Flat Earth Debunked by Bible Prophecy

People of the ancient Near East, including Hebrews / Israelites, Egypt. Mesopotamia, Greece, India and China believed Earth was a flat disc,
In the Near East, Egypt and Mesopotamia Earth was conceptualised as a large, flat, circular disk anchored in water. The Hebrews / Israelites believed Earth was covered by a “firmament,” a large solid dome in which the stars were placed. Above the dome was also water, which was the source of rain.

The Hebrew word Chug (חוג) or Chuwg means a flat circle like a coin. Isaiah 40:22 “he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth.” Hebrew: הַיֹּשֵׁב֙ עַל־ ח֣וּג הָאָ֔רֶץ וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ The root of chûgh (or chug) is mentioned six times in the bible, and it is quite evident from its usage, in context, that it refers to a specific geometrical shape; “A circle as drawn with a compass” or “encompassed”. •In Job 26:10 and Prov. 8:27, chûgh is used with choq, intending “to inscribe a circle.” This nominal infinitive form also appears in Job 22:14, when signifying “the circle of the heavens” •In Isa. 40:22, where it denotes “the circle of the earth”. •Sir. 43:12 uses chûgh as description of the rainbow. •In Isa. 44:13, chûgh appears as mechûghah, which simply means “a compass,” in other words the geometrical instrument which you use to can draw circles on a paper. So maybe they used the same word for circle and ball? No. The Hebrew word for a spherical shape like a ball is Dur (דור). Not used in this context at all.

Hi Tim. Thank you for this article. You have strong convictions to your belief, you back it up with Scripture, and you do not wrongly judge those who disagree. I respect that. I do not know the the exact form of the Earth, but I do know that our cosmology is not the same one NASA and modern “science” portrays, i.e. the heliocentric spinning ball model. This may sound extreme and impossible–but it isn’t really. Modern government-funded science tells us that we have no soul, that there is no such thing as God, that the universe was started by a Big Bang trillions of years ago, that we are evolved from monkeys and fish. Are we to believe them on just this one worldview while we clearly reject the rest?

Modern science also tells us we have 5 senses. However, we have many more than that. God also gave us sense for force and acceleration. We would most certainly feel the earth rotating about it’s axis as it wobbles, we would sense a change in motion twice a year when the earth changes direction in its elliptical orbit around the sun. Airplanes taking off near the poles would have to speed up to close to 1000mph just to be able to land on the equator. This is enough evidence for me to prove the earth is not spinning or circling the sun.

Tim, you say we misunderstand Rev 7:1’s four corners of the earth. You say they must be the four cardinal directions because “if you travel north long enough, you reach the north pole and cannot travel north anymore. You must turn south.” However, on a spinning globe you can travel west for infinity without ever having to travel east. If the four cardinal directions were the meaning, it would have read “two ends of the earth.”

You also point out in the airplane video that there is no way that the curvature is due to a fisheye lens, however at 8:15-8:16 you can see there is, in fact, a considerable fisheye effect. This video does not necessarily prove a spherical earth.

I also do not believe that the circle or compass of Isaiah 40:22 is in any way hinting to a globe. That is eisegesis, as the same word is used to describe the heavens in Job 22:14 and Job 26:10 uses the same word to describe how water is encompassed in its bounds. This word is clearly not used to describe a physical form.

Joshua 10:12-14 describes the sun and moon standing still. This is not possible given the globe earth cosmology. It would require the earth stop spinning which would have caused dire cataclysms.

In Genesis 1, God creates the sun, moon, and stars several days after he created the earth. He placed them in the firmament, or the vault of the sky. This is not possible with the heliocentric model.

The non-spherical geocentric earth was the understood cosmology during the biblical era. The spherical model began in Greece and was advocated for by Greek philosophers who recognized the sphere as the perfect geometric shape. The heliocentric model also originates in Greek philosophers who considered the sun to be the god Helios.

Once you consider that perhaps the earth is not the sphere depicted in Nasa’s ‘The Blue Marble’ image, many parts of Scripture begin to make more sense when read literally, such as Revelation 1:7. How can everyone simultaneously see Jesus returning from the sky on a globe? You don’t have to accept every part of the Flat Earth Theory to realize that the heliocentric spinning globe model is wrong.

