My take on the Bible #4

1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

What the heck is a "firmament" anyways? My basic understanding is that the firmament is a solid, dome-shaped structure in which the stars were placed. It separated the waters below from the waters above. From what little I have read it appears that this idea of a "firmanent" has sparked much discussion, especially in regards to the concept of flat-earthism. [At a later time I will try to gather the interesting reads concerning the "firmament" and a bit about flat earthism. Altho incompatible with today's science it's quite a fascinating read.]

My other question is where is this "firmament"? And why did God create it, if it no longer exists?

1:7 And God made the firmament and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

Again the "firmament" thing. Type it into Google and you know--4,000,000 hits. The notion that the sky was a vast solid dome seems to have been common among the ancient peoples whose ideas of cosmology have come down to us. The concept is present in Egyptian, Babylonian, Greek, and Roman literature.

1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

Wasn't "heaven" already created in Gen 1:1? Or is he just a naming phase? Is there a difference between the two?

For this verse to make sense, the firmament would have to exist, but it doesn’t.

There still is no Sun to account for “evening” and “morning.”