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"And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth..." (Revelations 7:1)
 
"And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth..." (Revelations 7:1)
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A sphere has no corners. The four corners are also mentioned in Isaiah 11:12. Some say this is a figure of speach, a view literalists reject.<ref>http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/febible.htm</ref>
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A sphere has no corners. The four corners are also mentioned in Isaiah 11:12. This is often accepted to be a figure of speech.
    
It is also stated:
 
It is also stated:
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"Once again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world [cosmos] in their glory." (Matthew 4:8)  
 
"Once again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world [cosmos] in their glory." (Matthew 4:8)  
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Such mountains, such a tree or such a view of Jesus could only be possible on a flat earth could only be possible on a flat earth, unless one assumes that Jesus is capable of overriding the usual laws of nature. <ref>http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/febible.htm</ref>
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Apologist [[JP Holding]]'s take on this is that this may have been a vision. <ref>http://www.tektonics.org/af/earthshape.html#globe</ref>
    
===Position of the Earth===
 
===Position of the Earth===
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