petebeck3, Author at Third Peter

Beware the Real Alien Invasion

Posted June 12, 2026
by petebeck3

The world is abuzz with all kinds of rumors and expectations for some kind of government disclosure regarding the existence of aliens. We have been set up for this for decades. Werner von Braun warned his secretary that this would be the last card played by NASA, which was founded by occultists and designed to deceive the masses. The Israelites worshiped the host of heaven. Are we really much different when we flock to theaters to have our imaginations sparked with false ideas of outer space and planetary travel?

Many of us love science fiction so much that we gladly change the meaning of God’s Word to accommodate our fantasies.

But God…. God is restoring the truth about this earth on which we live.

Having a biblical understanding of cosmology acts as an antidote to the infection of space alien hysteria.

We have been lied to for five hundred years ever since the introduction of heliocentric sorcery by disciples of occult Egyptian hermeticism and alchemy – Copernicus and Newton.

The Bible, which is God’s infallible truth, was cast aside to make room for the hidden (occult) knowledge provided by theoretical astrophysicists.

If we take God at his Word, which is the wise person’s choice, rather than hurtling through the dangerous void of outer space having twelve separate motion vectors, we live on an enclosed circular plane with a solid firmament above us, atop which sits God’s throne.

That is what the Bible teaches, and, if we fail to believe God, we will believe almost anything else.

Recently I have seen some Facebook ads promoting Steven Spielberg’s new movie, Disclosure Day.

We are told that after watching this production, Christians will question their faith in God. Why is it that followers of Christ are particularly targeted? Could it be that the Bible is true, and Jesus is really Lord of lords and King of kings? Could it be that the Jews’ and the world’s hatred of Jesus continues to this day, spilling over against his present followers? The answer to these questions is a resounding, “Yes!”

When Jesus walked this earth some two thousand years ago, the Jewish leaders hated him. Our Lord gave us the reason for their antipathy: they hate God and want to rule over his creation themselves.

13 “Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Probably they will respect him when they see him.’ 14 But when the vinedressers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.’ 15 So they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. Therefore what will the owner of the vineyard do to them? 16 He will come and destroy those vinedressers and give the vineyard to others.” And when they heard it they said, “Certainly not!” Luke 20:13–16 (NKJV)

The Jewish leaders were jealous of Jesus’ popularity and afraid that his favor with the people would turn into a popular uprising to throw off Roman rule. Not wishing to lose their preferred status and place with that foreign government, they elected to murder Jesus for the “good of the nation.” Beware nations that kill their people for the common good!

47 Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, “What shall we do? For this Man works many signs. 48 If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation.” 49 And one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all, 50 nor do you consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish.” John 11:47–50 (NKJV)

They did not realize that murdering God’s Son would result in the complete destruction of Jerusalem, the temple, and the sacrificial system when God brought justice. God shut down the Old Covenant and transferred the kingdom to a brand new group – the New Covenant born-again ones, Humanity 2.0, the church, the one new man in Christ, the Israel of God.

43 “Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it. 44 And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.” 45 Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they perceived that He was speaking of them. 46 But when they sought to lay hands on Him, they feared the multitudes, because they took Him for a prophet. Matthew 21:43–46 (NKJV)

Adam and Eve betrayed God in the garden. By the time Jesus arrived from heaven, mankind’s hatred of God had grown to the point that the Jews killed their Messiah, God in the flesh.

Their hatred of our Lord and his followers has not diminished. The Talmud claims that Jesus right now is boiling in liquid excrement as punishment for his blasphemy. Therefore, it is not surprising that the movie industry would target Christians. In fact, Jesus warned us that people in general would hate us.

17 And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. Luke 21:17 (NKJV)

This hatred of Christians derives from mankind’s hatred of God in general and of Jesus in particular.

18 “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. John 15:18–19 (NKJV)

Luciferians are attempting to create a transhumanist perversion of mankind by combining sorcery, genetic manipulation, and nano-technology. God beat them to it, however. He already created a new version of humanity through what is called the new birth.

The reason the world hates us is because we who follow Christ have become alien to the world and its satanic system.

We are strangers in a strange land waiting for the return of our Lord and Savior.

13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. Hebrews 11:13 (NKJV)

Jesus is a true alien in the Biblical sense. He plainly stated that he is not of this world, but came down from heaven.

23 And He said to them, “You are from beneath; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. John 8:23 (NKJV)

Those who know that the heavens and earth are exactly as the Bible describes understand that heaven sits atop the solid dome of the firmament. There is no “outer space,” only the “outer darkness” inhabited by fallen angels, demons, and people who refuse God’s mercy offered in the gospel. People who believe in the science fiction that our “planet” revolves around the sun (Helios, Sol, or Satan), along with other so-called “planets” all named after pagan gods, will likely fall prey to the psy-op currently in progress to convince us that space aliens exist and perhaps are a threat to us.

It could be that the greatest danger is that these so-called “aliens,” whatever they may be, will attempt to seduce us into denying Christ in favor of some occult universal religion. Apparently this what Spielberg expects.

The Bible says that God sits on his throne in heaven looking down on us. (Isaiah 40:22) Jesus, seated at God’s right hand, will return when God rolls back the firmament with a thunderous roar.

10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. 11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. 2 Peter 3:10–13 (NKJV)

Jesus’ return is the only “alien” invasion about which anyone should be concerned.

As we wait for his certain return, let’s remember that Christians are special targets for persecution because we know and follow the one called the Truth – Jesus the risen Lord. Our allegiance to the one the world hates brings their hatred upon us. It is our privilege to acknowledge him before men, with the hope that we can persuade others to confess him as Lord before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord.

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A Christian’s Great Honor and Privilege

Posted June 11, 2026June 11, 2026
by petebeck3

One of the greatest honors and privileges we have as Christians is to publicly profess our allegiance to Christ and his Word.

Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. Matthew 10:32 (NKJV)

What perhaps were the two greatest betrayals in human history took place in the Garden of Eden and in Jerusalem. The first was perpetrated by the very first humans who were unfaithful to God by putting more faith in the serpent’s words than in their Creator’s. The second was by the Jewish Sanhedrin in Jerusalem when they renounced and condemned to death the Author of Life, Jesus, their promised Messiah.

From Eden to the crucifixion the sin of man progressed from calling God a liar to killing his Son.

Let’s not pretend that you and I are above doing either of those two things. Every time we doubt God’s written Word we commit Adam’s sin. Every time we remain silent about Jesus in front of those who hate him, we participate in Jerusalem’s sin.

All it takes for evil to triumph is for good people to do or say nothing.

Such fundamental infidelities likely would permanently sever any human relationship, but God in his mercy sent his Son Jesus to die for these sins and others so that we might have the opportunity to change our minds, believe the gospel, and declare public allegiance to Christ as Lord and to his Word as being the absolute truth.

It is not sufficient to profess loyalty to Christ but deny the truthfulness of his Word. He is the Word who became flesh. (John 1:14) We either show allegiance to both or we are unfaithful to both.

26 For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father’s, and of the holy angels. Luke 9:26 (NKJV)

The apostle Peter received a second chance after publicly denying his relationship with Jesus. We have received many “second chances” over our lifetimes. In my case, I now realize that I was ashamed of a portion of God’s Word for many years, as are most Christians in the West. I professed to believe that the Bible is 100% true, and thought I did, but now I see that I did not think that the first chapter of Genesis was to be taken at face value. I believed that one has to have a nuanced interpretation of the Bible’s first chapter to properly understand what God meant. Can you imagine any human relationship in which a friend’s words have to be parsed in such a way? We would never be sure what such a person meant.

Scholars, who, in my opinion, have turned their backs on God to some degree, tell us that we must understand God’s words in Genesis or anywhere else they disagree with modern science, as being poetic rather than literally true. We are to understand that God spoke phenomenologically, not literally. This means that his Word only describes the appearance of things, not reality. Once we start down this road, we will end up questioning the entire Bible.

We have to decide who has the greatest authority, God or science.

I now understand that saying and believing such things is comparable to giving God a “slap in the face.”

We betray our Maker by thinking that he speaks in confusing riddles that can only be rightly understood in the “light” of what godless astronomers tell us.

The previous hidden (occult) knowledge and revelations of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton, et. al. deny the truthfulness of the Bible, throwing the entire Word of God into question, and we Christians have bowed to their “wisdom,” much like Peter succumbed to fear when he denied our Lord.

Science has become an idol which many Christians are afraid to confront.

