The second day of reconstruction came, God dividing the waters under the expanse from the waters above the expanse. The expanse God called heaven. What are we to learn from this typically?
The farmer of all persons must recognize the dependence of earth upon heaven. Is there a lengthened drought? Do the crops wither in the fields? What does the farmer do? He scans the heavens earnestly to see if there are any signs of a break in the weather. Is his land deluged with rain day by day, till his fields are waterlogged, and the crops are rotting in the fields? What does the farmer do? He looks again and again at the sullen skies, and longs for the sun to break through. He knows the vital importance of heaven from a material standpoint.
But there are spiritual needs in the souls of men. Sad indeed if the material dependence of earth upon heaven, which no skeptic can deny, leaves any with no spiritual link with Heaven. Spiritually we are as dependent upon Heaven as the earth is dependent on the heavens from a material standpoint.
Where is help to come to poor sin-stricken sinners, but from Heaven? Where did our Savior come from? From Heaven. The prodigal in the wonderful parable of Luke 15 exclaimed in his misery, "I have sinned against HEAVEN and before Thee."
Any person out of touch with Heaven is in a sad and perilous condition. All the terrible misery in the world is occasioned by men being out of touch with Heaven.
If the sentence in the Lord's prayer were fully responded to, "Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven " (Matt. 6:1010Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. (Matthew 6:10)), we should have "On earth peace, good will toward men" (Luke 2: 14). What a glorious day it will be when Heaven shall rule this poor sin-stricken, death-ridden world, sodden, as it is, with tears and blood. Our Lord Jesus Christ shall yet reign in righteousness. He will yet fulfill the Melchisedec priesthood. As King of righteousness and King of peace,
"He comes to break oppression,
To set the captive free;
To take away transgression,
And rule in equity."