Hilig nyo kasi magpapatol..
Di ba preacher si sir JT?
Delikado ang ginagawa niya sir. Biro mo, kakapiraso alam sa bibliya, lakas na ng loob mangaral?
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O, kahit "Without the Bible" ang topic, pagbigyan natin ang bible proof niya:
Now please allow me to use a scripture. In Joshua 10:11-13 "And it happened, as they fled before Israel and were on the descent of Beth Horon, that the Lord cast down large hailstones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died. There were more who died from the hailstones than the children of Israel killed with the sword. Then Joshua spoke 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 still over Gibeon; And Moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.” So the sun stood still, And the moon stopped, Till the people had revenge Upon their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day."
So in order for Joshua to stop daytime (as he needs the sunlight during the battle), he commanded the sun and the moon to stop. Notice, he did not commanded the earth to stop and also the sun is moving. Even if the sun and the moon stop while earth still spinning, there should still be nightime right?
If someone today says the sun rises in the East and sets in the West, do we contradict him, saying the sun neither rises or sets, because it's the earth that rotates?
Of course not. It's an expression from the point of view of the observer on earth.
When the PAGASA gives us tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times, is it wrong for them to call it "sunrise" and "sunset" since the sun neither rises nor sets, and it's actually the earth that's rotating on its axis?
Of course not. Meteorologists are using ordinary language from the point of view of the earth-bound observer as reference.
The bible also uses language from the point of view of the earth-bound observer.
When the bible says the sun rises, sets and hurries to the place where it rises, it is using poetic language from the reference point of a human living on earth.
When the bible says the sun stood still, it is speaking from the reference point of an earth-bound human. It is not proof that the earth is flat.
Biblically, one of Jesus temptations was he sent to a very high place and showed to him all the kingdoms of the world.
Luke 4: 5 says:
5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. (KJV)
5 The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. (NIV)Why were the kingdoms shown by the devil "
in an instant" or "
in a moment of time"? Ang bilis naman. Bawal tumingin nang matagal?
Mabilis lang, kasi vision lang yon. Hindi literal, physical, actual kingdoms ang pinakita.
Bakit nasa mataas na bundok? Kasi symbolic progression of temptation from lower to higher power and authority offered to the tempted.
First temptation, in the desert; second, from the highest point of the temple; third, from a very high mountain. (Mt. 4:1-11)
And at Jesus 2nd coming, all will see Him coming down from the sky. Not possible with the globe.
Why would it not be possible with the globe? Because if Christ comes down on a specific part of the globe, the people living on the other side of the globe will not be able to see Him?
There are less than 7 billion people on earth. They all live on a round earth.
If God supernaturally gathers them all in one place so that all can see Christ coming down, how much space would they need to occupy?
If all 6.8 billion people on earth gathered in one place, all of them would fit in Texas, and their population density would be the same as in New York City. At that comfortable population density, they would need only 666,265 square kilometers, which is in fact a bit smaller than the size of Texas.
Therefore, it is possible for all people to simultaneously see Christ coming down from heaven even if the earth is round.
Let's look at the number of all people who have ever been born, estimated at around 108 billion. How much land area is needed to contain 108 billion people?
Manila has a population density of 42,857/sq. km. 108 billion people divided by a density of 42,857/sq.km. will give us a land area of 2.52 million sq.km., which is less than half the size of Brazil.
This means all of the people born on earth since the existence of the human race, if gathered in one place while maintaining the same population density as Manila, will fit in less than half of Brazil.