Do we really think that God cannot be trusted to speak in a straightforward way about something so fundamentally important as his creation? Do we believe that the biblical authors were ignorant of modern science; so, God accommodated their ignorance by giving them a false account of how he made the heavens and the earth? Can we not see that we are publicly denying our Lord by being ashamed of his Word? Can we not see that this is equivalent to calling God a liar?

(If you want to see how far afield heliocentrism has taken us from the simplicity of God’s revealed Word, I encourage you to read my article entitled The Genesis Testimony. Faith in heliocentrism requires us to deny the six-days of creation.)

After Peter’s public denial of Christ, he repented, received forgiveness, and was restored. He became a champion of the gospel, ultimately giving his life for the Lord. Ever since God opened my understanding regarding biblical cosmology, I have done my best to make a public stand for God’s integrity and that of the Bible. My prayer is that you will join me in this tremendous opportunity to get it right this time around.

Let us embrace the honor and privilege of boldly proclaiming the gospel, the Lordship of Christ, and the absolute trustworthiness of his Word from Genesis to Revelation.

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Is God a Liar?

Posted June 10, 2026June 10, 2026
by petebeck3

Is God a liar? Earlier in my life I would not have guessed that at 74 years of age I would be spending a great deal of energy defending God’s integrity to other Christians. It is not surprising that atheists claim that the Bible is a primitive fairy tale, but it is tragic that so many of us Christians believe that the Creator lied to us! Poor liars share blatant untruths that are easily discovered and refuted. Really good liars know how to couch their fabrications in enough ambiguity to give themselves some deniability if their mendacity is eventually discovered. If God is a liar, then he falls into the second category, which would make him very evil indeed. Yet that is exactly what many Christians claim.

Where am I going with this? As you may know, over two years ago my eyes were opened to one of the greatest satanic lies of all time. Heliocentrism, with its required Big Bang antecedent, was introduced some five hundred years ago by a Roman Catholic astronomer named Nicolaus Copernicus at the encouragement of the Pope. His theory flatly contradicts the Bible’s testimony in Genesis and elsewhere, which makes it odd that a so-called Christian leader would support it. But the Catholic church long ago abandoned the Bible as the ultimate source of truth. Before heliocentrism gained traction, almost everyone in the world, except for a few ancient Greeks and Egyptian hermeticists, believed the biblical version of things in some form or another. Almost every culture and civilization understood the earth to be an enclosed circular plane. This belief is now blamed on scientific ignorance, but perhaps they got their view from Adam who got his from God. Just a thought.

Though initially resisted by the Protestant Reformers for being contrary to the Bible’s teaching, eventually heliocentrism gained favor and now is almost universally believed.

As a result of the acceptance of what is now considered a scientific fact, Bible scholars felt compelled to alter their interpretation of Genesis and other enclosed cosmology verses and passages in the Bible. Today, scholars agree that God spoke phenomenologically in such passages, using poetic language to communicate spiritual truths. This was exactly the same interpretation strategy employed to provide wiggle room for biological evolutionary Darwinism to be true.

By claiming that God spoke words that have no literal meaning, but only seem so, we accuse God of dissimulation. It is similar to when parents tell their children that a stork delivered them to the family, knowing full well that it is a lie. Perhaps we can excuse parents for wanting to protect their children from knowing about sexual matters at too young an age, but it is still a lie. How much better to tell the truth without being specific – something like, “You are a gift from God. When you get older I will tell you more.” However, since we are quite human and born liars, we often resort to telling a falsehood to avoid an uncomfortable situation. But God is a stickler for truth by nature. (Numbers 23:19)

The Lord would never lie about his creation because what he made testifies to his character.

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, Romans 1:18–20 (NKJV)

If God lied to us about his creation, certainly we would have an excuse since he would be guilty of giving false testimony.

If we claim that God was less than candid about his creation and therefore modify the obvious meaning of God’s Word to make it fit the claims of accepted “science,” for all practical purposes, we call God a liar of the very worst sort.

Not only did he mislead his people for thousands of years, he now has put a stumbling block in front of those who previously trusted his every word.

Are we now to understand that sometimes God speaks phenomenologically about other things we thought were literally true, such as Christ’s resurrection?

Maybe our Lord did not actually rise bodily from the dead, but only appeared to do so, to his scientifically ignorant disciples. Perhaps miracles did not really happen after all, but only appeared to take place because the biblical authors were uninformed.

Once we assume for ourselves the authority to interpret some passages of Scripture poetically or phenomenologically, we can end up in some real difficulties.

To add to the confusion, those who claim God spoke poetically in Genesis also affirm a belief in the inerrancy of Scripture, citing such verses as the following.

15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15 (NKJV)

35 If He called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), John 10:35 (NKJV) 

4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ” Matthew 4:4 (NKJV)

We cannot have it both ways. We cannot say God sometimes speaks things that are not meant to be taken at face value while at the same time claiming he always and unequivocally tells the truth.

The only times we can interpret God’s words less than literally is when the context demands it. The context of Genesis does not demand it, which is proved by the fact that the Israelites, Jesus, and the early Christians all believed the Bible’s version of cosmology. Are we really more informed than Jesus? No, it is not the context, but modern astrophysics demands it. Whom are we serving anyway?

Satan’s deceptions are so subtle that sometimes we are not even aware that we are questioning God’s integrity and knowledge. We cleverly formulate nuanced interpretations that we think will get us off the hook with God, but they do not. He sees right through our duplicity, just as he recognized and called out the hypocrisy of the Jewish leaders of his day.

And so you cancel the word of God in order to hand down your own tradition. And this is only one example among many others.” Mark 7:13 (NLT)

Most heliocentrists do not realize how far afield from the Bible’s version of reality they have been taken by Satan’s lies. I have written dozens of articles in an effort to bring this to light. A good place to start might be the one entitled, The Genesis Testimony, in which I contrast the Genesis account with what heliocentrists believe. It may shock you.

Anyone who believes in heliocentrism is forced to reject the six-day account of creation and to accept all manner of unproven theories and concepts.

Below is an example.

In summary, when we change God’s Word to conform to modern thinking, we declare that the Creator is either a liar or did not understand what he made. Isaiah had some penetrating words relating to such a mindset.

Surely you have things turned around!...shall the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding”? Isaiah 29:16 (NKJV)

When we do not believe that the Bible means what it says or says what it means, we call God a liar.

...the one who does not believe God has made Him a liar... 1 John 5:10 (NASB95)

Adam and Eve did not vocalize that they believed that God lied to them, but their actions spoke loudly and clearly. They gave the serpent’s words more credence than God’s! Are we any different?

Every generation encounters the temptation to disbelieve God and his words.

Satan seeks to overwhelm us with deception to divorce us from God’s truth in every area. As Jesus said, the devil is the father of lies, and there is absolutely no truth in him. (John 8:44) Over the centuries, Satan has managed to deceive the whole world (Revelation 12:9), which has resulted in the entire world system being under his power (1 John 5:19).

In many places, even now, Christians are facing stiff persecution and even death for confessing that Christ is Lord.

In the West, it seems that currently our biggest test of allegiance to Christ may be whether we will resolutely hold to the truth of God’s Word or surrender our minds and hearts to the wisdom of men.

The only way to escape the devil’s web of enslaving lies is to turn to Christ and to make a decision to firmly believe every one of God’s words found in the Bible, even when we do not completely understand them.

So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” John 8:31–32 (NASB95)

Jesus made it clear that we do not get to choose which of the words of the Bible are true and which are not (John 10:35).

We do not have the authority to declare that the Bible contains truth, but not every single word is true (Matthew 4:4).

Neither do we have any right to dilute the impact of God’s words or nullify them through reinterpretation to fit our own grid of understanding (Mark 7:13).

To be true to God, we must be willing to make a stand for his revealed truth, even if it means we must call some men liars, maybe even the majority of men.

Truth is not established by what the majority believes, but by what God says.

May it never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found a liar, as it is written, “THAT YOU MAY BE JUSTIFIED IN YOUR WORDS, AND PREVAIL WHEN YOU ARE JUDGED.” Romans 3:4 (NASB95)

If things go true to form, some will mock my words as being those of a moronic conspiracy theorist. Satan mocked Eve for “naively” believing God’s words. The devil seeks to intimidate us because we do not understand everything. He gladly provides occult knowledge to fill in the gap. God requires us to trust him and be satisfied with what he reveals to us. (Proverbs 3:5-6) The occult secrets of the universe that Satan offers that contradict the Bible must be rejected in favor of God’s truth. We will have to choose whose moron we are going to be – God’s or the devil’s. Paul chose to be God’s fool. (1 Corinthians 4:10) So should we. God is not a liar, and we should never call him one.

