It says the dome separates the waters. The dome of the atmosphere separates the waters from the earth from the water out in space, if that's what it's talking about.
My problem is one of physics. Assuming Jesus and Satan climbed to the top of the tallest mountain on earth (presumably much taller than, say, Everest), even then how were they able to view all of the nations on earth? You can't see the other side of the...
You don't understand the concept of two spiritual beings having a contest of wit. Jesus casn see everything at once, He is "God with us". We are in the flesh age, we don't understand what is possible in the spiritual plane.
But it only makes sense if there's water hovering just on top of the atmosphere. I think you're running the risk of taking the bible, um... er... metaphorically if you think that the water described is really only in the form of ice on the bottom of lunar craters.
You don't understand the concept of two spiritual beings having a contest of wit. Jesus casn see everything at once, He is "God with us". We are in the flesh age, we don't understand what is possible in the spiritual plane.
I don't think you understand. You got two supernatural beings whom you claim can see everything. If that were the case, why couldn't Satan show Jesus every nation on earth from the inside of a dark closet? Why bother hiking up a mountain in the first place?