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THE FORGOTTEN FOUNDATION OF CREATION PT 2 -COSMIC ED #11
Discover the hidden architecture of creation in this powerful episode of DIY Salvation.
We explore how this cosmic framework not only supports the universe but now flows within you through the Holy Spirit. As Jesus said, “Out of your belly shall flow rivers of living water.” That means your dreams, destiny, and divine provision aren’t far away—they’re within, waiting to be released by faith, prayer, and spiritual insight.
If you’ve felt disconnected or stuck, this episode will awaken you to your true position in God’s cosmic design. You are not reaching for the heavens—the kingdom is already within you.
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Hello everyone, welcome back to DIY Salvation Cosmic Edition. Today's topic is the forgotten foundation of creation, and this is part two. Once again we are diving into one of the most profound and misunderstood elements in scripture, which is the farmament. In our last episode we mentioned the misconceptions about the firmament and we said that many modern thinkers, they assume that the firmament is just the sky or the atmosphere, and this is because of the flat earth interpretation or because of maybe outdated cosmology, I don't know. Some people don't just follow science. But the Bible declared that the firmament is not the same as space. Okay. So even if the Bible says that the firmament is, he called God, called it heaven after he created it, that doesn't mean it's space, because we look up and we see space and we think that is heaven. Okay. We also said that it is a dimensional structure housing celestial bodies. We said that the firmament is not just symbolic or poetic, it is literal. I haven't mentioned this, but I want to say this that prophets like ezekiel and also john, they also they, they saw the firmament. Clearly. We also said from last episode that the firmament is not a solid dome, as skeptics claim, you know, but rather that the firmament is a divine. We say divine as opposed to physical, you know. So the best word to explain that will be spiritual. So it's a spiritual structure. It's a living expanse because it has living beings in it. It's also crystal clear and filled with God's glory, which we'll see in our discourse today. The thing about misunderstanding the firmament is that if you do not understand this topic, it would lead to confusion about everything that we've been talking about. This is the foundation of creation and it's important to understand it and how something so important can just be hidden in scriptures for us to search them out, you know, just shows how amazing really God is and also how amazing human beings are, because, really, in a dark realm, god gives us a book, you know, that seems to be filled with riddles, but the more you walk with him, he begins to tell you and begins to open your eyes to see these things. It's just amazing, like it's really amazing. God is amazing.
Speaker 1:Okay, so what is the firmament? The firmament comes from the word firmament. Comes from the Hebrew word rakia, which means expanse, vault, dome, and it first appears in Genesis, chapter 1, from verse 6 to 8, which we all know. God said let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters. Let's divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament and he called the firmament heaven.
Speaker 1:So the firmament we have said is not simply the sky or it's not the atmosphere. I've said that it could, you know, the atmosphere could actually be part of what makes up the firmament. All right, because it's also water. But the point is that it is a divine structure, it's a spiritual structure and also a dimensional veil. It is the firmament that God uses to veil.
Speaker 1:See, without the firmament, three dimension will not be stuck in three dimension. I'm telling you it will be open, all right. So, so when when you go out of um the earth, the planet earth, and you look into space, you think is open, ended, but you can't see. You you think is open because you can actually see the structure of the stars, you can see the structure of the moon and all these celestial bodies and you think it's open. It's not open. If it was open, you would know that there are beings everywhere. You could actually see spaceships zooming past and beings going back and forth and you'll be able to interact with them. But it's not open. So that's the reason why it looks as if we're just lost in space, it's because of the firmament. The firmament is what has kept us stuck in here. You know, it's the firmament that kept us in this place, because the firmament is a dimension divider.
Speaker 1:All right, Okay, so let's look at this account that gives us insight into the nature of the firmament. All right, right, revelations, chapter 4, verse 6, talking about god on his throne, he says before the throne of god there was a sea of glass, sea, water. See, the bible is literal when he's talking about sea. He's saying sea of glass, like onto crystal. That doesn't mean that the sea was made up of glass. No, it's that the sea was so clear that it looked like glass or, better still, like onto crystal. Imagine how, how clear a diamond you know is, and even a diamond that is cut by human hands is, not even. It can't even compare to something spiritual. All right, so he says that's how clear. The sea was very as clear as crystal, as clear as glass. All right, before the throne there was a sea of glass.
Speaker 1:So on the one hand, you could say that the, the firmament is like, because, from what Genesis says, it says the firmament is God made it and put it in the midst of the waters. So that is in the middle of the water, and there's water on top and there's water underneath it, right? So the firmament is there, okay, but it's. It forms a platform because people I told you, people, throughout scriptures were able to walk on the firmament. Let me tell you, when Jesus walked on water, he activated the spiritual code of the firmament. He was walking on the firmament, he was working on the firmament.
