Ch 4 The Revolving Heaven

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="02c285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Geocentric Bible </B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Geocentric Bible "><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preface"><U>Preface</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ch1Scripture"><U>Ch1-Scripture</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ch 2 Evidence"><U>Ch 2 Evidence</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ch 3 First Second of Creation"><U>Ch 3 First Second of Creation</U></A>   |   <B>Ch 4 The Revolving Heaven</B>   |   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ch 5 Density Center of Universe"><U>Ch 5 Density & Center of Universe</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ch 6 Preserving"><U>Ch 6 Preserving</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ch 7 A Relatively Small Universe"><U>Ch 7 A Relatively Small Universe</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ch 8 Lesser"><U>Ch 8 Lesser</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ch 9 Proof"><U>Ch 9 Proof</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ch 10 Links Contact Us"><U>Ch 10 Links - Contact Us</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Ch 4 The Revolving Heaven</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>GEOCENTRICITY EXTENDED TO INCLUDE MORE VERSES</B>.</div> <div> (No one that believes in geocentricity accepts #2, and 4-8 of the following proposal.  This is my personal opinion.)</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> [THE EARTH]</div> <div> 1. DOES NOT ROTATE</div> <div>      In the beginning the earth did not spin.</div> <div> 2. DOES NOT ROTATE - AT THE PRESENT TIME</div> <div>      After making the first rotation, the earth continues standing still until midway through the tribulation period.  The firmament, enclosing the sun, moon and stars, rotates daily around the earth.  The firmament must rotate to exist.   </div> <div> 3. ROTATES - LAST HALF OF TRIBULATION - Isaiah 13:13</div> <div>      God miraculously causes the firmament to instantly stop rotating and the earth to instantly begin rotating, to provide day and night.  The world gets what it has always believed and which embarrasses God's word.  The universe is unstable.</div> <div> 4. DOES NOT ROTATE - MILLENNIUM - Haggai 2:6,7</div> <div>      The earth does not rotate and the firmament does, which is normal and stable.</div> <div> 5. ROTATES - SATAN LOOSED - Hebrews 12:26,27</div> <div>      When Satan is loosed for a season, God shakes the heavens and the earth causing the firmament to stop its daily rotation and the earth to rotate.</div> <div> 6. NEITHER THE FIRMAMENT NOR THE EARTH ROTATE - JUDGMENT DAY</div> <div>      For judgment day God again shakes the heavens and earth.  The firmament is stationary and now the earth stops.- Job 38:12,13</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> [DAY AND NIGHT]</div> <div> 7. ROTATES </div> <div>      Day and night rotates forever inside the great gulf. </div> <div> Luke 16:26</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ***************************************************</div> <div>      John 3:12 says, “If I have told you of earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?”  Based on this statement, a second look at certain verses dealing with physical things is in order.</div> <div>      </div> <div> 1. THE EARTH DOES NOT ROTATE</div> <div>           </div> <bR> <bR> <div> Genesis 1:14 says, “And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night: and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.”  What ever does the dividing does the moving.  The sun does the moving.  The sun could not move only to determine the season and years, and the spinning earth to determine the day.  God “created darkness,” Isaiah 45:7, as a background of heavenly darkness in order for the light of the moving sun to serve its function of indicating “days.”  We are not talking about the earth until the next verse, so the sun moves to determine the seasons and <U>days</U> and years.  Verse 15 says, “And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and it was so.”  The sun divides the light from darkness and gives light to determine the day on the earth, not a spinning earth.  The greater light, the rotating sun, determines the seasons, days, and years.  Either the lights determine all of these, or none of them according to the verse.  Again, these verses are foundational to the rest of scripture.  God is telling us exactly how the universe is set up.    </div> <div>      Psalm 19:2,4 says, “Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge.  Their line is gone through out all the earth...”  Webster's dictionary says “line” means: direction of something in motion and “unto” means: action, continuance, movement and direction.  If “day unto day” is moving, certainly “day and night” would be moving.  The “day” says that it is rotating and the night shows rotation.  </div> <div>      “Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it...” (Job 30:22).  The wind is moving and the earth is not spinning.  Psalm 68:4 says “...him (God) that rideth upon the heavens...” The previous verse says, “let them exceedingly rejoice.” We may rejoice in God's word, but we cannot rejoice `exceedingly' unless we believe that the heavens are moving around a stationary earth. We cannot `ride' on a church pew because it is not moving. We sit on a pew.