Biblical Exposition

We're not building a doctrine upon one verse of scripture. The doctrine has already been built, with an extensively documented process of deductive logic. What we're doing is using our doctrine to understand a passage.

Above and Below

Cutaway of planet Earth showing the crust, mantle, great gulf and hell.

A recurring theme in scripture is heaven above and Earth below. Orientation occurs for the first time on the second day. It's an ordering of the universe which occurred in response to the creation of gravity.

Tradition

Obviously the earth isn't flat, therefore, the Spirit of Truth can't lead you to that conclusion. It's very simple, God isn't going to expect you to believe something that's obviously wrong.

December 27th

We (all of us) are warned about tampering with the Bible. Are we (that's me and the Holy spirit) worried because our interpretation of the Bible is substantially different to anything that's gone before it? No.