Speaker 1:This is the reason why, um, magicians around the world have been able to reproduce that same magic, where people have been able to walk on water unaided, all right, but, of course, using dark, dark magic, right? So when they do this, what are they doing? They're invoking they. They understand that there is a firmament, you know, that can be solid in certain spiritual forms or spiritual states, so they are able to invoke it by some means. And they walked on it. Jesus was able to call it for that walked on it.
Speaker 1:God's throne is set upon the waters, is set upon the firmament as well, so he walks on it. It. It's natural for God to walk on water, do you understand? That's the reason why Jesus would walk on water. No big deal, but to us it's a miracle. It's like, oh, wow, it's a miracle because we're in three-dimensional realm. So before the throne there was a sea of glass like onto crystal, all right. And now we see the same information in a different way. John said this and then we now go to. If we go to Ezekiel 1, verse 22,. And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the color of the terrible crystal stretched forth over their heads above. So you see that these two verses of scriptures are speaking of the same thing.
Speaker 1:If you know, if you've listened to my teaching on the throne of God, if you haven't, go find it, because then it can give you a clearer picture on this. You'll find it on YouTube. Maybe. If I have time another day I'll do a fresh teaching on it, all right, but if you can find it, go listen to it, or it's in my book One Understanding the God of the Bible.
Speaker 1:So I talked about the throne of God and the explanation. When you see the way the throne of God is, the living creatures. God is seated on a throne right. The throne is set on a large expanse of water. This water is also a sea of fire, because, I don't know, for whatever reason. Sometimes it's fire, sometimes it's water. I don't know how to explain it. Okay, no words in this realm can explain such a phenomenon, right? So it's a sea of fire, it's a sea of water, it's there. So his throne is set, his seats, the throne, the seats, the chair, is set upon that vast expanse of real estate which is called the firmament, which is like, really is like a large expanse of water. It's just water, all right Now. Upon that's where God's throne is Now. Underneath the throne, right Underneath it, you now find the four living creatures, very powerful, very big.
Speaker 1:So that's to tell you that, even if you're standing before God's throne, god is still very much lifted high because you're like literally looking up. Let me say this okay, I know people, you know when we pray, we look up to the sky to pray, and then you know they tell us, you know, god is with you now, god is in you now. So you don't have to look up. Really, it's actually something that comes from the subconscious, because at every given point in time, I don't know the picture you see of God when you're talking to him, but I still have this picture of him sitting on the throne, even if he's with me and he's still way above me. Something on the throne, even if he's with me and he's still way above me, something in your subconscious just tells you that you know he's just way up there. So somehow, even when you're worshiping you're, you're lifting your face up like this. Like if your face is not lifted up, you don't feel that you know, somehow your subconscious, god is way up there. You know it's because of these things, you know, because he's highly, like, literally highly lifted up.
Speaker 1:So I was talking about the firmament that is above the head of the living creatures, right? So God's throne I was describing it is set like that, and then you find that underneath it it's the position of the four living creatures. So God, no matter, even on his throne, he's highly lifted up. The four living creatures are not standing on the same level with him. No, remember that the four living creatures the way Ezekiel explains it is that it's even part of God himself, because his spirit, the spirit in the living creatures, is also his spirit, is God's spirit.
Speaker 1:So if God wants to go to the east, for example, you know the living creatures. God doesn't need to say to them hey, we're going to the east now. So let's start, you know, in the next 20 minutes. Be on our way. No, you know the living creature, you know, you know the way the living creatures are set. They are set on the four cardinal points. So there's one facing the north, one facing the south, one facing the east, one facing the west. All right, so at any given, go read it in Ezekiel, chapter one, at any given point in time. If God wants to go to the east, the living creature on the east just goes, because he's remember they also have four faces right, and the four faces also face the four cardinal points as well. So at every given point in time, god does not need to reverse, like the throne does not need to reverse, he just moves. If he wants to go to the west, he just goes straight up, the guy on the west goes. If he wants to go to the east, the one straight up. The guy on the west goes. If he wants to go to the east, the one on the east just goes, you know, and he doesn't need to utter a word to tell them because his spirit is connected to theirs. So he's, he can easily give the instruction.