I know people personally and have heard of hundreds more who have come to a saving belief in Yeshua because of flat earth doctrine. However I never ridicule anyone for believing in a globe because I know how hard is to accept such a massive cover-up. Is anyone surprised that Satan is good at deception (especially after reading Tim’s book and articles)? The bible says differently (Matt 24:24). I understand if you don’t believe in flat earth, but please don’t ridicule it and say it’s NOT important. Seeking truth is always important and to the non-Christian it can be a powerful argument for belief in the Creator.

Here’s my intake on it I believe the earth is flat and I say this because I’ve read countless testimonies of people being saved when they realized that the earth was not a sphere. Why is it that Jesus is bringing people to him through the flat earth? We were warned about this earth, it’s deception and how satan rules it. Also it gets scarier did you know that the spherical earth initiates with 666. According to the spherical earth it is on a 66.6 tilt, the curvature in one mile squared is 666, the polar circles are located near the poles of the earth at 66.6 north and south latitude . This is only just some examples because there’s more but brother in christ you have to research on it if you would like to learn more. Now recently God gave me a vision that showed me the flat earth and the firmament. I believe it was a confirmation. Also to confirm it even more I found a bible that actually has the word flat earth mentioned in it and this bible has been accredited to be taken straight from the manuscripts read 2 samuel 11:11 brother and you will see what I mean heres the link and I pray you receive this blessing https://faithofgod.net/tanak/2sa.htm#11:1

Thank you for your article and pointing out the importance of responding in love to those whose beliefs are different. I am guilty of having a poor and judgmental reaction which I was immediately convicted of when I first heard about a well known athlete and a family member who both have flat earth beliefs. Thank you for reminding us of what the bible says in red (i.e. the words of Jesus Christ) in Luke 12:45 about not beating each other down. The Master is coming.

I will say that the thing that concerns me about this issue is the amount of contention and disputing it is causing between marriages (my own-my husband as of late has begin to subscribe to idea of a flat earth), family members and friends especially the ones who are in the body of Christ. It seems that this is becoming a newly (or maybe not so new-there is nothing new under the sun) formed faction within the body of Christ that doesn’t seem to be producing peace.
It seems to me to be a distraction from the message of Jesus Christ. In 1 Corinthians 1, Paul warns against divisions within the body. While the contention now is over whether the earth is round or not, their contention was over baptism and who baptised who. Paul answers this by saying: “Christ did not send me to baptize but to PREACH THE GOSPEL, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.” In 1 Corinthians 2, he goes on to say: “For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. I was with you in weakness, in fear, and much trembling. And my speech and my preaching were not with persausive words of human wisdom but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.”

From my perspective, since coming to Christ and as I grown in Him, as a rule of thumb, whatever knowledge I come into needs to begin with and end with Jesus Christ.
I fell in love with the Jesus of the bible not with the “knowledge” of the bible e.g. bible codes and the like in the first place. So it just seems logical to me that I see things in the light of His redemption.

I do take heed what you say about how everyone of us can get caught in deception. Its true. But by the grace of God go I. I too was almost caught up in a false interpretation of the scripture. (Thank the Lord for my mother who promptly called it to my attention.) I do
wonder though. How is it that our eyes can be so easily taken from the Light which drew us?

There are a great many things that the bible mentions. I am sure that there are a great many things that are certainly true or not regarding the world in which we live but as I asked my husband the other day “Is it right that this subject is causing this amount of contention between us? 2 Timothy 2:22-23 says, Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love , peace with those who call on the Lord with a pure heart. But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife.

Again thank you for your article. I found it while doing a search about this subject matter. What you say about walking in love and not being judgmental was confirmation for what I already knew. I will only add more of what was said in red (Jesus’ own words): ” A new commandment I give unto you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for each other. John 13:34-35.

You, sir, are a disciple of Christ.

Surely, everyone has been a stationary exercise bicycle. When you pedal, the wheel spins but the bike doesn’t move. Same with the earth.

