The Gap Factor: Continued from Part One- Part Two: The Great Deeps A Study of Biblical Cosmology by Perry Demopoulos Th.M. Picture of the universe: Now to try to visualize all that the Bible speaks of concerning its shape would be almost impossible but yet there are enough verses to help us get some kind of idea. The universe, as the Godhead, is a trichotomy. It is shaped like a pyramid with sides, “sides of the north.” Those sides go up to form a point as mountain sides go up to form a peak. The Lord Jesus Christ mentioned “The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner:” (Matt. 21:42). Notice carefully the words, “the head of the corner.” There can be only one corner at the top of this shape. Then the shape of the universe is like a pyramid from which all sides go up to a corner stone. That corner stone is Jesus Christ. He is at the top. There are three “stories” of the universe just as Noah’s Ark had three stories (Gen. 6:16). Next, just below Jesus Christ in the next level. It would be the “deep.” The surface of it is frozen (Job 38:30), called “a sea of glass” (Rev. 4:6; 15:2). This is that great body of waters (plural) of which David spake of in Psalm 148:4. Then the next level just below the great “deep” is the “firmament.” That is mentioned in Genesis 1:6, 8. Notice the word “firm” in this word. It is our solar system that holds the “deep” from coming down upon us. Now if that weren’t enough Psalm 48:2 speaks of “the city of the great King” Who is on this mountain. Yes in verses 5, 8, 11, 12, and 13 David is writing about the earthly Jerusalem. But oh, how important it is to “rightly [divide] the word of truth.” The Jerusalem that is on “the sides of the north” is that “Jerusalem, which is ABOVE” (Gal. 4:26). Again, “the sides of the north” is where Satan said he would “ascend” (Isa. 14:13). And “the sides of the north” are said to be “ABOVE THE STARS” (Isa. 14:13). “I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne ABOVE THE STARS of God:” Now if that weren’t enough, Ezekiel says that at the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, He comes down as a whirlwind out of the “NORTH.” That is quite obvious. He has to come down from above. So simple! Ezekiel 1:4 ¶ And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came OUT OF THE NORTH, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. At His ascension into heaven, the Lord Jesus Christ went straight up, north. Thus, it is easily, logically understood that He will come back out of the north. So, Job 26 is additional revelation as to a great body of waters located “north” way above the “firmament” of the cosmos (Genesis 1:6-8). How do we know that? Because there is only one other place in scriptures written by the HOLY GHOST called “the face of the deep” and that is located in Job 38:30 as was already discussed quite thoroughly. Let’s look briefly again at Job 38:29-32 29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 30 The WATERS are hid as with a stone, and the FACE OF THE DEEP IS FROZEN. 31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? 32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? Notice that the face of the deep is ABOVE OUR HEADS. It has absolutely nothing to do with anything on this earth or in the earth’s atmosphere. It is located just under the throne of God where there is a body of waters way beyond the cosmos. Now look how Job 38:29-32 locates what Moses wrote in Genesis 1:2. Gen. 1:2 “And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the FACE OF THE DEEP. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. We have already established the fact WHY the earth was without form and void. It was because of God’s FIERCE ANGER in Jeremiah 4:26 which is in the context of verse 23 which is the cross-reference to Genesis 1:2. The top of the deep is waters that are frozen called “the face” and the Spirit of God moved upon it. 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. Notice the “waters,” here, are the “waters” in verse 10. We’re right back in Genesis 1:6-8 and the second heaven on the 2nd day of re-creation. “…and the cloud is not rent under them.” Which speaks of the firmament (Gen. 1:6, 7) in the midst of the waters (2nd heaven) and let it (“the firmament” Gen. 1:6, 7) divide the waters (2nd heaven) from the waters” (1st heaven). Notice that the “waters” are the waters mentioned in Psalm 148:4 that are above the first heaven, at the top of the second heaven “…and ye waters that be above the heavens” and just before the third heaven. So there you have it, “the cloud” which “IS” (present tense, right now) not rent “under them” (i.e., under the “WATERS.”). That cloud is “the firmament” (of Genesis (1:6) that separates the waters above (i.e., the deep) from the waters below (on the earth). Waters are held in place by a cloud called “the cloud” so that the waters (the deep) don’t come down. Now, how else do we know where this is all located? By the following context – 9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. You couldn’t possibly think that this is talking about his throne on earth. That’s impossible. Job spoke that 1700 years before Jesus Christ showed up on this earth. Look at the tense – “He holdeth…and spreadeth” both verbs are