Earth's Firmament Dome
Is there a firmament above the earth, encapsulating the entire world? Entrapping humanity in its enormous dome? And if so, are humans allowed to leave the Earth?
In ancient near eastern cosmology, the firmament signified a cosmic barrier that separated the heavenly waters above from the Earth below. In biblical cosmology, the firmament (Hebrew: רָקִ֫יעַ rāqīa) is the vast solid dome created by God during the Genesis creation narrative to divide the primal sea into upper and lower portions so that the dry land could appear.