When I first began to share what I have come to believe about the shape and nature of the earth on which we live, I was surprised by the level of animosity and resistance I encountered, even from family, friends, and people who say they believe the Bible. Clearly something beyond intellectual disagreement was at the root of this hatred of all things related to biblical cosmology. It did not matter if I appealed to the Bible for support. Then it dawned on me.
The ubiquitous globe is actually an idol.
It sits in almost every home and classroom. It makes regular appearances in movies, television, and other forms of media. The non-biblical words “globe” and “planet” are used in preference to the biblical word, “earth.” We have completely swallowed the globe lie, “hook, line, and sinker.” We absolutely love our globe! It has become an idol.
The globe idol represents a self-worship of our own intelligence, as opposed to reliance upon God. It stands for our rebellion against the truth of the Bible, and it illustrates our determination to go beyond the confines of the region God assigned to us, called the earth.
Our love for “outer space” is actually a form of rebellion against God in two ways. First of all, it does not even exist. Everything beyond the dome of the firmament is an unknown region, perhaps what the Bible calls the “third heaven,” where God’s throne is located, or perhaps it is the region Jesus called “outer darkness,” a place of judgment, sorrow, and regret. When we devote so much time, effort, focus, and money on an imaginary place, created by our own minds in opposition to what the Bible teaches, it is an escape from reality rooted in rebellion against the truth and God himself.
Secondly, our love for outer space represents our sinful determination to go beyond what God has assigned to us. As I wrote in a previous article, the “grass always looks greener” on the other side of the firmament. We seem determined to discover “truth” for ourselves, rather than rely on what God has revealed in his Word. This goes all the way back to the Garden. Modern evolutionary astrophysics is nothing short of a complete rebellion against God’s Word. The quest to explore “outer space” links us to Satan’s longing to oust God from heaven, one that goes all the way back to the tower of Babel.
Idolatry is the only explanation of why people so ferociously oppose anyone who dares challenge the globe and modern ideas related to astrophysics.
People always hate anyone who threatens their idols. (Judges 6:30) People will fight “tooth and nail” to hold on to their fantasies. Otherwise, one would expect to encounter more intellectual curiosity. One would hope that Christians would seriously consider if their way of looking at the cosmos agrees with what the Bible says. But that is not usually the case. Most of the time one encounters hostility against any attempt to tear down the high place of heliocentrism.
My love for God and biblical truth is what motivates me to remain committed to exposing the satanic deception behind the idolatry of globe earth and modern astrophysics. Is this issue really so important? Yes, it is. May the Lord open our eyes to understand and accept what the Bible says about the heavens and earth. Let us repent of self-worship. May God cause his church to once again esteem what the Bible says above the words, dictates, and opinions of men. Amen.
