Biblical Cosmology

7 firmaments

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The Angels in the 6th firmament, Apocalypse of Abraham 26.

• 26. And I looked downwards from the mountain on which I stood to the sixth firmament, and there I saw a multitude of angels of pure spirit, without bodies, whose duty was to carry out the commands of the fiery angels who were upon the seventh firmament, as I was standing suspended over them. And behold, upon this sixth firmament there were no other powers of any form, save only the angels of pure spirit.

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The Stars are in the 5th firmament as described in the Apocalypse of Abraham 27.

• 27. And He commanded that the sixth firmament should be removed from my sight, and I saw there on the fifth firmament the powers of the stars which carry out the commands laid upon them, and the elements of the earth obeyed them.

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As to the Sun and Moon, and their size. We will refer to Enoch 71:35-37

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• daily longer, and its course nightly shorter. And this is the law and the course of the sun, and his return as often as he returns sixty times and rises, i.e. the great luminary which is named the sun, for ever and ever. And that which (thus) rises is the great luminary, and is so named according to

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• its appearance, according as the Lord commanded. As he rises, so he sets and decreases not, and rests not, but runs day and night, and his light is sevenfold brighter than that of the moon; but as regards size they are both equal. 

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The garden of Eden is in the 3rd firmament. We will start with 2 Corinthians 12:2-4,

• [1] To boast, indeed, is useless for me, for I shall go on to visions and revelations of יהוה. [2] I know a man in Messiah who fourteen years ago – whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not know, Elohim knows – such a one was caught up to the third heaven. [3] And I know such a man – whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, Elohim knows – [4] that he was caught up into paradise and heard unspeakable words, which it is not right for a man to speak. [5] Of such a one I shall boast, but of myself I shall not boast, except in my weaknesses. (II Corinthians 12:1-5 [TS2009]

• Is there another reference of someone that is brought to the 3rd Firmament? I would say there is indeed. Let us look at Jubilees 4:16-23.

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•  And in the eleventh jubilee [512-18 A.M.] Jared took to himself a wife, and her name was Baraka, the daughter of Rasujal, a daughter of his father's brother, in the fourth week of this jubilee, [522 A.M.] and she bare him a son in the fifth week, in the fourth year of the jubilee, and  he called his name Enoch.

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•  And he was the first among men that are born on earth who learnt writing and knowledge and wisdom and who wrote down the signs of heaven according to the order of their months in a book, that men might know the seasons of the years according to the order of  their separate months.

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•  And he was the first to write a testimony and he testified to the sons of men among the generations of the earth, and recounted the weeks of the jubilees, and made known to them the days of the years, and set in order the months and recounted the Sabbaths of the years  as we made (them), known to him.

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•  And what was and what will be he saw in a vision of his sleep, as it will happen to the children of men throughout their generations until the day of judgment; he saw and understood everything, and wrote his testimony, and placed the testimony on earth for all  the children of men and for their generations.

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•  And in the twelfth jubilee, [582-88] in the seventh week thereof, he took to himself a wife, and her name was Edna, the daughter of Danel, the daughter of his father's brother, and in the sixth year in this week [587 A.M.] she bare him a son and he called his name  Methuselah.

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•  And he was moreover with the angels of God these six jubilees of years, and they showed him everything which is on earth and in the heavens, the rule of the sun, and he wrote down  everything.

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•  And he testified to the Watchers, who had sinned with the daughters of men; for these had begun to unite themselves, so as to be defiled, with the daughters of men, and Enoch  testified against (them) all.

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•  And he was taken from amongst the children of men, and we conducted him into the Garden of Eden in majesty and honour, and behold there he writes down the condamnation and judgment of the world, and all the wickedness of the children of men.

It seems fairly clear that Enoch, Son of Jared was indeed taken to the Garden of Eden so that he may live out the rest of his life and actually die there at a ripe old age. The scripture tells us that Enoch was taken, it does not say that he was changed into an imortal body before his time. Just that he was taken as we see here in: Genesis 5:24

• And Ḥanoḵ walked with Elohim. Then he was no more, for Elohim took him. (Genesis 5:24 [TS2009]

Genesis 5:24, does not tell us where Elohim took Enoch, just that he took him. We need to read other books that have been hidden from us (that is until now) in order to learn more on this topic. We can also learn from Enoch, more details about Enoch and the fact that Enoch was hidden. Yes hidden. Let's take a look at Enoch 12:1-2.