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Drowning in a Cesspool of Deception

Posted June 9, 2026
by petebeck3

Believing Satan’s first lie opened a flood gate of all manner of deception that seems to grow more pervasive by the day. We are drowning is a cesspool of lies and underestimate the peril. Most people do not seem to believe the Bible’s testimony that Satan has deceived the entire world. (Revelation 12:9) Perhaps we think he fooled a few cult members and those who refuse the amazing offer of forgiveness and life in the gospel. We do not realize that, spiritually speaking, the air we breathe and water we drink have been poisoned. We have drunk contaminated water for so long that we have grown to prefer it to the pure water of God’s Word. This is quite evident when it comes to biblical cosmology.

Our minds have become so clouded that the Bible’s version of the heavens and earth seems preposterous.

In Calvin’s and Luther’s day, those reformers were able to dismiss the Copernican deception with a simple thoughtful statement. That was because the lie had not yet gained traction and wrapped its tentacles around the minds of people indoctrinated in our modern education system. In early days of the Reformation, there was a proper reverence for the truth of the Bible above all other claims – Sola Scriptura.

All Luther felt it necessary to do to refute heliocentrism was to point out to his disciples, who were sharing with one another around the dinner table, that when Joshua commanded the sun and moon to stand still, it was not a rotating earth that stood still, but the sun and moon. Today when that argument is offered to refute the claims of modern astrophysics, people who do not believe in the literal truth of Joshua’s words simply shrug their shoulders and say, “Well, God can do anything.” They refuse to grapple with the simple logic of Luther’s argument. Either the sun and moon stood still or the Bible is not true. If, as my heliocentric friends insist, the earth stopped rotating, that might account for the sun’s lack of motion in the sky, but not the moon’s. It would have kept revolving around the earth. So the Christian heliocentrist resorts to refusing to “go there.” Nothing to see here. Let’s move on and not get bogged down in distractions from our main job, which is to preach the gospel and make disciples. Such an “end run” may succeed in avoiding the issue, but it does not satisfy at all. God can do anything… except lie. He does not want us to lie or call him one.

The gospel is not well-served by our denying the truthfulness of the first chapter of the Bible. We do not help people come under the lordship of Christ by encouraging people to disbelieve the creation account.

John Calvin was even more succinct in his rebuttal of heliocentrism. He asked who would dare to elevate the astronomer’s authority over the Bible’s? In his day that was enough because Protestants had such a high view of Scripture. Today, advocates for returning to biblical cosmology are forced to write article after article and produce video after video to try to convince even Christians to take God at his Word.

The world seeks to intimidate anyone of us who is adventurous enough to think for ourselves or dare to believe that the Bible can stand on its own two feet against what is called “established science.”

This intimidation can take many forms, including mockery, censure, alienation, and downright persecution, such as job loss, etc. The cesspool of lies is deep and has an undertow.

The only people who manage to be able to escape the seemingly inexorable downward pull of occult scientism are those whom God enables to see past the illusion.

The earth is not moving. Water does not bend. There is no curvature. We see too far for the globe to be real. Air pressure cannot exist without a container. Gravitational attraction between masses has never been experimentally proven. Rockets cannot work in a vacuum. The sun and stars cannot possibly be as far away as claimed due to the inverse square law of light. The firmament exists. The moon is a light, and we live on an enclosed circular plane, just as the Bible teaches. We have been hoodwinked by occult previously hidden knowledge that was “revealed” to us by people who were fans of pagan Egyptian hermeticism and sun worship. The satanic cesspool of lies is filled with demons.

This article is my attempt to throw you a life rope that you can use to climb out of the devil’s septic tank. I hope you will grab it. The Lord will get you out if you ask him.

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Without Excuse

Posted June 5, 2026June 5, 2026
by petebeck3

20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, Romans 1:20–22 (NKJV)

For the first fifty-some-odd years of my life as a follower of Jesus I had an excuse. I was never challenged, which allowed me to remain ignorant of the truth.

When we do not know something, God’s judgment is less severe.

47 And that servant who knew his master’s will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. 48 But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more. Luke 12:47–48 (NKJV)

No one ever told me that I was dishonoring God by believing in the satanic illusion of heliocentrism because it contradicts the Bible from Genesis to Revelation.

I, as did everyone else around me, simply believed what we had been told since childhood about astrophysics. Granted, I did not understand how Genesis Chapter One could possibly fit into the “science” of heliocentrism, but I simply shrugged my shoulders, thinking that it was just one of those things outside of my need to know.

It never occurred to me that heliocentrism might be an evil hoax designed to obscure God’s existence and discredit the Bible.

But now I know the truth, and, because you are reading this, you must make a choice one way or the other. Will you stand by what the Bible says or by what man says in opposition to God?

When the Pharisees asked Jesus by what authority he operated, he asked them a question in return.

But He answered and said to them, “I also will ask you one thing, and answer Me: 4 The baptism of John—was it from heaven or from men?” 5 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 6 But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.” 7 So they answered that they did not know where it was from. 8 And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.” Luke 20:3–8 (NKJV)

The Pharisees pretended ignorance, but our Lord knew that they were dissimulating. Their agnosticism regarding the matter was a product of their refusal to face the consequences of publicly stating their position. When we remain non-committal and silent on important issues, it can reveal indecision or perhaps even the fear of man. It is a scary thing to go on record to support God’s truth about cosmology against the combined opposition of the entire system – government, education, media, science, and deceived defenders of the lie. The world already thinks Christians are crazy to believe in biological creation, the flood, the virgin birth, and Christ’s resurrection. Why are we so afraid to make a stand regarding cosmology? Could it be that it is a crucial strand in the satanic web of lies?

When Bible teachers remain silent or agnostic regarding the absolute truth of Genesis Chapter One regarding cosmology, it raises a question as to motive.

Do we not want our views known because we are embarrassed to admit we do not believe the Bible or is it because we are embarrassed to say that we think the Bible is right? Simply pretending not to know which way to go is unacceptable. The Lord wants us to say where we stand on the matter.

15 “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. 16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. Revelation 3:15–16 (NKJV)

It is a scriptural principle that God reveals his Word to those who believe it.

17 If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority. John 7:17 (NKJV)

The old saying is that it is impossible to steer a ship that is not moving. If we make a decision, and it turns out to be the wrong one, God is able to correct our course, but if we remain in indecision, there is nothing to correct.

16 Thus says the LORD: “Stand in the ways and see, And ask for the old paths, where the good way is, And walk in it; Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ Jeremiah 6:16 (NKJV)

There is nothing new under the sun, according to Solomon.

9 That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun. 10 Is there anything of which it may be said, “See, this is new”? It has already been in ancient times before us. Ecclesiastes 1:9–10 (NKJV)

Biblical cosmology is an “old path” known and believed by those closest to the time of creation and by those who penned the words of the Bible. Heliocentrism, on the other hand, is new previously hidden knowledge that contradicts the Bible, which is the definition of the occult.

Isn’t it time for us to return to the old truth? If we do, the Lord will unfold more and more truth to us from the scriptures. That has certainly been my experience. There is so much in the Bible that has been hidden from the church regarding the heavens and the earth because we have been deceived and blinded by Satan’s lies.

The leaders of the Protestant Reformation made a stand for the authority of God’s Word against the false doctrines that came from unscriptural church traditions. Sola Scriptura was their rallying call.

Today, God is challenging our generation to plant the flag of God’s Word against the Bible-negating doctrines of what is falsely called “science.

"20 O Timothy! Guard what was committed to your trust, avoiding the profane and idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge—21 by professing it some have strayed concerning the faith. Grace be with you. Amen. 1 Timothy 6:20–21 (NKJV)

If the Reformers had not been brave enough to stand against the errors of their day, what would the world have lost? If we do not oppose occult scientism in our day, only God can say what might be lost to our posterity. We are without excuse before God; therefore, let us make a stand!

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The Theology of Up and Down

Posted June 1, 2026August 7, 2026
by petebeck3

In the Bible the directions of up and down and positions of above and below have theological significance. God’s creation is a physical reality as described in the Bible which consists of an earth with heavens above it. Below the earth is a place called Sheol in Hebrew and Hades in Greek. Surrounding it all are waters. A solid structure called the firmament divides the waters above it from the waters below it. The Bible says that these waters above the firmament are still there, even after the Noahic flood. (Psalm 148:4)

The earth realm has been given to mankind. The heaven of heavens belongs to God. (Psalm 115:16 LXX)

Satan seeks to separate people from God’s physical reality through mysticism and a false version of the universe in order to draw us away from truth and God himself. Satan cannot dwell in the truth because that is God’s realm.

