flat earth bible 06 of 10 - the sun moon and stars

8/14/2019 Flat Earth Bible 06 of 10 - The Sun Moon and Stars

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The Flat Earth Bible

06 of 10 - The Sun, Moon & Stars


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The Biblical Cosmos

The Sun,

Moon & Stars


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Genesis 1:14 16 God creates the Sun

& Moon

Sun

Moon

In this picture, God creates

the Sun & Moon as little lights

in the Sky, just like what is

implied in the Bible.

In the C16th, the Bible was used

as a guide for Astronomy.

Creation of

the Sun &

Moon by

Michelangelo

(Painted

1508-1512)


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Genesis 1:14 16 The lights of Heaven

And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and thelesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also. And God set them in the

firmament of the Heavens to give light upon the Earth, RSV

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. And God set them in the firmament

of the Heaven to give light upon the Earth, KJV

So God made the two larger lights, the sun to rule over the day andthe moon to rule over the night; he also made the stars. He placed the

lights in the sky to shine on the Earth" GNB

God made the two great lights: the greater light to govern the day, the smaller

light to govern the night, and the stars. God set them in the vault of Heaven to

shine on the Earth, JB


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Genesis 1:14 16 Continued

'And God proceeded to make the two great luminaries, the greater luminary for

dominating the day and the lesser luminary for dominating the night, and also the

stars.Thus God put them in the expanse of the Heavens to shine upon the

Earth. NWT

And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the

lesser light to rule the night; and the stars.And God set them in the firmament ofthe Heaven to give light upon the Earth. HEJB


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Genesis 1:14 16 The lights of Heaven

The Sun, Moons and Stars are made on the 4th dayof creation and not on the 1st day like the Earth.

They are portrayed as minor entities that are ofsecondary importance to the Earth as they aremade to serve the Earth and three days after the

Earth. The description implies that they are much smaller

than the Earth.

Despite their actual size, they are only a couple of

sentences are devoted to them indicating theirrelative importance.

There is no reference to other Worlds in the Solar

System since such a concept did not exist.


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Geocentric Cosmology & the Bible

1. Before Copernicus, everyone believed that the Earthis fixed at the centre of the Universe and does notmove.

2. The Sun, Moon & Stars were believed to be littlelights moving around the static Earth.

3. They believed this because the Ancient Greeks suchas Aristotle & Ptolemy had said so.

4. The Bible agreed with these views.

5. Copernicus resurrected the Heliocentric views of

Aristarchus which said that Earth & other planetsmove in orbit around the Sun.

6. Both Catholic & Protestant Church leaders wereextremely hostile to the views of Copernicus sincethey contradicted the Bible.


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Copernicus & Galileo contradict the

Bible

The Bible shows how to go to Heaven,but not how the Heavens go - Galileo

Copernicus (1473-1543) Galileo (1564 1642)


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John Calvin condemns Copernicus

for contradicting the Bible

Calvin criticised Copernicus

for suggesting that the

Earth moved since this

was contrary to the Bible

Who will venture to

place the authority

Copernicus above

that of the Holy

Spirit?*

(*Psalm 93: 1)


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Psalm 93:1 - The World is established;

it shall never be moved.

And yet it moves Galileo 1633

The Earth is now known to move

around the Sun at

approx 33,000 miles per hour


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Psalm 93:1 The World does not move

The World is established; it shall never be moved. RSV

The World also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. KJV

The Earth is set firmly in place and cannot be moved." GNB

The World is indeed set firm, it can never be shaken JB

The productive land also becomes firmly established so that it cannot be

made to totter. NWT

The World is established, that it cannot be moved. HEJB


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The world is established, it shall never be moved RSV

The world also shall be established that it shall not be moved KJV


The world is set firm, it cannot be moved J B

'The productive land also becomes firmly established so that it cannot be

made to totter . NWT

The world also is established that it cannot be moved. HEJB


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Thou didst set the Earth on its foundations,so that it should never be shaken

RSV

Who laid the foundations of the Earth, that it should not be removed for ever

KJV

You have set the Earth firmly on its foundations, and it will never be moved."GNB

You fixed the Earth on its foundations, for ever and ever it shall not be shaken

JB

'He has founded the Earth upon its established places;It will not be made tototter to time indefinite, or forever. NWT

Who didst establish the Earth upon its foundations, that it should not be moved

for ever and ever. HEJB


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1 Chronicles 16:30 The World does not

move

The world stands firm, never to be moved RSV

The world also shall be stable, that it be not moved KJV


The world is firm, it cannot be moved JB

The productive land is firmly established:Never will it be made to totter .NWT

The World also is established that it cannot be moved HEJB


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Isaiah 34:4Heavenly

Bodies are

just littlelights in the

solid sky


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Isaiah 34:4 Little lights in the solid SkyAll the host of Heaven shall rot away,and the skies roll up like a scroll.All their

host shall fall,as leaves fall from the vine,like leaves falling from the fig tree.

