Fly Caster
Puritan Board Sophomore
From Calvin's Institutes, book 1, chapter five:
...[i:7fca2fd603](God) keeping the sea, which seems constantly threatening the earth with devastation, suspended as it were in air; [/i:7fca2fd603]
A group of friends & I had a lively discussion on this yesterday over lunch, trying to figure out what Calvin meant. Someone pointed out Psalm 33:7, [i:7fca2fd603] He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.[/i:7fca2fd603] What we were wondering is are the oceans somehow higher than "sea level" and does God somehow hold them back to keep them from flooding the earth?
Also, does anyone know if its true that one end of the Panama Canal is higher than the other, requiring locks on the canal, even though both ends are at "sea level?"uzzled:uzzled:
...[i:7fca2fd603](God) keeping the sea, which seems constantly threatening the earth with devastation, suspended as it were in air; [/i:7fca2fd603]
A group of friends & I had a lively discussion on this yesterday over lunch, trying to figure out what Calvin meant. Someone pointed out Psalm 33:7, [i:7fca2fd603] He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.[/i:7fca2fd603] What we were wondering is are the oceans somehow higher than "sea level" and does God somehow hold them back to keep them from flooding the earth?
Also, does anyone know if its true that one end of the Panama Canal is higher than the other, requiring locks on the canal, even though both ends are at "sea level?"uzzled:uzzled: