Did God really inspire these writers?
Is every word literal? Can I trust this
book?
I found myself reading in the Old
Testament and came across 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 like a tent to dwell in;”
(RSV)
Then it “popped into my head” that
when we studied history, “in 1492
when Columbus sailed the ocean
blue”, they all thought if he went too
far, he’d sail OFF the edge of the
earth … this scripture was written
way before Columbus. Yet, whoever
inspired this writing knew the earth
was a circle and it sounded like he
was sitting above that circle.
Next I found Psalms 103:11-12: “For
as the heavens are high above the
earth, so is his great steadfast love
towards those who fear him; as far as
the east in from the west, so far does
he remove our transgressions from
us.” (RSV)
I started thinking about this. If you go
north, pretty soon you are going
south because the earth spins on its
axis which is from north to south.
However, if you go east you keep
going east forever and never go
west. The lights were coming on just
like the sun rises each and every
morning. The person who inspired
this knew that the earth was a circle
and rotated on an axis.
Who but God?
Shortly after this I was reading in the
New Testament and found two
scriptures regarding end times:
Matthew 24:40-41 - “Then two men
will be in the field; one is taken and
the other left. Two women will be
grinding at the mill; one is taken and
one is left.” And Luke 17:34-35
Yet, whoever inspired this writing knew the earth
was a circle and it sounded like he was sitting
above that circle.
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