Where Are The Ends Of The Earth ?

[Apple Sky]

I keep reading in scripture about the ends of the earth, so where are they ?

• Acts 1:8: "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

Deuteronomy 13:7 the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, from one end of the earth to ...

Jeremiah 25:33 Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the ..

Psalm 135:7 He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the ...

Deuteronomy 28:64 Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to ...

Jeremiah 25:31 The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge ..

Isaiah 24:16 From the ends of the earth we hear singing: "Glory to the Righteous One." But I said, ...

Psalm 22:27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the ...

Deuteronomy 33:17 Micah 5:4 Luke 11:31 Isaiah 52 Isaiah 49:6 Isaiah 23:17 Deuteronomy 4:32 Matthew 12:42 1 Samuel 2:10 Jeremiah 10:13

And the list goes on.
How can there be ends on a sphere ?

 

[Reluctant Theologian]

The ends of the earth are where I live .. in Australia

Beside the joke .. 'the ends of the earth' is imagery / a metaphor I would say, not a specific place as our world is a sphere and has no end. But relatively to Jerusalem and Israel, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean would be pretty much the 'end of the earth'.

 

[Apple Sky]

Beside the joke .. 'the ends of the earth' is imagery / a metaphor I would say, not a specific place as our world is a sphere and has no end. But relatively to Jerusalem and Israel, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean would be pretty much the 'end of the earth'.

The Bible says different, is God's word not to be believed now ?

 

[Reluctant Theologian]

The Bible says different, is God's word not to be believed now ?

Please elaborate on your interpretation; then I may be able to respond more meaningfully?

Understanding what a Hebrew or Greek text means now, requires first what it meant back then for its original audience.

 

[Phil G]

I keep reading in scripture about the ends of the earth, so where are they ?

• Acts 1:8: "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

Deuteronomy 13:7 the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, from one end of the earth to ...

Jeremiah 25:33 Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the ..

Psalm 135:7 He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the ...

Deuteronomy 28:64 Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to ...

Jeremiah 25:31 The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge ..

Isaiah 24:16 From the ends of the earth we hear singing: "Glory to the Righteous One." But I said, ...

Psalm 22:27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the ...

Deuteronomy 33:17 Micah 5:4 Luke 11:31 Isaiah 52 Isaiah 49:6 Isaiah 23:17 Deuteronomy 4:32 Matthew 12:42 1 Samuel 2:10 Jeremiah 10:13

And the list goes on.
How can there be ends on a sphere ?

The "ends of the earth" is an idiom essentially meaning "afar". An example in Scripture where it cannot mean that the earth has ends is Deuteronomy 28:49 KJV

"The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand"

This is a section of Scripture where the nation of Israel was warned of what would happen if the people do not listen or obey the Lord. And it did happen, not once but twice. But in each case the nation that came against Israel was not literally from "the end of the earth", but from Assyria and Babylon. These were two nations outside of Israel but were considered in those times to be from "afar" and at "the end of the earth", and they both attacked Israel and exiled them.

Idioms use every day terms which don't have literal meanings. I'm sure Wales has some. Ireland has them too. One which I have heard often through the years is "How's she cuttin'?" That doesn't mean somebody is cutting up anything or anybody! It means "how are you"?

And sometimes an answer to this question is "I'm suckin' diesel". But I've never seen anybody suck diesel! In more formal language it means "I'm very well".

When you see that "ends of the earth" is an idiom for "afar", then the Bible becomes much clearer in what is intended by those words.

 

[Maria Billingsley]

I keep reading in scripture about the ends of the earth, so where are they ?

• Acts 1:8: "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

Deuteronomy 13:7 the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, from one end of the earth to ...

Jeremiah 25:33 Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the ..

Psalm 135:7 He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the ...

Deuteronomy 28:64 Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to ...

Jeremiah 25:31 The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge ..

Isaiah 24:16 From the ends of the earth we hear singing: "Glory to the Righteous One." But I said, ...

Psalm 22:27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the ...

