Before humans understood the concept of a solar system with the Sun found at the center and the Earth rotating on its axis around the sun, Jesus knew this all too well. The Earth’s 24 hr rotation and exposure to the Sun is responsible for the simultaneous presence of night and day on ...
The Week Not Marked by Nature.—Only the week, measured by divine command, has nonaturallandmark. The three independent celestial motions—the daily rotation of our globe on its axis, the monthly circuit of the earth by the moon, and the yearly revolution of earth and moon about the sun—...
5.Verses taken out of context: Also, a large number of perceived discrepancies are the result of taking a Bible verse out of context. Many are also due to the prejudice of the critic. Many of these contradictions are “much ado about nothing.” 6.“Compression” of the narrative: If eve...
34And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. 35And there came out a fire from theLord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense. ...
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The word "circle" in this verse actually means "sphere" in the Hebrew.5 A round, rotating earth: According to Missler and Eastman,6 the ancient Greeks thought the earth was supported on the back of Atlas; the Hindus portrayed the earth on the back of a big elephant or turtle. The ...
“earth” in this verse, however, must not be understood to mean our globe with its land and seas, which was not made till the third day, but simply matter in general, that is, the cosmic material out of which the Holy Spirit organized the whole universe, including the earth of today...
Perhaps he read and understood this verse of the bible: 30 You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind and with your whole strength (Mark 12:30). And perhaps now the reader can truly understand the meaning of the famous ...
in the earth’s orbit the comet’s rubble and dust would bring about the first Trumpet Judgment and shortly thereafter the larger pieces of the comet would hit bringing about what was said in the subsequent judgments. That is something I still believe, but the dating of Apophi...
In this verse (6:33) righteousness means the will of God brought to bear on the affairs of life. This was the ideal of the OT theocracy which never quite matured. Jesus again was speaking of the righteousness of God. Throughout these three passages, therefore (5:6; 5:10; 6:33), ...