A Biblical Cosmology / God's Flat Earth

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Hi all! I am a very new member here at CC and was attracted to this site by a flat Earth thread that a web search happened to turn up. I was specifically looking for a community of Biblical Flat Earthers but such a thing doesn't seem to exist, at least not as I would like to see it, so I decided to join CC instead.

A bit about my Flat Earth experience. I love science and Bible apologetics and took every science course my small high school offered: 6 in four years. I am a fan of Answers in Genesis and Kent Hovind though both are to my knowledge vociferously opposed to Flat Earth. I became a serious Biblical Flat Earther after hearing a podcast about a completely different subject (COVID) by a Flat Earther (Dave Weiss - DITRH) and didn't realize until the end of the segment that he was a Flat Earth believer. At first I was disgusted but after some thought I watched some of his material and it got me thinking. The first thing I asked was, "What does the Bible say about this?" and I found that there are literally dozens of verses and passages that strongly support a Flat Earth cosmology. I am about to share many of those with you here and now. I have a video about the subject on YouTube called "A Biblical Cosmology" by J.States which you can see for yourself if the subject interests you. Anyways, after thousands of hours of personal, obsessive research, I am now a 100% Biblical Flat Earther. For me, this was a major missing puzzle piece as concerning a great many aspects of current events, Bible truth, and future eschatology.

Does the subject of Flat Earth even matter? Yes, absolutely. Though I always loved science, I generally was repelled most of my life by astronomy due to the godless conclusions that this "science" generally pushes and the godless people who practice it. The scientism of our time demonstrably lies about origins, about human nature and purpose, about humans evolving from "lower" animals, about marriage and sexuality, about the nature and historicity of Jesus Christ, about religion and faith, and a whole host of other subjects. Not surprising, as this Earth realm belongs to the god of this world, Satan, who is the Father of Lies. It is not therefore surprising that modern scientism would also lie about the shape of the Earth, especially since the globe lie leads to the following natural conclusions:

- Earth is just another planet that formed due to natural processes over eons.
- Earth is no different than any other habitable world out there, and it is just one of many.
- Humanity is just the most evolved, dominant intelligent life that developed naturalistically on this planet (one of many).
- Human life is therefore not unique and it is laughable to say we are created in God's image.
- History is not under God's control and we must be fearful every minute that our fragile space rock Earth could be destroyed by a rogue planet, asteroid strike, supernova, or piece of wayward dark matter.
- If the Earth coalesced over eons from debris caught in the Sun's gravity, then this obviously contradicts the Biblical Creation account, which must be discounted as myth.

But a Flat Earth, fixed and unmoving in her place as the Bible describes, in contrast demonstrates the power and permanence of the Godhead and Godthrone as the Scriptures attest:

(Romans 1:20) "For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:"

(2 Peter 3:5) "For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:"

For this post, I will be using exclusively the reliable King James Version of the Bible, and not any of the 900+ corrupt modern Bible versions. If you do not understand why, feel free to look up the free PDF book online "Serious Omissions in the NIV Bible" by Keith Piper for an example of why that particular version is wholly corrupt. That is a whole other college-course level discussion right there.

For the sake of brevity, in the rest of this post I will focus exclusively on what the Bible says about the shape of the Earth. We won't even talk about the myriad other topics related to this overall discussion, like the deceptions of NASA, the Freemasonic connection to the space program, the reasons for the globe deception, facts and phenomena that disprove or contradict the heliocentric model, or the communities of Biblical Flat Earth believers which have existed historically (including ~120 years ago which spawned an awakening back then of flat earth and which generated several unanswered and truly epic books by Biblical flat earthers of that time).

The Bible passages - both from Isaiah - which had me taking a second look at what the Bible says about the Earth both come from Isaiah:

(Isa 40:22) "It is he that sitteth upon the CIRCLE of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:"

(Isa 22:18) "He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a BALL into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house."

I took a bit of Hebrew in college and the capitalized words above (CIRCLE and BALL) are two different Hebrew words which mean "circle" and "ball" today in modern Hebrew. In other words, the prophet Isaiah, under divine inspiration, had available to him the word for "ball" but he chose with intention to describe the Earth instead as a "circle." A relatively flat disc can be circular.

At this point, we must avoid some confusion by describing exactly what a serious Flat Earther believes. You have probably seen graphics of a heliocentric solar system but with a flat cracker Earth substituted in place of a planet Earth. This is rubbish, nonsense, and pure disinformation intended to make Flat Earthers look stupid. No informed Flat Earther believes in a cracker Earth floating in space.

