The FIRMAMENT separates the "waters above" from the "waters below".
The waters, where the PROSTITUTE sits, stands for people, multitudes, nations, and languages.
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to."
Heaven and earth are not a paradise you go to when you die and the planet.
"Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away".
It's parables, Jesus taught in parable and asked "If you don't understand this parable how will you understand any of the parables?" because scripture is full of parables.
When Jesus died on the cross, the "veil" was torn. The men of the cloth desperately try to uphold that veil.
Those you trust the most.