Genesis
1: 2
The
earth was formless (Heb. thohu) and void (Heb. bohu),
and darkness (Heb. choshek) was over the surface (Heb.
p'ney) of the deep (Heb. th'hom), and the Spirit of God was
moving over the surface of the waters (Heb. hamayim).
Genesis
1: 6-8a
Then
God said, “Let there be an expanse (Heb. raqi`a) in the midst of
the waters, and let it separate (Heb. mab'dil) the waters from the
waters.” God made the expanse, and separated (Heb. yab'del)
the waters which were below (Heb. mitachath) the expanse from
the waters which were above (Heb. me`al) the expanse; and it
was so. God called the expanse heaven (Heb. Shamayim).
Genesis
1: 9-10a
Then
God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one
place (Heb. maqom), and let the dry land (Heb.
hayabashah) appear” (Heb. thera'eh); and it was so.
God called the dry land earth (Heb. 'erets), and
the gathering (Heb. miq'weh) of the waters He called seas (Heb.
Yamim).
NOTE:
The Earth is simply the “dry land” as opposed to the gathering of
the waters called “seas” and has nothing to do with the planetary
body.
Psalms
136: 6a
To
Him that stretched out the earth above the waters;
Isaiah
40: 22
He
sits enthroned above the circle (curvature??) of the earth, and its
people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a
canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in. NLT
NOTE:
Do these terms relate to a spherical or non-spherical shape?
-Alternative
translations:
Isaiah
40: 22
He
is the one who sits on (above??) the earth's horizon; its inhabitants
are like grasshoppers before him. He is the one who stretches out the
sky like a thin curtain, and spreads it out like a pitched tent. NET
Isaiah
40: 22
It
is He who sits above the vault of the earth, And its
inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like
a curtain. And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
New
American Standard 1977
Job
9: 6
He
shakes the earth from its place and makes its pillars tremble.
Job
38: 4-6
Where
were you when I laid the earth's
foundation? Tell me, if you
understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who
stretched a measuring line across
(not around??) it? On what were its footings
set, or who laid its cornerstone
NOTE:This
seems to imply linearity and not spherical.
Proverbs
8: 27
When
He prepared the heavens, I
was
there: when
He set a compass
upon
the face of the depth:
NOTE:
Does this refer to the Freemason compass and straight edge
instruments to make such measurements?
COMMENTARY:
The
controversy regarding a “flat” Earth or a round one is perhaps
simpler than most people are willing to accept. In fact, both sides
are right; but only partially. The Bible does really support both
viewpoints. I think the land called “earth” is flat and it is
surrounded by an canopy or dome that is spherical or circular in
appearance, and it gives an illusion, like that of the end of a
rainbow. This effect seems like the circumference of the planetary
body as one looks at it from space, but this is a distortion caused
by refracted from the twin light sources of sun and moon. The earth is probably, at the best guess, shaped more like an ellipse than anything else.God never
said for the earth to have light in and of itself, but rather to
receive it. There are those who will say that the Hebrew words for
land and earth are used interchangeably, and that might be in a very
few cases, but remember that earth is always translated as
'arets or 'erets, and land is “yabashah.” In Job 37: 3; 38: 13
the Hebrew word “kan'photh” does refer to ends of the earth, in
the general sense of the word. However, in Ezekiel 7: 2; Isaiah 11:
12; Revelation 7: 1, the Hebrew uses the specific term “'ar'ba`ath
kan'photh” four corners (as in structure or foundation) of the
earth. Besides
all of this, wouldn't surveyors instruments have to be adjusted with
a pre-determined offset to account for the earth's curvature if it
were round? Hebrew
word reference website: bayithamashiyach.com
Robert
Randle
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WA 98402
January
25, 2018