</div> <div> Amos 2:15 says “...he that rideth the horse...”  Both the heavens and the horse move, whereas “It is he (God) that sitteth upon the circle of the earth (Isa. 40:22) and “The LORD sitteth upon the flood (Psa 29:10).  Isaiah 66:2 says “...the earth is my footstool...”  Whoever heard of a spinning footstool?  The daily rotating firmament (heaven) enclosing the sun causes the division line between day and night to move.  The heavens are not God's footstool, nor does God ride on the earth.  “To him that rideth upon the heavens of heaven” (Psalm 68:33).  The heaven (firmament) is revolving around the earth.</div> <div> “They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course” (Psalms 82:5).”  Psalms 74:17 says, “Thou hast set all the borders of the earth.”  It isn't `borders of the `sun, moon and stars' (universe).  `Borders' keep things inside.  The earth cannot move through the borders, so the earth does not revolve around the sun.  There are 67 verses that say the earth is moving. See: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.fixedearth.com/sixty-seven%20references.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.fixedearth.com/sixty-seven%20"><U><U>www.fixedearth.com/sixty-seven%20references.htm</U></U></A></FONT>   There are only 5 verses that say the earth is moving and all are in a negative context or a context of judgment.  </div> <div> Job 38:4,6 says, “Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?…Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened?” Both the heavens (2 Samuel 22:8) and the world (2 Samuel 22:16) have foundations; but only the foundations of the earth are fastened so that the earth cannot turn or spin.</div> <div>      If the earth were spinning, it would make meaningless the following group of verses.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ECCLESIASTES 1:4-7</div> <div> 4<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > One generation passeth away...another...cometh  </FONT></div> <div> 5<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > The sun also ariseth...goeth down</FONT></div> <div> 6<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > The wind goeth...returneth                                   </FONT></div> <div> 7<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > All the rivers run...return again.</FONT></div> <div>      We are to take things in context.  We know the generations, wind and rivers actually move, so the sun <U>also</U> literally, physically moves being carried daily around the earth by the rotating firmament.</div> <div>      “Circuit” means to go around.  Ecclesiastes 1:6 “...and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.”  We know the wind is blowing, the earth is not turning.  The heaven is also moving, “...and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.”  (Job 22:14).</div> <bR> <div>      The word mystery, or mysteries, is listed 28 times in a concordance. It refers to the mystery of Christ, the kingdom of God or spiritual things.  “Mystery” does not refer to anything physical.  God has told us more details concerning the physical universe than we think He has.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> 2. DOES  NOT ROTATE - AT THE PRESENT TIME</div> <bR> <div> Genesis 1:2 says “And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” Why?  For what reason?  The Spirit is accomplishing two tasks in this verse.  In addition to the Spirit's work with the atom (See “The First Second” article), the Spirit of God is also establishing a path for the firmament to follow (as explained below).   Isaiah 43:16 says, “Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a <U>way</U> in the sea, and a <U>path</U> in the mighty waters.”  Likewise, the Spirit of God has made a <U>way</U> for the atom “a way for the lightning” (Job 28:26) and a <U>path</U> for the firmament.  </div> <div>      Does the earth spin or does the sun orbit the earth?  The discussion of the earth ends in verse 3.  This question is partially settled in Gen. 1:4,5 where it says “And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.  And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.  And the evening and the morning were the first day.”  God made a distinct division between light and darkness on the first day.  Each part of the earth had the morning light during the first day.  The light had to move around the earth to do this. The only movement recorded on Day One was the Spirit of God moving in relationship to a stationary earth and He was covered with light “Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment” (Psalms 104:2).</div> <div> This light is different and separate from the sun, “thou hast prepared the light and the sun,” (Psalm 74:16).  The morning and evening are a direct result of the movement of the prepared light around the earth on the first day.  God is writing to us about basic, fundamental scientific law. The earth had no relationship with the uncreated sun, moon and stars. God's creation was exclusively geocentric. Up to now, since time was determined by the movement of light around the earth, hermeneutics demands that time still be determined by the movement of light, whatever the source, around the earth. So the Spirit of God started a path for the prepared light to follow even before the dry land of the earth appeared or the firmament was established!  (The “prepared light” reappears again after judgment day). </div> <div>      “And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.  