The Flat Earth is the basement of the universe. It is like a floor, extending in all directions to an unknown extent. The Earth is fixed, and it does not move:

(1Ch 16:30) "Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved."

(Psa 93:1) "The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved."

(Psa 104:5) "Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever."

There is nothing "immovable" about a planet Earth that is rotating at 1,000 miles per hour at the equator, shooting around the Sun at 66,600 miles per hour, with the whole Solar system hurtling at ludicrous speeds (millions of mph) around the galactic core.

In a heliocentric globe planet Earth model, the southern hemisphere shrinks from the equator down to the Antarctic continent at the bottom of the globe. In a Biblical Flat Earth model, instead the disk of the Earth continues to spread outward from the equator to an Antarctica which is a ring around the "world pond." The Antarctic ring is the bounds for the world oceans established by God, and the Antarctic ice wall rises to heights of 100-200 feet from sea level to the frozen plateau which continues to spread outwards for an unknown distance. Carefully read these relevant Scriptures:

Psalm 33:7 "He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses." (Massive Antarctic ice wall ring)

(Job 26:10) "He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end." ("Compassed" has connotation of surrounding around a periphery.)

(Job 38:30) "The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen." (South of the Antarctic shoreline unknown regions of ice (?) extend outwards for an unknown distance.)

If you are having trouble visualizing things at this point, look up Alex Gleason's Azimuthal Equidistant (AE) map of the world, which most serious Flat Earthers consider to be (roughly) accurate, though of course we don't know for certain as all voyages of exploration are funded by and the published results controlled by world governments.

Above the fixed Earth plane, the Sun, Moon, and wandering stars (from the Greek planetes) make their circuits. According to the Genesis account, their purpose is for "signs, seasons, days, and years." They are not meant to be inhabited. No one has ever walked on the Moon; it is a light, not a reflector:

(Mar 13:24) "But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give HER light,"

(Rev 21:23) "And the city had no need of the sun, neither OF THE MOON, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof."

(1Co 15:41) "There is one glory of the sun, and ANOTHER GLORY OF THE MOON, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory."

(Eze 32:7) "And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give HER light."

(Jer 31:35) "Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a LIGHT BY NIGHT, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name."

(Isa 13:10) "For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause HER light to shine."
 
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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. :D
 
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All truth is God's truth, brother. If we are called to beat the "dead horse" of the Gospel as true believers have done these past two millennia, then surely there are other truths worth exploring as well.

You don't have to WATCH this particular horse flagellation unless you find it interesting.... ;P
 

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Flat-earth and KJV-Onlyism together in the same thread.

Now that's what I call getting the best bang for your buck.

*grabs popcorn*
 

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All truth is God's truth, brother. If we are called to beat the "dead horse" of the Gospel as true believers have done these past two millennia, then surely there are other truths worth exploring as well.

You don't have to WATCH this particular horse flagellation unless you find it interesting.... ;P
2,000 years of history says that the gospel is still God's power to save. FE saves no one, helps no one, feeds and clothes no one, heals no one and is of no benefit to anyone.
 
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2,000 years of history says that the gospel is still God's power to save. FE saves no one, helps no one, feeds and clothes no one, heals no one and is of no benefit to anyone.
Frankly, if that is your attitude, then feel free to leave. No one is forcing you to post in this thread, and you aren't contributing anything of value yourself. And you are wrong. When we seek truth even for truth's own sake, I believe we glorify God. And consider:

Psalm 96:10 "Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously."

Note here that the immovable nature of the Earth reflects upon the nature of God's unshakeable throne. The Lord reigns, it is apparent because the Earth itself was fixed by Him, and even as the Earth is fixed, so is a future reckoning sure and certain.

The Bible says that Creation points those willing to see to their Creator. How can this happen if we believe lies about the Creation created by wicked men and devils?

These things DO matter but feel free to sit on the sidelines if you don't personally care. But raining on others' parade is hardly a Christian attitude.
 

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Frankly, if that is your attitude, then feel free to leave. No one is forcing you to post in this thread, and you aren't contributing anything of value yourself. And you are wrong. When we seek truth even for truth's own sake, I believe we glorify God. And consider:

Psalm 96:10 "Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously."

Note here that the immovable nature of the Earth reflects upon the nature of God's unshakeable throne. The Lord reigns, it is apparent because the Earth itself was fixed by Him, and even as the Earth is fixed, so is a future reckoning sure and certain.

The Bible says that Creation points those willing to see to their Creator. How can this happen if we believe lies about the Creation created by wicked men and devils?