The main issue is that we accepted a heliocentric theorem as fact when it is merely very elaborate theory supported by scribbles of calculations adapted to make sense, they need the distance and vastness to explain things, they chose not to factor in the many times the observed did not line up with their theorem. Dig around and you may yet find that ultimately science as we know today is rooted in the occult and Kabalah; secret knowledge. Quantum physics and other stuff that came with it. Did we miss the problem Adam & Eve created when they actively chose Knowledge of Good and Bad? Are we sleeping at the wheel? If God meant us to know certain things he He would have provided it… It’s true the bible is NO science text and thank God because after researching and digging deep, there are more occult roots tied to “science” as we know it and so much Pantheism and Monotheism and the becoming “divine” separate from God, if that’s not part of what Satan offered Adam & Eve I don’t know what is…

The issue about this is that IF we are being lied to we are willing participants in being led astray, and were we not warned that many would be led astray, do we really think Satan and his hordes would not have refined their tactics by now to fit and mold the world.

The whole world IS lying in the power of the wicked…
And Jesus came to illuminate our minds and lead us to truths in soundness of mind and the world of science does not fit that, not at all… they invent terms and “things” to “prove”…

And no, this is NO comfortable topic, it creates massive division simply because this is the design, we have been so fully warped in our minds that husband tells wife she is mad and father disowns child and brothers become heated simply because one person receives light and sees behind the lies. And TV shows plainly show these elaborate deceptions at work… we watch TV and consume media with stories telling the stories of our societies.

Before I started looking at the Flat Earth doubts had seeped in… the search for alien life, the curiosity for the “heavens” and suddenly there were no limits and life here on earth is but an after thought, woefully unimportant.

Do you realize how many really wise and intelligent young men and women are entranced and enthralled by this worldview that God is nonsense to them? I do, my high school and university years are full of it.

If you look deeper at who is behind this all, and who shortened our bible to 66 books (so funny I never found that ironic until now, 30+ years of bible reading… )… if you look you suddenly find yourself realizing you are eating the doctrines of the Weeds that Jesus said would be allowed to grow with the Wheat class.

These same are the spirit dark forces we wrestle with…

We definitely live in important days to be making sure of these things. I can’t tell you what to believe, I can however tell you to remember WHO told you it was all poetic and musical… I remember it was my bible teachers and they believe in science and have always used this “circle” of the earth as a text to say Bible agrees with science — as if that makes the bible more of an authority. (When did we become so thirsty for “secular” validation? When did we make physicians respected — dig around they used to NOT be respected, they were considered crooks and incompetent people — no don’t tell me about technological advancement because our world is IN the power of the wicked one leading people to look for their own world fixing solutions outside Christ, far from God Jehovah).

Now for years I taught this to others… never questioning… now that I have I have found that the writer mentioned in this blog post, Isaiah DID know the difference between a circle or a sphere… because first in Isaiah 22:18, we find the first use of the word “dur” (ball) in the Scriptures:

Isaiah 22:18: He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord’s house.

Isaiah 40:22 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.

My final positing on the matter is ASK for Holy Spirit and ASK Jehovah to reveal whatever you need revealed to break you free from any Babylonian bondage… because guys, we are dab smack in the middle of it, plugged right into the back of our heads. Our kids are being fed this, we are feeding them and we are programmed to no longer perceive what is Good and acceptable to our King and Father.

Much peace & love!

Another world heard from: Even if the earth is a sphere, “facts” traditionally taught about its rotation and revolution are not necessarily so. Since satellites, moons, planets, space stations, rockets, etc. are all moving, there is no stationary perspective to tell what is moving, what is moving around what, and how fast. Could earth be stationary? Scientists collude about many subjects and have often admired the emperor’s nudity as new clothes.

Tim, thank you for this post. Just thought I should share with other readers a simple observation proving the earth isn’t flat, and anyone can plainly observe this too, and that is perspective.

When things are moving away from us they always appear smaller and smaller until they are a dot in the middle of the horizon. With sunsets, however, the sun never observably gets smaller in size, it just sinks into the horizon, but doesn’t shrink. If the sun were moving away from our spot into another spot in the field of a flat earth, then it should get smaller and smaller as the day gets darker until it is a dot and to a point we cannot see. However, based upon everyday, simple observation, the sun never does get smaller, it just goes down being its normal, same, big size. Proves it really isn’t moving away from us at the end of the day but is instead being blocked from sight.

Same thing with sunrise, the sun does not move towards us from a dot and then gain in size as the light gets brighter, rather, it literally rises in the same size up from the horizon. Hope this helps someone looking for something clearly observable with their own eyes.