And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so” Genesis 1:6,7.  The word “let” in Webster's dictionary means, to give opportunity to, enter or pass.  In other words, to move.  The phrase “let it divide” therefore says, “to give opportunity to” the firmament to divide the waters from the waters.  The firmament moves or spins and divides the upper waters from the lower waters.    </div> <div>      Did the firmament or God divide the waters?  (Ezekiel 30:23)  “And I (the Lord God) will scatter the Egyptians among the nations...”  God did not, himself, scatter the Egyptians, but used the Babylons to do it.  In the same way God, did not by a miracle separate the waters, but used the firmament to divide the waters.  The firmament does not divide the waters by standing still doing nothing, but by spinning.  The firmament separates the waters just as a separator separates the cream from the milk.  The firmament is simply following the path laid out by the Spirit of God.  Exodus 14:16 says, “…and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it…”  Moses moved his hand and divided the sea.  Likewise, the firmament began revolving around the earth dividing the waters and has never stopped!  </div> <div>      Psalm 119:147 - The morning comes because the sun moves  around a stationary earth.  The belief in heliocentrism stops the dawning regardless of what the word says.</div> <div>      Proverbs 28:9 - “He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.”  Why would the word “turneth” be used, when God could have said, “He that refuseth to listen to the law?”  The word “turneth” is used because the whole problem is: what is turning, the earth spinning daily on its axis or the firmament revolving daily around a non moving earth?  Next, what law is referred to?  There are food laws, laws of sacrifice and solar system laws.  The law did not begin in Genesis 12, but in Genesis 1.  With a lump in my throat, it looks like: if we don't believe in geocentricity, our prayers are damaged.  This is a terrible accusation.  Is this a test of fellowship?  No.  It is simply information that we need to be aware of.</div> <div>      “Where is the <U>way</U> where light dewelleth?” (Job 38:19).  It doesn't say “place” where light dwelleth because light is always moving.  The source of light, either the prepared light or the sun, is always orbiting the earth.  Beginning with the 2nd day, the firmament stays in step with the already orbiting, moving, prepared light, and starts revolving around the earth.  The principal of geocentricity and the law of the solar system are established on the second day.  The word “way” is also used in Isaiah 43:16, “Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;” because there are swift moving currents in the oceans. </div> <div>      Verse 15 and 17 both say “to give light <U>upon the earth</U>” which emphases the final result of all the activity and rotating lights in the heavens.  Sunlight identifies the day.  The earth stays in one place and does not turn to receive the light; supported by Deut. 11:21 “days of heaven <U>upon the earth</U>.”  In verse 16, the greater light, the sun, takes the place of, or surrounds the prepared light.  God's dividing the greater light from the lesser light only confirms what was already done (vs. 5). </div> <div> “Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands”(Psa 102:25).  The earth, on a foundation doesn't spin. God started the heavens revolving with his hands. </div> <bR> <div>      The earth has not rotated since the day of creation nor will it rotate until midway through the tribulation period.</div> <div> The firmament carries the sun around the earth faster than the moon because the moon is closer to the earth, the center of the universe.  “If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness” (Job 31:26).  The sun never walks, but runs; “…the sun.  Which…rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race” (Psalm 19:4,5).</div> <div> We aren't living in the millennium with the historical records that will then be available to be examined, of what will happened to the physical universe.  We must believe now, revealed truths about the physical universe, that God has written in scripture.  Christians living in the millennium will ask themselves, “How could those living in the church age have missed the meaning of verses that we clearly understand now?”  </div> <div> The drawing below, by R G Elmendorf, 314 Oak Road, Bairford, PA 15006, shows the sun (S) orbiting the earth (E), which is in the center of the universe.  (He does not necessarily agree or disagree with this or other articles.)</div> <bR> <div>    <IMG SRC="0c11ac20.png" border=0 width="282" height="194" ALT="Object Image, replacement for Object that CuteSITE Builder was unable to create from RTF." ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> 3. ROTATES - LAST HALF OF TRIBULATION</div> <div>      In Genesis 1:1-3 God provides many physical details, which occurred in less than one second, from “Creation's Tiny Mystery” by Robert Gentry.  The end time is the same.  God as “a faithful Creator,” 1 Peter 4:19, gives a blow-by-blow description of events, again happening in one second.</div> <div>      Isaiah 13:13 says, “Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the <U>wrath</U> of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.”  God is angry with the wicked and gives them heliocentrism, which they have always wanted because it embarrasses God's word.  