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An Ancient Creation Record—Can You Trust It?Is There a Creator Who Cares About You?
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The Second and Third “Days”
Before the Creator made dry land appear on the third creative “day,” he lifted some of the waters. As a result, the earth was surrounded by a blanket of water vapor.c The ancient record does not—and need not—describe the mechanisms used. Instead, the Bible focuses on the expanse between the upper and surface waters. It calls this the heavens. Even today people use this term for the atmosphere where birds and airplanes fly. In due course, God filled this atmospheric heavens with a mix of gases vital for life.
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An Ancient Creation Record—Can You Trust It?Is There a Creator Who Cares About You?
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c The Creator could have employed natural processes to lift these waters and keep them aloft. These waters fell in the days of Noah. (Genesis 1:6-8; 2 Peter 2:5; 3:5, 6) This historic event left an indelible mark on the human survivors and their descendants, as anthropologists confirm. We find this event reflected in flood accounts preserved by peoples earth wide.
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