Contradiction with Psalm 104:3
Contradicts the depiction of heaven opening by describing God as setting beams of His chambers upon the waters and making the clouds His chariot, portraying a structured, ordered depiction of the heavens rather than one that opens.
Psalm 104:3: Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
Contradiction with Ezekiel 1:1
Instead of a peaceful image of the heavens opening, it depicts the heavens opening to reveal visions of God, suggesting a more ominous and overwhelming experience.
Ezekiel 1:1: Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, as I [was] among the captives by the river of Chebar, [that] the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. [captives: Heb. captivity]
Contradiction with John 3:13
States that no one has ascended to heaven except He who came down, which contradicts the idea of a heavenly opening and descent, as described in Mark 1:10 with the Spirit descending.
John 3:13: And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] the Son of man which is in heaven.
Contradiction with Revelations 4:1
Describes a door opened in heaven rather than the heavens being torn open, suggesting a more organized celestial setting compared to the spontaneous opening in Mark 1:10.
Contradiction with Isaiah 64:1
This verse involves a plea for the heavens to be torn apart for a divine intervention of destruction, which contradicts the peaceful nature of the heavens opening and the Spirit descending gently like a dove in Mark 1:10.
Isaiah 64:1: Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,