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Ff-2. Is THE EARTH A SPHERE CALLED THE GLOBE?

The reason that I ask this question “Is the earth a SPHERE?” is that some Christians sincerely believe that the Bible teaches us that the earth is FLAT. They do NOT believe that the earth is a GLOBE or SPHERICAL in shape. But rather they believe that the earth is round like a flat DISC that sits on PILLARS that are the earth’s FOUNDATION much like a house is built upon a literal structural foundation. Now if you just happened upon this study please know that this study that you are reading right now is part two of a 5 part study in God’s word called “IS THE EARTH FLAT?” to show my readers that the Bible ITSELF teaches us that the earth is a SPHERE or as most people say the earth is a GLOBE. Again, part 1 is called “IS THE EARTH FLAT?” And in that part, I covered the verses of Scripture that SEEMED to be saying that the earth has EDGES or boundaries and CORNERS. 

To summarize part 1, the four corners of the earth are actually what is called figurative language that is speaking about the four cardinal directions of north, south, east, and west. The Scripture interprets this truth for us when we COMPARE Scripture with Scripture. So if you have not read part one as yet I would highly suggest that you stop here and read it first. But this study does not depend entirely on part 1 first so here is the rest of the summary of part 1. The ends of the earth and the uttermost parts of the earth verses are also referring to the four cardinal directions of north, south, east, and west. Thus, NONE of those verses prove a flat earth. Also, I mentioned in part 1 that I believe that there are two verses in the Bible that do indeed prove that the earth is a SPHERE. So we will cover those two verses here in part two of this five-part series of Bible studies to learn the true shape of the earth.

IS THE EARTH FLAT?

Part 2

IS THE EARTH A SPHERE CALLED THE GLOBE?

Personally, I believe that the Bible ITSELF teaches us that the earth is a SPHERE. There are many extra-Biblical pieces of evidence that also SUPPORT the TRUTH of what the Bible itself teaches us about the earth being a GLOBE or SPHERICAL in shape. Now, many extra-Biblical pieces of evidence can be EXPLAINED away just like many verses of Scripture can be explained away. But if you are truly seeking the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God then you will see that I am NOT trying to twist any Scriptures to support my belief that the earth is a sphere. Rather, I am simply presenting to my readers, OTHER interpretations of the verses used by “flat earthers” to try and prove that the earth is flat. I also point out the ERRORS of the interpretation Scripture made by the “flat earthers” as well as the error of their model of the flat earth failing to meet the physical laws of or real genuine spherical earth that can be tested.

So then, let us begin this study in God’s word by reading both of the two Scriptures that I believe prove that God created the earth as a SPHERE.

Proverbs 8:27.

“When He (Almighty God the Father) prepared the heavens, I was there: when He set a COMPASS upon the face of the depth:” 

Isaiah 40:22.  

“It is he that sits upon the CIRCLE of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in:” 

Both of these Hebrew words that are translated as COMPASS and as CIRCLE clearly speak of the earth as being ROUND in shape. Now, I realize that a circle can also be a FLAT circle. And thus, the earth is described simply as the circle of the earth does not PROVE beyond any shadow of a doubt that the earth is a SPHERE. But there is more Biblical evidence in these two verses that describe the earth as TURNING. And, according to “flat earthers”, their flat earth does NOT MOVE.

Now, the Christians that believe the world is FLAT will simply argue that these verses describing the earth as a CIRCLE are describing the FLAT DISC-shaped earth. And one of the reasons that they argue for the FLAT earth is the verses of Scripture that SEEM to be saying that the earth has ENDS which they interpret as being edges or the borders of the earth. Again, we already covered all those verses of Scripture in part one of this study. So the focus of this study is to show my readers WHY I believe that the two verses that I quoted above prove that the earth is a SPHERE as opposed to being a circular round flat disc-shaped earth. Let us read the first verse again and then we will dig into Proverbs 8:27 by looking up the meanings of the Hebrew words.

Proverbs 8:27.

“When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a COMPASS upon the face of the depth:” 

Here is the same verse with the Strong’s numbers.

Proverbs 8:27. 