in the PRESENT TENSE. The phrase “his cloud” is not in this earth’s atmosphere, but a cloud that is under the throne that is NORTH; STRAIGHT UP! So “his throne” is up there in the third heaven right above “the face of the deep,” the deep which is a vast body of water where Leviathan is, which is held up by a firmament (Gen. 1:6). So simple and logical if you just believe what you read. 10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. We’re still up in the 2nd and 3rd heavens. How do we know that? Because the waters have bounds to them and those boundaries are what separate time from eternity. One of the boundaries of the waters is where eternity starts “until day and night come to an end.” There is no “day” and “night” in the third heaven where eternity is. 11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof. We’re still in heaven. This has nothing to do with water on the earth. 12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud. Those same waters can be DIVIDED. And when they are divided there is something in it. Look at the next verse. It’s the crooked serpent, the Devil. The Lord divided those waters just as He divided the Red Sea. He divided it 4 times between Matthew 1 and Acts 2 going up through it to get to the third heaven and come down to this earth. When Moses went through the Red Sea (Exodus 15) it was a type of the Lord Jesus Christ coming through a body of water called a “sea.” He will come through that sea at the Second Advent (Habakkuk 3:15) “Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.” Those waters are mentioned throughout the entire Bible, but let’s see them in Psalm 148:4 “Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. The practical application of this is like water over a sinner which is a picture of God’s wrath on a sinner (Psa. 69:2; 88:6, 7; 1 Pet. 3:20). The doctrinal application is everyone on this earth is “immersed” right now under water that is located above our heads. Solomon, along with Job believed there are waters called “the deep” in the HEAVENS (plural) – “When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:” (Proverbs 8:27). The “face of the depth” has nothing to do with what is on the earth because we already saw the difference between “the face of the earth” and “the face of the deep.” One is on the earth; the other in what divides the third heaven from the second. One says “earth” the other “heaven.” That is so simple if one obeys the command to “study” and do as the Book says - “rightly [divide] the word of truth.” Jeremiah, along with Moses, Solomon and Job believed also that there IS (present tense) a great body of waters above our heads – “When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters IN THE HEAVENS; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures” (Jeremiah 51:16) To understand where the Lord is located in relation to those waters, right in the context of this verse Jeremiah mentions the following in verse 13 – “O thou that DWELLEST UPON MANY WATERS, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.” Nothing could be clearer than that, that the Lord dwells (PRESENT TENSE) “upon many waters” and those waters are “in the heavens” (plural) in verse 16. So there can be no mistake by trying to interpret these passages as if the scriptures are talking about the earth’s waters. If that weren’t enough look at Psalm 29:3. Only a blind reader of the scriptures could pass up such obvious revelation, “The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: THE LORD IS UPON MANY WATERS.” First of all notice that the LORD is RIGHT NOW (present tense) upon many waters. Also, that the “MANY WATERS” is called a “FLOOD” in verse 10, “THE LORD SITTETH UPON THE FLOOD…” which is also mentioned in Habakkuk 3:10 and in Revelation 4:3-6 which speaks of the “throne” in heaven (v. 4) “lightnings and thundering and voices” (v. 5) as in Psalm 29. And in verse 6 there “was a sea of glass like unto a crystal…” which brings us full circle again and takes us back to a FLOOD of Genesis 1:2 that has to do with “the face of the deep.” Again in the Psalms we read this, “The earth is the LORDS, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods” Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? (Psa. 24:1-3) In this Psalm there is water above our heads right in the context of the “hill of the LORD” and “his holy place.” Yes, there is the Zion on a “hill” on this earth (Psa. 2:6) but notice the wording carefully in Psalm 24:3, “Who shall ASCEND…” The only other time in the entire Bible where the wording is the exact same is in Romans 10:6 having to do with the Lord Jesus Christ ASCENDING INTO HEAVEN, “Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)” So what you’ve got in Psalm 24:2 is revelation to Genesis 1:1 and the original creation before Him. Then, when Lucifer rebelled God judged with the waters in Genesis 1:2 right before His presence “his holy place” (Psa. 24:2). The earth then was “standing out of the water and in the water” (2 Pet. 3:5, 6). The earth BECAME (as we mentioned earlier) “without form and void,” (Gen. 1:2) and “being overflowed with water, perished” (Pet. 3:5, 6). The BOOK is tremendous, isn’t it! Continued...
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