4 Creation Water and the Firmament

The waters under the firmament (Hebrew רָקִיעַ “rakeeah”) completely covered the earth at the beginning of the third day. Remember that this water (seas) covering the earth was the result of the sin of Satan, which caused the earth to be corrupted. God began one of His acts of dividing on this day. This would be His third major dividing within the creation account thus far. The Hebrew word (יִקָּווּ) “yeekavoo” gives insight into the division God carried out. The word has a meaning of collecting together or dividing out, that is, separating one thing from another. In binding together the Hebrew word gives the connotation of binding together as by twisting.

1. Light was divided from darkness.
2. The firmament divided the waters above from the waters below.
3. The division would be the dry land from the lower waters.

Just as in day one the energizing agency was the Word of God (John 1: 3). Now the dry land was separated from the lower waters. The cataclysmic action of creation yeekavoo caused the materials to arrange themselves isostatically (gravitational equilibrium) with heaver materials sinking and lighter materials floating. Lots of matter remained suspended in the waters below as the dry earth began to clear.