How do you know if a prophet really is a prophet? If the things that he says are going to happen, do happen. Now, what is the link between Shiloh in the Bible and Shiloh, Tennessee?
Sides: בְּיַרְכְּתֵי – beyerekah
Once you enter the great gulf nothing can stop your fall into the core. The pit is everything below the mantle. If the sides of the pit is the lower mantle, then the pit includes the great gulf.
To cut off, destroy: קְצֵה – qatseh, qatsah, qatsu
The eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. This has a familiar ring to it. How about this for comparison? All his life has he looked away…
Extremity, extreme part, corner: כַּנְפ֥וֹת – kanaph
Heads are round but a beard can have corners. If you think this passage means that the Earth is flat and square, you also have to make the case that human heads are square. Good luck with that.
To cease, fail, have and end: אַפְסֵי – ephes
If my feet are at the end of my legs, then the coast is at the end of the land. The ends of the earth is simply where the land stops: it ceases, fails, has and end. The beach.
The Farthest Parts of the Earth
Depending on what English translation you're reading you may see this rendered as "the coasts of the earth," "the sides of the earth" or "the ends of the earth."
The Ends of the Earth
If the Earth has ends does that mean it has to be flat? No, because "end" is a translation of a word which means "extremity or furthest reaches of" in which case we're talking about the beach.
The Circle of the Earth
If we use deduction then we can look at the simple fact that Earth is a globe, and conclude that the meaning of the word circle in Isaiah 40:22 is sphere. In this case the Hebrew word translated as circle also means sphere.
The Nuance of the Earth’s Corners
Here's a little nuance for you: Human head don't have corners, but a beard can. We can illustrate this by putting a cheese slice on a kid's ball. The cheese has corners, the ball isn't flat.
Four Corners of the Earth in Context
Every time the phrase the four corners of the earth occurs in the Bible it's in the context of the Millennial Kingdom, which is after the plagues of the tribulation.
