Re: flat earth

blake@eesun1.tamu.edu
Wed, 23 Aug 1995 09:43:58 -0500

It seems to me, after reading Gen. 1 and Psalm 104 side by side a number of
times, that the latter is really a straightforward, almost verse by verse
commentary on the former. Am I out of bounds in suggesting that Psalm 104
elucidates the *primary* meaning of Gen. 1? (at least the first five days?).
In support of this approach, you can easily see that the next two psalms,
105 and 106, are straightforward commentaries on the early history of
Israel, presenting the primary meaning of the history sections from Abraham
through the Judges.

A number of conclusions could be drawn from this approach, but what is
relevant to this discussion is the "sandwich" concept that has been floating
around. A sandwich concept does emerge from Psalm 104, but it isn't the
cosmological sandwich that worries Loren. On top, we have God riding the
clouds like a chariot, on the bottom we have the earth which cannot be
moved, and inbetween we have all of life hemmed in under God's care and
judgment.

BTW, I just read a small book by Russell Humphries, an adjunct professor at
ICR. He takes the cosmological sandwich seriously, basically equating the
separating of the waters on the second day with the (recent) big bang. Is
this mainstream at ICR these days?

Jim


Jim Blake
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843