Does the Bible Say the Earth is Flat?
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- Does the Bible say the earth is flat? No! Do we really have to cover this topic?
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- Scoffers twist the Bible into saying the earth is flat. Now a growing number of professing Christians are doing it.
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- Flat earthers use 1 Samuel 2, 8 and Psalm 75, 3, which mention the pillars of the earth and how
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- God has set the world upon them. But this is poetic, meaning that God has created all things and established them.
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- Flat earthers use Job 28, 24 and Psalm 48, 10, which refer to the ends of the earth.
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- But this is symbolic for a great distance or all people. Acts 13, 47 says the
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- Lord has commanded us to bring the message of salvation to the ends of the earth. Flat earthers use
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- Isaiah 11, 12 and Revelation 7, 1, which speak of the four corners of the earth. Still symbolism referring to something happening in all directions, north, south, east and west.
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- The Bible doesn't explicitly say the earth is flat or round, although it does allude to its spherical shape.
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- Job 26, 7 says God hangs the earth on nothing. And Isaiah 40, 22 says He sits above the circle of the earth.
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- If you think the Bible says the earth is flat, you put that in the text. You did not pull that from the text.
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- Flat earth cosmology is derived from paganism, not Christianity. Whatever you believe about the shape of the earth, it doesn't have any bearing on your salvation.
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- Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved. Nonetheless, the Bible says avoid irreverent silly myths.