Speaker 1:Now, this is a moving throne, but not just is it a moving throne, it's also a throne that is set upon a vast expanse of a real estate and it's it's a throne that has to do with lots of water and lots of of um fire. Okay, all right. So underneath the throne, like I said, the four living creatures are there. So the the realm of god, that, that is the seat of God, the throne of God, like his throne, that one that is the one that is eternal, is set in eternity forever. But the espans divides him on the throne from the living creatures who are just beneath the throne. Do you see that now? That's why I told you the firmament is a dimension divider. It divides from God. So it looks as if the firmament is right above their head. Go and read it. It's there in the Bible, in Ezekiel. I don't have to read all of these things, I'm just telling you how God showed me. So they're all. It's just above their head, right upon their head. That's what he says. He said this, the terrible he says, and the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the color of the terrible crystal stretched forth over their heads above. So now you see that, that sea of glass that John called the sea of glass, that Ezekiel calls it the firmament. So it shows us the nature of the firmament.
Speaker 1:As what Water? So we now know two fundamental truths here that the firmament flows from the sea of glass before God's throne. This is to tell you also that the water that you drink right, comes directly from God. This God is just awesome. It comes directly from him, from his throne, from him. Do you understand? That is where it flows from. There's no place, you see, in the scripture, that God created water, do you understand? Because it was already there before. It's part of the structure of the universe. So it comes directly. As you're drinking, you're drinking God. This God is awesome. I told you. If anybody told you there's another God, they lied. When you finish listening to DIY Salvation Cosmic Edition, go and tell everybody that they are lying to you. There is only one God. Tell everybody that, ah, they are lying to you. There is only one God. The second thing is that the firmament is made of the purest water, crystal clear, sustaining everything beneath it. All right, so we have seen now that God's throne rests upon the firmament.
Speaker 1:Psalm 77, verse 19, speaking about God, it says this is still King David. I told you this. King David is just. You know, he was just an amazing person. He said this is what he was singing. His songs are so deep. I think it was Mr Johnson that says this. He said that. You know, king David wrote songs, but we are singing, we're reading them as prayer, we're praying the songs that he wrote.
Speaker 1:All right, he says look at what he says, says he says thy way is in the sea, thy way, god's way, is in the sea and his path in the great waters and his footsteps are not known. You know the reason why you cannot tell God's footsteps because the water he walks on cannot keep. He does not walk on mud, he's not walking on sand. Do you understand? If he was walking on sand, you will see the soles of his feet. You can can say okay, this is his footstep. Let me just take a measurement now and then go and create something and put it in my house and be worshiping that. This is the feet of God. Like this, I'm worshiping at the feet of Jesus. You understand. But no, you can't even find his footsteps. Why? Because his footsteps are not known. Why they are set in the sea. God's way is in the sea.
Speaker 1:When you were reading this scripture before now, you just thought that king david was just imagining something abstract. But it's not abstract. This is reality. Job, chapter 9, verse 8 who alone spreads out the heavens and treads this is another one we missed. The scripture before.
Speaker 1:God treads upon the waves of the sea, the same firmament he's talking about. He said he spread it, but not just that. He walks upon the waves of the sea. This is normal. God walks upon the firmament. His throne sits on the sea of glass. He literally walks on water. Why would it be difficult for jesus to walk on water? It's not a miracle, it's just normal.
Speaker 1:No wonder his ways are untraceable. Glory to god. Why? Water does not, food does not keep footprints. There's no way you can trace it. Say, god passed here. If you pass, if you don't pass like this, pass like this. Now you will see god or you pass. No, he's untraceable. He needs to tell you he's not somebody that you just go and you know he needs to have. You have to have a relationship, conversation with him. Glory to god, all right.
Speaker 1:The second point is that the firmament is a dimension divider. I have mentioned it, I'm just going to say it a little bit more. The firmament is a dimension. Okay, I told you that God introduced it to divide realms, the waters above from the waters below. At what you see, when God says something, he says it once, but it applies to all the realms. It will surprise you. He'll say one thing now it's applying to Satan in his realm, he's also applying to us on the earth, or to some wicked king on the earth at the same time. All right, applying to us on the earth or to some wicked king on the earth at the same time, all right. So when he's saying that the waters he divided it, the waters are both from the waters below, if you look at it in terms of the universe, you know definitely that there are waters above, there are waters below. I saw a scripture recently that tells me that there are, there's water even below the earth. You know, that is where you find the. I saw it. I saw it and I was like oh yeah, this is where you find. You know.
Speaker 1:You remember, abraham's bosom was in the underworld before, but of course, um, christians are being relocated now, so nobody's in Abraham's bosom right now, but before now Abraham was there in the underworld. So he was in a place that Jesus called Abraham's bosom and so everybody that was kept there, they had water to drink. Why? How do I know that? Because remember the rich man and Lazarus, when the rich man was in Hades and he looked up. So you can see that when he looked up, there was a sort of heaven above him. Do you see? There was a gulf.
