![]() The “four corners” encompass the cardinal directions-north, south, east, and west. John simply says that, at one point during the tribulation, God will cause all wind to stop blowing. To press Revelation 7:1 into a hyper-literal interpretation makes no sense. ![]() The book of Revelation is full of non-literal descriptions and symbolic language. Revelation 7:1 says, “I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth.” In writing this, the apostle John was using idiomatic language-the “ four corners of the earth” refer to “every distant location.” We use the same idiom today for example, when we speak of Olympic athletes coming from the four corners of the earth to compete in the games, we mean they are coming from all over the world. Let’s take a closer look at some of the commonly cited passages that supposedly depict a flat earth: It does not say that the earth is flat, and it does not say that it is spherical. ![]() ![]() The truth is, the Bible does not comment on the shape of Planet Earth. ![]()
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