Deuteronomy 33:17 Micah 5:4 Luke 11:31 Isaiah 52 Isaiah 49:6 Isaiah 23:17 Deuteronomy 4:32 Matthew 12:42 1 Samuel 2:10 Jeremiah 10:13

And the list goes on.
How can there be ends on a sphere ?

FYI
The term "ends of the Earth" is a Hebraic idiom where it is used to describe remote or distant places. The idiom is used metaphorically to signify the farthest reaches of the world or the limits of human experience at that time.
Blessings

 

[timothyu]

Everywhere

 

[Lost4words]

Next door is where one end of the earth is. Thats where Billy the Rottweiler lives!!!!!!!

 

[timothyu]

Next door is where one end of the earth is. Thats where Billy the Rottweiler lives!!!!!!!

Definably could mean your end, yes.

 

[Lost4words]

Definably could mean your end, yes.

Tell me about it!!!!! I only have short legs and small teeth!! Billy is like 10 stories high and teeth like a ravin land shark!

 

[SavedByGrace3]

The edge of the land mass. The coast. Where the lands ends and the sea starts.

 

[HarleyER]

I keep reading in scripture about the ends of the earth, so where are they ?

• Acts 1:8: "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

Deuteronomy 13:7 the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, from one end of the earth to ...

Jeremiah 25:33 Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the ..

Psalm 135:7 He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the ...

Deuteronomy 28:64 Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to ...

Jeremiah 25:31 The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge ..

Isaiah 24:16 From the ends of the earth we hear singing: "Glory to the Righteous One." But I said, ...

Psalm 22:27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the ...

Deuteronomy 33:17 Micah 5:4 Luke 11:31 Isaiah 52 Isaiah 49:6 Isaiah 23:17 Deuteronomy 4:32 Matthew 12:42 1 Samuel 2:10 Jeremiah 10:13

And the list goes on.
How can there be ends on a sphere ?

"Ends of the earth" has been used as a metaphor for countless of centuries meaning the far reaches of the planet. It has nothing to do with the shape of the earth.

 

[Apple Sky]

Thank you all so much for all your comments, I think I get the picture now

 

[Job 33:6]

These are more references to ancient Israelite cosmology.

Job 37:18 ESV
[18] Can you, like him, spread out the skies, hard as a cast metal mirror?

Job 26:10 ESV
[10] He has inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

Amos 9:6 NASB1995
[6] The One who builds His upper chambers in the heavens And has founded His vaulted dome over the earth, He who calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the face of the earth, The Lord is His name.

Daniel 4:11 NASB1995
[11] The tree grew large and became strong And its height reached to the sky, And it was visible to the end of the whole earth.

 

[NBB]

The end of the earth, is just an expression to far away places.

 

[Apple Sky]

These are more references to ancient Israelite cosmology.

This makes one wonder about the rest of scripture, I mean if we don't believe Genesis 1 to be true how can we believe the rest ?

This is one of the reasons I believe that Genesis 1 is true to it's word today as it will be for ever.

 

[Lost4words]

Genesis is true. Its how people interpret it. People read it in different ways.

 

[Job 33:6]

This makes one wonder about the rest of scripture, I mean if we don't believe Genesis 1 to be true how can we believe the rest ?

This is one of the reasons I believe that Genesis 1 is true to it's word today as it will be for ever.

I never said that Genesis was not "True".

The Catholic Church was upset at Galileo when he pointed out that the solar system wasn't geocentric. But that didn't mean that Genesis 1 wasn't true.

He established the earth on its foundations, So that it will not be moved forever and ever.
Psalm 104:5

 

[ozso]

It could be the term originated from Pangea. When the world was one big continent. It’s pretty easy to see how the continents of the modern world fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.

 

[Job 33:6]

In case anyone hasn't seen this yet:

Job 26:10 ESV
[10] He has inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

Isaiah 40:22 NASB1995
[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 out like a tent to dwell in.

Proverbs 8:27 ESV
[27] When he established the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,