Notice that it is "habitation" singular in the following because the habitation of BOTH the Sun and the Moon is the firmament (atmosphere) over the Earth!
(Hab 3:11) "The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear."
The Genesis Creation account makes it even more apparent that the Sun and the Moon are in the same firmament where the birds fly:
Gen 1:14 "And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:"
Gen 1:15 "And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so."
Gen 1:16 "And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also."
Gen 1:17 "And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,"
Gen 1:18 "And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good."
Gen 1:19 "And the evening and the morning were the fourth day."
Gen 1:20 "And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven."
The purpose of the Sun, Moon, and stars for telling "days and years" is reminiscent of a technology we use today for the same purpose: the analog clock. Just as the hour hand makes its revolution over the clock FACE, so the Sun runs his circuit over the FACE of the Earth. Note it is the Sun moving, not the Earth, in the Biblical cosmology:
Psa 19:1 "To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork."
Psa 19:2 "Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge."
Psa 19:3 "There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard."
Psa 19:4 "Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,"
Psa 19:5 "Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race."
Psa 19:6 "His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof."
And if it is not entirely clear that the Sun and Moon BOTH move over the Earth, consider the account here:
(Jos 10:12) "Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon."
Both the Sun and the Moon are given a location ABOVE EARTH because they are SMALL and LOCAL! You cannot do this if the Sun is 93 million miles away and dwarfs a tiny planet Earth. Unless you are going to tell me that Joshua under inspiration was an ignorant hick or that God was being poetic - and thus willingly deceptive with the narrative - the conclusion here is obvious.
The fixed stars move with a firmament layer above the Earth. It is unclear whether this is some kind of dome as portrayed by many ancient cultures with their "cosmic egg" depictions or whether it is more of a flat ceiling above, but the Bible has some interesting things to say about it:
(Job 37:18) "Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?"
This molten glassy structure is mentioned in other eschatological books of the Bible. I talk about the three heavens and how they might be arranged in my Biblical Cosmology video on YouTube.
(Rev 15:2) "And I saw as it were a SEA OF GLASS mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the SEA OF GLASS, having the harps of God." (Firmament under the throne of God but above the Earth is solid because the saints are standing on it.)
(Rev 4:6) "And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind."
The Earth is not a planet; the Bible is clear that it was specifically created to be the habitation for humanity and that humanity is limited in their boundaries:
(Isa 45:18) "For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else."
(Act 17:26) "And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;"
Many things work on both a globe model AND on a Flat Earth model. For example, compass navigation. North is movement towards the center, magnetic north. South is movement away from the center towards the Antarctic ring. East and west are simply circles counterclockwise and clockwise around the center, respectively, which eventually bring you "around the world" or back to your starting point.
There are no parallel dimensions, there are no other habitable worlds, there are no extraterrestrial mortal alien races, and there is no "outer space" unless you count the land beyond the Antarctic ice boundary. On God's Flat Earth, up is up, down is down, Hell yawns below us, and God sits high above us on His sapphire throne until He will finally subdue the heathen underfoot as a possession for the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
Since this is getting rather long... I'll leave it here for now.
(Hab 3:11) "The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear."
The Genesis Creation account makes it even more apparent that the Sun and the Moon are in the same firmament where the birds fly:
Gen 1:14 "And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:"
Gen 1:15 "And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so."
Gen 1:16 "And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also."
Gen 1:17 "And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,"
Gen 1:18 "And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good."
Gen 1:19 "And the evening and the morning were the fourth day."
Gen 1:20 "And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven."
The purpose of the Sun, Moon, and stars for telling "days and years" is reminiscent of a technology we use today for the same purpose: the analog clock. Just as the hour hand makes its revolution over the clock FACE, so the Sun runs his circuit over the FACE of the Earth. Note it is the Sun moving, not the Earth, in the Biblical cosmology:
Psa 19:1 "To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork."
Psa 19:2 "Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge."
Psa 19:3 "There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard."
Psa 19:4 "Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,"
Psa 19:5 "Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race."
Psa 19:6 "His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof."
And if it is not entirely clear that the Sun and Moon BOTH move over the Earth, consider the account here:
(Jos 10:12) "Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon."
Both the Sun and the Moon are given a location ABOVE EARTH because they are SMALL and LOCAL! You cannot do this if the Sun is 93 million miles away and dwarfs a tiny planet Earth. Unless you are going to tell me that Joshua under inspiration was an ignorant hick or that God was being poetic - and thus willingly deceptive with the narrative - the conclusion here is obvious.
The fixed stars move with a firmament layer above the Earth. It is unclear whether this is some kind of dome as portrayed by many ancient cultures with their "cosmic egg" depictions or whether it is more of a flat ceiling above, but the Bible has some interesting things to say about it:
(Job 37:18) "Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?"
This molten glassy structure is mentioned in other eschatological books of the Bible. I talk about the three heavens and how they might be arranged in my Biblical Cosmology video on YouTube.
(Rev 15:2) "And I saw as it were a SEA OF GLASS mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the SEA OF GLASS, having the harps of God." (Firmament under the throne of God but above the Earth is solid because the saints are standing on it.)
(Rev 4:6) "And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind."
The Earth is not a planet; the Bible is clear that it was specifically created to be the habitation for humanity and that humanity is limited in their boundaries:
(Isa 45:18) "For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else."
(Act 17:26) "And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;"
Many things work on both a globe model AND on a Flat Earth model. For example, compass navigation. North is movement towards the center, magnetic north. South is movement away from the center towards the Antarctic ring. East and west are simply circles counterclockwise and clockwise around the center, respectively, which eventually bring you "around the world" or back to your starting point.
There are no parallel dimensions, there are no other habitable worlds, there are no extraterrestrial mortal alien races, and there is no "outer space" unless you count the land beyond the Antarctic ice boundary. On God's Flat Earth, up is up, down is down, Hell yawns below us, and God sits high above us on His sapphire throne until He will finally subdue the heathen underfoot as a possession for the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
Since this is getting rather long... I'll leave it here for now.
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