If you follow these links, you will understand what this first Bible verse means. The sky here does not represent the blue sky we see and the earth does not represent our planet earth.
- The difference between the spiritual heaven and the physical heaven or space in the verse “in the beginning God created the heaven”. (cfr: : What does “in the beginning God created the heaven” (i) )
- The difference between the earth representing the universe and the earth representing our planet in the verse “in the beginning God created… the earth”. (cfr: What does “in the beginning god created… the earth” mean? )