Month: January 2025

In the article Earth A Sphere by Design on Biblescienceforum.com, Physicist John Hartnett misinterprets Genesis 1:2 to postulate how creation began with a massive sphere.

Hartnett believes “The earth was without form תהו . . .” in Gen 1:2 means it “started out as just water. And it was initially without form”. 

He is wrong on both counts.

The ‘earth’ ארץ is what God called the dry land יבשה when the waters were gathered together and called seas in Gen 1:10. The ‘water’ is not literal water, but forces Satan uses to attack God’s people. We see below, how the waters of the deep caused Adam to rebel and Yahweh put him in the hands of the mighty one of the nations in Ezekiel 31.  In Rev 12:15 “Cast שלח the serpent הנחש river נהר water מים from mouth of him מפיו after אחרי the woman האשה to overwhelm לשטפה in river בנהר.” The sea is where the dead are in Rev 20:13, and in the new heaven and earth in Rev 21:1 “the sea הים nought it איננו continue עוד”.

The Hebrew text of Gen 1:2 does not say the earth was ‘without form תהו and void ובהו’, but ‘waste and a ruin’.  These same words in Jer 4: 22 – 26 are used to describe the fallen state of the earth “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish sons, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.” I looked at the earth, and it was waste תהו and a ruin ובהו; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light. I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying. I looked, and no the adam האדם; all the birds of the air had fled. I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. All its cities were torn down before Yahweh, before His fierce anger.“ (Notice how אף translated ‘anger’ in Jer 4:26, is translated ‘nostrils’ in Gen 2:7, and ‘face’ in Gen 3:19, to cover up Adam’s rebellion against Yahweh.)

Then, Hartnett ignores the ‘darkness’ חשך that is over the face of the deep/abyss תהום, and misinterprets the deep/abyss תהום to be the waters מים that the spirit of God was hovering over.

The Hebrew חשך translated ‘darkness’ according to Strong’s Lexicon “primarily denotes the absence of light, both in a literal and metaphorical sense. It is used to describe physical darkness, such as the darkness of night or a dark place. Metaphorically, it can represent ignorance, evil, judgment, or the absence of God’s presence and favor.”

Ezekiel 31 describes what happened in ‘garden גן gods אלהים’ v8, which is the garden of Eden in Gen 2 – 3.  The Hebrew גן translated ‘garden’ is from the root that means ‘to cover, to protect’. Many of the words in Ezekiel 31 are found Genesis 2 – 3, but they are translated differently making it impossible to see the connection without looking at the Hebrew text.

In Ezekiel 31:3 – 4 Assyria (Gen 2:14), a cedar in Lebanon, became high, it’s top among the clouds. The waters מים nourished it, the deep/abyss תהום made it grow, the rivers (Gen 2:10, 13, 14) thereof ran (see Gen 2:14) round about its planting place (see Gen 2:8) and it sent out its channels עלתיה (in Gen 3:7 עלה is translated ‘leaves’) to all the trees עצ of the field שדה (Rev 2:5).

In Ezekiel 31: 5 – 9 “Therefore, its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field and its boughs were multiplied, and its branches became long by reason of many waters, thus was it fair in its greatness, in the length of its branches, for its root was by many waters. The cedars in God’s garden could not match it; The cypresses could not compare with its boughs, And the plane trees could not match its branches. No tree in God’s garden could compare with it in its beauty. I made it beautiful with the multitude of its branches, and all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God, were jealous of it.”

In Ezekiel 31:10 – 14 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “Because it is high in stature and has set its top among the clouds, and its heart is haughty in its loftiness, therefore I will give it into the hand of a Mighty One איל of the nations; he will thoroughly deal with it. According to its wickedness I have driven it away. Alien tyrants of the nations have cut it down and left it; on the mountains and in all the valleys its branches have fallen and its boughs have been broken in all the ravines of the land. And all the peoples of the earth have gone down from its shade and left it. On its ruin all the birds of the heavens will dwell, and all the beasts of the field will be on its [fallen] branches so that all the trees by the waters may not be exalted in their stature, nor set their top among the clouds, nor their well-watered mighty ones stand [erect] in their height. For they have all been given over to death, to the earth beneath, among the sons of men, with those who go down to the pit.”

Hartnett postulates that God’s spirit hovering, gave both electromagnetic and gravitational energy to the water, and both gravitational mass and inertial mass were created at that moment. He postulates that the water gravitating formed a massive sphere, which was the beginning of the solar system, and on the fourth day God formed the rest of the planets from this water. He postulates an entire solar system of planets that rotate on an axis around the sun, creating a habitable zone on the earth.

Please read the article Using Critical Thinking to Prevent Hypnosis. We must reject things postulated by physicists, who are in reality mystics sent to turn us away from Yahweh’s truth to Satan’s lies.

I believe we are either in or approaching Satan’s ‘Short Time’ Rev 20:3, when he is released from the deep/abyss תהום to deceive the nations and lead them to war against the camp of the saints and the beloved city v7 – 9. We must “test all things and hold on to what is good” 1 Thes 5:21, “test the spirits to see whether they are from God” 1 John 4:1. Let us pray for the Spirit of Truth to live with us and be in us John 14:17, and to guide us in all the truth John 16:13, to protect us from the spirit of falsehood 1 John 4:6.