The Bible is our ultimate source of truth. Therefore, anything that contradicts the Bible is false by definition. It is vital that we stick to what the Bible teaches and not allow ourselves to drift into satanic speculation that draws us away from God’s truth. Perhaps the greatest test in front of the church in the West today is the temptation to abandon God’s truth in favor of the opinions of men clothed in the robes of theoretical science.

Jesus is a real person who came from a real heaven to earth.

He became a human man who died for us on a real cross, shedding real blood. His real body was buried in a real grave. He descended into a real Hades, and after three real days he rose bodily from the dead. He revealed himself to his disciples who saw, heard, and touched him. After that he ascended bodily into a real heaven where he now sits on a real throne waiting for his real enemies to be destroyed.

1 The Lord said to my Lord, “Be seated at my right side until I set your enemies as a footstool for your feet.” Psalm 109:1 (LES2)

He will return bodily to the earth to judge all peoples. (Acts 10:42) We will ascend to meet him at his return. (1 Thessalonians 4:17) The current real heavens and earth will be destroyed and replaced by a new heaven and earth. (2 Peter 3:10-13) All of this is or will be part of an historical reality.

Satan works to make everything mystical and wants us to deny the physical reality of Christ and his creation.

2 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, 3 and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world. 1 John 4:2–3 (NKJV)

The devil seeks to alter God’s truth about creation with his imaginary version of a Big Bang – Heliocentric universe. As always the goal of his deceptions is to lead us away from God and cast doubt on the truth of the Bible. It is impossible to understand God’s theology of up and down unless heaven is really “up” above us and Hades or Sheol is “down” below us. Otherwise we are left to the satanic mystical realm of no absolute truth or direction that is required by a globe earth..

The authors of the Bible, in both Old and New Testaments, understood and believed in the reality of the three-tiered heaven-earth-Hades complex.

Below is an artist’s rendering found in Logos bible software notes.

This physical reality is first presented in Genesis Chapter One and continues throughout the Bible all the way to Revelation. Rejecting biblical cosmology is not simply a matter of reinterpreting Genesis Chapter One as a poetic metaphor. Doing so requires us to render the theology of up and down as an outdated and incorrect way of looking at some very fundamental things that are essential to the gospel.

One cannot properly understand the gospel without accepting the biblical model of heaven, earth, and Sheol or Hades.

Below are some clear examples.

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The Bible states that God is enthroned above the earth, from where he looks down upon the inhabitants of the earth.

4 The one dwelling in the heavens will laugh at them, and the Lord will mock them. Psalm 2:4 (LES2) 

22 He is the one who holds the circle (Hebrew:chug - to draw round or make a circle; Greek Septuagint: gyro = circle or ring, not ball or sphere) of the earth fast, and those who dwell in it are like locusts. He is the one who set up heaven like a canopy and stretched it out like a tent to be inhabited. Isaiah 40:22 (LES2)

It is from this heavenly abode of God that Christ descended to the earth.

No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven: the Son of Man. John 3:13 (NASB95)

In order to descend from heaven, Christ had to be there first. The Bible gives us evidence of this. Isaiah saw the pre-incarnate Christ seated on God’s throne above the firmament.

And this happened in the year when Uzziah the king died: I saw the Lord seated on a high and raised throne, and the building (Greek: oikos - dwelling place) was full of his glory. 2 And seraphim stood around him; each one had six wings, and with two they were covering their face, and with two they were covering their feet, and with two they were flying. 3 And one cried aloud to the other, and they were saying, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord Sabaoth; the whole land is full of his glory!” Isaiah 6:1–3 (LES2-LXX)

John informed us that this was a vision of Christ. (John 12:41) Ezekiel also was privileged to see the Lord seated upon his heavenly throne.

There was a likeness of a chair upon it, and above the likeness of the chair was a likeness as the appearance of a human from above. 27 And I saw what looked like an appearance of amber from the vision of the loins and up, and from the vision of the loins and down I saw what looked like fire and its splendor around about. 28 As the appearance of a bow when it is in the cloud on rainy days, such was the standing of the light from all around. Ezekiel 1:26–28 (LES2-LXX)

Jesus descended from heaven to the earth to be the “ladder, door, bridge, or gate” to heaven for us through his sacrificial death, resurrection, and ascension.

And he [Jacob] dreamed, and look, a ladder fixed upon the earth, whose top was reaching into the heavens, and the angels of God were ascending and descending upon it. 13 The Lord rested upon it and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. Do not fear! The land on which you are sleeping upon it, I will give it to you and to your offspring. Genesis 28:12–13 (LES2)

Jesus later explained that this dream represented a heavenly reality. He is the ladder by which men are able to be restored to our heavenly Father and ascend unto his abode after death. The angels ascend and descend. He came down that we might go up.

Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” 51 And He said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.” John 1:50–51 (NKJV)

Up

At the end of Christ’s earthly ministry, as foretold, Jesus was lifted up upon a cross to die.

Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out. 32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself.” 33 This He said, signifying by what death He would die. John 12:31–33 (NKJV)

Down

After being lifted up to die, he went down into the earth in burial. The Bible says that he descended into the lower parts of the earth or Hades. Peter quoted from Psalm 16:10, where David foresaw Christ’s descent into Sheol.

Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad; Moreover my flesh also will rest in hope. 27 For You will not leave my soul in Hades, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. 28 You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of joy in Your presence.’ Acts 2:26–28 (NKJV)

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But God did not leave him there. He raised his body from the dead.

This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses.  Acts 2:32 (NKJV)

After forty days, Christ ascended into heaven, back to God’s right hand on the throne, where Isaiah and Ezekiel saw him earlier.

Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear. 34 “For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself: ‘The LORD said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, 35 Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” ’ Acts 2:33–35 (NKJV)

The apostles saw this take place.

Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. 10 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, Acts 1:9–10 (NKJV)

Apparently Daniel saw Christ ascending into heaven to receive glory, honor, and authority in a vision long before.

I continued to watch in a vision of the night, and look, upon the clouds of the heavens, a being like a son of man came, and the ancient of days was present, and his attendants were present with him. 14 Authority and royal honor was granted to him, and all the peoples of the earth according to races, and all honor will be directed to him, and his authority is an eternal authority that will not be removed, and his kingdom is one that will not perish. Daniel 7:13–14 (LES2)

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After Christ ascended, he sent his Holy Spirit to earth equip and empower the church to be his witnesses.

Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear. 34 “For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself: ‘The LORD said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, 35 Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” ’ 36 “Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.” Acts 2:33–36 (NKJV)

Jesus also promised that one day he will return as the glorious Son of Man to redeem his people and judge the living and the dead.

In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. John 14:2–3 (NKJV)

At the ascension, the angels told the apostles to expect his return in the clouds.

And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, 11 who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.” Acts 1:10–11 (NKJV)

The last book of the Bible likewise promises his return.

Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen. 8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation 1:7–8 (NKJV)

For every eye to see Jesus at once means the earth must be a plane and Jesus must be extremely high and brilliant for this to happen; otherwise due to our limited vision and the laws of perspective would prohibit it. It certainly could never take place on a globe.

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When Jesus comes down, the Bible says we will be caught up to meet him.

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words. 1 Thessalonians 4:16–18 (NKJV)

Conclusion

The three-tiered heaven-earth-hades complex is first described in Genesis and is referenced as being our reality all the way through Revelation. The directions of up and down are absolute, not mystical, mythical, or relative. Heaven is described as a physical location above the earth from which Jesus came, went back, and will come again. This reality is only possible if the Bible’s cosmology is in fact true. A spherical earth hurtling aimlessly through the void of outer space is a satanic construct meant to hide the truth of creation and God and to render the theology referenced in this article invalid.

Therefore, what we think regarding the shape of the earth is extremely important theologically.

When Jesus descends from heaven at the end, we will see him and marvel.

For after all it is only just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7 and to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, 8 dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, 10 when He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed—for our testimony to you was believed. 2 Thessalonians 1:6–10 (NASB95)

We are told to look up from where our redemption comes.

