![]() ![]() While it is true that day and night can exist in separate parts of the earth at the same time only if the earth turns upon its axis, it is not necessarily true that this is what the passage is describing. Some urge that this passage is another amazing scientific disclosure in Scripture. Some think that this passage applies to the Second Coming and that the reason some are taken and others are left is because it is day in some areas of the earth and night in others when the Lord returns, a condition that can exist only if the earth turns upon its axis. The passage that you may be thinking of is Luke 17:34-36 and context. hangeth the earth upon nothing” (Job 26:7). Yet Isaiah described God as sitting “upon the circle of the earth.” (Isaiah 40:22.) The common belief when the Bible was written was that the earth sat upon the back of Atlas or other similar means of support. For example, when the Old Testament was written it was universally believed that the earth as flat. While there is no specific statement in Scripture that the earth is tilted on its axis, there are a number of marvelous statements about the earth that were contrary to the “science” of the time that it was written. ![]() Where is the verse in the Old Testament that says the earth is tilted on its axis? I am Christian but cannot find this in any of my references. Next Question Previous Question List of All Questions Question #33 Where does the Bible say the earth is tilted on its axis? ![]()
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