The universe is now, not in a stable condition, it is not reality and is against God's word.  Without God's supernatural power to hold it together, the universe would instantly <U>vaporize</U>.</div> <div>      Isaiah 2:19 says, “And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.”  The wicked try to hide from God.</div> <div>      Amos 1:2 says, “And he said, The Lord will roar from Zion...”  Psalm 33:9 says, “For he spake, and it was done...”  As the universe was created when God spoke, surely something must have happened when He <U>roared</U>.  </div> <div>      </div> <div> There is a collision in outer space!  The biggest and most colossal wreck of all time occurs in the universe.  The sun and moon, which weigh next to nothing compared to the firmament; instantly hit the massive firmament.  Isaiah 30:26 - “...the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun and the light of the sun shall be seven-fold, as the light of seven days...”  As in any crash that we know of, there often is an explosion and a flash of light.  </div> <div>      The only way this could happen and make sense of these verses is for God to miraculously, instantly stop the firmament.  Even though the firmament is extremely dense; it reacts instantly to any movement within it, so the sun and moon move freely through it in their own individual orbits.  But when the rotating firmament abruptly stops, there will be the most colossal wreck of all time in the universe.  The sun and moon, which weigh next to nothing compared to the firmament; instantly hit, at full speed, the dense, massive, heavy, <U>now</U> <I>immovable</I> firmament.  God not only   Frame 1                     Frame 2                           Frame 3                         </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> instantly stops the firmament from spinning, and instantly stops the firmament from reacting to any movement within it, causing the crash.  So the firmament, traveling at many thousands of miles per hour, stops, causing the sun, moon and stars, also going thousands of miles per hour, to collide, with the firmament. </div> <div>      Immediately after the crash, just as people black out after a collision, so does the sun and moon.  Isaiah 13:10 says “...the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.”  The rotating firmament had been orbiting the earth carrying the sun and moon.  The sun and moon had been moving, (going forth).  Now, both are temporarily blacked out.  Acts 2:20 and Joel 2:31 both say, “The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood...” Revelation 6:12 - “... the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood.”  Just as humans are covered with blood after a wreck, the moon shows the effect of the collision by a red color.</div> <div>      As the firmament instantly stops rotating, with the resulting crash of the sun, moon and stars into it, and the earth instantly begins rotating to provide day and night.  When the daily turning of the firmament is “taken away”, Daniel 12:11, and <U>actually, really, does</U> stop turning, the earth will immediately begin to rotate daily.  One or the other has to turn to have day and night.  Genesis 8:22 says, “While the earth remaineth.... day and night shall not cease”.  Isaiah 2:19 says, “...for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.”  And verse 21 has, “...to go into the clefts of the rock...when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.”  These 2 verses deal with the earth starting to spin.  This happens in the middle of the tribulation period, when the anti-christ revels himself, the world will then know what it is really like to have the earth spinning!  The world wanted heliocentrism to discredit scripture, and will now fully reap what it sowed.  </div> <div>      The earth starts rotating and the sun stops.  “The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof” (Job 26:11).  The pillars of both the earth and the firmament tremble as the rotation switches from the firmament to the earth.  The firmament has always rotated daily since creation and is “astonished” at being stopped!  These verses fit very well in this sequence of events, make good physical sense and God had a very good reason for writing the verses.  The stars were sealed and could not give light as Revelation 8:12 says, “...and the third part of the sun was smitten, and third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars, so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise”.  Being “smitten” changes the lighting arrangement for the earth.  It takes the sun, moon and stars perhaps 8 hours, 1/3 of a day, to recover from this catastrophe and then can only shine 2/3's as bright as before.  There will be less light during the day.  The evening light will last longer.  Zechariah 14:6, “...that the light shall not be clear nor dark.”  Vs. 7 says, “...not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time, it shall be light.”  The main part of the sun, two thirds of it, and the pieces making up the other 1/3, which are some distance behind, do not move.  The earth rotates and 2/3 of the sun appears to go down, followed by the other 1/3 of the sun.  The same is true for the moon.  This new lighting system remains through the rest of the tribulation period, the millennium and when Satan is loosed.</div> <div>      (With the firmament not rotating and the earth spinning, the universe is operating the opposite of normal and is in a diseased state.  