28 Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.” Luke 21:28 (NKJV)

The Greek word that is translated “look up” is anakupto, which means to lift oneself up, be elated, or stand up straight. Looking up is an idiomatic way of saying the same thing, but looking up has positional significance, too, since that is the direction of God’s throne and from where Jesus will return when God rolls back the firmament like a scroll, dissolving the heavens.

Moslems are told to look toward Mecca where their god dwells. Our Savior and Lord Jesus resides in heaven. That is where we are to look.

Stephen, the first martyr, looked up to heaven as he was being stoned to death for his testimony regarding Jesus.

54 When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. 55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, 56 and said, “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord; 58 and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. Acts 7:54–58 (NKJV)

The prophet Elijah was taken up into heaven at the end of his ministry.

It happened as they were walking, they went along and spoke. Look, a chariot of fire and a horse of fire! And he separated between the two of them. Elijah was taken up in the air as into heaven. 4 Kingdoms 2:11 (LES2)

Paul referenced this up-down theology in Ephesians.

8 Therefore He says: “When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men.” 9 (Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.) Ephesians 4:8–10 (NKJV)

This is the same Paul who was privileged to be taken up into the third heaven, God’s realm.

1 It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord: 2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not know, God knows—such a one was caught up to the third heaven. 3 And I know such a man—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows—4 how he was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. 2 Corinthians 12:1–4 (NKJV)

He, like Jesus, knew from experience that this heaven-earth-Hades complex is real. As Jesus promised, one day he will rend the heavens and come back to earth, much to our amazement and worship.

10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. 11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. 2 Peter 3:10–13 (NKJV)

At that time, the heavens or firmament will be removed, exposing the glorious presence of God for the entire world to see. Just as the veil of the temple was ripped in two from top to bottom after Christ’s sacrificial death on the cross. providing a way for all who believe to come into God’s presence, the removal of the firmament will finally usher in the time when God’s tabernacle will be with men.

3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. 4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.” 5 Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.” Revelation 21:3–5 (NKJV)

Until then, we are to encourage one another with this great hope and promise.

16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words. 1 Thessalonians 4:16–18 (NKJV)

Therefore to deny biblical cosmology requires us to deny New Testament theology that appears from Genesis to Revelation. We cannot be unfaithful to the Genesis testimony without being unfaithful to the entire Bible.

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Word Games

Posted May 30, 2026May 30, 2026
by petebeck3

People love word games. I play Wordle almost every day. Even Bible translators play word games. One of their favorite is called “Translator’s Bias.” The goal of this game, even if it is unconsciously done, is to translate a word in such a fashion that it will obscure its plain meaning in order to guide readers into accepting the translator’s presuppositions. This happens all the time as translators wrestle with the difficult task of how to best communicate the meaning of scripture. The New Living Translation does this on purpose in an attempt to accurately present larger ideas instead of the literal meaning of specific words. Sometimes they hit a home run. At other times they sadly miss the mark, forcing us to turn to a more literal translation to properly understand a passage. It is a sad state of affairs, however, when translations that are supposed to be literal also engage in obfuscation of the text.

The pernicious effect of the Enlightenment has so infiltrated Christianity that we now view and interpret the Word of God through the lens of logic and science.

We have accepted the notion that what is called science is the best explanation of reality available. In so doing, we demand our interpretation of the Bible to conform to what are considered to be unassailable scientific truths or facts. We have capitulated to the devil by elevating reason above revelation.

Genesis Chapter One is a great example of this travesty in action. When Darwin first introduced his theory of biological evolution, it was hailed as a scientific breakthrough by many. Those who adhered to the Bible saw that it was a satanic lie, but over time more and more of those who say they believe the Bible began to accept Darwin’s theory as the truth. As a consequence, interpreters found it necessary to reinterpret the scriptures to fit the new paradigm, coming up with all sort of clever ways to twist the obvious meaning into something that was able to adjust to the new science. The advent of what is called “creation science” gave a scientific footing for those who believe that the Genesis account of biological creation is actually true. Now there are many Christians who can argue scientifically for a young earth and biological creation. Even though worldly scientists scoff at such beliefs, Christians do not feel foolish in arguing for something that has scientific backing.

The same creationists, however, will likely throw out the part of the six day creation that pertains to cosmology because there are so few who deem it scientifically plausible. Most of the time biblical cosmology is scorned and not given the time of day, so to speak. It does not matter that God spoke it. What matters is what does science say. This is a triumph of science over revelation, the word of men over the Word of God.

This capitulation to science is revealed in how scholars routinely translate the Hebrew word “raqia” into English. The people who wrote the Bible and lived at that time understood it to mean a solid dome that enclosed the stationary plane of the earth and the seas, separating the waters above from the waters below. (If you want to read more about the raqia, click here.) The KJV and NKJV give us an honest translation by using the word “firmament,” which communicates the idea of solidity. Almost every other version bows the knee to post-Copernican astrophysics by using vague words such as sky or expanse, which are misleading. When God’s Word is twisted to agree with a satanic lie, we have bowed the knee to science falsely so called.

As a result of our capitulation to “science,” most Christians today believe in the heliocentric lie without realizing that it contradicts the Bible and dishonors God. It also renders the entire Bible suspect, if the very first chapter cannot be relied upon to communicate reality.

(If you wish to learn more, I have written another article that focuses on the occult origins of astrophysics.)

This morning I read Psalm 104:3 in my daily devotions, which says that God “lays out the beams of his upper chambers in the waters.” (NKJV) The Hebrew word (aliyyah) translated “upper chambers” could be rendered more literally “roof chambers,” which accurately communicates the concept of the firmament being a roof over the earth, above which is God’s throne. (I wrote another article going into more detail about this place called heaven.)

My notation in the margin next to Psalm 104:3 took me to Amos 9:6.

He who builds His layers [Hebrew: maalah] in the sky, And has founded His strata [Hebrew: aguddah] in the earth; Who calls for the waters of the sea, And pours them out on the face of the earth— The LORD is His name. Amos 9:6 (NKJV)

I have numerous Bible translations, but for my daily reading and study I use the NKJV. I switched to this version because it accurately translates raqia as the firmament. It is a fairly good translation, but I like the NASB the best. In this instance, the NKJV let me down. The Hebrew word it renders as “layers” (maalah) communicates little of the literal meaning, which the NASB better translates “upper chambers,” which corresponds to Psalm 104:3.

Below is the NASB rendering of the verse in Amos.

The One who builds His upper chambers in the heavens And has founded His vaulted dome [aguddah] over the earth, He who calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the face of the earth, The LORD is His name. Amos 9:6 (NASB95)

I suppose you noticed how differently the NASB translated the Hebrew word “aguddah.” The literal meaning is bands, thongs, slavery fetters, or bunch (as a bunch of hyssop). Why then did the NASB translate this “vaulted dome?”

We are told in Genesis that another term for firmament is heaven. (Genesis 1:8) We are also told that heaven has multiple layers called “the heavens.” God apparently dwells in the third heaven. (2 Corinthians 12:2) We know so little about the heavens that it is quite probable that the first heaven, our atmos has multiple layers. We are still discovering what has been deliberately obfuscated by so-called scientists for centuries. So, we see that translating aguddah as vaulted dome is consistent with other scriptures, but is not a literal rendering. Here we seem to have translator’s bias in support of biblical cosmology, instead of against it as usually happens.

When we interpret the Word of God, it is important that we allow it to speak for itself instead of twisting its meaning to fit a preferred paradigm. Let us not resort to word games as we search for truth, even if that search leads us away from long cherished presuppositions.

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A Sad State of Affairs

Posted May 30, 2026June 6, 2026
by petebeck3

It is a sad state of affairs when Christians attack other believers over an issue concerning which we should be in agreement – the complete and utter truthfulness of the Bible. Satan knows that, if we fight each other, we will be distracted from resisting our real enemy, who continues to work in the background, using our infighting to further discredit us in the eyes of the world. Jesus warned us:

...“Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and a house divided against a house falls. Luke 11:17 (NKJV)

The church will not fall, but we are being hindered.

One of the devil’s greatest con jobs in the last 500 years has been the introduction and almost complete acceptance of the anti-biblical heliocentric theory, which depends to a great measure upon NASA’s ability to deceive us with their computer generated graphics and green screen productions.

This satanic deception was introduced at approximately the same time as the Protestant Reformation was turning people back to the authority of God’s Word. It was a counterattack that elevated what is called science above the authority of the Bible.

