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THE HOLLOW EARTH - INSIDE THE WORLD
Biblical quotes and Concave/Endospherical interpretations
Source: The hollow earth - the inside world
The Holy Bible: Where In Earth? – JoeDubs
Are we living on a convex sphere, like science teaches us or are we living on the inside of a concave sphere? What does science tell us and what does the Bible tell us? Is God the center of his creation or should we place him somewhere outside, at the borders of the universe? I will try to give some Biblical arguments for the hollow earth. If you want more scientific arguments and a scientific explanation, follow the link to Rolf Keppler’s site at the end of this article. The other link contains a beautiful drawing and a short description of the hollow earth (the earth being a concave sphere).
The flood of Genesis 1:2
2 Peter 3:5-7
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Is Peter talking about the flood of Noah? No, he is not. The world did not perish in the days of Noah. The ungodly men did perish in the days of Noah, not the world. There was still life on earth. Noah and those who were with him in the ark, the animals. There still were flowers and trees after the flood. Peter is talking about a flood by which even the heavens did perish. Now that certainly did not happen in the days of Noah. This flood which Peter is talking about, can be found in Genesis 1:2.
Genesis 1:1,2
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
The second verse starts with the word “And”, and just like all the other verses of Genesis 1, it means “after that”. A better translation, in my opinion is: And the earth BECAME vain, and void and darkness upon the face (presence, appearance) of the deep.
So in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, then there was a judgement from God over the world that then was. The world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished. After that God re-created/restored the world in 7 days. The world which is now, is kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Some time after God created the heavens and the earth, Satan and his angels rebelled against him, and sin came into the world. This is why there came a judgement over the world that then was. After he judged the world, he could have made a new creation. Why did he restore the world to what it is now. I believe he did it to show that besides he is a righteous God he is also a merciful God.
Before he judged the world that was then, he had his plan ready. He himself would die for his creation. That way he would show his grace. After God restored the world in Genesis 1, sin was still in the world.
Romans 8:20
20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
The situation of the world which is now, is not a normal one. This world is pregnant. It was restored to bring forth the new creation. What’s wrong with our bodies? Well, we are descendants of Adam and he was formed of the dust of the ground, which already had fallen in sin. We have mortal bodies. How could God himself die for us? He had to come in a mortal body.
Romans 8:3
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
Hebrews 9:26
For then must he often have suffered since the foundation (= katabole, = throwing down) of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
The word “foundation” is a translation of the Greek word “katabole”, which means “throwing down”. It is referring to the judgement which came over the world that then was. The world being overflowed with waters in Genesis 1:2.
Ephesians 1:4
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
God had chosen us in him before the throwing down of the world. Here we see that God had his plan of salvation ready, before he threw down the world.
This is the sequence we’ve found:
- The creation of the heavens and the earth in the beginning
- Sin came in the world
- God made his plan
- The world which was then, overflowed with waters
- 7 re-creation days, the restored world, the world which is now
- 7 dispensations, in which his plan is being fulfilled
- The world which is now, dissolved by fire
- The new creation, the new heavens and the new earth
God created the heavens and the earth in the beginning. We don’t know when this was. There could be millions of years between the creation and the world being overflowed with waters. Dinosaurs lived in the time before the flood of Genesis 1:2. How did they suddenly die? Could it be they died in the flood of Genesis 1:2? Where does the myth of Atlantis come from?
The creation restored
Genesis 1:3-5
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Before there were the sun, moon and stars, there was already light and there was already day and night.
Genesis 1:6-8
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Now if you don’t believe there was a flood before the 7 days of Genesis 1, then these verses must be hard to explain. Then try to answer this question: Did God create the heavens in Genesis 1:1 or in Genesis 1:6-8?
The answer is: God created the heavens and the earth in the beginning. Then the heavens and the earth perished, being overflowed with water. Then God restored the heavens and the earth in 7 days.
The shape of the firmament
Job 22:14
Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
Proverbs 8:27
When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
The underlined words are a translation of the Hebrew word “chuwg”. It is used three times in the Bible. In Job 22:14 it is translated with “circuit”, in Proverbs 8:27 it is translated with “compass”.
