The Bible repeatedly mentions the "four corners of the Earth." But I can't get any of our resident bible thumpers to say whether or not a four-cornered object is an accurate representation of the Earth. It's a simple yes or no question they keep ducking.
Here's a short four corners list:Isaiah 11:12 — And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Rev 7:1 — And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
Rev 20:8 — And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Ezekiel 7:2 — Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
This can't happen on a spherical Earth!Matt 4:8 — Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
Then we've got "ends of the Earth" all over the place, like
Proverbs 30:4 —
Who hath bound the waters in a garment?
Who hath established all the ends of the earth?
Job 37:3 — He directeth it under the whole heaven, And his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
If we're living on a sphere, we're never going to reach any "end of the Earth," so surely we shouldn't take passages like this literally, right??