In the article Earth A Sphere by Design on Biblescienceforum.com, Physicist John Hartnett attempts to make it appear the globe earth is Biblical.

Hartnett’s globe earth theology requires a sphere. He misinterprets the ‘circle חוג of the earth’ in Isa 40:22 to mean a 2-dimensional plane, and stretches the circle into a sphere saying “each time it has the meaning of circle in some form. The great circles of longitudinal lines on the sphere are such circles.”  He builds on this faulty foundation saying “for God to be above every point on the surface of a sphere, after all he is omnipresent, it is required that we live in a 3-dimensional universe, because the sphere is a consequence of that geometry.”

The Hebrew word translated ‘circle’ חוּג (Strong’s H2329) in Isa 40:22, is from the root חוּג (Strong’s H2328), which means to encircle or encompass.  In A Hebrew & Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament p. 423, the meaning Dr. Fuerst gives for חוג is ‘a circle, an arch’ hence ‘the vault of the heavens, the circuit of the earth’ in Isa 40:22, Job 22:14, ‘enclosure, circle, compass’ in Prov 8:27, ‘to describe a circle, to turn in a circle, to enclose, to make a circle’, in Job 26:10 “He drew a circle about the waters” meaning ‘the ocean has its bounds’.

The ‘circle’ חוג of the earth is not a 2-dimensional plane, nor is it a sphere. According to Strong’s Lexicon “The Hebrews, like their neighbours, understood the world in terms of a flat disc with a dome-like sky above. The use of ‘chug’ in the Hebrew Bible reflects this understanding, while also highlighting the sovereignty and creative power of God, who establishes the boundaries of the earth and the heavens.”

The Old Testament Cosmos picture below is an accurate representation of Yahweh’s creation.

In Genesis 1:1 there are the heavens and the earth. An expanse was made in the midst of the waters, to separate the waters below from the waters above v7, called heaven v8. In the heavens there are lights, the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light and stars to govern the night v16. Birds fly above the earth, in the open expanse of the heavens v20. 

The Hebrew רקיע (Strong’s H7549) means ’expanse/firmament/visible arch of the sky’.  According to Strong’s Lexicon ‘raqui’ “refers to the expanse or firmament that God created to separate the waters above from the waters below. It is often understood as the sky or the heavens, serving as a dome-like structure that encompasses the earth.”

There is no globe earth, nor planetary system in the Bible.

Astronomy is merely a scientific form of astrology.  Both worship the sun, moon and stars, which is idolatry.

The Hebrew הבר (Strong’s H1895) translated ‘astrologers’ in Isa 47:13, means ‘to join, to unite, to bind together’, according to Brown-Driver-Briggs means ‘to cut in pieces, to divide in pieces’, fig. ‘to divide off, to determine’ the heavens, refers to the distinguishing of signs of zodiac or other astrological division of the sky, kosmologie of planets and constellations. It is equivalent to חבר (Strong’s H2267) ‘to conjure, to practice magic, a spell that binds’ Isa 47:10, 12.

In Deut 18:10 Not find with you who pass son and daughter in fire, witchcraft of witches, soothsayers and serpent/charmers, and sorcerers, and diviners חבר astrology חבר and enquirers mediums and familiar spirits and seeker god the dead.

In Acts 7: 41 – 43, Stephen said the nation of Israel made a calf, sacrificed to idols אליל, and were rejoicing in the works of their hands, and God turned away and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven. During the 40 years in the wilderness, they worshipped the tabernacle of סכת Molek מלכם and the star כוכב god of them אלהיכם Rompha רמפן, images they made to worship.

In Acts 7:43, the Hebrew soke סך translated ‘tabernacle’ means ‘booth, shelter, thicket’ (Strong’s H5520), from סכך that means ‘to cover, to hedge, to protect, to overshadow’ (Strong’s H5526), and the Hebrew molek is mol מל that means ‘to reign, be king, rule’ (Strong’s H4427), ‘king’ מלך (Strong’s H4428 & H4430), or Molek (Strong’s H4432), with the suffix כם that means ‘your’.

The tabernacle/covering and king in Acts 7:43 are referring to Satan, who in Ezek 28:12 – 19 is the king מלך of Tyre v12, who was in Eden, the garden of God and every precious stone was his covering סכ v13.  He was the anointed cherub who covers סוכך, placed on the holy mountain of God, who walked in the midst of the stones of fire v14.  He was blameless in his ways until unrighteousness was found in him v15, and he sinned and was cast profane from the mountain of God, and destroyed cherub covering סכך from the midst of the stones of fire v16, cast to the ground before kings that they may see him v17, turned to ashes on the earth in the eyes of all who see him v18, and the people were appalled at him, and he will cease to be forever v19.

In Acts 7:43 the Hebrew word translated ‘Rompha’ is the word rom רם that means ‘high place’ Strong’s H7413, ‘to cast, to shoot’ mostly translated ‘to deceive, to betray, to beguile’ Strong’s H7411, ‘to cast, to shoot’ Strongs H7412, or ‘worm’ as a cause and sign of decay Strong’s H7415, and the word pha פנה that means ‘turn’ Strong’s H6437, or ‘corner, chief’ Strong’s H6438.  According to Strong’s Lexicon the Greek remphan (Strong’s G4481) is “associated with the worship of celestial bodies, particularly Saturn, and is mentioned in the context of idolatry and apostasy”.