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does this mean earth is going to rotate backwards, just like it says in the holy bible?
by heroku 12y ago
does this mean earth is going to rotate backwards, just like it says in the holy bible?
- TeMPOraL 12y agoThere is no such thing written anywhere in the Bible.
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- stephencanon 12y ago"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.” (Isaiah 38:8)
- TeMPOraL 12y agoI completely forgot about that passage. However it was only God playing astronomy tricks to make a particular point; I don't recall any case where there is written that the Earth is supposed to start rotating backwards in the future (or the Sun going in the other direction, etc.)
- theandrewbailey 12y agoNot sure what bible you're reading. The earth has always rotated "forwards". In the bible, the closest thing I can think of is this passage from Joshua 10: "So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day."
- TeMPOraL 12y agoThere's this and the one stephencanon quoted downthread; both of them were described as divine acts serving particular purpose at the moment. I don't recall any similar prophecy for the future. And I used to be quite a Bible nut ;).