RSV

And all the host of Heaven shall be dissolved, and the Heavens shall be rolled

together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from

the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. KJV

The sun, moon, and stars will crumble to dust. The sky will disappear like a

scroll being rolled up, and the stars will fall like leaves dropping from a vine or a

fig tree." GNB

The entire array of Heaven will fall apart. The Heavens will be rolled up like a

scroll and all their array will fade away, as fade the leaves falling from the vine,as fade those falling from the fig tree JB

'And all those of the army of the Heavens must rot away. And the Heavens must

be rolled up, just like a book scroll; and their army will all shrivel away, just as the

leafage shrivels off the vine and like a shrivelled [fig] off the fig tree. NW


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Job 9:7 God seals up the Sun, Moon

& Stars in their Chambers

This picture of

the Universeshows how the

Heavenly bodies

could be sealed

up.

See also

Psalm 19:4-6

Chambers

of the Sun, Moon

& Stars


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Job 9:7 God seals up the Stars

Who commands the sun, and it does not rise;who seals up the stars

RSV

Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.

KJV

He can keep the sun from rising, and the stars from shining at night."GNB

The sun, at his command, forbears to rise, and on the stars he sets a seal.

JB

He is saying to the sun that it should not shine forth,And around stars he

puts a seal. NWT


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Psalm 19:4-6 The Chamber of the Sun

In them (the Heavens) he has set a tent for the sun,which comes forth like abridegroom leaving his chamber RSV

In them (the Heavens) hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, which is as a

bridegroom coming out of his chamber. KJV

God made a home in the sky for the sun; it comes out in the morning like a

happy bridegroom" GNB

High above, he pitched a tent for the sun, who comes forth from his pavilion

like a bridegroom. JB

'In them (the Heavens) he has set a tent for the sun, and it is like a

bridegroom when coming out of his nuptial chamber. NWT


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Job 9:9 Chambers for Stars in the Sky

Who made the Bear and Orion,the Plei'ades and the chambers of the south.

RSV

Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.

KJV

God hung the stars in the sky---the Dipper, Orion, the Pleiades, and the stars of

the south GNB

He has made the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the mansions of the south.

JB

Making the Ash constellation, the Kesil constellation,and the Kimah

constellation and the interior rooms of the South. NWT


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Job 9:9 Chambers of the South*

The Chambers

of the South

probably refer

to places

where the

Southern

Circumpolar

Stars were

imagined totravel through

* There were probably Chambers of the North, East & West as well


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Joel 3:15* Stars withdrawing into

Chambers

The sun and the moon are darkened,and the stars withdraw their shining. RSV

& KJV

The sun and the moon grow dark, and the stars no longer shine. GNB

Sun and moon grow dark, the stars lose their brilliance. JB

'Sun and moon themselves will certainly become dark, and the very stars will

actually withdraw their brightness. . NWT

The sun and the moon are become black, and the stars withdraw their shining.HEJB

*Joel 4:15 in some Bibles


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Genesis

37:7,9

JosephsDream.

God sends a propheticmessage to the Patriarch

Joseph involving sheaths

of corn & heavenly

bodies bowing to him.

The Sun & Moon are

shown as little lights that

can move about the sky

without any detrimental

effects on Earth.


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Genesis 37:7 - 9 Josephs Prophetic

dream from God

And behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me."

RSV

And, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to

me. " KJV

I saw the sun, the moon, and eleven stars bowing down to me."

GNB

'There were the sun, the moon and eleven stars, bowing down to me. JB

Here I have had a dream once more, and here the sun and the moon and

eleven stars were bowing down to me . NWT


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Daniel 8:10 Goat tramples Stars

underfoot

God sends Daniel a

Prophetic Vision which

includes a symbolic

image of a Goat

knocking down stars

out of the Sky and

trampling on them.