“When He (Almighty God the Father) prepared H3559 the heavens, H8064 I H589 was there: H8033 when He (Speaking of Almighty God) set H2710 a COMPASS H2329 upon H5921 the face H6440 of the depth: H8415”

The words that we will be looking at more closely I have emphasized with different colors. The word “SET” means to hack, to engrave, to be a scribe. Please notice that I emphasized the meaning to be a SCRIBE. I believe that Proverbs 8:27 also has some HIDDEN meanings that AGREE with what I myself am seeing as the TRUE meaning of the earth being a sphere. We will cover these other more hidden meanings after taking a closer look at a more obvious meaning. In other words, I will skip over the meaning of the Hebrew word as God being a SCRIBE and come back to it later on in part four of this study called “IS THE EARTH SITTING ON A FOUNDATION?” where we will use the meaning of God being a SCRIBE and FOUNDER of the earth to show that the TRUE meaning of the verses that say the FOUNDATION of the earth simply means God founding the BLUEPRINT of what will take place on the earth. Here is how E-Sword defines this Hebrew word translated as SET.

H2710

חָקַק

châqaq

khaw-kak'

A primitive root; properly to hack, that is, engrave (Jdg_5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (generally) prescribe: - appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.

The next word “COMPASS” means a CIRCLE, a circuit, and compassive. And the ROOT word means to DESCRIBE something AS being a CIRCLE. Also, this word means to GO AROUND. It is used to describe a pregnant woman COMPASSING a child on ALL sides, top, bottom and completely around the fetus in the WOMB of a woman. In other words, we know that the infant is completely surrounded by the womb of a pregnant woman. Also, the word CIRCUIT has then the meaning of MOVING on a PATH like electricity traveling is called a CIRCUIT. The definition of an electrical circuit means that the electricity travels on a SET course all the way around in a complete CIRCLE. Also, please keep in mind that this SAME Hebrew word that is used in the second verse in Isaiah 40:22 which we will look at shortly. So the SAME meaning also applies to that verse as well. Here is how E-Sword defines this Hebrew word.

H2329

חוּג

chûg

khoog

From H2328; a circle: - circle, circuit, compassive

Total KJV occurrences: 3

The word “UPON” has many meanings. It is a preposition. I will highlight preposition TO which is the meaning that I myself feel is the best meaning for this particular verse of Scripture. Here is how E-Sword defines this Hebrew word.

H5921

עַל

‛al

al

Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications: - above, according to (-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, X as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, X both and, by (reason of), X had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through (-out), to, touching, X with.

Total KJV occurrences: 5683

The word “FACE” also has several meanings but, according to E-Sword, they carry the meaning of TURNING. Here is what E-Sword says.

H6440

פָּנִים

pânı̂ym

paw-neem'

Plural (but always used as a singular) of an unused noun (פָּנֶה pâneh, paw-neh'; from 6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.): -    + accept, a (be-) fore (-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront (-part), form (-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him (-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look [-eth] (-s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, prospect, was purposed, by reason, of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them (-selves), through (+ -out), till, time (-s) past, (un-) to (-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with (-in, + stand), X ye, X you.

And the word “DEPTH” means the DEEP or the ABYSS which most Bible scholars agree is speaking of OUTER SPACE of the entire universe. The abyss is also used to refer to the deep of the oceans. Here is what E-Sword says.

H8415

תְּהֹם    תְּהוֹם

tehôm    tehôm

teh-home', teh-home'

(Usually feminine) from H1949; an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean water supply): - deep (place), depth.

Now let us put these meanings that best fit the description of what most people believe about the earth orbiting the sun on a SET COURSE in outer space hanging upon NOTHING to see if these meanings of these Hebrew words AGREE with the Bible or if they CONTRADICT other parts of the Bible. To ME, even if the entire world believes in the FLAT earth and I myself understand the Bible to be teaching that the earth is a SPHERE then I would indeed teach what the Bible ITSELF teaches. So again, I am not trying to twist the Scriptures to fit what the “world” believes. Rather, I am showing you all the meanings of the Hebrew words that I feel the Holy Spirit revealed to me so YOU can decide for yourself. I am after the TRUTH and nothing else but the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God. With that being said let us now read Proverbs 8:27 with the OTHER meanings of the Hebrew words. For you see, the translators have made a few errors from time to time in the translations of the Bible.

Proverbs 8:27.

“When He (Almighty God the Father) prepared the heavens, I was there: when He (Speaking of Almighty God set a CIRCLE TO TURN in the ABYSS:” 

And if we use the meaning BESIDE THE REST and also the meaning of BETWEEN, as in, between the other planets in our solar system let us see how this verse reads.

“When He (Almighty God the Father) prepared the heavens, I was there: when He (Speaking of Almighty God set (Or ORDAINED a CIRCLE BESIDE THE REST TURNING in the ABYSS:” 

Again, please understand that I did not CHANGE any of the meanings of the Hebrew words. I simply placed the OTHER definitions of each word that MATCHES what almost all people of the world understand the general working of the UNIVERSE. And to ME, it makes no sense whatsoever to fight against science when the Bible ITSELF supports many things in science that have only been discovered by scientists in the past few hundred years. For example, “In 1801 a physicist in England, Thomas Young, performed an experiment that showed that light behaves as a wave. He passed a beam of light through two thin, parallel slits.”

