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The Book of Job* Attention Students: Immediately following the Outline there is a study on approximately four key chapters from the book of Job.??The Outline of the Book of JobChapters 1 & 2: Job, God & Satan.Key Verse: Job 1:8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil????Chapter 3: Job's CursingKey Verse: Job 3:1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.??Chapter 4 & 5: Eliphaz's first answer to Job's cursing.?Chapters 6 & 7: Job's first answer to EliphazChapter 8: Bildad's first answer to JobChapters 9 & 10: Job's first answer to Bildad?Chapter 11: Zophar's first answer to Job?Chapters 12-14: Job's first answer to ZopharChapter 15: Eliphaz's second answer to Job?Chapter 16 & 17: Job's second?answer to Eliphaz?Chapter 18: Bildad's second answer to Job?Chapter 19: Job's second answer to BildadChapter 20: Zophar's second answer to JobChapter 21: Job's second answer to Zophar?Chapter 22: Eliphaz's third and final answer to Job?Chapter 23: Job's third and final answer to EliphazChapter 25: Bildad's third and final answer to JobKey Verse:?Job 25:4a How then can man be justified with God??Chapters 26-31:1 The Righteousness of JobKey Verse: Job 32:1?Job 32:1? So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.??Chapter 32-37: The Wrath of ElihuKey Verses: Job 32:2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. 3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job?.Chapter 38-41: God's reply to JobKey Verse: Chapter 38:2?Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge??Chapter 42:1-6 Job's?Key Verse: Job 42:3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.Chapter 42:7-9: God's command for Job's "friends"Key Verse:?Job 42:7 And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.?Chapter 42:10-17 The End of Job's LifeKey Verse: Job 42:10?And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.??The Book of JobChapter OneJob 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. 2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. 3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. ? ?Notice that Job had seven sons and three daughters for a total of ten children. He also had seven thousand sheep and three thousand camels for a total of ten thousand.? ?He also owned five hundred oxen, and she asses, for a total of one thousand. All these numbers are related and divisible by ten. Ten is the number of judgment in the bible.4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. 5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. ? ?Job's offering of sacrifices for his children help us to date the book somewhat. Patriarchs in the family were allowed prior to the time of the Prophets and Priests, and prior to the time of the Tabernacle being established. ? ?After that time the Patriarch was responsible to bring his sacrifices to the appointed place and person prescribed in the Law. So this would make the book of Job predated to a time well before the first Tabernacle was erected. Prior to Moses for sure. ? ?Which would make it older than all five of the books of Moses, making it the oldest book in the Bible. No one knows the actual date of its writings, but it was during the early days of the Chaldeans as we learn from this very chapter.6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. 7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.? ? Going to and fro in the earth, and walking up and down in it,?was a sign of ownership. Satan was saying to the LORD that he was surveying his land. We will deal with the sons of God in chapter 2.? Adam was told that he as the representative of humanity was to subdue the land, but mankind lost dominion over the earth to Satan in the Garden when he sinned.Genesis 13:14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:? 15? For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.? 16? And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.? 17? Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.?? ?Paradise was lost by Adam in the fall, but it will be regained in Christ in the last days. When Jesus went into the wilderness to be tempted of the Devil, Satan offered him all the kingdoms of the world if he would fall down and worship him (Matthew 4:8-10) because he gained dominion, or ownership of the earth at the fall. ? ?Jesus did not correct Satan's claim to the possession of the earth, but he rebuked Satan and his offer of a Kingdom without the suffering of the Cross. ? There can be no victory without a battle, and Jesus rejected the immediate gratification of having the world bow to him then for the perfect plan of the Father that required his suffering.8? And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? 9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? 10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. 11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. 12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD. ? ?A hedge is a fence, or a barrier to protect what is inside of it, as we see in the parable in the book of Mark:Mark 12:1 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country?.? ?God had set his angel Michael to protect Israel when Israel was under obedience to his Covenant he made with them. Today, they are abiding without their prince, and that protection is not happening because Israel is not in the land in belief, but in unbelief.Daniel 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.?Hosea 3:4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:?? ?You, nor anyone, can force God by our prayers to put up hedges of protection around us as we drive home from a long journey. Israel had this promise when she was in obedience to her covenant relationship to God. ? ?We are not Israel. We cannot make God do in this dispensation to us, the body of Christ, what he said he would do for Israel in a previous dispensation. Don't worry, we have something better than a guardian angel protecting us today.? ?In this dispensation we have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit that seals our salvation until the day of redemption. God has not left us in the body of Christ unprotected, but we are eternally secure in Christ.Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.??? ?Just as we are not Israel today with angels to fight our battles for us, Israel is not the body of Christ. God seals us and protects us who believe by his grace.13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: 14 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: 15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am scaped alone to tell thee. 18 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: 19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. 22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. ?? ?Satan was wrong in his assessment of Job and what he would do if he lost everything, but that didn't stop him from shifting gears and attacking from another direction, totally ignoring his wrong prediction previously with Job as we shall see in the next chapter. ? ?This is often how Satan's forces battle. I have had many a doctrinal debates with people and as I prove a doctrine of theirs to be wrong, they just switch to another doctrine. Doctrines of devils. They don't need to win every battle and they know it.? ?All they need to do to render you worthless for God is to get you to doubt his word in one area. Satan doesn't mind losing little battles, he has his eyes on the bigger prize, making shipwreck your faith.Job Chapter Two1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.?? ?Angels are the sons of God by Creation not by birth. God is called the Father of Lights, meaning he created them, or gave life to them. He did not however give birth to the lights. The sons of God are angels. When he created them, they were all in submission to him. Satan however led a third of them astray.2? And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.? 3? And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.? 4? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.? 5? But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.? 6? And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.? 7? So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.? 8? And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.? 9? Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.? 10? But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.? 11? Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.? 12? And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.? ? ?Job was unrecognizable, much like Jesus at his crucifixion. For the Bible tells is how he looked a thousand years before it ever happened to prophetic pronouncement given to Isaiah.Isaiah 52:13 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. 14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: 15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider. ?13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.?Job Twenty Six - Thirty OneThe Righteousness of JobJob 32:1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.????Job Chapter Thirty EightIs the Earth Flat or Round?1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,?Job 2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? ? ?What causes counsel to be darkened? Words without knowledge. That’s what God calls both Job, and his friend's understanding of what was really happening in Job's situation, but the Bible has a lot more information on the shape of the Earth than what is found in just the book of Job. ? ?Sadly, most believers could not defend themselves against those who are teaching "some other doctrine" and they have given heed to fables which minister questions, rather than godly edifying?, from which some?having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling. (Empty talk) 1 Timothy 1?? ?They have all darkened God's word by their biased ideas that are only sprinkled with Bible verses to give them credibility in their own mind. (Yeah hath God said?) ? ?Notice that all of Job's friends had slightly differing ideologies as did Job, from what was actually the truth. So, God sets them all straight. Job included:3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. ? ?Pull up your big boy pants Job, you are going to take a test today.4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.? ?Answer: Nowhere! Job was not there. He was not yet born, nor any of his friends, nor any other person either. Questions to consider:?? Is God talking about building a house here, or a large skyscraper? No he is not!? He is?talking about laying the foundation of planet earth.? Which Job later says he hanged on nothing!Job 26:7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.??? ?If the earth is indeed hung on nothing as Job tells us it is, then the foundations were laid on nothing. Have you ever seen a house or building built and its foundations (plural) were laid on nothing? ? ?No you haven't, so we must be talking about something supernatural or at least beyond mankind's capacity to understand so far, especially because we cannot observe these foundations to make an informed decision.? ?Job, the man, however, is not our final authority, God is, and his word. Notice that Job is responding to Bildad and his comment with a comment of his own. So, because Bildad says somethings in scripture does that mean everything he says is correct? No, of course not.Bildad's QuestionsJob 25:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places. 3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise? 4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman? 5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. 6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm? ?Questions to ponder: ? ?When Bildad spoke here and in other places in the book of Job, was everything he said scripturally accurate? Answer: The questions were real questions that Bildad actually asked Job, but the comments that Bildad made concerning Job, and mankind in general had flaws in them just as did his other friends.? ?When Job spoke, was he able also to say something that does not line up with what God says is truth? Of course Job could, and he does many times as that is why God enters into the argument to straighten out both Job's friends, and Job. ? ?The book of Job is inspired and without error, but that does not mean that the book does not record the false assumptions made by these individuals, because it does record their wrong assumptions and ideologies and it corrects them.Job's Reply to BildadJob 26:1 But Job answered and said, 2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength? 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? 4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee? 5? Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. 6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. 7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. 