Speaker 1:He talks about it, the Bible talks about there was a sort of heaven above him, but then somehow, because they are all spirit beings, now they could see each other. So he could see Lazarus. So he looked at Lazarus and he said, can I have some water? Because he saw that Lazarus had water where he was. So you see, the Bible really, really connects. There is water in the underworld, all right, but just in Abraham's bosom, below it, where there is in Hades, and there is Hades, the pits you know where demons stay and Tartarus, there's no water in all those areas. That's the reason why, you see, the rich man was begging Lazarus. Just give me a drop of water. Let me cool my tongue because I'm tormented in the flames, all right. So I was talking about the waters above, from the waters below.
Speaker 1:So it shows that the firmament is a multi, is a, is a dimension divider, dividing between the multi-layered cosmos. All right, so we have the upper waters. Of course we know the spiritual, um, spirit, spiritual realms are there? The lower waters, physical realms and material dimensions? All right, so let's explore the functions um more. The firmament divides between god's throne and the living creatures.
Speaker 1:I've already said that it also divides between the heaven of heavens and the lower heavens. I said that in the last episode. All right, that from where God's throne is, there's a firmament, from between him and the living creatures. Now, that same water you see it in Ezekiel it flows from the throne and then it keeps on flowing and flowing and flowing into other rivers, and then we know that it is from that particular water flowing that God stretched. You understand? He stretched the firmament and then he hung the universe on it. Now, after the water has been stretched, what is underneath it is the heaven universe. So I've also explained that the heaven universe underneath it is also another firmament, do you understand? There's a firmament in between it. So it looks as if the picture that God showed me was the heaven universe sitting on water or sitting in, sitting on the shore of of a sea, right sitting on the shore of a sea, then there's water in between, in between, and then when you look inside the water and you see the, what looks like the reflection of that heaven dimension, that's what you see sitting inside the water, is the earth, our universe, universe, the dark realm that we live in. So our universe, this entire beautiful, awesome universe, is a mirror dimension of the heaven universe. Why is it a mirror? Because of the firmament. It's still the firmament that causes it. So there's a division between the realms like that. So this you can only see if you have, if you, if god gives you perspective, really all right. So it's a dimension divider between the heaven of heavens and the lower heavens. We also said that.
Speaker 1:Okay, psalm 148 says praise him, ye heaven of heavens and ye waters that be above the heavens, ye waters. I told you there are beings that live in those waters. King david, again, is just amazing. There are water. There are beings that live in the, in the farmament as well. So he's also telling them when king david is praising. King david is praising god. He's not praising god like he's just leading a church. He's even leading angels to praise god. What kind of person was king david now? Because he said praise ye him like, praise him, ye heaven of heavens and ye waters that be above the heavens. Why? Why are you telling spirits to praise god jesus was? Do you know that this jesus sacrifice had not yet been been made? And yet king david has such a mindset to tell the angels praise him, praise him. Who knows, maybe he had even had experiences where he was worshiping and angels were worshiping together with him. Only when you meet King David would you know the things that he experienced in worship with God.
Speaker 1:All right, then the next way. Next thing is that the firmament acts as a divider between the heavens and the earthly realms. I've already explained that, okay. So, um, yeah, and then also, it's a dimension divider between the seen and the unseen realities. All right, so the next thing about the next fact about the firmament is that the firmament brings life and healing. This is very key because, you see, because of the way the structure of the universe is such that the firmament flows through the entire thing. You know, you find that in the firmament is everything, is food, is life, is money, is people. You know the abundance. When the Bible talks about the abundance of the sea shall be converted to you, it's still the firmament that will bring it. When he talks about the heavens were shot, or above the people of Israel, it's the firmament that was shot. Will God open the windows of heaven? That heaven is the firmament, when, in fact, I don't want to go into the next episode because there are some important things that I want to mention that is very key as to how it applies to you, how the workings of the firmament applies to you in this realm. But the point is that the point to take away from this particular fact is that the firmament brings life and healing.
Speaker 1:Ezekiel 47, verse 9, everything that leaveth, whithersoever the river shall come, shall leave Wherever the firmament reaches it. It's alive. Their leaves shall not fade for their mind, everything that liveth with with us. So ever the river shall come, shall live. Wherever the firmament reaches, it is alive. Their leaves shall not fade for their water issued out of the sanctuary. What water is the firmament? The water that comes out of the throne of god. That's the reason why um david was singing and he says if you're planted by the rivers of living water, that is, the rivers of living water. Oh yeah, I'm already getting to.