But yet the Bible teaches us in Job 38:18-20 about the WAY of light and that light travels in a PATH. In fact, one could also interpret this passage of Scripture as God talking about HARVESTING ELECTRICITY for us to use to LIGHT our HOUSES. I can see BOTH ways that these verses of Scripture can mean. Plus, I can see a hidden meaning where light speaks of the saved in Jesus Christ and the darkness speaks of the lost.

Job 38:18-20

 “Have you perceived the breadth of the earth? Declare if you know it all. 

19.  Where is the WAY where light dwells? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof, 

20. That you should take it to the bound thereof, and that you should know the PATHS to the house thereof?” 

Here is a short 15-minute video showing ten  RECENT scientific discoveries but yet they were written in the Bible thousands of years ago. TEN OF THE TOP SCIENTIFIC FACTS! My point is that since the Bible ITSELF SUPPORTS many other things in science then how can you be so sure that science is DECEIVING Christians that the earth is a SPHERE? If you remember in part 1, I showed you that the emblem and seal of the UNITED NATIONS is the SAME image that the “flat earthers” use as their model of the flat earth. Have you thought WHY the Illuminati uses the SAME image of the FLAT earth if so be that the elite men of power are trying to deceive Christians that the earth is a SPHERE? According to the conspiracy theorists, the so-called illuminated ones with secret knowledge from Lucifer MUST tell their plans. So they deliberately LEAK their plans in the media, television, cartoons, comic books, Hollywood movies, other books, the Internet, YOUTUBE videos, and even on the news. In fact, it would not surprise me that SOME conspiracy theorists are actually part of the Illuminati that have been secretly placed among other conspiracy theorists to FEED the conspiracy theories and keep them going and growing going. This deliberate leaking of the information MAY be the WAY that elite men in power are SLOWLY DISCLOSING the ufo phenomenon. Watch for the all-seeing eye symbolism that comes in many different designs. That is their sign that something in that media source is about their agenda. I have seen the all-seeing eye in many Hollywood movies. Also, please consider that the Illuminati actually may have DELIBERATELY leaked the symbols and logos that they use to the conspiracy theorists. And SOME of the whistleblowers MAY also have been planted because just as God must declare his plans so must Satan ALSO declare his plans. And most Christians believe or at least suspect that the Illuminati worship Lucifer which we know is Satan.

Let us now take a closer look at the next verse that describes the earth as a CIRCLE.

Isaiah 40:22.  

“It is he that sits upon the CIRCLE of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in:” 

Now, “flat earthers” INTERPRET this verse to mean that the earth is a circle like a flat disc that has a TENT or a DOME covering it. So let us look at the meanings of the words in the second half of this verse that is INTERPRETED by “flat earthers” as being a DOME or a VAULT that covers the flat earth that is like a circular DISC in shape.

The word “STRETCHES” simply means to SPREAD out. And the heavens we all, as in, SPHERICAL earth believers, agree is speaking of Outerspace, the universe. The word “CURTAINS” means something crumbled, as in, something fine like thin cloth. And if you go outside at night in the country away from the lights of the city the stars in the night sky could be described as a curtain. The words “he spreads them out” is obviously speaking of God spreading out the stars over the whole earth and throughout the entire universe. And the word “TENT” means COVERING like a home for the earth to dwell in.

Now to ME, none of these meanings demand that the earth is covered by a DOME or that the earth is FLAT. When I read this verse I see the ENTIRE SPHERICAL earth being COVERED with TWO domes of the NORTHERN hemiSPHERE and the SOUTHERN hemiSPHERE. And the celestial bodies, the stars, the sun, the moon, the planets, the constellations, the galaxies, and the dust that looks like transparent gases of colored light are ENVELOPING the entire GLOBE as a covering or a tent with the earth inside surrounded all the way around, top, bottom, and all sides. 

Also, I do not see God SITTING on top of a DOME that is covering the FLAT earth. The Hebrew words translated as “SITS UPON” simply mean that God DWELLS ABOVE the earth and he is the JUDGE OVER the earth. 