It is like an anaerobic organism, which lives only in the absence of oxygen.  An aerobic organism lives only in the presence of oxygen.)</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> 4. EARTH DOES NOT ROTATE - MILLENIUM</div> <div>      “For thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth...and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts” (Haggai 2:6,7.)  To start the millennium the Lord shakes heaven and earth to return the earth to its normal stationary non-moving position and the heaven (or firmament) revolving around the earth.  God is not angry this time, because he is dealing with his saints.  A slightly dimmer day and a night that is not totally dark continues the same as during the last half of the tribulation period.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> 5. EARTH ROTATES - SATAN LOOSED</div> <div>      At the end of the millennium “...he (Satan) must be loosed a little season” (Rev. 20:3).  This is a second tribulation period of perhaps three or four months.  Christ has ruled the earth, but now it is time for evil to have one final testing of those that lived during the millennium.  </div> <div>      “Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.  And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain” (Hebrews 12:26, 27).  The phrase “yet once more” shows that God has shaken the heavens and earth at different times in the past.  Once again, the earth rotates and heaven (or firmament) is stationary and in an unstable condition.  The word “more” is added now compared to millennium to show another step in the process toward the end.  Physical things and the wicked will be removed.</div> <div>      Now, Matthew 24:29 says, “Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven...”</div> <bR> <div>           </div> <div>                              </div> <bR> <div>                              </div> <div>      Total darkness just before judgment day?  How long will it last?  Perhaps this is where Daniel 12:11,12 applies; the difference between 1335 and 1290 days is 45 days.  Our merciful God knows that millions of lost souls are in a rut.  By slowing down activity, God hopes to cause them to do some serious thinking and repent.  Imagine the situation.  The only light available will be the city light plant, headlights, flashlights, and candles.  Food could be harder to locate and driving more difficult.  Any minor trouble would be big trouble.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> 6. NEITHER THE FIRMAMENT NOR THE EARTH ROTATE - JUDGMENT DAY</div> <div>      “The Lord shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout...A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth...” (Jeremiah 25:30,31).  The Lord shouts and Christ, as the “dayspring,” takes “...hold of the ends of the earth that the wicked might be shaken out of it?”  (Job 38:12,13).  The spinning earth stops abruptly, shaking out the wicked from this last tribulation period.  The 2<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >nd</FONT> heaven or firmament has already been motionless so only the earth, which has been spinning needs to be stopped. </div> <div>      Since the firmament is stationary, all the stars fall to the earth <U>gently</U> “all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine...” (Isaiah 34:4).  “And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth...” (Revelation 6:13).  “And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment...” (Eccl. 3:16).  Perhaps just above the earth is the place of judgment.</div> <div>      “And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory” (Matthew 24:30).  Both Psalm 18:9 and 2 Samuel 22:10 have, “He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.”  “Bowed,” suggests a little slower action than “dropped.”  The heavens dropped at the beginning of creation (First Second article, p. 6) and bowed, now, at the end.  Joel 3:14-16 says, “Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.  The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.  The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake...”  This is the 3rd heaven.               </div> <div>      Neither the firmament nor the earth are moving on Judgment Day.  This is just the opposite of Joshua's Long Day, in which both the firmament and the earth were moving, and also, for the same period of time, one day!</div> <div>      The universe and earth are totally dark and standing still.  Neither the sun nor moon nor any pieces of either one radiate any light: “the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.  Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?” (Amos 5:18,20).  What a contrast!  Total darkness with Christ himself the only light.  For the first time since the universe was created, there is no motion of any kind.  God now has the attention of all the unsaved for judgment day.  </div> <div>      “Light shall be dark in his tabernacle” (Job 18:6).  The Lord's tabernacle is the universe (Psalm 19:4) and it is now dark.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>                                   [DAY AND NIGHT]</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> 7. ROTATES</div> <div>      The new heaven and new earth are now in place.  There is no light or sun, “...neither light of the sun...” (Rev. 22:5).  “He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end” Job 26:10).  