Does the Bible teach that the Earth is flat? Does an object that is a globe have corners?

Question

1 After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree. 2 Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, 3 saying, “Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.”

Revelation 7:1-3 (New King James Version)

Answer 1

I know many scientists, who really do not understand that there is no 'dark side of the moon'. Many do not yet understand that the moon is a sister planet. I'm not saying they are fools, I think they just don't have a good mental image of the world they live in.

My grandmother is ninety four years old. She knows that astronauts landed on the moon, and will a agree that the world is round. But in her mind, the world is divided into three parts; America, the seven seas, and a place called 'overseas' where some men go to, and some don't come back. I didn't understand her limitations, until my aunt died (my aunt was German by birth). When she heard that my aunt's ashes were scattered offshore near Los Angeles, she said, "Isn't that precious, now she's halfway between her new home, and her old." I repressed the urge to explain the difference between the Atlantic, and the Pacific, because the thought gave her comfort.

Answer 2

The four corners of the earth is an idiom. An idiom that we still today. The word news comes from "information from the four corners of the world. From the North, the East, the West, and the South". Didn't modern newsmen know the earth was a globe?

In the book of Isaiah, it says that God sits over the CIRCLE of the world, and He hung the world on NOTHING.

In that time, when scientist believed the world was flat, and was held in space by turtles, or Atlas, or other things, Isaiah said the world was round and hung on nothing.

Don't try to base the Bible on anxioms or figures of speech. Everything that's in the Bible is correct, without error.

Answer 3

LOL - silly goose. That was an expression as used today! FOUR DIRECTIONS. Nothing more - just what other people foolishly read into it.

But here's an interesting FYI non the less..,. the earth is not round - but ALMOST "egg shaped" if you want to get technical.

Another FYI - there are four peaks almost evenly spaced out on the earth. I don't recall much else regarding this phenom - but was on a science program I watched - and that gives the "four corners of the earth a new perspective, although I remind you - the scripture you refer to is an indicator of 4-basic directions; North, South, East and West.

Answer 4

Alsalamu Alaikum. expensive Brother, The Ka'aba Is A Holy position From The Time Of Adam AS, each and each and every Prophet & Messenger got here & Did Tawaf Of Ka'aba. Its validated this modern day That Ka'aba Is the precise Centre element Of The Earth, also it is been prevalent that when we Make Sujoud We enable bypass The undesirable Aeons Out Of Our body's, Its intense useful If The Sujoud in the route of Ka'aba precisely. For the particular Tawaf in the course of the Ka'aba Its A overall performance Of Obey For Allah SWT SUNNAH on On Muslims. yet As Allah SWT did not Specify Why We do this, So Its now no longer an situation For The Believers. Its A understanding Of Allah SWT. ought to Allah Bless & Yahdeena ALl.

Answer 5

Read something on other dimensions.
From Gods perspective the 3rd dimensions is like us looking at the 2nd dimension.
The earth would appear as flat as a pancake.

Answer 6

In the Holy Quran it says That Allah has created the earth in a shape of an ostrach egg, And you people know that an ostrach egg is sphere.

Answer 7

I think Jesus didn't know the Earth is globe shaped. He had to fit in that time period, so He wasn't given superior knowledge of science. Then his mind would just take an unnessecary burden.

Answer 8

LOL funny,that comment reminds me of the movie " The Craft" " I call upon the four corners of the earth"...etc.

Answer 9

When you look at a street map, do you consider it to be flat or to be spherical? - most people with consider it to be flat. You might argue that it is a projection of a spherical surface onto a flat plane, but for all practical purposes, that section of the world could be considered to be flat.

Answer 10

If you could SEE into the Spiritual REALM, you might be surprised at what you would see.
The Spiritual REALM make's the Physical REALM Possible.