Biblical Proof of Flat Earth - part 1

 

About the Earth

Pillars of the earth and foundations

Psalm 75:3  The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it.

This is one of the mentions of the pillars of the earth where the Lord God says that He bears them. The word translated as pillar also means column.

It is the same one used for the pillars of the house which Samson brought down before he died. 

Job 9:6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place and the pillars thereof tremble.

Just in case you are tempted to think that this is figurative language rather than a literal statement see the verses below.

 Job 38:4  Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. 

 Just like buildings have a foundation, the Lord here tells us that the earth has foundations. It is important to understand what foundations are for, that is, their purpose.

Foundations in a building are used to anchor the structure above, to bear the weight of the structure and transfer it to the ground below, and to protect the structure from natural forces such as earthquakes.

Thus we can infer from Job 38:4 that the foundations that the Lord laid for the earth were to anchor it, bear its weight and make it stable.

 

Job 38:5  Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched the line upon it? 

Job 38:6  Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner stone thereof; 

 In these verses the Lord continues to describe the earth as a deliberate construction mentioning foundations, measurements and a cornerstone. Before dismissing this as figurative language, remember that the Lord had first rebuked Job for darkening counsel by words without knowledge. Then He describes a time when He constructed the earth and asks Job where he was then!

Foundations are fastened into the ground. Thus we know from the word of God that the earth is held by foundations anchored into something below the earth. This is incompatible with the globe theory as the earth cannot be spinning in space while held down at the same time. It also cannot have a south pole at the bottom.

Noah's flood and the abyss

 When the time came for Noah to get into the ark we are told that the fountains of the great deep were broken up. Water came up from the deep in addition to rain coming down.

 Gen 7:11  In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 

 The oceans as they are do not flood the earth. At the time of the flood their fountains were opened increasing their water greatly to the point of flooding the earth. When the earth was flooded sufficiently so as to destroy all life on it, the fountains were closed and the rain was stopped.

 Gen 8:2  The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; 

 

We thus know from the word of God that the oceans have fountains that can be broken up. God broke them up when He brought the flood upon the earth in the days of Noah. He then closed them up when the purpose had been fulfilled.

The deep spoken of in Gen 8:2 above directly translates as "abyss" which literally is a bottomless pit. This tells us that the water coming up is coming from a very deep place.

 Job 38:8  Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? 

When Job is being questioned by the Lord,  he is asked who shut the doors of the sea when it broke forth. We would have been tempted to call this figurative language if we didn't know the story of the flood and the fact that there are fountains under the sea which can be broken up and cause water to gush forth. However with a background of Genesis 8 we know that the Lord when He refers to the doors of the sea here, is talking about the fountains of the deep. We thus know that the sea has fountains whose doors were shut during creation when God was satisfied with the level of the sea. These same doors were broken during the flood and shut when the purpose had been achieved.