When the Bible is properly interpreted and science correctly analyzes all the facts of creation, they agree as they have only one author - God. So, metaphorically, God's skies are durable and strong ( chazaq). In the day and age of Job, mirrors were cast from hardened bronze (copper hardened by the addition of tin). Job's metaphoric picture says the skies are "hard as a mirror of cast bronze." Glass mirrors were not known until Roman times. Above the firmament are storehouses for rain (Job 36:27-28) and snow and hail (Job 38:22), and there is a place above it for the sun, moon, and the stars (Job 9:7 22:12 30:28 31:26 37:21 cf. However, "solid" in the book of Job does not mean impenetrable. 1:7-8) and/or clouds daily changing their shapes or reforming (Job 36:28-29 cf. As we were browsing through the net, we discovered the following article on a Muslim site trying to establish the point that the Holy Bible teaches a flat earth. Metaphorically speaking, the heavens are being viewed as hammered out at creation (i.e., a spreading out of the sky or an expanse - Gen. God stretches out the heavens like a tent (Psa. The picture being painted in the book of Job is that the sky is solid but thin, like a piece of metal being hammered out (Exod. A designated driver may be called "the life of the party." ![]() ![]() Curtain rods, rings, tie-backs are called "jewelry for windows". We do the same today: Dentists are at times called "smile stylists". Just as Genesis does, the book of Job is speaking metaphorically, for example, windows in the heavens (Gen. Job 37:18 can you join him in spreading out the skies, hard as a mirror of cast bronze? Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.He Gave Us Scripture: Foundations of Interpretation.Your Kingdom Come: The Doctrine of Eschatology.Kingdom, Covenants & Canon of the Old Testament. ![]() Kingdom & Covenant in the New Testament.
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