The water is also gone, “...no more sea” (Rev. 21:1), so now, day and night, caused by the rotating sun, is finished.  But, Rev. 20:10 says, “...tormented day and night for ever and ever.  So is there to be day and night in eternity or not?</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>      As the drawing shows, a great gulf in the shape of a sphere is inside the new earth, “...with a great gulf fixed” (Luke 16:26).  The gulf totally seals hell, which is in the center of the new earth.  (It could not be anywhere else, because that will be where heaven is and we are)  The only way to have day and night is for there to be a rotation of some kind inside the new earth.  Hell will be dark so how could “day” be included?  Amos 5:8 has, “... and maketh the day dark with night...” So the day and night will rotate even though the day is dark.  The irony of it all!  Satan, after deceiving the world with heliocentrism, will have this continual, permanent, day and night rotation around him for all eternity, reminding him of his great deception!  The universe began with the firmament rotating above the earth causing day and night and ends with a day-night rotation in the core of the earth.  The new earth, great gulf and lake of fire do not rotate.</div> <div> The location of hell is in the center of the new earth with the great gulf enclosing and completely surrounding it. “And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell” (Luke 10:15). This city on the earth will be pushed down to hell. More support for this is: Ephesians 4:8-10, which says, “Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)” From the cross Christ descended down directly to hell.</div> <div> The lost who are confined to hell, have chosen not to have anything to do with God's word, so His word stops at the great gulf.  These three verses make sense only from a physical point of view.</div> <div> Rev. 20:10 has “...the lake of fire and brimstone...” yet Jude 13 says “...the blackness of darkness for ever.”  Fire gives light, so how does this correlate with darkness in hell?  Perhaps they are in different locations, as the drawing shows.       </div> <div> From the “First Second” article, atoms have been in heaven and earth from just after the first few microseconds (Gen. 1:2) until the end.  In the beginning the material for the earth was placed first and then the atomic structure was inserted into the material a few microseconds later.  Now, at the end the material and the atomic structure both leave at the same time.  Revelation 20:11 says, “…the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.”  The earth consisted of material or matter and the atomic structure.  Unlike the beginning, both leave at the same time.  This is shown in Jeremiah.  The context of Jeremiah 4:19-28 is the end, not the beginning, with verse 23 saying, “I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.”  This verse is about the same as verse 2 at the beginning.  The light in the heavens represents the atomic structure.  With the light gone from the heavens, the atomic structure has left the earth along with all the matter.  “The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly” (Isaiah 24:19).</div> <div> 2 Peter 3:12 has "...wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?"  The elements, which are located in the firmament or first heaven, including the sun, moon and stars, all melt and fall to the earth burning it up, "...the earth also and the works therein shall be burned up" (2 Peter 3:10). Affirming this also is Psalms 46:6, "...the earth melted."  Perhaps the elements cover the earth like the water covered the earth during Noah's flood.  So the saved, when they are outside New Jerusalem on the new earth, may walk on the elements of the firmament! The new earth will also be vastly larger than the present earth because all the elements in the firmament cover it.  Revelation 20:11 says, “the earth…fled away.” The volume of the earth will `fly' away when it expands to a tremendous size.     </div> <div>       Rev. 21:18 says “...and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.”  As gold is one of the elements in the firmament, the gold that covers the city and streets could come from this final event.  The gold will be clear and transparent (vs. 21).  </div> <div>       Psalm 148:4 says, “Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye <U>waters</U> that be above the heavens.”  “He hath also stablished them for ever and <U>ever</U>: he hath made a decree which shall not pass” (vs. 6).  From this verse, the waters will exist for ever.  However, Revelation 21:1 says, “there was no more sea” or the end of the existence of water.   </div> <div> So, is water to be in the new heaven or not?  </div> <div> Water represents the “Word of God” in scripture.  As the present heaven is filled with the firmament and water (Gen. 1:7 and Psalm 148:4), the new heaven will be filled with God's word.  God's word will be throughout the heavens and downward to the new earth.  The saved will have complete access to scripture.  </div> <div>      “Them” in Psalm 148:6, also includes the “sun and moon...stars of light” (vs. 3) as being in the new heaven.  But, two verses say the opposite that the sun will not be in the new heaven.  (Rev 22:5,23)  “And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.”  “And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.”  </div> <div>      So, is the sun in the new heaven for eternity or not? </div> <div>      Notice two verses, “...thou hast prepared the light and the sun” (Psalm 74:16).  