Actually, no offense Tim McHyde, but what you have said “If you flew to 70,000 feet you’d see the curve”, is heresy for you yourself have NOT flown 70,000 feet above the ground (planes fly at most, 40,000 feet). By giving us this human message (for science rivals Roman Catholicism and Islam for the largest “world religion”–aren’t our planets also named after gods and we are taught it’s own “laws” prescribed by man [some true, some not]–yes Science too can be used in such manner, evolution, the Big Bang etc.) you blatantly reject the Word of God immediately. Please take this as constructive criticism and reflect.

@marilyn samaniego Your statement about your husband is also hearsay (you also could be a shill, I have met many quick to defend this globe construct) and many others rival your husband’s statement.

Thank you so much for your insight. I have been arguing for weeks with a newly turned flat-earther. It has been stressful because I’ve been called ignorant and accused of cognitive dissonance. I hate to say I’ve been a victim of anger at the tone and accusation and have hurled my own insult once or twice when her reply to my proof is simply, “I don’t believe it.” Or her argument that it’s only because of the perception, then disagrees that my point could be backed with the same phrase. Or the funniest argument is that the round earth theory was created by Satan and his followers to deceive believers and keep them from Christ…. what? No. To me, how much “perfect” was the creation of “just the right tilt, just the right speed, gravity, just the right distance from the sun? How much greater is God for making us so special that of all the planets and all the stars, there is only one earth that, in the beginning, He created for us? To me, my opinion, is that it is so much more amazing than a flat earth sitting on top of pillars that God looks down on through a glass dome like a child looks through a snow globe… I’ve also tried the literal/figurative Bible translation argument, but it’s always me that is wrong. So, my point, thank you. Thanks for the take you have on this and in pointing me back to Him in my attitude. I will have a new view now, a more “like Christ” view.

Have you checked out FLAT Earth information . I can’t find the curve on water as they say it should be . 70 verses in the bible , about the earth , never a ball.

While sitting on a balcony in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, I was looking at the ocean and the horizon, and could distinctly see the curvature of the earth. The long railing on the patio was flat and level, and while lining the railing up with the horizon you can actually see the curvature of the earth. Try it, it’s obvious. The earth is not flat!

My biggest complaint of the flat-earthers is that their so-called “proof” of a flat earth is achieved or acquired from only a handful of various scriptures in the bible that they have chosen to interpret literally, as opposed to metaphorically as intended, yet allow the thousands of remaining scriptures to retain their metaphorical interpretations without question. Who decides which scriptures are to be interpreted literally and which ones metaphorically??

I am completely fine with believers, even though I am deist/atheist (I don’t believe the Bible is inspired by the supernatural powers, it doesn’t mean some sort of it considered as “God” can’t exist) but this flat – earth crowd of Bible literalists insults not only my roughly scientific point of view, but also great, sane, faithful people like you are. I was trying to debate a lady who is a flat earther and also a Bible literalist, she’s obviously mentally stuck and it is impossible to explain her the Bible is not a scientific book and it can’t replace logic and scientific methods, only because it may contain the word of God. Of course she called me “ignorant” “sheep” “stupid”. But their “trust your eyes” is ironically a perfect summary of this movement: they are ready to believe anything they see on the flat earth videos. Cheers!

1 Chronicles 16:30: “He has fixed the earth firm, immovable.”

“drops mic”

Thank you for this post, I understand your reluctance to post it but I’m grateful for the respect contained and the simple answers used. Thank you for all your effort and research.

Perhaps the flat earth has scriptural support. Isn’t the Hebrew word for ball something like dure pronounced dur? Yet Hebrew scripture is reported to use something like khoog and pronounced as Chug, denoting a circle.
Are we really to believe anything from the govt. space agency NASA when virtually every govt. agency churns out lie after lie? (Wikileaks) According to NASA we are speeding around the universe at 1,800,000+ MPH and we don’t feel a thing.
NASA’s own formula regarding curvature exposes their untenable position.
8 inches of drop for every mile squared so Catalina Island at 22 miles from Long Beach CA should be 22 squared x 8 inches = 363 feet below the horizon yet Catalina Island is clearly visible from the Ca shore.

There are 12 countries with satellites .