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1. Pro 8:29 – “When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:”
- When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment:
- Wisdom was with God when He gave to the sea His decree that the waters should not pass His commandment (Pro 8:30).
- After God established the clouds above by creating the firmament (the sky/atmosphere) and separating the waters above it (clouds) from the waters below it (the ocean which completely covered the earth) (Pro 8:28 c/w Gen 1:6-8), the Lord then commanded the waters to be gathered together into one place (the seas) and the dry land to appear (Gen 1:9-10).
iii. It was at that time that the LORD gave the sea His decree that the waters should not pass His commandment (Pro 8:29).
- Decree n . – 1. An ordinance or edict set forth by the civil or other authority; an authoritative decision having the force of law. 3. One of the eternal purposes of God whereby events are foreordained.
- The waters obey God’s voice (Job 37:10-12).
(i) God confines the breadth of the waters to where He wants them to be.
(ii) Straitened ppl. adj. – 1. Contracted, narrowed; insufficiently spacious. 2. Confined in narrow space; having too little room; closely besieged.
- This is one of the many proofs that Jesus Christ is God (Mar 4:39-41).
- Day in, day out, as the tides rise and fall, the waters of the oceans obey God’s commandment to not pass the shore line (Psa 104:6-9; Jer 5:22).
- God shut in the seas with bars and doors restricting their boundaries (Job 38:8-10) and then said “Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further.” (Job 38:11)
- The Lord used His wisdom to design the earth and oceans and to employ the gravitational pull of the moon to keep the oceans within their appointed bounds.
- when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
- When God gathered the oceans and seas into one place and made the dry land appear, He did so by making the land rise above sea level.
- Every building that rises above the earth (and will remain standing) is build upon a foundation (Luk 6:48-49).
- The mountains and the continents are no different; they are likewise built upon foundations deep inside the earth (Deut 32:22; Psa 18:7; Isa 48:13).
- Foundation n. – 1. The action of founding or building upon a firm substructure; the state or fact of being founded.
iii. God appointed the foundations of the earth and then laid them (Job 38:4-6; Psa 102:25).
- Appoint v. – II. To determine authoritatively, prescribe, decree, ordain. 7. trans. To determine authoritatively, prescribe, fix (a time, later a place) for any act.
- God used His wisdom to design and lay the foundations of the earth (Pro 3:19; Jer 10:12) which have stood strong for over 6,000 years which is a testament to His understanding and wise planning.