Questions tagged [cosmology]
Questions relating to the heavens or universe and the ordering of heavenly bodies
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What does the light symbolize on the 1st day of God's creation, in Moses' Cosmology?
Specifically, I'm not asking what this light was (This would be very difficult), but what does this light symbolize on the 1st day of God's creation, in the cosmology of Moses?
It would also be ...
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What is the firmament in Genesis if the Earth is identified as the dry land that appears?
In Genesis 1, the term firmament (Hebrew: raqiaʿ) appears in verses 6–8, where God creates it to divide the waters above from the waters below. Later, in verse 10, the "dry land" that ...
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In Genesis 1:1, does “the heavens” refer to God's dwelling place or to physical space (sky/outer space)?
Genesis 1:1 states, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” The Hebrew word for “heavens” is שָּׁמַיִם (shamayim), which is used in various parts of Scripture to refer to:
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Rev.12:4, 9: are stars demonic angels? [closed]
Do these scriptures teach that stars are actually living spirit creatures; is this to be taking literally, or is it figurative language? Should we believe the word of God over what modern day science ...
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Is Job 26:7 perhaps describing a location on earth and not the earth as a whole?
Job 26:6-7 ESV
[6] Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. [7] He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing.
This is not a question about the shape of the ...
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How are we to understand the earth does not move?
How are we to understand the creation of the earth / world and does the bible contradict science. A few passages;
Psalm 104:5 - He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved. (NIV)
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Do angels predate Creation?
“when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?”
Job 38:7
This verse speaks of heavenly beings in the course of creation.
Is there any indication that heavenly ...
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What does the Bible mean in Exodus 20:4 when it speaks of "the waters under the earth"
What does the Bible mean by "in the waters under the earth" ? What is found in the waters under the earth? Fish, gold, silver, and other creatures and precious stones, metals, and minerals ...
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Job 28:9 mountains' roots? [duplicate]
Job 28:9: They put their hand to the flinty rock, and overturn mountains by the roots "miš-šō-reš"
Did Job in 28:9 believe that part of the mountains is rooted in the earth?
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Isaiah 5:14 - Sheol/Hell personified as a woman?
In some English translations of Isaiah 5:14, Sheol/Hell is personified as a woman. Versions include:
The King James Version:
Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure.....
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Did Satan show Jesus a flat earth?
Luke 4:5 Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6“I will give You authority over all these kingdoms and all their glory,” he said. “For ...
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What evidence exists that confirms the view that the early Hebews held to a solid dome cosmology [duplicate]
It is often stated that the early Hebrews believed in a cosmology that differed greatly from what we believe today.
For example, it is claimed that the Hebrews believed that the sky was a solid dome ...
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Sun and the stars—Why is Genesis 1:16 worded the way it is with regard to the sun and stars?
Can anything be inferred from Genesis 1:16 with regard to how the stars are mentioned as “also” being created? Does the text support or contradict the concept that the sun is indeed a star?
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Sky and Land vs Heaven and Earth in Gen 1:1
This question concerns the phrase in Gen 1:1, "heaven and earth" as commonly translated in most English versions. The two Hebrew words are "shamayim" and "eretz". I observe that in the book of ...
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In Job 26:5 why are Rephaim under the ocean?
YLT Job 26:5 The Rephaim are formed, Beneath the waters, also their inhabitants.
