The Creation story teaches us in Genesis 1: 6-9

6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament: and it was so.         

8 And God called the firmament Heaven.  And the evening and the morning were the second day.

9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and the dry land appear: and it was so. (NKJ)

What is the firmament? In this account, the firmament is the sky.  After the appearance of the firmament there became three separate layers forming. First, the water in the stratosphere. Second, the sky where the birds fly. Third, the water below the sky, known as the oceans and seas.

Genesis 1:20 makes this clear stating the birds will fly above the earth and over the face of the firmament. Therefore, at the original Creation, a water canopy in the stratosphere, above the sky (the firmament) was in place. After Noah’s Flood this water canopy in the stratosphere was removed. Then, the water became part of the waters from the Flood of Noah, this occurred approximately 4,400 years ago. The water canopy in the stratosphere is therefore no longer present.

Why Is This Important?

It’s important for us to understand the changes in the earth’s atmosphere before the flood and after the flood. Because, as you see, these changes affected life on earth in a way that has profoundly changed the history of the planet including how life on earth evolves and survives. 

The water layer in the stratosphere was very dissimilar in comparison to what it is today. The temperature was probably much warmer, also it had no variation of temperature over the entire planet. It created a “green house” over the entire earth. Because of the greenhouse effect from the vapor canopy in the stratosphere being in place, earth was a tropical paradise.

Perhaps, this explains why the discovery of Mammoths preserved in the permafrost in Siberia had tropical vegetation in their stomachs.  Earth was, if you will, a greenhouse, a tropical paradise beyond anything we could ever imagine.  

Today, one of the functions of the upper atmosphere is to filter out the dangerous radiation from the sun. However, blocking of the hazardous X-rays and gamma rays would most likely have been much greater before the flood. This would account for the life spans of our ancestors in the Bible being recorded as over nine hundred years old in age.

Before and After

Before the flood there would have been a richer concentration of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the stratosphere. The water canopy in the stratosphere would have drastically increased the pressure of gases on Gaia, causing a 50% higher concentrations of oxygen and carbon dioxide.  This evidence is supported by experiments preformed on fossilize tree sap known as amber.

Because of the higher oxygen levels in the stratosphere, there would be higher blood oxygen levels in life on earth. The higher blood oxygen levels at that time would have contributed to extreme longevity. There would be resistance to bacterial and viral diseases. One would have greater metabolic efficiency, which would consequently greatly enhance physical ability.  

Before the flood the average lifespan was 912 years. Today, the average lifespan is between 71 years and 83 years of age. This is a large contrast in life expectancy on the planet before the flood and also including afterwards. We are dying as infants in comparison to our predecessors.

Changes in the Atmosphere

So, why is it important for us to know this information? Today we hear about the greenhouse effect and global warming, but this was the normal environment before the flood. It’s not a new phenomenon as we are led to believe. As we just learned, before the flood, the temperature over the earth was consistent.

What we have to remember is that earth’s atmosphere has gone through a number of changes including temperature fluctuation along with the composition in the last 4.5 billion years. About 3 or 4 billion years ago, a bacteria-like life form discovered photosynthesis and began to give off oxygen as a poisonous waste. Everything living at that time was poisoned causing death all over the planet. This photosynthetic prokaryotic organism emitted O2 as a waste. This is a precursor to what we now call blue-green algae. After more than a billion years of these bacteria-like things making oxygen, a life form evolved that was able to breath it. Soon after this evolution, mankind arrived.

Staying Connected

Mankind has lost touch with our Mother-Who-Nurishes-Us. We no longer hear her song as she quietly hums to us. Humans no longer feel her heartbeat because we have lost touch with her energy. Lost is the connection of oneness you and I once had with Mother Earth. As one isolates themselves inside concrete buildings, lost altogether is the attachment to Mother’s healing energy. 

When we are connected to our Mother, we sense a discomfort or agitation with the subtle changes that are occurring in her vibrational energy. Our conscious mind or our Higher-Self, is wanting to ‘understand’ and categorize what is essentially an ambiguous feeling that is happening around us right then. We knew without judgement when these energies were emerging within us.  We were able to quiet our mind, let go of judgment and fear, and listen to what Earth was saying to us. As individuals, we were able to ask how one could be of service to the conscious collective. Each of us knew what the conscious collective was and that our energies were connected to it.

Nature calls out to us asking for a reunion with her. It’s important that not only does one physically connect with our Living-Source of life, but we join on an energetic level, a soul level. When you’re stressed, have you noticed that once you venture outside into the tranquility of nature, the union with earth calms the soul, mind and body. It’s through this intimate union that one’s body, mind and soul begins to heal. When bare feet touch the ground you feel the joining of energies between yourself and earth.