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To: allmendream; metmom
God said the earth was round.

Isaiah 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:

The word used is the Hebrew word, KANAPH which really means “extremity”. In Numbers 15:38 it is translated “borders”.

The Greek equivalent in Revelation 7:1 is gonia. Gonia literally means angles, or divisions and sometimes quadrants.

No where it scripture does God say that the earth has “four corners”. You really need to study scripture rather than science. Your atttempts at discrediting scripture is rather telling.

150 posted on 12/07/2012 3:51:34 PM PST by CynicalBear
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To: CynicalBear

I’m just reading all this and not participating in discussion/argument, but in Revelation 7:1 John the apostle relates a vision: “After this I saw 4 angels standing at the 4 corners of the earth, holding back the 4 winds of the earth, so that no wind should blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.” The 4 corners and winds are commonly understood to mean north, south, east and west.

When Jesus speaks in Matthew 24:31 about the return of Christ, He says: “And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect [meaning the Jews] from the 4 winds, from one end of the sky to the other.” In other words, from north to south and east to west.


156 posted on 12/07/2012 5:13:46 PM PST by TurkeyLurkey
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