you. 2.  It’s OK to pray about the weather. 3. Why doubt such an awesome God?