And the fact that Almighty God’s THRONE is ABOVE or OVER everything in the entire universe leads me to believe that God’s THRONE is the CENTER of the universe and everything REVOLVES around God’s THRONE. In other words, the EMPTY PLACE on the sides of the north where God’s CITY or dwelling place is right now is the WOMB of the entire universe. It is where God BEGAN his creation when there was NOTHING except God, the eternal SPIRIT. But the flat earth doctrine pictures the EARTH as the CENTER of the universe and everything in the entire universe is revolving around the EARTH. To ME, that sounds like a doctrine that Satan would spread seeing that he wants to exalt his throne above the clouds to be like God. And since the Illuminati worship Lucifer as God then that leads me to believe that the REAL DECEPTION is the earth being FLAT. But “flat earthers” claim that Christians are being deceived by NASA and all the scientists by their teaching that the earth is a SPHERE. So again, WHO is deceiving WHO? And WHAT is the TRUE DECEPTION, the FLAT earth or the SPHERICAL earth? Let us allow the Bible ITSELF to tell us the answer. Again, I will choose the BIBLICAL evidence over any physical evidence when that physical evidence CONTRADICTS the SOUND Biblical evidence. But what about YOU? Are YOU going to choose questionable physical evidence OVER SOUND Biblical evidence to cling to your belief that the earth is FLAT? Let us allow the Bible to interpret itself to learn what God's Holy word of truth actually teaches us. And that truth is that the earth is ROUND, as in, SPHERICAL.

Isaiah 14:12-14.

 “How are you fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How are you cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations! 

13.  For you have said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the NORTH: 

14.  I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.” 

Again, Psalms 48:1,2 also teaches us that God’s dwelling place is in the sides of the NORTH.

Psalm 48:1,2.

“A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. 

2.  Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the NORTH, the city of the great King.”

Now let us read Job 26:7 and we may or may not come back to where I, myself, personally believe God’s throne is located in the universe on the sides of the NORTH here in part two of this study. That subject may have to wait for another study because I am trying to keep the studies in this series under 35 pages.

Job 26:7.

“He stretches out the NORTH over the EMPTY PLACE, and HANGS the earth upon NOTHING.”

Now without switching ANY of the meanings of the Hebrew words this verse of Scripture AGREES perfectly with what most people in the world understand about the REAL GENUINE earth ROTATING on its axis while ORBITING the sun in a set course or CIRCUIT with some unseen force keeping that earth on its COURSE or on its CIRCUIT circling around the sun. But yet the “flat earthers” sincerely believe that the earth does NOT TURN or MOVE and it is everything else in the entire universe that rotates ABOVE the horizon of the earth. In other words, according to the “flat earthers”, there is NO universe UNDER the flat disc of the earth. And IF there are stars and constellations UNDER the flat disc of the earth then we cannot SEE them because we are supposedly on TOP of the flat disc of the earth. I wonder how they interpret the Scripture of God turning the earth UPSIDE DOWN since some flat earthers do NOT believe in GRAVITY which science has not been able to prove to THEM as to HOW gravity works. Again, do we, as Christians demand PROOF that God EXISTS? I myself do not need proof that God exists. Nor do I need proof as to HOW gravity works. Also, some flat earthers interpret verses as being LITERAL when they help support their flat earth theory and thus they argue that the verses THEY use are to be interpreted LITERALLY and NOT FIGURATIVELY. So again how do they interpret an UPSIDE DOWN flat earth that has NO GRAVITY?

Please read Isaiah 24:1a the first HALF of this verse OUT of its CONTEXT.

“Behold, the LORD makes the earth EMPTY, and makes it waste, and TURNS it UPSIDE DOWN,...”

Now. IF we read this verse OUT of its CONTEXT and DEMAND that it MUST be interpreted LITERALLY then the “flat earthers” have a problem with their flat earth model having NO GRAVITY. And trust me when I say that “flat earthers” have indeed taken verses OUT of their CONTEXT and they interpret those verses LITERALLY. But in TRUTH, many of the verses they use should be interpreted FIGURATIVELY because that is the way that the Bible ITSELF interprets them. Always let the Bible interpret ITSELF. Let us now read Isaiah 24:1 left in its context to learn its TRUE meaning in the light of the WHOLE word of Almighty God.

Isaiah 24:1

“Behold, the LORD makes the earth EMPTY, and makes it waste, and TURN it UPSIDE DOWN, and scatters abroad the inhabitants thereof.” 