God seems to be

implying that stars arejust little lights in the

Sky just like neighbouring

peoples did.


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Daniel 8:10 Goat tramples Stars

underfoot

It grew great, even to the host of Heaven; and some of the host of the stars it

cast down to the ground, and trampled upon them." RSV

And it waxed great, even to the host of Heaven; and it cast down some of the

host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. " KJV

It grew strong enough to attack the army of Heaven, the stars themselves, and

it threw some of them to the ground and trampled on them." GNB

It grew right up to the armies of Heaven and flung armies and stars to the

ground, and trampled them underfoot. JB

'And it kept getting greater all the way to the army of the Heavens, so that it

caused some of the army and some of the stars to fall to the Earth, and it went

trampling them down. NWT


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Martin Luther condemns Copernicus


People give ear to an upstart

Astrologer who strove to

show that the Earth revolves

& not the Heavens, the

Firmament, the Sun & the

Moon.

But sacred Scripture* tells us

that Joshua commanded theSun to stand still & not the

Earth.

(* Joshua 10: 12 & 13 )


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Joshua 10: 12 & 13 Joshua stops the

Sun & Moonfrom moving

In this story, Joshua halts the Sun

& Moon in order to gain extra daylightand finish a battle before dark.

This suggests that the Sun

normally moves around the

Earth just like the moon does &

that the Earth is stationary in

the centre of the Universe


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Joshua 10:12 & 13

Then spoke Joshua to the Lord and he said in the sight of Israel,

"Sun, stand thou still at Gibeon,and thou Moon in the valley of Ai'jalon."

And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed,until the nation took vengeance on

their enemies. RSV

Then spake Joshua to the Lord and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand

thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged

themselves upon their enemies. KJV

Joshua spoke to the Lord. In the presence of the Israelites he said, "Sun, stand still

over Gibeon; Moon, stop over Aijalon Valley." The sun stood still and the moon didnot move until the nation had conquered its enemies. " GNB


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Joshua 10:12 & 13

Joshua then spoke to Yahweh In the presence of Israel, Joshua said: Sun,

stand still over Gibeon, and, moon, you too, over the Vale of Aijalon! And the

sun stood still, and the moon halted, until the people had taken vengeance on

their enemies JB

'It was then that Joshua proceeded to speak to Jehovah and he went on to

say before the eyes of Israel: Sun, be motionless over Gibeon,And, moon, overthe low plain of Aijalon. Accordingly the sun kept motionless, and the moon did

stand still, until the nation could take vengeance on its enemies NWT


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Gibeon & the Valley of Ajalon

Jerusalem

JerichoGezer

Dead Sea

Valley of

Ajalon GibeonGibeon & the Valley of Ajalon

are only about 30 miles apart.

If the Sun and Moon stood stillover each location, then both

Heavenly bodies must be quite

small


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Gibeon & the Valley of Ajalon


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Habakkuk 3:11

The sun and moon stood still in their habitation at the light of thine arrows

as they sped,at the flash of thy glittering spear. RSV

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 KJV

At the flash of your speeding arrows and the gleam of your shining spear,the sun and the moon stood still." GNB

Sun and moon stay inside their dwellings, they flee at the light of your

arrows, at the flash of your lightning-spear. JB

'Sunmoonstood still, in the lofty abode thereof. Like light your own

arrows kept going. The lightning of your spear served for brightness. NWT


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Isaiah 38:8 and 2 Kings 20:11 The

Sun dial of Ahaz

In this story, God has

the shadow on a

sundial move

backwards bycausing the Sun to

move backwards

in the Sky

This suggests that

the Biblical writers

thought that the Sun

was just a little light.


