[dr_lew]

So all that water of Genesis 1:2 had to go someplace.

In Genesis 1:7 God divides the waters and creates the firmament, which should not be confused with the common notion of "firm ground". The firmament, ( See Webster's ) means "The vault or arch of the sky," and it created a protective enclosure within the waters of chaos.

[Just mythoughts]

In Genesis 1:7 God divides the waters and creates the firmament, which should not be confused with the common notion of "firm ground". The firmament, ( See Webster's ) means "The vault or arch of the sky," and it created a protective enclosure within the waters of chaos.

Yes, I agree. And I expect that when all the refining gets completed this earth will be returned to its Genesis 1:1 condition.