We know that the Bible does NOT contradict itself so the word EMPTY must NOT truly mean completely empty. This Hebrew word also means to DEPOPULATE. Other verses prophesy that God will make men like GOLD. God is not going to turn men into gold. This is FIRGURATIVE language. The true meaning is that so MANY MALES are going to be slaughter in the land in the Middle East that there will be seven women to every man and men will be PRECIOUS as gold to the women. Now we use figurative language all the time. When a tragedy strikes some people say that their world is TURNED UPSIDE down. What this means is that something IMPACTED them so greatly that they do not know what to do. They are turned to fear, what are we going to do? So then, this verse is speaking about the INHABITANTS of the earth or LANDS, as in, the countries being turned upside down. You see, the Hebrew word translated as earth also means the LAND. So to me, the Middle EAST will be turned upside down and the people in that LAND will flee or SCATTED abroad.

I will cover this verse about God HANGING the earth upon NOTHING again in more detail in part three of this series of studies called “WHAT ARE THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH?” because SOME “flat earthers” sincerely believe that the flat disc of the earth sets upon PILLARS.

But for now, let us take a closer look at some more Scriptures that I personally believe prove that the earth is a TURNING SPHERE that HANGS upon NOTHING and orbits or travels in a CIRCLE or circuit around the sun. Now, Scientists MAY be incorrect about the distances from the earth to the sun and the earth to the moon but I believe that the model of our solar system that science has taught us AGREES with what the Bible ITSELF teaches us.

Please read Job 38:9.  

“When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a SWADDLINGBAND for it,”

Now we know and understand that when a mother SWADDLES her baby she WRAPS her baby all the way AROUND the baby with a blanket. And we all understand that a BAND goes ALL the way around whatever the band is banding. So then, a swaddling BAND is a description of the earth being COMPLETELY covered all the way around. Also, a GARMENT covers our body all the way AROUND us. So to ME, this description of the earth AGREES with what SCIENCE teaches us about the darkness of outer space COMPLETELY SURROUNDING the entire GLOBE or SPHERICAL earth that HANGS upon NOTHING and ORBITS the sun. The flat earth model does not have a dome on the UNDERSIDE of the flat disc-shaped earth. But the scientific model of the spherical earth has the darkness of Outerspace completely WRAP all the way around the GLOBE of the earth, top, bottom, and sides to SWADDLE the earth just like the Bible ITSELF teaches us.

Some “flat earthers” may argue that I am INTERPRETING the thick darkness to mean outer space as being my OWN personal interpretation so let us allow the Bible to do the interpretation of thick darkness for us.

Please read Job 22:12-14.

“Is not God in the HEIGHT of heaven? and behold the HEIGHT of the stars, how HIGH they are! 

13.  And you say, How does God know? can he judge through the DARK CLOUD? 

14.  Thick clouds are a covering to Him, that he sees not; and he walks in the circuit (Or CIRCLE) of heaven.” 

The Hebrew word translated as “THICK CLOUDS” also means ENVELOPE. And something that envelops something means that it completely SURROUNDS it on ALL sides, top, bottom, and the sides. When a letter is COVERED by an ENVELOPE the envelope is NOT laid over the letter but rather the letter is COVERED ALL THE WAY AROUND. So then, the DARK CLOUD envelops the dwelling place of God like a COVERING all the way around. But yet God still KNOWS when we are not walking in his ways. Now, the Hebrew word translated as the “DARK CLOUD” here in Job 22:13 is the SAME Hebrew word that is used in Job 38:9 that is translated as “THICK DARKNESS”. In other words, the “thick darkness” that COVERS the earth like a TENT is translated from the SAME Hebrew word that ENVELOPS the CIRCLE that God dwells on for His COVERING. So to ME, since the covering for God’s dwelling place is the SAME COVERING that is as a TENT for the earth and that same covering ENVELOPS the CIRCLE that God dwells on then WHY would the same covering NOT completely ENVELOP the earth? For you see a letter is INSIDE the envelope completely WRAPPED in the covering of the envelope on ALL sides, top, BOTTOM, and both sides? So that is why I interpreted the thick darkness as being OUTER SPACE that completely surrounds the SPHERICAL earth just like the scientific model that most people, including most Christians, believe. So then, the SAME “THICK DARKNESS” of OUTER SPACE also ENVELOPS or completely surrounds the place where God dwells up in the HEIGHT of heaven.

So to me, this passage of Scripture is teaching us that God dwells on a CIRCLE up in heaven somewhere in the universe of outer space on the sides of the NORTH with respect to the earth. And from what we know about PLANETS in our solar system as being SPHERICAL in shape orbiting the sun then, I myself, would have to conclude that the CIRCLE God dwells on up in heaven is ALSO SPHERICAL in shape. We will eventually get back to this subject concerning WHERE God’s city is located out in the universe before I conclude this series of studies in God’s word.

Thanks for reading and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God.

Your brother in our Lord Jesus Christ,

Brother Mark.

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