8? He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. 9? He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. 10? He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. 11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof. 12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud. 13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. 14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand? ?? ?Job goes on for four more chapters correcting Bildad but, be very careful when quoting the book of Job without checking to see if what you are quoting is something that God didn't later have to correct in Job's way of thinking. Job, and his friends were often wrong in their assessment of God:Job 42:7 And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.??8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.?? ?They were also not always right with some of their thoughts on God's Creation, because God corrected them numerous times in that area as well. Job was corrected in chapters 38-41.5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?? ?God laid the foundation obviously, but Job is not the final authority on how he laid it, God is. God laid the measures thereof. This does not mean that he did it like we build our homes today. God was speaking figuratively about how he Created the Earth, using terms that anyone who understood building could understand.6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; ? ?Who laid the corner stone thereof is an easy question to answer, God did! What kind of cornerstone was it, is another question? It was not a cornerstone like the ones you see on the corner of a building downtown with the plague placed there by the Masonic Lodge, or any other cornerstone you have ever seen. It is the corner stone for Earth.?? ?The corner stone is a word that we understand that is the first part of building something. If it is not aligned properly then whatever it is that is being built will not be stable. We shall see that the earth is stable, because God has established it so. ? ?We will also look at whether something, such as the earth can be stable, meaning to remain in its place, and all the while be rotating and orbiting. Is it possible to do, and can it still be considered as stable or immovable?7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? ? ?This is God speaking in this chapter, so you can quote away this as a fact of Creation. The angels sang together and shouted for joy at the Creation of the earth prior to the fall. It appears that these are two different classifications of angels mentioned here.8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? ? There are not literal doors as we would have on our homes of course, but there was something that serves as a door to shut up the sea. ? ?Those doors could be opened and shut by God just as a woman whose water would break, and water would issue out of her womb. There is no literal door that is six feet tall in a woman's womb, not is there a literal wooden door with hinges that hold back this sea.?9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, 10? And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? ?Again and again God uses figurative language (bars and doors) to explain something that relates to the Creation of this planet and the universe and he uses similitudes to help us understand something that no man has ever seen.12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? 14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. 15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken. 16? Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? ? ?The dayspring is the dawn, when the Sun rises on the horizon. We know of course, the Sun doesn't rise and yet we use the terms Sunrise and Sunset, because that is the appearance it gives.? God's word mentions the rising of the Sun and its going down on dozens of occasions. It is not because the Prophets did not know the truth but because they explained things the way man would see them. Can you see the Sun come up in the morning?? ?You can, but it doesn't come up. The Earth rotates one full time each 24 hours while is sits in the exact same spot in its orbit circling the Sun.2 Samuel 23:4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.??17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? 18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. 19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, 20? That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? 21? Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great? ? ?God here asks Job if he has seen the doors of the shadow of death. The words "the shadow of death" appear 19 times in the Bible and they often refer a thick darkness, a time of darkness.? ?It is used as a reference to the turning of the earth from the Sun to darkness as the Earth is in the shadow of itself causing darkness. It is also used of the thick cloud of darkness outside our atmosphere. known as the garment, or as we call it, Outer Space.22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, 23? Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?? ?God's word speaks often of Hail being reserved in heaven for a day of battle:Rev 8:7? The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.?Rev 11:19? And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.Rev 16:21? And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.??24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth? 25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; 26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 27? To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth??28? Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? 29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 30? The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.? ?Again we see the face of the deep mentioned here. It is mentioned also in Genesis 1:2 as a place of water that is above and below us that is frozen (ice). ? ?The flat earthers are inconsistent on this teaching and claim that this Ice (the face of the deep) is directly horizontal in every direction. Others claim it as above and below us. They are both right, but it is all around the Globe. It is both horizontal and vertical and every angle in between.? Many of them claim the U.S. and the UN are working together to keep people from going to Antartica to find out about the real shape of the Earth (flat).?31? Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? 32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? 33? Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? ? ?Here God is talking to the constellations in Outer Space, Mazzaroth is the garland of crowns that appear at the top of a constellation of stars to form "the virgin" Virgo.34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? 35? Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are??36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart? 37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, 38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together??39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, 40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? 41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat. ?Verses used in support of a flat earth:1 Chronicles 16:30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.?? ?First of all this verse says absolutely nothing at all about the shape of the earth. It is used however by those who believe the earth is flat to teach that the earth doesn't rotate nor orbit around the Sun. ? ?First of all, do you regularly have to pick yourself up because of a wobbling earth knocking you over? No you don't. In a large earthquake every once in a while, but those are only local. The whole earth doesn't shake only a small remote area. ? ?If the earth as a whole was not stable, and it was constantly moving around buildings would not be able to last very long but would topple. There would be no skyscrapers.? ?They teach that the earth is stationary and everything else rotates around the earth. Everything. The earth is the center of the universe, not the Sun, according to them. Let’s see what the Bible says and let that be our guide.? ?As to 1 Chronicles 16:30 many proponents of a stationary earth don't like verse I listed above because it is from the King James Bible and they prefer a version that says something quite different. ? They are at least honest when they say that "Except among Biblical inerrantists, it is widely agreed that the Bible describes an immovable earth." ? They prefer a Bible with errors to quote from. My friends, if the Bible you quote from in filled with errors it is not a reliable source to quote from, but on the other hand if you have an inerrant Bible then you have a reliable source to quote from.? ?They like the following version that chooses different words with roughly the same meaning, but in doing this they deliberately choose a version of the Bible that has verses in that are much different from the way it is translated by the King James Bible and that is more suitable to their liking. There is not much difference in the meaning of the following verse in mention however:1 Chronicles 16:30 He has fixed the earth firm, immovable.? ?The words firm can be used to describe something that is stable, and the word immovable can also be used to describe?? Again, you cannot use the Bible as a proof text if you have already disqualified the Bible as being a book filled with errors. What is to say that the verse you choose also has errors in it??? What does this verse teach, and what does it not teach? It teaches that the earth is stable, it won't tip over and eject all of its inhabitants.? ? Because it is stable it will not be moved. God is who keeps it stable and unmoving. The question is how does he do it? We will look at that later in our study.Psalm 93:1 The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.??? ?The world is stable (stablished), that it cannot be moved. This does not contradict that the earth cannot be in a fixed immovable position rotating around the Sun. ? The earth can remain in the same place in our universe as it rotates around the Sun. We shall look at what the Bible says and does not say about the earth rotating around the Sun later in this study. ? ?For example, assuming the earth is 93 million miles away from the Sun as Scientist tell us. I cannot measure to be sure so please forgive me. ? ?But assuming it is 93 million miles away, these verse can still be true (and they are) that the earth cannot be moved. It will still be 93 million miles away from the earth a million years from now. It remains in its place. it is stable and cannot be moved! ?This verse nor the previous verse does not contradict that possibility. Say otherwise and you are stretching the truth. The earth remaining in its place in our solar system means the same thing as it not being moved.? ?Another verse used by Flat Earthers to claim the earth is stationary is Psalm 104:5 but we will post the context of Psalm 104:5 also for your consideration and because we will come back to many of the statements made in these verses about creation later on in this study.Psalm 104:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: 3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind: 4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: 5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. 6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. 7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. 8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.?? ?What an amazing commentary on the Creation of the world by the Psalmist! How did these men know things that they were not eyewitnesses of? ? ?They had God's word to tell them what went on. God was an eyewitness and he recorded it for us to know and we have totally disregarded it. Scientist would do well to consider the words of God about the earth's Creation so as to be true scientist. Put it to the test. You believe in Evolution and yet it is only a THEORY! That is not REAL SCIENCE.? ?From these verses we learn nothing that we have not already learned that the earth will not be moved. If we do learn something, we learn that it will not be moved forever. We do learn some interesting things about what covers it the earth, (the Deep).?? ?We also learn about the waters that stood above the mountains, but we will compile all that information together later in this study to determine what the deep actually is, but nothing here refutes that the earth cannot remain in the exact same spot orbiting the Sun.? ?Nor does it say that it does either. We must continue on in our study as we search for what the Bible, not man teaches on this subject. Keep reading.?Isaiah 45:18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.? ................
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