Since “the prepared light” is listed separate from the other two, it is a separate entity.  </div> <div>      What then, is God telling us?</div> <div>      The “light” in Genesis 1:3 is the “prepared light” that orbited the earth for the first 3 days.  When the sun was formed in verse 14, it surrounds and encloses the prepared light.  The prepared light and the sun are interchangeable, both being in the same position, only at different times.  </div> <div>      <U>God's “prepared light” in some form similar to the sun will orbit the new earth for eternity, to emphasize the importance to us now, of geocentricity.</U>  The “prepared light” that provided light for the first 3 days, reappears to orbit the new earth for eternity.  As “day and night” orbit hell for eternity, so the “prepared light” will orbit the new earth for eternity.  Every verse is true with important information.  “His seed shall endure for ever...as the sun before me.  It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven.” (Psalm 89:36,37)  The “prepared light” or “a form” of the sun will always exist.  The moon will be a witness in the new heaven that as the “prepared light” representing the sun orbits the new earth, so the sun orbits the present earth.  “For the Lord God is a sun...” (Psalm 84:11).  God knows very well what the sun is doing since creation and what the prepared light will do through out eternity.  “God is light” (1 John 1:5).  </div> <div>      Daniel 12:3 says, “they that turn many to righteousness as the stars, for ever and ever.”  Some form of the stars will also be in the new heaven, perhaps to represent scripture verses, while the restored water represents the Word of God.  (Rom. 9:17)  “For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.”  This verse is quoting Exodus 9:16, which God himself personally said, “And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.”  This means that “scripture saith” agrees with “God saith” or the “Word of God.”  All the trustworthiness of God Himself rests upon all 31,175 verses of scripture.</div> <div>      Isaiah 60:1,2 says “...and gross darkness the people...”  Gross means being glaringly, obviously, deficient in knowledge.  Just how bad is this?  “....and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days...They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days...” (Exodus 10:22,23).  Thick darkness is more physical and gross darkness has more to do with spiritual things.  Imagine the physical problems: normal body functions plus thirst and hunger.  And this is only thick darkness.  The people are in even worse darkness, because they don't believe God's words.  Scripture is obviously geocentric.  Mankind is so blinded by science that very few can even look at the so-called proof of the earth spinning on its axis.  The sun could orbit the non-moving earth or the earth could spin with the sun stationary: we see the same thing either way.  When in doubt, we must choose God's opinion. </div> <div> (Rev 21:10) “…a great and high mountain…” The present earth compared to the new earth will be similar to comparing a baseball to a basketball, because the elements making up the firmament will cover the old earth to a far greater depth than anything mankind has experienced so far. This will be the biggest mountain the earth has every known.</div> <div>                            </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Gospel - Geocentricity</div> <div> (Rom 10:15-18) And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things. But they have not all obeyed the gospel.  For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?  So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.  But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, <U>their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world</U>.”  The subject is the preaching of the gospel.  “Their sound,” the gospel, has moved over the earth.  The footnote refers to Psalm 19:1-4, which says, “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork.  Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge.  There is no speech nor language, where <U>their voice is not heard…and their words to the end of the world</U>.”  What “words”?  The firmament is saying that it is moving around the earth.  “Day - night - day - night” is caused by the firmament (with the sun enclosed) revolving around a stationary earth daily.  The gospel moves - the sun moves.  Just as the gospel is true, geocentricity is true.  The subject matter is not a spinning earth.  Just as the gospel has gone around the earth, so also does the sun.</div> <div>       Psalm 74:17 says, “Thou hast set all the borders of the earth.”  God didn't set the “borders of the “sun, moon and stars” (universe).  (The context is the universe, from verse 16).  “Borders” cannot be crossed.  God set them to keep things inside.  If the border were around the “sun, moon and stars” then the earth could revolve around the sun inside the border of the universe, but it isn't.  The earth cannot move through the borders set by the Lord, so the earth does not revolve around the sun yearly.  </div> <div>      “The evidence for heliocentrism is even weaker than the evidence for evolution,” wrote Dr. Jim Paulson, Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.  (Quoted in <I>The Biblical Astronomer</I>, Spring 2002, p. 80.)</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> s.”</div> </td> </tr></table></body>