Flat Earth From a Christian Perspective: Overview on why biblical verses say the Earth is flat, and theorizes as to why there was a deception to claim the Earth is a sphere.

The Earth being flat is a highly contentious subject these days. The belief that the Earth was flat was still prevalent into the 17th century in some places. Humans have believed the Earth was flat much longer than we have believed that the Earth was a sphere. Many Christians believe the Earth to be a sphere in an infinite universe. Actually its probably most Christians, as it is with most people in the world.The number of people starting to come to the conclusion that the earth is flat in the last few years, is growing exponentially. If you look up videos on YouTube, you will see these videos are popping up regularly. If the science for a spherical Earth was so undeniable, why would the number of people starting to debunk it be growing? I submit to you, that God is fed up with Christians being lied to and being deceived. Also, that because of this deception, there will come an even larger one in the end of days. God wants us to be prepared.This paper will discuss the flat Earth theory from a solely Christian Bible perspective. Ill talk about the verses that show how the Earth was made, and the verses that show it is clearly flat. Then, I will theorize as to why those who know this are keeping us in the dark from a purley biblical standpoint.In Genesis there is a descripition of the creation of Earth. Follow along and look at the picture and discern for yourself if it seems accurate according to the bible.Genesis 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. 6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.Some may think that the firmament between waters was the land, but you can clearly see its not, since the land is dealt with on another day. The Firmament is FIRM, it is hard; it is the shell or dome that keeps the water above us from coming down on us.Looking back at the picture you can see the floodgates in the firmament, they were used for Noahs flood.Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened. 12 The rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.Now as for the Earth spinning around in space, the bible says the Earth cannot be moved, so this cannot be so. The bible cant get any clearer about the Earth not moving than this:1 Chronicles 16:30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved. Psalm 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.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.Psalm 104:5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. 6Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.On a global Earth, the sides of the Earth should curve as you look out. But if the Earth is flat, and you get up high enough to not have obstacles in the way of your view, you can see very, very far.Daniel 4:10-11 10 Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great. 11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:A tree that was the height of heaven would be visible to the ends of the Earth, if its flat. This would not work if the Earth is a sphere.When you say the Earth is flat, people immediately think of water falling off the edges. You can see how everything can be contained in a circle surrounded by Antarctica. The Antarctic is Earth's only continent without a native human population.Isaiah 40:22 It is He who sits above the circle 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. Some may claim that the circle in that verse is due to the Earth being a sphere, but you can clearly see how the Earth could be a circle. The #2 picture also shows how there could be 4 corners. The #4 picture shows how the sun and moon can rotate around us and it can be dark and light on opposite sides of the Earth.There are videos on YouTube that show how the seasons can happen, how the sun can rotate in a larger circle which takes longer to go around, and vice versa. The science behind the flat Earth is being put together from everyone who wants to prove the reality, because the scientists of today will not hear any new theories. I will not be discussing the science with the flat Earth. This paper is only on the bibles view that it is indeed flat. Here is another verse that shows the devil showing Jesus the whole Earth while hes on top of a mountain. He would not be able to see all the kingdoms if the earth was a globe.Matthew 4:8 Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory; 9 and he said to Him, "All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me." The bible describes God creating everything. He does not create planets. Yes, you can argue that planets are covered under stars, but if we realize the Earth is flat according to the bible, then we must realize that the government is lying about space travel. When you look at the firmament above us, you realize we cannot go higher than that. I will discuss why theyve lied later, but if you can realize that this is true, you can see that there are no planets. God didnt create them.Genesis 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: 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 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. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earthUnder the premise that the earth is flat, and has a dome of firmament above the sky that we cannot go through, you start to wonder why did the government not tell us, and why do they continue to lie and pump out new information and pictures about the planets? To many, the pictures of the solar system and planets proves the Earth is a sphere. These people will never believe the government has lied to us until they can see a reason as to why they would. Thats understandable.Lets start at the beginning of the bible. The world was created and we know the devil was around before man was created, because he was there to tempt Eve into eating the fruit shortly after she was created. When God is told that Adam and Eve have eaten the fruit He gives His decree: Genesis 2:14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.This verse has been to predict the coming of Jesus to defeat the devil on the cross. You can see God placed enmity, the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something, between humans and the devil. We are to hate evil, and evil is to hate us.Once you get to the story of the days of Noah, you can see that 1/3 of angels fell to the earth and took human women as their wives and beget giants, also known as Nephilim, human-angel hybrids. There is much more information on this in the book of Enoch, which was not added to the bible, even though Enoch is mentioned in the bible, and many verses of Enoch are in the bible in spirit (other authors say the same thing in their own words). I believe it should have been in the bible, but it makes sense that it was left out, once I explain the rest.But, even with ignoring Enoch, the bible does describe the fallen angels having angel-human offspring, and we know because of this, and because of the humans sinning, God decides to send a flood. The book of Enoch shows that the fallen angels taught humans technology that led to them sinning, so this makes sense, but that part is skipped in the bible.Genesis 6 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 3 And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. 4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. 5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. 9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.The verse also describes the Nephilim as the mighty men which were of old, men of renown. I believe that the fallen angels and/or Nephilim were who the pagan religions worshiped as gods. There are many similarities between the Greek and Roman gods.There are also many sun gods in the various other religions. Isaiah 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.As you can see in the verse, Lucifer wanted to be worshiped as a god. My theory is he tried to convince groups of people that he was the sun god. Even if it wasnt him, I would believe a fallen angel or Nephilim was responsible for it. This is important, because one of the main changes in perception that happened when the human race was told we were on a spherical Earth, was that the sun does not revolve around us, but we revolve around the sun.Now Christians who believed that God had set the sun to revolve around them, changed their minds to think we were revolving around the sun. That by itself is not that big of a change, but when it came out that the Earth was a sphere, to explain things like shadows on the moon, this starts to stretch the Christians view on the bible. A Christian who believed the Earth was flat, and is now told the Earth is round, has to go back into the bible verses and re-imagine what the verse meant.There is a website called GotQuestions.org and it discusses the question, "Does the Bible teach that the earth is flat?" It goes on to claim that the bible does not teach this, with verses such as Revelation 7:1 are cited, which speaks of four angels standing at the four corners of the earth. It goes on to suggest that the angels are at the North, West, South, and East of the globe, ignoring that a round Earth has no corners.Another passage often referred to is Psalm 75:3, which speaks of God holding the pillars firm. However, the psalms are written in the poetry genre. Rather than referring to literal pillars, this is representative of Gods guaranteeing the earths stability. Even when the moral order of the world seems to have crumbled, God will not fully withdraw His sustaining power.Why would the bible discuss things like pillars if there werent any? Again, weve already seen that the Earth is not movable, and firm. If the passage wanted to discuss how stable things are, there are other ways to do it, other than making up pillars.The page then describes some verses that say the Earth is round. They mention Job:Job 26:5 "The departed spirits tremble Under the waters and their inhabitants. 6 "Naked is Sheol before Him, And Abaddon has no covering. 7 "He stretches out the north over empty space And hangs the earth on nothing. 8 "He wraps up the waters in His clouds, And the cloud does not burst under themThe website GotQuestions.org, takes this line out of context, He stretches out the north over empty space And hangs the earth on nothing. When you look at the context you can see its stretched out over empty space where Sheol is. (This is also seen in the first picture in this paper) The gates of hell are underneathe the Earths ground. Weve been taught Heaven is above and Hell is below, but how does that work when we have a global Earth? I digress, back to the quote. GotQuestions believes this quote to mean that Earth is over empty space, but if were in an infinite galaxy full of stars and planets, how is it empty? This line only makes sense when you see that the empty space is hell, under the ground.(to be continued)