Tag: Isaiah 40:22

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Nathan Roberts posted this mocking meme about Isaiah 40:22 on his Flat Earth Doctrine Facebook page.

He mocks people who believe that the ‘circle’ in Isaiah 40:22 is pointing to a ball earth, but he fails to understand that the ‘circle’ is not describing the earth per se; it’s describing the ecliptic circle that surrounds the globe earth.

Isaiah 40:22 says, “It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth.” The ‘he’ is our Heavenly Father, who is not sitting upon a circular flat earth; so right there, we can see that the circle is not describing the earth.

Isaiah 40:22 says “and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers,” which reveals that Elohim’s viewpoint makes people look like grasshoppers, so we can see that He’s high above the earth; once again proving that He’s not sitting on a circle flat earth.

Isaiah 40:22 says, “that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.” The constellations on the ecliptic “circle” give the primary message of the redemption story.

The context of Isaiah 40:22 is the stars of heaven, not the earth. Elohim is pointing to the Gospel in the Stars; which the enemy has perverted with explanations of pagan gods.

Let’s back up in Isaiah 40 to get the context of the verse. Elohim is declaring the glory of His creation. “To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.” Isaiah 40:18-19

Elohim is pointing to the circle of stars, which have declared the Gospel message from creation. “Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?” Isaiah 40:21

We see that Elohim tells Isaiah to look up to the circle of the stars (host) of the mazzaroth. “Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.” Isaiah 40:26

Flat-earthers fail to understand the context of Isaiah 40:22, which is pointing to the ecliptic circle of constellations, which proclaim the Gospel message every night. Instead of it being a flat-earth proof, it’s proof of a globe earth.

If Isaiah was talking about the earth in Isaiah 40:22, there’s another word that Isaiah could have used to describe a disc flat earth, but he did not use that word. I’ll cover that word in my upcoming book.

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Nathan Roberts posted this video called ‘Where are the 4 corners of the earth on the Gleason map? – Flat Earth’.

Nathan says that in some translations, the “circle” in Isaiah 40:22 is replaced with the word “disc,” but he didn’t tell us which translations.

Here’s the King James version:

“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:” 

When I searched Bible Hub, I only found one Bible version, the International Standard Version, which uses the word disc; and it’s not a good word-for-word translation.

Nathan Roberts cited Isaiah 11:12 as an example of a verse that points to four corners, and he said that “when looking at this word “corners” you can come up with the word “quarter.”

“And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.”

Hebrew word 3671 kanaph; an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bed-clothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle:—+ bird, border, corner, end, feather(-ed), X flying, + (one an-)other, overspreading, X quarters, skirt, X sort, uttermost part, wing).

The problem is that the only Bible version that uses the word “quarters” is the NIV, and it’s not a good word-for-word translation.

When you look at Nathan’s explanation of the four quarters, you see that the four corners meet at the North Pole.  Are we to believe that the remnant are gathered from the area of the North Pole? No!

Isaiah 11:11 tells you where the remnant of Elohim’s people had been scattered, and they were not from areas that were near the North Pole.

“And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.”

So even though his explanation creates four corners on the flat earth map, it’s an invalid explanation.

The obvious explanation is that the remnant of Elohim were dispersed throughout the region; so they were east, west, north and south; the four directions.

The bigger problem with Nathan Roberts’ explanation is that the circle of Isaiah 40:22 is not pointing to the earth.  Indeed Isaiah does know the difference between circle and sphere and globe.  He used the word circle to point to the ecliptic circle on which the sun appears in the 12 constellations, to tell the Gospel narrative.

“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:” 

The ‘he’ is our Creator, who is not sitting upon a circular flat earth.  He is sitting in the heavens, where the circle of the ecliptic displays the narrative of redemption through the constellations.

The word for ‘tent‘ can be rendered as ‘tabernacle‘; so it’s saying that our Creator is sitting in the tabernacle of the stars which He created.

Let’s back up to get the context of the verse. Elohim is declaring the glory of His creation.

And to whom would you liken Ěl? And what likeness would you compare to Him? The workman moulds a graven image, and the goldsmith overspreads it with gold, and the silversmith casts silver chains. Isaiah 40:18-19

He is declaring that the works of man are nothing as compared to His creativity and power. Then He points out His mazzaroth, the twelve signs in the circle of the mazzaroth, which have proclaimed His plan of redemption from the beginning.

The CIRCLE in Isaiah 40:22 is the mazzaroth in the sky above, that has 12 constellations in a circle on the ecliptic, which declare the Gospel. It is like a curtain which covers the earth, and in which the stars dwell.  It’s a tabernacle (tent) in which the Father dwells.

This is covered on much more detail on this study: Biblical Proofs Of The Geocentric Globe Earth