a lifetime of indoctrination has given
us a knee-jerk reaction to certain terms
because the heliocentric Globe is all we
have ever known when someone suggests
that our creation is flat we imagine
some disc floating in outer space
perhaps with water flowing off the edge
this is not biblical cosmology
such a conception is circulated by
misinformation agents as a way to
ridicule and discourage investigation of
the subject
when it comes to how vastly different
biblical cosmology is to the spinning
Spaceball an absence of curvature is
just the tip of the iceberg here are
five key aspects of biblical cosmology
one the firmament and the waters
there is no outer space in the biblical
model
the first chapter of Genesis and other
scriptures describe our world as being
encased within an immeasurable body of
waters
these vast waters are referred to as the
Deep
on the second day of creation God made
the firmament to divide the waters which
were below from the waters which were
above allowing for an inhabitable
expanse in between
even after the flood these Waters remain
for the psalmist David declared in his
day praise Him ye heavens of heavens and
ye Waters that be above the heavens
Isaiah describes the firmament as being
of a solid material that was stretched
out as a curtain over the Earth
the fact that the firmament is indeed a
domed structure is confirmed by Isaiah's
use of simile comparing it to a tent to
dwell in
elihu described the sky as strong
likening it to a molten mirror
such terminology proves that the Bible
writers understood the firmament to be
solid
2. a circular face with ends
the Bible repeatedly mentions that the
Earth has ends and further that it has a
face a sphere does not have ends and it
is the only shape Without a Face
the face of the earth is described as a
circle when viewed from heaven above the
Hebrew word for Circle kug does not
indicate a sphere as many would argue
for Isaiah used another Hebrew word der
when referring to a ball
the Hebrew word kug is elsewhere
translated compass
during our world's creation God set a
compass or engraved a circle upon the
face of the depth
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fixed upon foundations and pillars
while modern science claims that the
Earth is moving through space at
unbelievable speeds the Bible declares
that the Earth is presently established
or fixed and that it shall not be moved
God himself said to Job that he laid the
foundations of the Earth
it is also written that the pillars of
the Earth are the Lords and he hath set
the world upon them
pillars and Foundations are structural
components that must be firmly set in
order to serve their purpose
this raises the question whereupon are
the foundations there are fastened the
Bible answers
he hath founded it upon the Seas and
established it upon the floods
this seemingly impossible feat of
engineering the Earth being founded upon
Waters was marveled out by job who
declared he hanketh the Earth upon
nothing
that is nothing which affords stability
as far as man is concerned
the structure of the heavens the
firmament is also set on pillars which
are said to tremble at God's reproof
4. the Divine dwelling
God's Throne sits directly above the
firmament just as The Pillars of the
Earth are struck in the waters below God
likewise layeth the beams of his
Chambers in the waters which are above
the Earth it is written the Lord's
sitteth upon the flood
being literally enthroned above our
world the heavenly father looks down
from the height of his Sanctuary to
illustrate the vertical Vantage Point
God occupies Isaiah states that men are
as grasshoppers from God's view
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geocentric not heliocentric
according to scripture the sun moon and
stars are not millions of miles away but
are simply lights in the firmament of
the heaven far from being a cluster of
space rocks and burning gases roving in
their own courses the Bible teaches that
these mysterious luminaries were made
for the sole service of the earth to
give light upon the Earth
besides dividing day from night the
Clockwork procession of these Celestial
wonders was to allow man to reckon
seasonal changes and to Mark the ages as
they passed
during his battle with the amorites
Joshua did not bid the Earth but the sun
to stand still
David likewise understood that it is the
sun which moves he likened the sun to a
strong man running a race who untiringly
circuits the Heavenly track above
this fact is also supported by Solomon
who stated that after the sun goes down
it hasteth to the place where he arose
what are called planets are simply
wandering Stars
these luminaries Traverse the heavens
irregularly wandering in retrograde
motions above the Earth not being
mentioned specifically during creation
week the wandering stars fall under the
general category of stars which God made
on the fourth day
unlike the cosmology of science falsely
so-called the creation model that the
Bible describes needs no theoretical
physics to support itself
it is so simple that a child can
understand it
yet Bible truth requires the faith of a
child to be received
while the simple biblical model is in
complete harmony with our own personal
experience
it's wonderful Simplicity in most cases
does not appeal to the pride of a grown
man and he passes it by seeking some
great thing in its place
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