Did God really inspire these writers?
Is every word literal? Can I trust this
book?
I found myself reading in the Old
Testament and came across Isaiah
40:22: “It is he who sits above the
circle of the earth, and its inhabitants
are like grasshoppers; who stretches
out the heavens like a curtain, and
spreads them like a tent to dwell in;”
(RSV)
Then it “popped into my head” that
when we studied history, “in 1492
when Columbus sailed the ocean
blue”, they all thought if he went too
far, he’d sail OFF the edge of the
earth … this scripture was written
way before Columbus. Yet, whoever
inspired this writing knew the earth
was a circle and it sounded like he
was sitting above that circle.
Next I found Psalms 103:11-12: “For
as the heavens are high above the
earth, so is his great steadfast love
towards those who fear him; as far as
the east in from the west, so far does
he remove our transgressions from
us.” (RSV)
I started thinking about this. If you go
north, pretty soon you are going
south because the earth spins on its
axis which is from north to south.
However,