Despite the fact that the reformers resisted this lie, it did not take very long for the idea to gain traction in the West. Mankind generally prefers Satan’s hidden knowledge over the authority of the Bible.

The devil knows how to play a “long game.” He knows that, as he repeats his lies over generations, they will soon be regarded as truth. In short order, Sola Scriptura became Sola Scientia. We have betrayed our Reformation heritage.

Today, I am sad to say, many Christians only accept those passages of Scripture as being literally true if they agree with human logic and the proclamations of science, thereby elevating the authority of science and reason above God’s Word, which is exactly what Satan wants.

Now the theory of heliocentrism is regarded as an unassailable fact. It has deceived Christians into believing that Genesis Chapter One must be reinterpreted to “fit the data,” instead of demanding that the Word of God be our highest arbiter of truth.

The devil has succeeded in convincing even us Christians once again to doubt the truthfulness of God’s Word. We find the pursuit of hidden (occult) knowledge that contradicts the Bible, which was provided by hermeticists such as Copernicus and Newton, so enthralling that we cannot seem to resist.

I wrote an article on the occult origins of modern astrophysics, which you can access by clicking on this link.

The early protestant reformers encountered deadly persecution from the established Roman Catholic Church for resisting their false doctrines and anti-biblical traditions.

The more “religious” we are, the more likely we are to become enemies of the truth and the authority of God’s Word, when our traditions and security are threatened.

Today, ironically, but according to pattern, anyone who seeks to reform our understanding of the heavens and earth by bringing it into alignment with the testimony of Scripture often will be attacked by other Christians who defend heliocentrism as if it were God’s revealed truth. The devil doesn’t need to round up a bunch of atheists to do his dirty work. Sadly, it is done by those of us who think we are defending the integrity of our gospel witness, not understanding that attacking Genesis undermines the integrity of the entire Bible in the eyes of a watching world.

It is one thing to refuse to believe in the literal truthfulness of Genesis, but it is a sad state of affairs when Christians attack or ridicule those who do believe.

And yet that is where we often find ourselves today.

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What Did Jesus Say about a Third Temple?

Posted May 26, 2026May 26, 2026
by petebeck3

The idea of constructing a third Jewish temple is a topic of current interest. Many believe that the nation of Israel has plans to do just that, building it on the temple mount after removing the Islamic holy place currently located there. Along with this would be a re-institution of Old Covenant animal sacrifices. Thanks to the Dispensational teachings of John Darby and Cyrus Scofield, millions of Christians believe all of this must take place before Jesus returns and support Israel in this matter, believing them to be “God’s chosen people.” Did Jesus have anything to say about these things?

To arrive at an answer, here are three questions we need to answer.

Why did Jesus prophesy the destruction of the Temple, which took place in 70 AD?
Why did Jesus say, if this temple, meaning his body, were destroyed, he would raise it again in three days?
Why did Jesus tell the Samaritan woman that all true believers would worship God in spirit and truth without regard to a physical location?

Why the Temple Was Destroyed

Just before his crucifixion, Jesus prophesied the complete destruction of the Jerusalem and the temple.

Then as He went out of the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!” 2 And Jesus answered and said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone shall be left upon another, that shall not be thrown down.” Mark 13:1–2 (NKJV)

This in itself was shocking enough to his disciples, but the reason for this happening was even more startling. Our Lord provided this rationale in parabolic form.

Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country. 34 Now when vintage-time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit. 35 And the vinedressers took his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another. 36 Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them. 37 Then last of all he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 38 But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’ 39 So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. 40 “Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?” 41 They said to Him, “He will destroy those wicked men miserably, and lease his vineyard to other vinedressers who will render to him the fruits in their seasons.” 42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. This was the LORD’s doing, And it is marvelous in our eyes’? 43 “Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it. 44 And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.” 45 Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they perceived that He was speaking of them. 46 But when they sought to lay hands on Him, they feared the multitudes, because they took Him for a prophet. Matthew 21:33–46 (NKJV)

The descendants of Abraham, except for a relatively few godly men and women, were rebels against God from start to finish.

Their history as a nation begins, in a sense, at the miraculous Exodus from Egypt. Their forty years of desert wandering after leaving Egypt and entering Canaan contained numerous examples of idolatry and rebellion against God. At one point, God was ready to destroy them and start again with Moses, but Moses interceded on their behalf. (Exodus 32:11) After they conquered Canaan, at the end of Joshua’s life, that great leader prophesied their future apostasy, despite their protests that they would be faithful to God.

But Joshua said to the people, “You cannot serve the LORD, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. 20 If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you, after He has done you good.” Joshua 24:19–20 (NKJV)

Israel was part of the Old Covenant. As such, they were not able to keep God’s commandments, because no one can.

There is not one single righteous person apart from our Lord. (Romans 3:10) It is only through Jesus that anyone can be saved. (Philippians 3:9) The temple and sacrificial system were instituted as pictures of the perfect temple and sacrifice that was to come, in the person of our Lord Jesus Christ, through his incarnation and offering of himself upon the cross as God’s Lamb.

The blood of animals could never remove sin – not then, not ever. Those sacrifices merely postponed judgment until the arrival of the Messiah.

But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins. Hebrews 10:3–4 (NKJV)

When Jesus arrived, John the Baptist announced to the Jews and the world that God’s Lamb had come at last.

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! John 1:29 (NKJV)

Jesus came to fulfill Isaiah 53, but the Jewish leaders did not receive him or believe in him.

He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. John 1:10–13 (NKJV)

Only a remnant of people among the Jews were able to recognize and receive Jesus as Savior and Lord. The Jewish leaders put him to death, which was a horrible irony. The most privileged people in the world, the descendants of Abraham, whom God had chosen to husband the Scriptures and provide the human lineage of the Messiah, chose to murder instead of worship him. As a result of their horrible betrayal, those Jews who refused to later repent at the preaching of the gospel were sentenced to pay for their monumental sin.

All the postponed judgment for Israel’s continual disobedience came upon that generation, embodied in the grisly destruction of the city and temple.

Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 In fact, you bear witness that you approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs. 49 Therefore the wisdom of God also said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’ 50 that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation, 51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the temple. Yes, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation. Luke 11:47–51 (NKJV)

In addition, the kingdom of God was taken from them and given to a most surprising group of people – the elect in Christ, otherwise known as the body of Christ, the one new man in Christ, and the church. Paul called this a mystery – something hidden beforehand, but later revealed by God.

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles—2 if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, 3 how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, 4 by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ), 5 which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets: 6 that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel, Ephesians 3:1–6 (NKJV)

This people is composed of born-again individuals from every ethnic group, including the Jews.

Jesus Is the New Covenant Tabernacle of God

The New Covenant made the old one obsolete and no longer valid. It has been replaced by something infinitely superior.

In that He says, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away. Hebrews 8:13 (NKJV)

When Jesus became a human, he also became the true tabernacle of God on the earth, replacing the temple building as the abiding place of God’s presence.

And the Word became flesh and dwelt [Greek: skenoo - tabernacled] among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 (NKJV)

The Greek word for “tabernacled” used in the above verse is the same root word for “tent of meeting” employed by the Greek translation of the Old Testament, the Septuagint, which was used by Jesus and the apostles. The apostle John understood, when he wrote his gospel, that Jesus carried God’s presence with him, making the Old Covenant temple obsolete. This was not apparent to the apostles until after the resurrection, but by the time of Stephen, it was clearly understood.

“Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as He appointed, instructing Moses to make it according to the pattern that he had seen, 45 which our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the days of David, 46 who found favor before God and asked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob. 47 But Solomon built Him a house. 48 “However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says: 49 ‘Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. What house will you build for Me? says the LORD, Or what is the place of My rest? 50 Has My hand not made all these things?’ 51 “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. 52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, 53 who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.” Acts 7:44–53 (NKJV)

God used the tent in the wilderness and the physical temple building as pictures of the heavenly reality of his presence and throne. Nevertheless, it was never the Lord’s intention that physical structures of any kind would be his ultimate dwelling place. From the beginning, his plan was to tabernacle among men. (Revelation 21:3) This was accomplished when Jesus died, rose again, and ascended to God’s right hand.

Our Lord sent his Holy Spirit to indwell those who believe in him.

Paul wrote:

Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. 1 Corinthians 3:16–17 (NKJV)

Peter agreed:

Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, 5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion A chief cornerstone, elect, precious, And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.” 7 Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone,” 1 Peter 2:4–7 (NKJV)

Knowing that the nation of Israel as a whole would utterly reject and murder him, Jesus mysteriously told those unbelievers that, if they destroyed his body, the true temple of God, he would raise it again in three days.