How were the heavens prepared? How was the firmament prepared? Proverbs 8:27 says that God set a compass upon the face of the depth. He set a compass upon the face of the deep, the face of the waters, mentioned in Genesis 1:2. This points us to a round shape of the heavens. The firmament was made in the midst of the waters, so the heavens were surrounded by the waters.
The other time the Hebrew word “chuwg” is used, can be found in Isaiah 40:22.
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:
Here the Hebrew word “chuwg” is translated with “circle”. The real meaning of the word “chuwg”. Well, most people will agree that the earth is round. Now the same word is used for the heavens, so will we believe it has the same shape? I do.
The land in the waters
Genesis 1:9-13
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
Here we see that the land already existed. Only it was beneath/in the waters under the heaven/firmament. So now we have a problem. We always thought that the earth was in the heavens. But the Bible learns that the heavens are above, and the earth is beneath it and not in it.
God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear. How were the waters that were still outside the heavens gathered unto one place?
The answer can be found in Psalm 104:5-9, only there is a difference in the translation of verse 8 among the different Bible-translations. Therefor I’ll quote the translation I believe is the right one.
Psalm 104:5-9
5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
8 The mountains ascended, the valleys descended, unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
The mountains ascended and the valleys descended. This made the water beneath the heavens flow to the valleys, and it made the dry appear. The oceans and the seas are the remains of it. The oceans and the seas are the valleys filled with the waters. 70% of the earth’s surface is water, only 30% is land.
Genesis 1:14-19
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
The sun, moon and stars were set IN the firmament. Again, the earth was NOT set in the firmament. I know, when you first hear these things it is hard to believe. It also took me some time, to get used to it. But when you really study these things, and when you really believe the Bible is the Word of God, then I believe you cannot conclude otherwise.
Genesis 1:20-23
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
Genesis 1:24-31
24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Genesis 2:1-3
1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
The three heavens
John 8:23
And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
From this verse we can conclude that besides the world as we know it there is something else. Something that is not part of this world. Secondly we can conclude that this other place is above and the world is beneath it. The Lord says in this verse that he comes from above. Now what is this place that he came from?
John 6:51
I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Well, the Lord came down from heaven. So this place besides the world is called “heaven”. To be more specific, he came down from the third heaven, the heaven of heavens.
Ephesians 4:10
He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.
2 Corinthians 12:2
I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
The third heaven is the heaven of heavens, the heaven above the two heavens that were created in Genesis 1:1.
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
The word heaven is a translation from the Hebrew word “shamayim”, which is a dual. So a better translation of Genesis 1:1 is:
In the beginning God created the two heavens and the earth.
or
In the beginning God created both heavens and the earth.
The first heaven is the heaven in which the fowls of the air fly. The second heaven is the heaven in which the stars of heaven are.
The difference between these two heavens and the third heaven is in my opinion not a difference in place. The difference is that the third heaven is an invisible one, and is not part of this world. While the first and second are visible and are part of this world. In that way the third heaven is above, or higher than, the first and second heaven.
John 1:6-13
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
He that created the world came into the world. This means that before, he was not in the world. Not in the visible world. How did he come into the world? Well, John 1:14 says:
John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
He was made flesh, that’s how he came in this world, in the visible world. And where was he going after his resurrection?
John 13:1
Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
John 16:28
I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
He departed out of this world unto the Father.
So there are three heavens, two of them are part of the visible world and the third heaven, the heaven of heavens is not part of that visible world.
If we would make a drawing of it, where would we draw the third heaven? It is not part of the visible world. If we should draw it, then it should be drawn in the center. A better option is probably to put a transparent piece of paper upon the two heavens which we’ve drawn.
The sun is moving
Joshua 10:12,13
12 Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
What happened when Joshua told the sun and the moon to stand still? Did the earth stop rotating on it’s axis for a day? No, the sun stood still and the moon stayed! This means that before Joshua told them to stand still, they were moving. The earth is not moving, like we will see later. The sun and the moon are moving inside the hollow earth. This means that the sun is much smaller than science tells us.
