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.
Absolute Frame of Reference
The idea that the presence of God dwells in a specific place, as a theme, doesn't get picked up until King David wanted to build a temple. Up until that time the Lord used a tabernacle as the center of worship.
The Times of Refreshing
The Bible tells us that, at some time in the future, the entire surface of the Earth will be flattened out, Jerusalem will be lifted up, and a river will issue forth from the summit of a mountain that fills the whole earth.
Before the Fall
<< Previous | Next >> Naiveian For all we know the period after the end of creation and before the fall of man, when Adam and Eve ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge, was a day. It could have been years. We aren't told. We are told that the creation fell and began …
August 2nd
The fountains of the great deep were created on the third day as the dry land was spread out over the waters of the deep. 1,656 years later they burst forth, allowing Noah's flood to happen.
The Nether Parts of the Earth
Yesterday we took a detour to slam dunk relativistic time dilation as proof of the Bible. Today we're going back to our discussion of a possible transition in the internal structure of the Earth when tehom became sheol.
March 24th
The deep, of Genesis 1:2 became the great deep, the deeps and the depths of the created world. The deep became creation. The word became flesh.
March 23rd
Depths, is a translation of the Hebrew word tehom. It's translated elsewhere as the deep, the deeps, depths and the great deep. It occurs in the account of Noah's flood.
March 22nd
We have an example of the of the Hebrew word tebel (world) being used to refer to part of the earth (erets). In this case the world (mantle) has been set upon the pillars of the earth.
March 17th
We illustrate a clear difference between the Hebrew erets (earth), and tebel (world). The foundations of the world (tebel) refers to the crust and mantle which was exposed as the ocean floor.
