Sun Set
The Sun doesn’t really rise nor does it set. It moves in a circle over and around the flat earth with a constant altitude (approximately 3,000 miles high).
As objects move away from you, your eyes play subjective, personal tricks on your mind so that you can tell the difference between objects near and far.
- The first trick is called size consistency and says as objects move away from you they get smaller. For example, a car in the distance appears to be smaller than a car close to you. In reality they are the same size but size consistency plays this trick to let you perceive distance.
- The second trick is called perspective and says as objects move away from you they converge towards your straight-line-of-sight. For example, imagine that you stood between a pair of railroad tracks that were 50 feet apart – for better illustration. As you look at them in the distance they will seem to get closer together or converge at your straight-line-of-sight. The distant tracks are no closer to each other than the ones close to you but they look closer to let you know that they are further away due to the perspective trick.
The sky and the ground dimension converge at your straight-line-of-sight in the distance as well as the vertical dimension. The ground moves up to your straight-line-of-sight and the sky moves down to your straight-line-of-sight. So, as the Sun moves away from you it looks like it is descending but it is not. The Sun is the same height in the sky but your perspective tricks you into seeing the Sun set.
Your perspective makes you think that the Sun goes down below the horizon
At a certain distance the size of an object gets so small that it can’t be seen. Similarly, at a certain distance the sky meets the ground and you can’t see past that point of convergence. If you could see past the point of convergence you would see the ground continue to move up past your straight-line-of-sight and past the sky and the sky would continue to move down past your straight-line-of-sight and past the ground. This is known as divergence and is why the Sun appears to ‘go down below the horizon.’ Interestingly, at this point, if you look at the sun through a pair of binoculars it will appear to come back up from the horizon a little because you have increased the distance of your vision and perspective.
This is amazing. I am a friend to Brian Kelly and you and I gave tracts to people. God bless you Street Preacher. Praise God for Eternal Security!
I thank you for your comment and your kind words, Mr. Anonymous.
Have a look at “Eric Dubay: 200 Proofs Earth is Not a Spinning Ball,” at:
https://youtu.be/-Ax_YpQsy88
Some people make fun of the Firmament Word of God in Genesis 1:6-7, 14-15, 17, 20. However, it was this cosmic topology that helped convince me that the Earth is flat.
At one point, I was also a 70% Flat Earther. In addition to the Scriptures, the constant lies and inconsistencies about the globe Earth won me over to the Flat Earth: like the Van Allen Radiation Belt that surrounds the Earth. This makes it impossible for any space probe or Moon mission to be successful because the radiation would fry anything that passes through it.
I believe in Eternal Security. However, it is based on us keeping our part in the New Covenant Agreement that Christ sealed with His blood. Many of the terms can be found in the seven letters to the Church in Revelation 2:1-29 and Revelation 3:1-22. We have a covenant relationship agreement with God and if we continue to abide in Christ and be faithful, then Christ will fulfill all of the things He promised in this New Covenant Agreement.
Also, suppose that a person doesn’t want to be saved anymore and wants to live for money, sex and perhaps, worship the devil? Is this person hopelessly going to haven anyway because since he was saved initially, he is saved forever?
Keep in mind that God does not force anyone to do anything that he or she does not want to do.
May Jehovah God also bless you, Mr. Anonymous. And, I will praise Him for Eternal Security.