Full Circle

Since mentioning this on the show yesterday, I've been captivated by the thought.

The earth is round.

And the Bible reported that great truth many years before we knew it to be a scientific fact!

Check this out:

Isaiah 40:22 (NKJV) "It is He who sits above the circle of the earth......."

God sits above THE CIRCLE OF THE EARTH.

How would Isaiah know this some 600 years before the birth of Christ?

And then there's Job 26:7 (NKJV) "He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing."

Amazing!

"God sustains the skies over empty space and supports the earth on nothing—statements amazingly in accord with facts not known or agreed on by scientists till a few hundred years ago.

In the clouds in the sky God gathers up water (evaporation), and He can cover the... moon with clouds. At the horizon... light and darkness seem to separate. The horizon is circular, for the verb marks out translates the word ḥūq, “to draw a circle,” and suggests the curvature of the earth.

This too accords with the facts known by scientists only in recent times."

—Bible Knowledge Commentary

When I need to have my faith strengthened I grab onto verses like these and my trust in God is renewed for another day.

The Bible I hold in my hands is now held anew in my heart.