If you haven't been shocked before, you will be now.
From the "other pre-sun stars" article, the Job 38
verse set shows God describing the "firmament" RING
and multiple MORNING STARS that at the time "sang"
or exploded together.
But there's more to the story than just God having
proved how it was all done:
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God had corrected someone after they had
made a COMMON ERROR about the "firmament"
described in Genesis and even after God
corrected them, they didn't realize it.
It's ONLY NOW that people can understand
that God had corrected that COMMON ERROR.
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Not only that, God specifically spoke up about it
IMMEDIATELY after the person ended their speaking.
The verse in particular where the guy speaking made
an error about the "firmament" is:
Job 37:18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky,
which is strong, and as a molten looking
glass?
Shortly after saying this, the guy stopped speaking.
Of course what he had said was CLEARLY WRONG. It
was a common description the ancient Hebrews had
for what the "firmament" was supposed to be.
Hebrew understanding of the firmament
The Hebrews DID NOT understand what God had told them about the "firmament" in Genesis. They didn't know what the "firmament" was, just that it was denser and possibly a looking glass dome. ==================================================== The shocking thing is that God discussed the correct form of the "firmament" RIGHT AFTER the guy stopped speaking. ==================================================== That's right, God both CORRECTED the guy and gave away CONFIRMATION that the "firmament" is a LINE stretched onto the FOUNDATIONS of the earth, the "waters" in Genesis. That "firmament" RING forms in the "pre-sun" star BEFORE it explodes, separating the "waters" and forming the planets, sun, and moons and that this happened when the MORNING STARS "sang" (exploded) together (Job 38:4-7). Not only did God correct them in their speech, but he did so in a DIRECT and POWERFUL manner: 1. The Spirit of God appeared out nowhere, a whirlwind formed and God began to speak. 2. God then asked Job who the guy is that's giving dark counsel by saying WORDS WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE. (God knew who the guy was, so clearly God was IGNORING him and was only going talk to Job.) 3. God then tells Job to strengthen himself because God is going to DEMAND of Job to ANSWER him. Can you imagine this??? At this point, God was about to do the incredible, to ask him things that would require STRENGTH from Job to even remain standing. Why? ======================================================== Because after saying all the stuff they had said about God, God would then ask them things they could not know and this would show that they hadn't known some of other things they had already spoken about. ======================================================== The one guy was trying to tell Job about God and had made ERRORS in his statements. Basically, Job didn't KNOW what the errors were that the guy had said. God knew it, and God wanted Job to know it. In fact, God knew NOBODY would know what the ERRORS were for quite some time. God was about to say a HUGE statement to Job, that ONLY God knew the answers to and that Job would need to prepare himself, because the questions would be way beyond his comprehension. The fear Job would have had from being DEMANDED to answer, could have caused Job to faint. That's why God told him to strengthen himself and get ready to answer. And there were reasons for all this. By putting Job on the spot, Job then would realize that they didn't know what they thought they knew. Further, that God was setting up MORE discussion of what he'd done and how people were to take on MORE information, NEW information about God. So right after God tells Job to strengthen himself to give an answer, the VERY FIRST THING God asks about is the FOUNDATIONS of the earth and the LINE that was stretched upon them. Of course the foundations of the earth are the "waters" stated in Genesis. The "firmament" RING then stretched upon the "pre-sun" star as a LINE. That "pre-sun" star exploded to form planets, the eventual sun, moons etc... Hence God trashed the "solid glass sky dome" statement, by saying the LINE was stretched, not a dome. And all this when the MORNING STARS "sang" together. Again these would be the INITIAL STARS right after the big bang. So realize what occurred, God IMMEDIATELY CORRECTED their discussion of the "firmament" by saying the guy speaking was WRONG, no solid glass sky dome, instead there was a LINE stretched upon the foundations of the earth, a "firmament" RING formed within the "pre-sun" star prior to it exploding. In Job 38, God said exactly what the "firmament" really was. God trashed the common understanding at the time by saying the LINE was stretched out and that the common understanding at the time was "dark counsel" and "words without knowledge". Obviously God was right. God made it all, Jesus died for our sins.
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