How was the earth created according to the Bible?

Answer 1

Isaiah 40:22 in the Old Testament of The Bible says:

It is he that sits upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in.

So the earth was known to be round in Bible days.

1-1-09: Also, in the book of Job Chap. 26 it says, "He hangs the earth upon nothing.." So Job knew the earth was hanging out in space by nothing.

Answer

My search produced the following verses;

1. "....one end of the earth even unto the other.." Only flat surface have ends.. Dt 28;64. See also Psalm 19:4.

2. ".... from the four corners of the earth..." Isa 11:12. Sphere don't have corners, a sheet of paper have four corners.

3. ,,," into an exceeding high mountain, and shows him all the kingdoms of the world,.." Only in a flat earth can this verse be true.. Mt.4:8 see also Luke 4:5

4. ".... he comes with clouds; and every eye shall see him,..." Rev 1:7. This is only possible in a flat Earth.

5. "....He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,..." Isaiah 40:22. A circle as we all know is a flat circular disk just like a coin or round as drawn with a compass.

AnswerPlease keep in mind- when this was written there was no word for Sphere-

Also we know the earth is round and we still say one end of the earth to the other- because we are referring to a map. I would assume an all knowing being would know we would have maps-

Answer 2

Additional Answer:

By the Word of God who became Jesus:

John 1:1-4 New King James Version (NKJV) The Eternal Word 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God.3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.

Any reader should take note that the account in Genesis 1 has the planet Earth already created but in darkness under water. So the actual creation of Earth is not spoken to here - only the physical plant and animal life with mankind referred to as the renewing of the face of the Earth - see Psalm 104:30.

In Job 38, God reveals some of the first creation and how the angels shouted with joy at the beautiful sight (verse 7). King David in Psalm 104:30 speaks of God's renewal of the face of the earth. Further evidence that the planet already existed is found in a comparison of terms in Genesis and Isaiah - the earth was without form and void/vain or chaotic - in a state of confusion (Genesis):

Isaiah 45:18 New King James Version (NKJV)

18 For thus says the Lord,

Who created the heavens,

Who is God,

Who formed the earth and made it,

Who has established it,

Who did not create it in vain,

Who formed it to be inhabited:

"I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Answer 3

Genesis 1:1 (KJV): "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." This seems to mean that we are talking of God creating the earth. In the remainder of the first creation story (Genesis 1:!-2:4a), God simply speaks things into existence, so he probably spoke the earth into existence in the same way.

However, as long ago as the eleventh century, the influential Jewish scholar, Rashi, said that Genesis 1:1 should be read, "When God began to create" or "In the beginning of God's creation ". E.A. Speiser (Genesis in the Anchor Bible series) goes further and translates the sentence as: "When God set about to create heaven and earth - the world being a formless waste, with darkness over the seas... God said, 'Let there be light.' And there was light." Although both Rashi and Speiser probably believed that God created the earth, neither could find evidence of this in the text. On this view, it is open to us to believe that in the first Genesis story the earth was eternal and pre-existing.

There is a second, much earlier creation story that begins in Genesis 2:4b (the second sentence in verse 4). In this story, God only creates living things, and even then only with difficulty. He makes Adam out of moist earth, then each of the animals out of moist earth, and finally Eve out of Adam's rib. In this story, God does not make the earth, a fact that is emphasised in the text: " for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth ..." which implies that the earth was eternal and pre-existing.

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Answer 4

According to Scripture, the earth, as well as the rest of the universe was created by God out of nothing (ex nihilo). However, the details of this event are not fully given in the Bible (suggest reading in order: John 1:1-3; Psalm 90:2; Genesis 1:1; Isaiah 14:12-17; Ezekiel 28:13-18; then Genesis 1:2). The Genesis 1 account which many refer to as the 'Creation' account, is actually a 'renewal' of the already existing planet found in darkness and under water, (see Genesis 1:2 and Psalm 104:30, etals).

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." Genesis 1:1. The Hebrew word for created is "bara," which means to create in an absolute fashion. Eternal God created the Heaven and the earth. Hebrews 11:3 endorses this by saying: "Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear."

Yet, one might notice that this is received "by faith," since God said it. No man was present to witness this creation of the universe, so it requires belief in what God said.

Whereas some would say that the Bible is only man's words, the Scriptures consistently maintain that the words came from God. Peter said: "The prophecy (of the Scriptures) came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." 2Peter 1:21. To demonstrate this, Daniel prophesied the major empires of world history, after the Babylonian Empire, before they came to existence. The empires materialized exactly as he said, yet Daniel maintained: "As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me..." Daniel 7:28.

Therefore, the account of creation according to Scriptures is considered by many to be the way the earth came into being, taken by faith.

Answer 5

A Jewish summary of the Creation-narrative is that, day by day, God created the universe and everything in it (Genesis ch.1).God created the universe out of nothing (Exodus 20:11, Isaiah 40:28; Rashi commentary to Genesis 1:14; Maimonides' "Guide," 2:30). Nachmanides on Gen. 1:1 states emphatically that this is a fundamental Jewish tradition.Note that the Torah, in describing the Creation, deliberately employs brevity and ellipsis, just as it does in many other topics. See the Talmud, Hagigah 11b.

On day 1: God created the universe in general, light, and this Earth. The light was not the same as that of the sun.

On day 2: God created the separation between the Earth and the upper atmosphere.

On day 3: God separated the continents from the oceans, and created plants.

On day 4: God created the sun, moon, and stars.

On day 5: God created birds and fish.

On day 6: God created animals and people.

On day 7: God ceased creating, thereby creating the concept of rest.

See also:

Is there evidence against Evolution?

Can you show that God exists?

Seeing God's wisdom

Note that according to tradition, there is only one Genesis creation-narrative, with ch.2 serving as an expansion of the brevity of ch.1, not a separate set of events (Rashi commentary, Gen. 2:8).

While Judaism has always seen the Torah as an intricate tapestry that nonetheless had one Divine source, some modern authors such as Wellhausen (the father of modern Biblical-criticism, 1844-1918) have suggested artificially chopping up the narrative and attributing it to various authors, despite the Torah's explicit statement as to its provenance (Exodus 24:12, Deuteronomy 31:24).

No fragments have ever been found that would support his Documentary Hypothesis, which remains nothing more than an arbitrary claim:Refuting the JEPD Documentary Hypothesis

The creation-narrative in Genesis (a Christian author)

Answer 6

According to the Bible, the earth is flat.

Job 38:14

“The Earth takes shape like clay under a seal.”

Clay under a seal, of course, is flat.

Isaiah 40:22

It is he that sits upon the circle of the earth, and the

inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretches out the

heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in.

A circle, of course, is a flat shape. To add on to this, in the original Hebrew version, it says “disc” instead of circle.

So basically, the Bible says the earth is flat.