So the Jews answered and said to Him, “What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?” 19 Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?” 21 But He was speaking of the temple of His body. 22 Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this to them; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said. John 2:18–22 (NKJV)

Putting this together, it is clear that Jesus is himself God’s final temple. Those who are included in his body, the church, share in the glorious privilege of “housing” God.

And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. 19 “A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. 20 At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. John 14:16–20 (NKJV)

Jesus is the fulfillment of all that God spoke beforehand. To go back to the Old Covenant picture after the New Covenant fulfillment has arrived would be a blasphemous transgression.

Paul wrote:

For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. 21 I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.” Galatians 2:19–21 (NKJV)

It is understandable why Jewish people who reject Christ would want to rebuild the temple and re-institute animal sacrifices, but it is inconceivable that anyone who understands the New Covenant would support such a move!

New Covenant Worship Is Not Connected to Any Physical Location

Jesus told the Samaritan woman at the well that New Covenant worship would not be connected to any building or place.

The woman said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.” 21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” 25 The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, He will tell us all things.” 26 Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am He.” John 4:19–26 (NKJV)

Our Lord openly admitted to this woman that he is the Messiah, something that had been reserved to a precious few people. He also told her that the temple was, as of that moment, obsolete – “the hour is coming, and now is…”

There will never again be a time when true worship will revert to a temple built with human hands.

But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. Revelation 21:22–23 (NKJV)

A Reconstruction of a Physical Temple Is Part of an Antichrist Agenda

The Jewish people, except for that remnant who confesses Christ, remain adamant in their repudiation of their Messiah. This, by definition, makes them “antichrist.”

Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. 23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also. 1 John 2:22–23 (NKJV)

Israel’s leaders insist, however, that they are God’s chosen people, using misguided Christians indoctrinated into Dispensationalism to affirm that claim, but that cannot possibly be the case. There is only one New Covenant chosen people, those who are chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world. This group includes Jews and Gentiles.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. Ephesians 1:3–6 (NKJV)

A third physical temple would be a further repudiation of Christ and the New Covenant. If such is ever constructed, it will not be to honor the one true God, but it will be for antichrist.

I suppose that some will label me antisemitic for what I have written, but that would mean that the Bible is antisemitic, as were Jesus, John, Stephen, and Paul. None of them were, and neither am I. I do not hate the Jewish people or Israel, but I will not affirm them in their rebellion against God. Neither should you. The most loving thing we can do for anyone who is alienated from God is to call him or her to repent and to affirm that only through faith in and allegiance to Christ can anyone be saved. May our Lord draw many more people of Jewish descent into his kingdom. Amen.

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The Shape of the Earth

Posted May 22, 2026July 8, 2026
by petebeck3

The shape and makeup of the earth and heavens as described in the Bible are very different from the heliocentric-globe model with which we have been indoctrinated from infancy. If we use the Bible as our most reliable source of information, rather than theoretical astrophysics, we will be required to set aside what we have always thought to be the truth in order to see things from a biblical perspective. Our goal is to discover what some call the “true earth” or the “biblical earth.” In so doing, we also will learn more about the location of heaven and God’s throne, as well as Sheol or hell.

The Earth Is the Center of God’s Creation

One of the first things we learn from Genesis is that God created the earth as the home for humans, making it the center or focus of his creation. This is the last thing Satan wants us to know because it will prompt us to think of God and our relationship with him and responsibility to him.

The heliocentric view flatly contradicts what the Bible teaches, making the sun the center of everything, . The Copernican Principle, a derivative of the evolutionary Big Bang theory, asserts that the earth, relatively speaking, is an infinitesimally small and insignificant part of an incomprehensibly large and expanding universe, having no special significance at all. Believing this calls into question God’s existence and man’s significance and essential worth.

However, if the earth is the centerpiece of creation, as the Bible says, God exists and man is the focus, making him extremely significant in God’s eyes.

If we know that the God who created and watches over us made us central to his purposes, it should motivate us to learn more about him and to worship and serve him. If we believe the heliocentric lie, it will tend to demotivate us by making us feel alone, insignificant, irresponsible, and hopeless.

Satan’s plan has always been to usurp the glory that belongs to the Creator and influence humans to transfer their allegiance away from God to him. It is apparent that he has achieved significant success.

The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork. Psalm 19:1 (NKJV)

If Satan can distort our understanding of creation, he likely will hinder our ability to properly discern God’s glory.

The Central Importance of the Firmament

The firmament is perhaps the single most important aspect of the biblical or true earth because its existence proves that there is a Creator.

This is why it had to be one of the first things to be removed by satanic astrophysics. I will cover the firmament in another article; so, for now, keep in mind its central importance. The firmament’s existence indicates the following:

No Big Bang explosion could have created it; so, there must be a Creator. As King David wrote in Psalm 19, it shows his handiwork.
The firmament provides a boundary for the earth and for heaven. It creates God-imposed limitations upon us. Being rebellious, we have tried to go beyond those boundaries from Babel to the present. We are not satisfied with what God provided. We always want more. This is presumably one of the major reasons for repeated rocket launches since NASA’s formation.
The firmament is a divider between earth and God’s realm.

The Earth Is Part of a Three-Tiered Complex Enveloped by Water

The Bible teaches from Genesis to Revelation that we live in a kind of giant “terrarium” created by God to be a perfect environment for mankind and all living creatures on the earth. Waters envelop this three-tiered complex, which consists of a circular plane earth with edges set on foundations, above which is a domed crystalline-like firmament of unknown proportions. God’s throne is situated atop this firmament. Underneath are what Paul called the lower parts of the earth.

Assuming and affirming this “up-down” complex, Paul wrote the following:

9 (Now this, “He [Jesus] ascended”—what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.) Ephesians 4:9–10 (NKJV)

We will cover this theology of up and down in greater detail in a future article. We will also go into more depth regarding the location of heaven and God’s throne in another article. For now, the following video by Brandon Ezzo is excellent.

The Circle of the Earth

The Bible describes the earth as an inscribed circle.

10 With a command he made a circle upon the face of the water, until the completion of light with darkness. Job 26:10 (LES2)

These amazing passages teach us three things about the shape of the earth.

It is a circle. (Not a ball or sphere.) Isaiah uses the word for “ball” in Isaiah 22:18; so, he was aware of the difference.
God placed a boundary around its edge or limit.
The Creator established the earth on foundations.

The Holy Spirit uses the same Hebrew word for circle (chug) in Isaiah 40:22.. The Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament composed in 285 BC, uses the Greek word gyros, meaning circle or ring.

22 He is the one who holds the circle [Greek: gyros] of the earth fast, and those who dwell in it are like locusts. He is the one who set up heaven like a canopy [literally - arched cover] and stretched it out like a tent to be inhabited. Isaiah 40:22 (LES2)

This tent is best understood as a circular yurt-like tent and is the firmament.

The Boundary of the Sea

God placed a boundary or edge for the waters. When water is enclosed, it remains level. That is why we call it “sea level.”

The boundary God created is a wall of ice that modern globe makers have reduced to the continent of Antarctica at the southern “pole” by wrapping the flat earth map around a ball. Doing this elongates the southern “hemisphere” throwing sizes and distances out of proportion. Herve Riboni, a Swiss sailor who has circumnavigated the earth in a racing sailboat, noticed several anomalies that can be explained by replacing the globe with a flat earth map. He has produced several videos detailing his finds..

Below is another interesting video on the general topic of Antarctica from a biblical cosmology

perspective that illustrates the impossibility of a private mapping of the area. Antarctica is a very strange and interesting topic which, no doubt, has great relevance to gaining a proper understanding on the shape of the true earth. Another interesting fact is something you can test on your own. Use Google Earth to draw a ring around any particular area and observe how it calculates its area. Now do this for Antarctica and see what happens.

Below is a picture of a section of this ice wall.

Early explorers, such as Cook and Ross, spent years at sea exploring its limits. Both of them traveled over 60,000 miles doing so without completing their goal. This would agree with the biblical earth understanding of its being a circle of enormous size. Good luck on trying find this information, which was once easily accessible, but now seems to have been erased from the internet.

The Bible refers to this ice wall, or perhaps the place where the firmament contacts the surface of the earth, as the “ends of the earth.” As far as we know, everything under heaven lies inside this boundary. At least the habitable part of the earth does.

