March 15th

Descent into the Interior of the Earth

If one day the sky could be measured
and the foundations of the earth explored,
only then would he reject the people of Israel
because of all they have done.
The Lord has spoken.

(Jeremiah 31:37) Good News Translation

We (that’s me and the Holy spirit) begin a descent into the interior of the Earth. We started with the grave, and now progress deeper into the underworld realm of the dead (sheol).

One of the questions which we have to answer is: why is the interior of the Earth hot?. However, we’re starting with the Genesis account of creation. God didn’t create hell during the week of creation, it began later at the fall of man in Genesis 3. What we have to do is deduce a model of the interior of the Earth which doesn’t have hell at the start, but which will be modified by hell over time.

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We all have the same evidence. Our choice of paradigm determines what we think it’s evidence of.

– Matty’s Razor

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Scientific Faith

To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see.

(Hebrews 11:1) Good News Translation

We don’t know what the internal structure of the Earth looks like. There are scientific theories about it but these are based on the interpretation of data. The theories are inductive and so since the purpose of mainstream science is a rationalization of godless existence (SciPop), then all current theories are based on the premise that hell is mythological. The truth has to be rejected A priori as either a premise or as a possible conclusion. Sadly, SciPop and truth are mutually exclusive.

The thing is: we all have the same evidence, so the data that SciPop uses as evidence that there’s no hell is also evidence that there is a hell. That’s how evidence works: it’s evidence of whatever you choose to believe about it. This is known as Matty’s razor. It demonstrates how the difference between truth and error is as simple as the relationship of cause and effect in the deductive process we use: induction vs. deduction. However, SciPop can’t prove anything about the internal structure of the Earth because THE NARRATIVE is theoretical, and we’ve deduced that theory is the scientific word for faith.

The absence of hell as a physical place is one of “the things we hope for” in the definition of faith which we find in Hebrews 11:1. SciPop has arranged all of its resources in such a way as to make it look like there’s no hell, theology capitulated, and now SciPop needs faith. We put our faith in SciPop because it’s what we hope for. The thing is, if there’s no hell then there’s no reason to fear death. So why do people fear death?

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Faith is believing in something that you can’t see, because of evidence.

– Faith, definition

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Jeremiah’s Logic

We can take the featured passage from Jeremiah as a series of logic statements.

Jeremiah’s Logic

• IF God will cast off the seed of Israel if:
  1. heaven above can be measured, or
  2. the foundations of the earth can be searched out beneath,
• BUT God doesn’t cast off the seed of Israel,
• THEN:
  1. heaven above can’t be measured,
  2. the foundations of the earth can’t be searched out beneath,

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Salvation

1. Call upon the name of Jesus Christ,
   • believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,
2. confess your sin.

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Building a Model

A person’s words can be a source of wisdom, deep as the ocean, fresh as a flowing stream.

(Proverbs 18:4) Good News Translation

Deduction is a beautiful thing, isn’t it? We deal with the fact that we (all of us) haven’t measured the sky in the daily devotional for April, which is our discussion of the creative work of the fourth day. As regards exploring the Earth below we can do a couple of things at this point:

• Deduce a model of the internal structure of the Earth from:
  1. what the Bible tells us about it,
  2. seismological data.
• Show how the model accounts for:
  1. physical evidence,
  2. empirical observations,
  3. human history,
  4. global warming.

Today we begin to look at how the Bible handles references to features of the mantle. We’ll piece together a picture of the interior of the Earth.

Biblical Features of the Mantle

Usage	Transliteration	Scripture	March Post
Abraham’s Bosom	kolpos	Luke 16:22	16
Belly of hell	mibbeten sheol	Jonah 2:2	16
Bottoms of the mountains	qetseb har	Jonah 2:6	16
Chambers of death	chadrei maveth	Proverbs 7:27
Foundations of the hills	mowcadar har	Psalms 18:7	17
Foundations of the mountains	mowcadar har	Deut. 32:22	17
Foundations of the world	mowcadah tebel	Psalms 18:15	17
Grave	sheol	Ezekiel 31:16	19
Lower parts of the Earth	tachti erets	Ezekiel 32:24	18
Midst of hell	tavek sheol	Ezekiel 32:21	19
Nether parts of the Earth	erets tachti	Ezekiel 26:20	18
Sides of the pit	yerekah bowr	Ezekiel 32:21	20

Descent into the Interior of the Earth – Navigation

Section	Title	Scripture
1	Descent into the Interior of the Earth	Jeremiah 31:37
	Why is the Interior of the Earth hot?	Matthew 5:22
2	Evidence	Acts 11:23
	Induction vs. Deduction	Titus 3:9
	We all Have the Same Evidence	Revelation 15:2
3	Faith	Hebrews 11:1
	Mainstream Science Needs Faith	1 Timothy 6:20-21
4	THE NARRATIVE awakens	Revelation 13:1-4
	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Job 28:3
	Salvation	Romans 10:9-10

Read through the Bible in a year

Reading plan	March 15
Linear	1 Samuel 8-10
Chronological	Deuteronomy 11-13

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