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The Earth Is Not My Home
Have you ever seen this image or something similar to it? From what I have been able to gather, the concept is based on a photograph named the Pale Blue Dot (below), supposedly taken “of planet Earth…on February 14, 1990, by the Voyager 1 space probe from a record distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles, 40.5 AU), as part of the Family Portrait series of images of the Solar System.” (- Wikipedia) Do you see the pale blue dot about half way down the middle of the brown band on the right of this image pictured left? That’s supposed to be us, our home: the Earth. This photo was credited as being taken at the request of…
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Does the Sun Really Rise?
We have all seen the sun move across the sky at some point or another. From our vantage point, it appears that the sun rises up over the horizon in the east, travels in an upward motion in the sky overhead until it reaches its peak and then descends the rest of the way as it sets in the west. That’s what it looks like. But is that what is really happening? We’ve been taught from early childhood, that what we see concerning the sun is actually a result of the globe earth rotating on its own tilted axis in the face of a relatively still sun. However, there is no…
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The Heavens and the Earth – A Find and Replace Exercise
One of the most popular verses in the entire Bible appears right in the beginning: Genesis 1:1. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. I think most would agree that this verse lays the groundwork for creation and the notion of a Creator God. It is fundamental for all that comes after it. But so often we read this passage with a preconceived idea in our minds of what this looks like. For example, what picture comes to mind right now when you hear the entire phrase “the heavens and the earth?”
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The Beginning of Time As We Know It (Video)
Here’s a look at the first 19 verses of Genesis 1. Many think the beginning of time took place in verse 1, but what about time as we know it? Check this out and let us know what you think. 😉
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The Earth: Letting the Bible Define Itself
According to Google, the word “earth” is defined as: 1. the planet on which we live; the world. 2. the substance of the land surface; soil. When you Google “Images” of earth, you see all sorts of pictures of a globe, a ball which includes both land and seas. Most, if not all, are not even true photographs of the land we live on. The picture to the right is not a real photo, but rather just a composite image. It seems that the predominant view in our culture is that the primary definition of earth includes both land and seas, and that it is orbiting the sun in space.…
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Relevance
According to Google… “Relevance is simply the noun form of the adjective ‘relevant,’ which means ‘important to the matter at hand.’ Artists and politicians are always worried about their relevance. If they are no longer relevant, they may not keep their job.” relevance – Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/relevance In my journey, I’ve come to find the following to be true… Once you begin to go down a path others aren’t willing to tread, you become somewhat irrelevant to them. And when this path veers from their belief structure’s foundation then you can become completely irrelevant to them. However, in time, I believe that should these people ever find themselves…
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Does the Sun Really Go Down?
In my studies of the sun, I have found that although most English translations refer to the sun setting or going down, the Hebrew tells a different story. (Genesis 15:12 ESV) As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him. (Genesis 15:17 ESV) When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. (Genesis 28:11 ESV) And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under…
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Let There Be A Firmament
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. H7549 רקיע râqı̂ya‛ BDB Definition: 1) extended surface (solid), expanse, firmament Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H7554 H7554 רקע râqa‛ BDB Definition: 1) to beat, stamp, beat out, spread out, stretch Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root And God said, Let…
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The Earth and Seas as a Globe Just Doesn’t Add Up
We have been fed from early childhood the notion that the earth (& seas) is a globe, without any real physical evidence. Nobody *discovered* the earth to be spherical. It was just arbitrarily decided and ultimately rammed down our throats. The notion was conceived in the minds of men…Greek philosophers. Later the notion was thrown into the mix of mathematical models and the “heliocentric model” came to light, stating the earth is a spinning ball revolving around the sun. Again, with no real physical evidence to suggest such an idea. After much resistance, from the *Bible-believing community* I might add, this notion was finally accepted as a reasonable scientific theory.…
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At Odds with Modern Science
I contend that what the Bible teaches concerning the heavens, earth, sun, moon and stars and what we experience in our daily (and nightly) lives are at odds with what the world of modern science would have us believe. The Heavens and the Earth We read in Genesis 1 that a firmament, a firm, stamped out expanse, which is called the “heavens”, was made to separate between the waters under it and the waters above it. Then the waters under this firmament were gathered together and dryness appeared. This dryness is called earth and the gathered waters are called seas. And when we stand on the earth near any shoreline…