For He looks to the ends of the earth And sees everything under the heavens. Job 28:24 (NASB95)

Another verse in Job compares the creation of the earth to a seal being stamped in wax. The image to the right captures this idea in which a circular seal presses in the shape of the seal, leaving raised edges, which can be imagined as the boundaries of the waters on the earth.

Have you made daylight spread to the ends of the earth, to bring an end to the night’s wickedness? 14 As the light approaches, the earth takes shape like clay pressed beneath a seal; it is robed in brilliant colors. Job 38:13–14 (NLT)

The Four Corners of the Earth

Two verses in the Bible refer to the four corners of the earth.

12 He will set up a banner for the nations, And will assemble the outcasts of Israel, And gather together the dispersed of Judah From the four corners (Hebrew and Greek LXX - wings or extremeties) of the earth. Isaiah 11:12 (NKJV) 

1 After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners (Greek: gonia - external angle) of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree. Revelation 7:1 (NKJV)

This language is always interpreted symbolically, but the context itself does not permit us to do that. If we understand the earth to be an inscribed circle on the waters, then the idea of its having corners does not seem to fit, unless we consider that perhaps it is actually square in shape outside the circumference of the ice wall. The square shape may also fit the idea of the earth being God’s footstool.

49 ‘Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. What house will you build for Me? says the LORD, Or what is the place of My rest? 50 Has My hand not made all these things?’ Acts 7:49–50 (NKJV)

Four winds are mentioned multiple times in the Bible. There is much we have to learn about the earth. But the mention of winds brings up another globe buster. The globe theory requires the atmosphere to be rotating at the same speed as the earth without our being aware of it. This is the only way that planes could land on a spinning ball rotating at 1040 mph at the equator and around 700 mph at our own latitude. This proposition is disproved by the fact that there are prevailing winds going in opposite directions and minor winds going ever which way.

The Foundation of the Earth

Every structure needs a solid foundation. Proverbs 8:29, cited above, tell us that he “marked out the foundations of the earth.” Isaiah 48:13 informs us that the earth and heavens stand up together on the same foundation. The massive structure called the firmament, which contains the sun, moon, and stars and supports God’s throne above it, must rest upon a massive foundation.

13 and my hand has founded [laid the foundation] the earth, and my right hand firmed [same Greek word root as the one used for firmament] up the heavens. I will summon them, and they will stand at once [together, at the same time], Isaiah 48:13 (LES2)

God tells us that he laid these foundations upon the waters.

1 The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness of it, the inhabited world and all those who dwell within it. 2 He laid the foundation of it upon the sea. Upon rivers he prepared it. Psalm 23:1–2 (LES2)

How he did this is a mystery; although a recent discovery at the bottom of the ocean may give us a clue. Apparently there is a form of water that is very dense and could be suitable foundation material.

Mike deGruy discovered an underwater “sea” with a shoreline of mussels that was so dense his submarine could not penetrate its surface. Perhaps such water serves as the foundations of the earth and heavens, as the Bible teaches. Whatever the case, God’s Word is true.

At this point it might be appropriate to refute a commonly used rebuttal that employs the following passage.

7 He stretches out the north wind upon nothing; he hangs the earth upon nothing. 8 He binds the water in his clouds, and the cloud does not split under it. 9 With the face of his throne prevailing, his cloud is spread out upon it. 10 With a command he made a circle upon the face of the water, until the completion of light with darkness. 11 The pillars of the heavens are spread out and are confounded by his rebuke. Job 26:7–11 (LES2)

Globe proponents point out this verse to support their belief that the earth is “suspended” in the void of “outer space” upon “nothing,” with gravity holding it in place in an elliptical orbit around the sun. While this might seem plausible to those indoctrinated in the heliocentric model, if we take verse seven by itself without reference to any other scriptures. However, when we compare it to other verses, including the passage in which it is found in Job, we see the truth. In verse 10 we are told God inscribed a circle on the face of the waters, which supports what is written in Proverbs 8:27. As previously said, circle and ball or globe are different Hebrew and Greek words. Next heaven is said to have pillars. The heavens are supported by a foundation, as is the earth. Therefore, this mysterious verse does not undo what is clearly stated elsewhere. It could be reasonably interpreted as meaning God does not hang the earth on anything. Rather he set it on foundations. However, those foundations are upon the waters, which to us may seem to be “nothing” suitable to support such a massive weight. The principle of interpretation is that difficult verses should be interpreted in light of more easily understood ones.

The verse below is an example of a clear passage that indicates the earth has a foundation.

1 Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord, Lord my God, as you were very great. You wore thanksgiving and dignity, 2 throwing off light as a garment, stretching the heavens as a cloak [literally - curtain]; 3 the one who covers his upper parts with waters, the one who places clouds as his steps, the one who walks about upon the wings of the wind, 4 the one who makes his angels spirits, and his public servants burning fire. 5 He laid the foundation of the earth upon its stability; it will not be moved for eternity of eternity. Psalm 103:1–5 (LES2)

As we will see in our study of the firmament, God’s upper chambers are above the firmament, where his throne sits.

The Plane of the Earth

God refers to the earth as a plane in Revelation.

And they came up on the broad plain (Greek: platos) of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them. Revelation 20:9 (NASB95)

It is significant that God calls the entire earth a platos or broad plain. This word is also used to describe the New Jerusalem that will descend from heaven.

The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width [platos]; and he measured the city with the rod, fifteen hundred miles; its length and width and height are equal. Revelation 21:16 (NASB95)

The enormous size of this city could not fit anywhere on a globe due to the required curvature of the surface. Over a distance of 1500 miles, the earth must curve a total of 281 miles or 140.5 miles all the way around from the center point. Therefore, the city could only be set on a flat surface.

In more than one place, God says the earth has a face. This term only makes sense on a flat surface. A ball or globe, especially one that rotates, has no portion that we would all a face. Another verse that indicate the earth is a plane rather than a globe is found in Matthew.

Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory; Matthew 4:8 (NASB95)

If we accept that God’s Word is absolutely true and accurate and that the Lord would not lie or mislead us, then we must grant that the verse from Matthew, actually took place. It would only be possible to view the ends of the earth from an extremely high vantage point on a plane surface, and never on a globe. In our experience, however, our vision is severely curtailed by how we see due to perspective limitations that stem from the way our eyes are made. Another vision limiting factor are atmosplane conditions, such as particulates and water vapor in the air. Likewise, it would be impossible for the return of our Lord to be seen by everyone on the earth unless we live on a plane.

BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen. Revelation 1:7 (NASB95)

There is a reason flying machines are called airplanes. They fly straight and level. Their noses do not have to drop to account for the curvature of the earth.

Likewise, the reason the horizon has that name is because it does not curve. It is a horizontal line. In the same way, “sea level” describes the proven law that water does not curve, but always seeks its own level. The testimony of the Bible and our senses is that we live on a stationary plane. We are not moving.

Celestial navigation has been used for thousands of years and is based on triangulation over a flat surface using a sextant.

This type of navigation cannot work on a curved surface.

We also see much too far for there to be any curvature.

One of the most elegant proofs of the flatness of the earth is how perfectly light reflects over long distance, which would not be possible if the earth were a globe.

Likewise, the way the sun’s light reaches the earth proves that it is moving overhead rather than the earth rotating on an imaginary axis.

Scripture says that the heavens and earth teach us about God. Therefore, properly understanding its shape and composition is important.

They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. 20 For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God. Romans 1:19–20 (NLT)

How can we possibly “be still and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10) if we live on a wobbling water ball spinning at around 1000 mph at the equator, hurtling around the sun at an incomprehensible 66,600 mph, zooming through the galaxy at 500,000 mph, and traveling with the galaxy through the vastness of “space” at around a million miles per hour? God’s stillness and peace cannot be known on such a unstable and haphazard platform!

The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork. Psalm 19:1 (NKJV)

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Third Peter

Author: petebeck3

Beware the Real Alien Invasion

A Christian’s Great Honor and Privilege

Is God a Liar?

Drowning in a Cesspool of Deception

Without Excuse

The Theology of Up and Down

Down

Up

Down

Up

Down

Up

Conclusion

Word Games

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A Sad State of Affairs

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The Shape of the Earth

The Earth Is the Center of God’s Creation

The Central Importance of the Firmament

The Earth Is Part of a Three-Tiered Complex Enveloped by Water

The Circle of the Earth

The Boundary of the Sea

The Four Corners of the Earth

The Foundation of the Earth

The Plane of the Earth

The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork. Psalm 19:1 (NKJV)

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