Objective:

This week’s discussion will cover the second day of creation.

Beads:

Section 4, the 5th Small bead:

(Bead 5): “And, on the second day, the Creator placed the firmament as a vail between the heavens and the earth separating the waters Below from the waters Above.”

Passages to Ponder

Zenock 7:20

20. And because you have received of the mercy, you have been given strength (Gevurah), and this is the second day of your creation.

1 Moses 3

12. ¶ And again, I said: Let there be a space dedicated in The Presence of the Waters; and it was so, even as I spake.
13. And I said: Let it divide the waters above in the heavens from the waters below upon the earth; and it was done.
14. And the veil was made, and this divided the waters, yea, the great waters under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so, even as I spake.
15. And I called the firmament heaven; and this age was the second degree.

4 Moses 2

7. ¶ And in the second age Elohim created the firmament in the midst of the waters,
8. And the waters were divided between the firmament that is the midst over the face of the whole earth, and the waters below the earth and in the abyss.

Abraham 4

6. ¶ And the Gods also said: Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and it shall divide the waters from the waters.
7. And the Gods ordered the expanse, so that it divided the waters which were under the expanse, from the waters which were above the expanse: and it was so, even as they ordered.
8. And the Gods called the expanse, heaven; and it came to pass that it was from evening until morning, that they called night; and it came to pass that it was morning until evening, that they called day: and this was the second time, that they called night and day

Book of Remembrance – Chapter 3

12. ¶ And again, Elohim spake and said: Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and it was so;
13. For behold, Elohim said: Let it divide the waters from the waters; and it was done, for the gods obeyed the Word of Elohim.
14. And they, the gods, said: Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and it shall divide the waters from the waters.
15. And the gods ordered the expanse so that it divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so, even as they ordered.
16. And Elohim called the firmament Heaven; and the gods followed, calling the expanse Heaven.
17. And it came to pass that it was from evening until morning that was called night by the reckoning of the gods; and it came to pass that it was from morning until evening that they called day;
18. And this was the second time that they called night and day, and thus the evening and the morning were the second day.

Questions of Knowledge (What it says at the surface)

• What all does it say happened on the second day?

Questions of Wisdom (What it means below the surface)

• Symbolically speaking, what is water?
• What is water in the heavens above (symbolically / allegorically)?
• What is water below the firmament (symbolically / allegorically)?
• Symbolically speaking, what is this “firmament” that fills the space between the waters?

Questions of Understanding (Likening it to Ourselves)

• In what way have these two waters been part of your life?
• What role does the firmament play in your life?

Questions of Mystery (What deeper meaning can be harvested)

• In what ways does YHVH, the creator desire for you the new creation to receive the allegory of this the second day?