Nehemiah 9

Nehemiah 9:6 · Lane G. Tipton

For instance, Nehemiah 9.6, commenting directly on Genesis 1.1, Speaks of the creation of the heaven of heavens. And the host of heaven worships the triune God in that holy place. And that heavenly realm is distinguished from the earth and all that is on it. Psalm 104, verses 1 and 2 says this,

Nehemiah 9:6 · Lane G. Tipton

And then we expanded it in light of texts like Nehemiah 9.6 and Isaiah 6.1-3 and Colossians 1.16 and even Hebrews 12.22-24.

Nehemiah 9:6 · Glen Clary

Yes, yes. Huge theme. Very good. And some later passages of Scripture, I think, bear that interpretation out. One is Nehemiah 9, verse 6. Another one, Colossians 1, 16, where Paul says that all things were created by God in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, which forms a little chiasm. Ear

Nehemiah 9:6 · Lane G. Tipton

But Genesis 1.1, in the beginning God made the heavens and the earth. That brings into view the creation of the presently invisible upper register heavens on the one side and the presently visible heavens and earth on the other side. So, Nehemiah 9.6, the Lord is in heaven and his messengers, his an

Nehemiah 9:6 · Lane G. Tipton

In Nehemiah 9.6, the heaven of heavens, or maybe to use one last concrete illustration, when the author of Hebrews says, you have come to Jesus, what does that mean? You’ve come to a heavenly Jerusalem. You’ve come to a heavenly Mount Zion. If you back it up to Hebrews 8.5, you’ve come to the heaven

Nehemiah 9:6 · Lane G. Tipton

unique way. And in the language of Nehemiah 9.6, remember, the angels, the heavenly host, worship the Lord in that holy realm. And so, the question is, is that where God is restricted? Of course not. We’ve already seen. He fills all things in heaven on earth, but this is a reminder that those provis