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Isaiah 38:8 The Sun dial of Ahaz

Behold, I will make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the dial of Ahaz turn

back ten steps." So the sun turned back on the dial the ten steps by which it had

declined RSV

Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the

sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by

which degrees it was gone down. KJV

The Lord will make the shadow go back ten steps." And the shadow moved back

ten steps ." GNB

Look, I shall make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the steps -- the

steps to Ahaz's roof-room-go back ten steps.' And the sun went back the ten

steps by which it had declined. JB

'Here I am making the shadow of the steps that had gone down on the steps of

Ahaz by the sun retrace backward ten steps. And the sun gradually went back

ten steps on the steps that it had gone down.. NWT


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2 Kings 20:11 The Sun dial of Ahaz

And Isaiah the prophet cried to the Lord; and he brought the shadow back

ten steps, by which the sun had declined on the dial of Ahaz. RSV

And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the Lord: and he brought the shadow ten

degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz KJV

Isaiah prayed to the Lord, and the Lord made the shadow go back ten stepson the stairway set up by King Ahaz." GNB

The prophet Isaiah then called on Yahweh, who made the shadow cast by

the declining sun on the steps -- the steps to Ahaz's roof-room -- go back ten

steps. JB

At that Isaiah the prophet began to call out to Jehovah; and he made the

shadow that had gone down gradually go back on the steps, that is, on the

steps [of the stairs] of Ahaz, ten steps backward NWT


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Amos 8:9 Sunset at Noon over

Jerusalem

According to Amos, the

Sun will suddenly setat midday, implying that

it is just a little light in

the Sky


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Amos 8:9 Sunset at Noon

And on that day," says the Lord God,"I will make the sun go down at noon,

and darken the Earth in broad daylight. RSV

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause

the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the Earth in the clear day

KJV

The time is coming when I will make the sun go down at noon and the earth

grow dark in daytime. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken." GNB

'On that Day- declares the Lord Yahweh- I shall make the sun go down at

noon and darken the Earth in broad daylight. JB

And it must occur in that day, is the utterance of the Sovereign Lord

Jehovah, that I will make the sun go down at high noon, and I will cause

darkness for the land on a bright day. NWT


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Amos 8:9 Sunset at Noon

This seems tobe what Amos

is describing.


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Philip Melancthon condemns

Copernicus for contradicting the Bible

Certain men, either from the

love of novelty or to a make

A display of ingenuity haveconcluded that the Earth

moves.

It is part of a good mind to

accept the truth as revealedBy God* and acquiesce in it.

(* Psalm 104:5,

Ecclesiastes 1: 5)


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Ecclesiastes 1:5 Literal Sunrise and

Sunset

The sun rises and the sun goes down,and hastens to the place where it

rises RSV

The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place

where he arose KJV

The sun still rises, and it still goes down, going wearily back to where it

must start all over again." GNB

The sun rises, the sun sets; then to its place it speeds and there it rises

JB

'And the sun also has flashed forth, and the sun has set, and it is coming

panting to its place where it is going to flash forth. NWT


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Ecclesiastes 1: 5 Literal Sunrise and

Sunset

When the Bible speaks

of the Sun rising and

setting, it means this

literally and not

phenomenally.

Language was created

by God in the Bible &

did not evolve and

incorporate humanmistakes such as the

terms sunrise &

sunset


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Ecclesiastes 1: 5 Sun travels Circuit

of Heaven

The Sun travels

across the Sky &

then returns to

the place that itCame from.

This place is the

Chambers of the

Sun, Moon &Stars

See also

Psalm 19:4-6Chambers of the Sun


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Pope Urban VIII condemns Copernicus


In 1611, before becoming Pope,

Cardinal Bellarmine wrote of the

views of Church Ecclesiastes

1: 5 scholars concerning

Astronomical information in theScriptures*.

All agree in interpreting them literally

as teaching that the Sun is in the

Heavens and revolves around the

Earth with immense speed.TheEarth is very distant from the Heavens

at the centre of the Universe and

motionless.

(*Ecclesiastes 1: 5)


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Pope Paul V condemns Copernicus

for contradicting the Bible (1616)

The 1st proposition, that the Sun is in

the centre and does not revolve

around the Earth is foolish, absurd,

false in Theology and heretical

because it is expressly contrary to

Holy Scripture.

The 2nd proposition, that the Earth

is not the centre, but revolves

about the Sun is absurd, false inPhilosophy, and from a theologically

point of view at least, opposed to the

true faith.


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Trial of Galileo by the Inquisition in

Rome, 1633


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Inquisition condemns Galileo for

contradicting the Bible

The said Galileo is in the judgement of the

Holy Office vehemently suspected of heresy,

namely, of having believed & held the doctrinewhich is false and contrary to the sacred &

divine Scriptures, that the Sun is the centre

of the World & does not move from East to West

and that the Earth moves & is not the centreof the World.

Th Bibli l C


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The Biblical Cosmos

The Sun,

Moon & Stars


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