These things DO matter but feel free to sit on the sidelines if you don't personally care. But raining on others' parade is hardly a Christian attitude.
The truth sets people free. I am not so concerned about FE believers. I am concerned about the less knowledgeable who may fall for the FE foolishness.
 
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The truth sets people free. I am not so concerned about FE believers. I am concerned about the less knowledgeable who may fall for the FE foolishness.
Well, friend, if you look up every instance of "earth," "world," "sun," "moon," "sky," "firmament," "heaven," "sea," "wave" in the King James Bible and consider them with an open mind, you will come to the inescapable conclusion that the Bible is a flat earth book.

Up is up and down is down. God is the "Most High" both literally and positionally and in terms of power, wisdom, glory, and holiness. Realizing that set ME free from the deceptive lies of modern scientism, "science falsely so called" as the Scriptures say.
 

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Well, friend, if you look up every instance of "earth," "world," "sun," "moon," "sky," "firmament," "heaven," "sea," "wave" in the King James Bible and consider them with an open mind, you will come to the inescapable conclusion that the Bible is a flat earth book.

Up is up and down is down. God is the "Most High" both literally and positionally and in terms of power, wisdom, glory, and holiness. Realizing that set ME free from the deceptive lies of modern scientism, "science falsely so called" as the Scriptures say.
Whatever.
 

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Beautiful.
Just out of curiosity, was there something specific you were trying to convey with this image?
the universally observed behavior of sunset & sunrise, moonset & moonrise is perfectly explained by a heliocentric solar system comprised of relatively spheroid planets & moons & conventional optical physics, but it is absolutely impossible in the flat earth model.
 
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the universally observed behavior of sunset & sunrise, moonset & moonrise is perfectly explained by a heliocentric solar system comprised of relatively spheroid planets & moons & conventional optical physics, but it is absolutely impossible in the flat earth model.
I'll offer an interesting counterpoint here.

I'm a self-taught computer programmer. I do a bit of gaming as well, though not as much now as in my 20's.

Open world video games use a flat earth model for their outside environments because it is very functional for portraying the types of natural phenomena we actually see. For example, the popular game Skyrim has a sun and moons with their own unique motion, a skybox of fixed stars that move, weather, and with mods, even meteor showers and other celestial phenomena. I don't know if it's detailed enough to actually have the paths of the sun and moons change with seasons, etc. but you get my point. There are hundreds of open world 3D video games and virtually all of them use a flat earth representation of the game world.

Now here's something interesting. You know what else utilizes a flat earth model, with the observer/Earth fixed and everything else drawn relative? Planetarium and astronomy software like Stellarium. Yes, that's right, professional astronomy software that can be used to predict eclipses, the movement of the constellations and sun, etc. actually utilize a flat earth model in order to present that information on your computer screen. So do... planetariums like you might see at a museum or observatory. You sit in an auditorium - a fixed position, while everything is represented around you. So you cannot tell me that working flat earth models do not exist.

Obviously reality is more complex, and there are no teams of flat earth programmers making their own planetarium software (to my knowledge). But we're essentially being told that a flat earth model (astronomy software with night sky view) is being used to describe the heliocentric model.

Makes me wonder if maybe... there is no heliocentric reality at all.
 

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I have never understood the flat earth concept. I assume it comes from the misconception that before Columbus everyone including the church thought the world was flat, which is historically false. Also we know that all other celestial bodies we have studied are round why would the earth be different?? As I said I don't get it, its like people claiming that vaccines do the things the disease they are meant to fight actually does....oh well.
 

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the flat earth thing is hard to understand, and even harder to see why it is SO important to some people.
 
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I have never understood the flat earth concept. I assume it comes from the misconception that before Columbus everyone including the church thought the world was flat, which is historically false. Also we know that all other celestial bodies we have studied are round why would the earth be different??
Good thoughts, thanks for sharing! I haven't studied this in depth, but several flat earthers actually trace the globe deception in the modern era back to the Jesuits, a Catholic order. And then Catholicism basically eradicated the only dissenting astronomical traditions/southern hemisphere astronomy during the conquest of South America. So you are correct, Columbus was not some genius, just another conquistador basically.

Why would the Earth be different than the other celestial bodies? DIVINE PURPOSE. Genesis 1 says that the sun, moon, and stars were specifically created for the purpose of "signs, seasons, days, and years." While THIS is the purpose of the Earth (and not the stars):

(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."

The Earth is a habitation for humanity. The "wandering stars" (planetes in the Greek) will never be inhabited and we do not know (apart from NASA's lies) that they are even terrestrial at all.