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• Before these things Enoch was hidden, and no one of the children of men knew where he was

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• hidden, and where he abode, and what had become of him. And his activities had to do with the Watchers, and his days were with the holy ones.

Enoch was hidden for multiple purposes, I believe that one of those purposes was to be spared from the Watchers that were bound to the earth, who would have indeed hunted him down because of the proclamation that was pronounced upon the watchers who were petitioning Yah to forgive them for their evil transgressions. The fact is, both the book of Hebrews and the Book of Enoch assert that Enoch indeed did die. First, let's look at Hebrews 11 where many patriarchs including Enoch, and the fact that these patriarchs died and have yet to be resurrected. Hebrews 11:5 to see that Enoch is indeed among the list of those that indeed died as we will see in a moment.

• By belief, Ḥanoḵ was translated so as not to see death, * “and was not found because Elohim had translated him.” * For before his translation he obtained witness, that he pleased Elohim. (Hebrews 11:5 [TS2009])

Now lets take a look as to the fate of Enoch and The Patriarchs in Hebrews 11:13.

• In belief all these died, not having received the promises, but seeing them from a distance, welcomed and embraced them, and confessed that they were aliens and strangers on the earth. (Hebrews 11:13 [TS2009]

Jubilees 7:39 attests to the very same thing.

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•  And I also will give you commandment, my sons, as Enoch commanded his son in the first jubilees: whilst still living, the seventh in his generation, he commanded and testified to his son and to his son's sons until the day of his death.'

Also the Garden is enclosed, Luke 23:43

• Luke 23:43:

• And He said to him, “Truly I say to you today, you shall be with Me in Paradise (Strongs G3857).” 

• Strongs: G3857
  παράδεισος \paradeisos\
  Etymology: of Persian origin (enclosure)
  Definition: a park, a garden, a paradise
  Usage: Paradise(3).
  
  

• Strongs: G3857
  3857 παράδεισος [PARA/DEISOS] {parádeisos} \par-ad'-i-sos\
  of Oriental origin (compare 06508); a park, i.e. (specially), an Eden (place of future happiness, "paradise"):--paradise.
  
  

This meaning, Paradise is a closed garden.

Looking also at Genesis 2:8, we see:

• Genesis 2:8:

• And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

• Garden in the Hebrew:

• Strongs: H01588
  1588

• גּן

• [gan] \gan\

• From 1598; a garden (as fenced): - garden.
  
  

• Also Strongs 1598 which translates to:

• Strongs. H1598

• ganan

• a primitive root

• To Hedge About, that is, generally, Protected:- Defended
  
  

The Garden of Eden is a protected paradise 2 Esdras 3:6

• 2 Esdras 3:6, And thou leadest him into paradise, which thy right hand had planted, before ever the earth came forward.

Paradise is Eden. They are one and the same. Lets also look at 2 Baruch 4:2-7.

• Baruch 4:2-7. The heavenly Jerusalem

• 2 [Dost you think that this is that city of which I said: "On the palms of My hands have I graven you"? 3 This building now built in your midst is not that which is revealed with Me, that which prepared beforehand here from the time when I took counsel to make Paradise, and showed Adam before he sinned, but when he transgressed the commandment it was removed from him, as also Paradise. 4 And after these things I showed it to My servant Abraham by night among the portions of the victims. 5 And again also I showed it to Moses on Mount Sinai when I showed to the likeness of the tabernacle and all its vessels. 6 And now, behold, it is preserved with Me, as Paradise. 7 Go, therefore, and do as I command you.']
  
  

Not only was Adam and Eve removed from the Garden, the Garden, IE Paradise was removed from its place as well.