Psalm 19:4-6
4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Ecclesiastes 1:5
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
The sun is running a race, it rises and it goes down and it is hasting to it’s place where it arose. The sun is moving. What about the next verse.
Isaiah 38
7 And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;
8 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
It clearly states that the sun returned ten degrees. It was not the earth rotating the other way round. The earth’s circumference is approximately 40,000km. According to science the earth is ROTATING on it’s axis every 24 hours. This means that it is rotating on it’s axis with the speed of 40,000 : 24 = 1,666.67 km/hr. Try to imagine something so big, and rotating with such a speed, being stopped and start rotating backwards, being stopped again and start rotating the other way round again.
The earth is not moving
Job 38
4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
The earth is not moving. We do not have day and night, because the earth is rotating on it’s axis. But we do have day and night, because the sun is moving in circles in the hollow earth. And because light is NOT going a straight way, half of the earth is illuminated. According to science light is going a straight way and is it travelling at a constant speed. This never has been proved. But a lot of calculations are based on these two principles. For example the distance and the size of the sun. Everything that’s coming to towards the earth, is coming towards the earth with an increasing speed. Why an exception for light? Also light can be influenced, a mirage or a fata morgana is an example of it. According to the Bible light is not going a straight way.
Job 38:24
By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
The earth is the border of the heavens
Deuteronomy 4:32
For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and [ask] from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been [any such thing] as this great thing [is], or hath been heard like it?
How should we ask from the one side of heaven unto the other? Well, it’s easy, we could ask everyone around us, because the earth is the end of heaven. The earth is the border of the heavens.
Mark 13:27
And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
Where shall his elects been gathered from? well, from the entire earth, because the uttermost part of heaven is the earth.
2 Samuel 22:8
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
What is the foundation of heaven? The answer is in the same verse. The earth is the foundation of heaven. It is said twice that the earth shook and trembled, only the second time other words are used.
The earth is like a garment, the Lord fills heaven and earth
Isaiah 51:6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
Jeremiah 23:24
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
The Lord fills heaven and earth. And man should fill the earth:
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
What’s been translated with “replenish” should have been translated with “fill”.
Under the earth
If the heavens are inside the earth, then what is on the outside of the earth? Under or on the outside of the earth there is darkness. There’s no light, because the earth is blocking the light.
Matthew 8:12
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Under the earth is the same as on the outside of the earth. In the outer darkness there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. The outer darkness is the same as the lake of fire, the furnace of fire.
Matthew 13:50
And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
So on the outside of the earth there is darkness and fire. And what do we see when a vulcano starts to erupt? I guess I don’t have to answer that.
The area under the earth is subdivided.
Luke 16:19-31
19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:
28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
It seems to me that the place where the rich man came after he died must have been closer to the lake of fire than the place where Lazarus went to. The hell is not the same as the lake of fire. The hell itself will someday be thrown into the lake of fire (revelation 20:14). There is also a place in which fallen angels are kept. This can be found in 2 Peter 2:4.
2 Peter 2:4
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast [them] down to hell, and delivered [them] into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
These angels are reserved in hell unto judgement, then they will be cast in the lake of fire. These areas are somewhere between the surface of the earth and the lake of fire, the outer darkness. The lake of fire is the uttermost part of the area under the earth.
Revelation 5:13
And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, [be] unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Some final words
I believe the earth is a concave sphere and that we are living inside a hollow earth. I believe the Lord is the center of his creation. Life is always in the center. Take an egg for example, or look at the flowers, look at the different fruits, look at the human body, life is in the center.
I know this is a controversial issue, and a lot will propbably disagree. But we often trust to much on our eyes.
John 20:29
Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed [are] they that have not seen, and [yet] have believed.
Revelation 3:6
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Also we often have a lot of faith in science. But is it wise to do so? Real science comes from God.
1 Timothy 6:20
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane [and] vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: