It's All About the Atmosphere . . . Proverbs 8:28

When He made firm the skies above, When the springs of the deep became fixed, Proverbs 8:28

Wisdom is telling us here what the early atmosphere of the earth was like at creation.  We are also being told of springs that existed in the oceans - but they were held in place.  Therefore, if truly the wisdom of God is being told to us - and this wisdom relfects the creation of God's world - then there should be some sort of evidence of this in the record of the earth.

The atmosphere above us is a wonder, being made of seven layers - and consisting of various gases at varying pressures.  The word that is used for this description is "amas" which means the skies were made strong, and that they would prevail.  Our atmosphere is the result of water vapor and other elements that are in the skies above the land and water on the earth.  They are held in place by gravity that keeps them in place around the earth.  But the early atmosphere of earth most likely was even more "firm" with water - due to what we find in the fossil record on the earth.  This record includes the amazing story of a planet that had a tropical climate pretty much worldwide.  The Biblical record also records for us an aging process that enabled men to live far longer than they do now.  The size of plants and animals was far greater than presently experienced.  But there is evidence that some catastrophic event changed all this - and left us with the climate that we presently experience with temperate as well as frigid zones on earth - with the climate changing more drastically as we approach the poles of the earth.

Wisdom presents an interesting picture of the early earth.  This fits well with the Genesis account - as well as with the catastrophic flood of Noah.  The pre-flood climate could easily have been due to a much more prolific water layer surrounding the earth.  This canopy of water would have drastically affected the climate of earth making it far more like a tropical climate worldwide.  This water canopy would have also severely limited the ultraviolet rays that bombarded the earth - which would have radically affected the aging process on earth.  The catastrophic change for earth would have involved some kind of piercing or emptying of this water canopy around the earth.  Such an event would have involved a tremendous anmount of rain happening over a long period of time (maybe like 40 days and nights?).  The Bible records this in Genesis 10 as the Noahic flood.  During this time additional water problems would have caused the earth to be innundated beyond the rains caused by the emptying of the water canopy.  God reveals to us that during this time He also allowed the fountains of the deep to be broken up - and for a tremendous amount of water to be released from underneath the oceans.  Such a combination of water canopy release and sub-crust water eruptions would have been sufficient to cover the earth in water.  Of course, if that were true we would find sea creatures in the fossil records on mountains.  Amazingly enough, that is what we have found - even finding sea creatures in the fossil records in the Himalayan Mountain range - and even on Mount Everest - the tallest peak on earth. 

Some will read this and say that such a view of things is obtained by having pre-conceived ideas of our world and its origin.  I would answer such assertions with a resounding, "Yes!"  I would only argue one point.  These are not "my" preconceived ideas - they are more "biblically" conceived ideas that come from reading and seeking to understand God's revelation of what He has done - and is doing in the world.  The evolutionist hides behind such attacks, because if the truth were to be fully revealed, he too has preconceived ideas upon which he bases his research.  His ideas are that of a materialistic worldview that negates the concept of God or creation from the start.  This is why his conclusions MUST support a world that simply exists due to no outside causes.  He starts with no God - and must come to a conclusion that supports his presuppositions.  At least I am honest about my biblical preconceptions.  The evolutionist feigns pseudo-scientific objectivity - yet his quest is not for truth as much as it is for information that will allow him to continue to negate God - and therefore permit him to live his life according to his own wisdom - rather than the Wisdom of God.