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The Abyss was created on the 1st day of creation according to Jubilees 2:2,

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• For on the first day He created the heavens which are above and the earth and the waters and all the spirits which serve before him -the angels of the presence, and the angels of sanctification, and the angels [of the spirit of fire and the angels] of the spirit of the winds, and the angels of the spirit of the clouds, and of darkness, and of snow and of hail and of hoar frost, and the angels of the voices and of the thunder and of the lightning, and the angels of the spirits of cold and of heat, and of winter and of spring and of autumn and of summer and of all the spirits of his creatures which are in the heavens and on the earth, (He created) the abysses and the darkness, eventide (and night), and the light, dawn and day, which He hath prepared in the knowledge of his heart.
  
  
  

Also 2 Estras 4:41-44, speaks of Sheol as a womb of a woman.

• 38Then answered I and said, O Lord that bearest rule, even we all are full of impiety. 39And for our sakes peradventure it is that the floors of the righteous are not filled, because of the sins of them that dwell upon the earth. 40So he answered me, and said, Go thy way to a woman with child, and ask of her when she hath fulfilled her nine months, if her womb may keep the birth any longer within her. 41Then said I, No, Lord, that can she not. And he said unto me, In the grave the chambers of souls are like the womb of a woman: 42For like as a woman that travaileth maketh haste to escape the necessity of the travail: even so do these places haste to deliver those things that are committed unto them. 43From the beginning, look, what thou desirest to see, it shall be shewed thee. 44Then answered I and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, and if it be possible, and if I be meet therefore,
  
  
  

Also concerning the separation of good and evil in Sheol:

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• And thence I went to another place, and he mountain [and] of hard rock.

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• And there was in it four hollow places, deep and wide and very smooth. How smooth are the hollow places and deep and dark to look at.

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• Then Raphael answered, one of the holy angels who was with me, and said unto me: 'These hollow places have been created for this very purpose, that the spirits of the souls of the dead should

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• assemble therein, yea that all the souls of the children of men should assemble here. And these places have been made to receive them till the day of their judgement and till their appointed period [till the period appointed], till the great judgement (comes) upon them.' I saw (the spirit of) a dead man making suit,

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• and his voice went forth to heaven and made suit. And I asked Raphael the angel who was

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• with me, and I said unto him: 'This spirit which maketh suit, whose is it, whose voice goeth forth and maketh suit to heaven ?'

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• And he answered me saying: 'This is the spirit which went forth from Abel, whom his brother Cain slew, and he makes his suit against him till his seed is destroyed from the face of the earth, and his seed is annihilated from amongst the seed of men.'

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• The I asked regarding it, and regarding all the hollow places: 'Why is one separated from the other?'

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• And he answered me and said unto me: 'These three have been made that the spirits of the dead might be separated. And such a division has been make (for) the spirits of the righteous, in which there is the bright spring of

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• water. And such has been made for sinners when they die and are buried in the earth and judgement has not been executed on them in their

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• lifetime. Here their spirits shall be set apart in this great pain till the great day of judgement and punishment and torment of those who curse for ever and retribution for their spirits. There

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• He shall bind them for ever. And such a division has been made for the spirits of those who make their suit, who make disclosures concerning their destruction, when they were slain in the days

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• of the sinners. Such has been made for the spirits of men who were not righteous but sinners, who were complete in transgression, and of the transgressors they shall be companions: but their spirits shall not be slain in the day of judgement nor shall they be raised from thence.'

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• The I blessed the Lord of glory and said: 'Blessed be my Lord, the Lord of righteousness, who ruleth for ever.'

But Wait, There's even more. Since we went to the depths of Sheol, let's take a look at Sirach 1:1-3 as we consider the height of the heavens and the breadth or width of the earth:

• Sirach 1:1:

• All wisdom comes from the Lord, and is with him for ever.

• Sirach 1:2:

• Who can number the sand of the sea, and the drops of rain, and the days of eternity?

• Sirach 1:3:

• Who can find out the height of heaven, and the breadth of the earth, and the deep, and wisdom?

• Sirach 1:4:

• Wisdom has been created before all things, and the understanding of prudence from everlasting.

Sirach (also known as Ecclesiasticus) 1:3, clearly states the fact that the heavens have a height, and that the earth has a breadth, a width. The Earth Is Flat, and we are under 7 layers of firmaments or domes.. You either believe what Yah tells us in the scriptures, or you do not. It is really that simple. I did not write this amazing Book, I simply believe it and the overwhelming evidence that is before us. Thank you for considering all of the above.

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