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Firmaments

 In the King James Version of the Holy Bible and the Nag Hammadi Library, the concept of the firmament is described in various ways:


King James Version:


Genesis 1:7 speaks of God creating the firmament to divide the waters above and below it, and it is called Heaven​​.

Genesis 1:17-20 describes the firmament of heaven as a place where God set lights to illuminate the earth and rule over day and night. It's also described as an open firmament where birds fly​​.

Genesis 1:6 mentions the creation of the firmament in the midst of the waters to divide waters from waters​​.

Ezekiel 1:23 mentions a firmament above the heads of living creatures​​.

Genesis 1:14-16 talks about the creation of lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night and serve as signs, seasons, days, and years​​.

Psalm 148:4 mentions "heavens of heavens" and "waters that be above the heavens," which can be interpreted as layers or different aspects of the firmament​​.

Psalm 19 describes the firmament showing the handiwork of God​​.

Psalm 150:1 speaks of praising God in the firmament of his power​​.

Ezekiel 1:26 describes a likeness of a throne above the firmament over the heads of living creatures​​.

Daniel 12:3 uses the metaphor of the brightness of the firmament to describe the wisdom of those who lead many to righteousness​​.

Psalm 104:2 depicts God stretching out the heavens like a curtain, which implies the firmament as a vast expanse or canopy​​.

Nag Hammadi Library:


One text speaks of the creation of a vast eternal realm by Adam of Light, consisting of six eternal realms within the eighth heaven, indicating a multi-layered structure of the heavens​​​​.

It also describes the prime parent Yaldabaoth creating heavens for each of his offspring, suggesting a hierarchy or different levels of firmaments​​.

Another passage describes the ripening of fruits and the control of God over the heights of heaven, which can be interpreted as different domains or firmaments​​.

The text also speaks about the beautification of the kingdom by the creator, which could imply a celestial or heavenly firmament​​.

There is mention of the Church and other spiritual places existing in spiritual power, suggesting different spiritual realms or firmaments​​.

These descriptions indicate a variety of interpretations of the firmament or heavens, ranging from physical divisions of the sky and waters to metaphorical or spiritual realms.

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