1st century Christianity in the 21st century
The teaching that Jesus will reign upon the earth for 1000 years is part of the Premillennial doctrine common to many denominational churches in today’s religious world. The teaching relies in large part on Revelation 20:1-7, which speaks of the devil being bound for 1,000 years, and the faithful of God living and reigning with Christ for the same period of time.
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How is the earth supported? Job 26:7 says, “He stretcheth out the noth over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.” Yet, Job 38:4 says, “Where wast thou when I laid the foundation of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.” Is there a contradiction?
Continue reading “How is the earth supported? Answering the Atheist”What is the shape of the earth? Isaiah 40:22 says, “It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers, that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.” Yet, Matthew 4:8 reads, “Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them.”
Astronomical bodies are spherical, and you cannot see the entire exterior surface from any place. The kingdoms of Egypt, China, Greece, Crete, sections of Asia Minor, India, Maya (in Mexico), Carthage (North Africa), Rome (Italy), Korea, and other settlements from these kingdoms of the world were widely distributed. Is there a contradiction?
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