Speaker 1:The next topic is the rivers of living water, that is, the rivers of living water. Oh yeah, I'm already getting to the next topic. It's the rivers of living water. So you already have an idea of the nature of the farmament where it's originally. I told you it's water that is flowing from God, all right. And then Revelation 22, from verse 1 to 2. He showed me a pure river of water of life, and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. Wow, the farmament channels the living waters from God's throne. It brings healing, it brings life, it brings fruitfulness and healing. Everything in the entire universe is connected. Every living thing is connected to the farmament. The rain comes from the farmament, the clouds come from the farmament, Everything comes from it. And then the next point which I was trying not to get into is the fact that the farmament represents the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 1:John, chapter 7, from verse 38 to 39, says he that believeth on me out of his belly. So you don't need to look up again. You're no longer afraid that the heavens above will be shot over you Do. You see? You're no longer afraid. Back in the day, the heavens above were shot, so they had to make sacrifices for the heavens to be open, and then the heavens would be open. And even the heavens would be open. And even when it's open, it's just a window, do you understand? It's just a window that will be open Because it talks about when you're tight. In the Old Testament, god will open the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing. Just a window, and the blessings was quite a lot, but it was just a window.
Speaker 1:Now he says Jesus says something very, very, very powerful and profound. He says if you believe in him, out of your belly flows the rivers of living water. That firmament is inside you, now that the abundance of the sea is inside you. What this means is that everything that you need in life, you can draw it out of yourself. No longer should you look above and say, oh, why is the heavens shot above me? The reason why it is shot and you're experiencing it as shot is because you believe it to be so. So you need to look inwards, like by you listening to this message.
Speaker 1:Now you have to change your perspective. That's what it means by saying repent. It means change your mind. That's what it means by saying repent. It means change your mind. That's why I'm showing you this. This is why God showed us these things that you have to change your mind and begin to look inwards. Out of my belly flows rivers of living water, so you begin to bring it out of yourself so that it blesses you, and then it has to bless your world, because the river did not just stay in the temple. Do you remember? You are also the temple of the living God. Did you not expect that the rivers of living water will flow out of you? It will flow out of you.
Speaker 1:Luke, chapter 17, verse 21. For behold, the kingdom of God is within you. The kingdom of God is within you. The Holy Spirit is that living water. He is the same life force flowing in the firmament. Now it's the same. It's the same. It's flowing inside of you now.
Speaker 1:Ecclesiastes, chapter 3, ecclesiastes, chapter 3, verse 11. He had made everything beautiful in his time. Also, he has set the world, the world in their hearts. Do you understand? Eternity is set in your heart. The world is set in your heart. Your world is in your spirit. Man, you know that one that you dream about. You know where. You own several planes. You have all the things that you ever dream about. You know the Lamborghinis and so on and so forth, everything and apart from that, that world where you think about affecting the entire world, reaching them with your craft, reaching them with your art, reaching them with you know the giftings that God placed inside of you. You see, that thing is set, it was already set in your spirit man. It's set in your spirit man, but he needs to flow out. He will flow out with the water, with the river of life.
Speaker 1:Praying tongues activate the Holy Spirit. You know light the fire, speak the words, declare what you want to see. As you're praying in tongues, make your declarations and imagine that it's flowing out of you and it's changing your world. Glory to God. The next point about the next fact about the firmament, is that the firmament houses the stars. We mentioned that before and in them, in the firmament, god has set a tabernacle for the sun. All right, we already mentioned that and we've said that the firmament is the foundation of the world.
Speaker 1:To draw the cut into this episode, I just want you to remember and not forget this, that if you have the Holy Spirit, the living water is within you and you are part of the divine structure. You know, it's not a coincidence, it's not a mistake that you are called the temple of the living God right now, because eventually you will be the temple of the living God in the brand new universe that God is going to create. So you're only just practicing right now. All right. Eternity is within you, your world is within you. Bring it out, okay. You are part of the divine structure of God, of God's universe, of God's work.
Speaker 1:Remember you are a star. You are inherently a star. If you pass on from this life, you're just going to behave like a star, like once you shed this body. You're just going to shoot up like an angel straight up to the throne room and then you're just going to kneel before the father and just say master, you're just going to shine as a star. That's who you are. So you're a star. You're shining in God's heaven. I want you to be anchored in his eternal firmament. Yes, the firmament is there, is within you, but you have to be anchored. You have to believe this thing and you have to anchor your belief system on it. And you have to anchor your belief system on it and you have to work it to bring it out. How? By praying in tongues, by making declarations speaking what you want to see. Do not feel defeated. Do not give room to defeat or depression or contrary beliefs. Rather, hang your hope on these things that the Word of God says. The Bible is real.