The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, And shall totter like a hut; Its transgression shall be heavy upon it, And it will fall, and not rise again.
Isaiah 24:20
Where does the Bible say the earth is tilted on its axis?
Where is the verse in the Old Testament that says the earth is tilted on its axis? I am Christian but cannot find this in any of my references. Thanks.
The Answer:
While there is no specific statement in Scripture that the earth is tilted on its axis, there are a number of marvelous statements about the earth that were contrary to the “science” of the time that it was written. For example, when the Old Testament was written it was universally believed that the earth as flat. Yet Isaiah described God as sitting “upon the circle of the earth.” (Isaiah 40:22.) The common belief when the Bible was written was that the earth sat upon the back of Atlas or other similar means of support. Yet the Book of Job said that “He . . . hangeth the earth upon nothing” (Job 26:7). Many other examples could be cited.
The passage that you may be thinking of is Luke 17:34-36 and context. Some think that this passage applies to the Second Coming and that the reason some are taken and others are left is because it is day in some areas of the earth and night in others when the Lord returns, a condition that can exist only if the earth turns upon its axis. Some urge that this passage is another amazing scientific disclosure in Scripture. While it is true that day and night can exist in separate parts of the earth at the same time only if the earth turns upon its axis, it is not necessarily true that this is what the passage is describing. There is some debate as to whether this discussion applies to the Second Coming or to the destruction of Jerusalem. Matthew and Mark use similar language in describing the destruction of Jerusalem. See, e.g., Matthew 24. Even if Luke uses the same language to apply to the Second Coming, it may be saying no more than what the Scripture says elsewhere – The Day of the Lord will follow the night of darkness. The Bible has enough remarkable scientific statements that, though contrary to the common thought of the time of its writing were later proved to be true by modern scientific discoveries, nothing is to be gained by stretching statements of questionable application.
SOURCE: ThyWordIsTruth.com
Scientists believe a slowing or reversing inner core could potentially affect Earth’s magnetic field.
July 07, 2024
by PAUL SACCA
Reprinted from Blaze Media
At the center of the Earth lies a solid metal ball that rotates independently of our spinning planet. Scientists have debated the inner core’s rotation speed and direction. However, new research points to the inner core varying speed in recent years. However, researchers are not exactly sure if there are any effects from the inner core slowing down or reversing.
Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann discovered the ball-shaped inner core in 1936.
The inner core is buried approximately 3,220 miles deep inside Earth. The solid metal ball is mostly comprised of iron and nickel. The inner core is estimated to reach temperatures as scalding as the surface of the sun – roughly 9,800 degrees Fahrenheit.
According to National Geographic:
The inner core’s intense pressure — the entire rest of the planet and its atmosphere — prevents the iron from melting. The pressure and density are simply too great for the iron atoms to move into a liquid state. Because of this unusual set of circumstances, some geophysicists prefer to interpret the inner core not as a solid, but as a plasma behaving as a solid.
Earth’s magnetic field pulls on this ball of hot metal, forcing it to spin. At the same time, gravity and flow of the fluid outer core and mantle also interact with the movement of the inner core.
By analyzing seismographic data, scientists believe the core rotates quicker and slower during a 70-year cycle. A hypothesis proposed in 2023 claimed that the inner care had actually spun faster than Earth itself in the past, but was spinning slower in recent times. The slowdown was so significant that the inner core could even reverse the direction of its spin.
The research discovered the inner core began slowing down around 2008 and slightly reversed direction relative to the mantle by 2023. According to calculations by researchers, the rotation of the inner core will start speeding up again in the next 5 to 10 years.
New research published in the journal Nature on June 12 is said to confirm the core had slowed down significantly. However, scientists are not exactly certain as to what the effects the slowdown or the backward movement could have on the Earth.
There is one theory that a slower-spinning core could fractionally alter the length of a day.
The movement of metal-rich fluid in the outer core generates electrical currents that power our planet’s magnetic field, which protects our planet from deadly solar radiation. Scientists believe that a slowing or reversing inner core could potentially affect Earth’s magnetic field.
The new study’s coauthor Dr. John Vidale – Dean’s Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Southern California’s Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences – said the new research “nails it.”
Vidale told CNN, “I think we’ve ended the debate on whether the inner core moves, and what’s been its pattern for the last couple of decades.”
Dr. Lauren Waszek – a senior lecturer of physical sciences at James Cook University in Australia – told the outlet, “Differential rotation of the inner core was proposed as a phenomenon in the 1970s and ’80s, but it wasn’t until the ‘90s that seismological evidence was published.”
Waszek noted that more data and “improved interdisciplinary tools to investigate this further” to determine if there are any effects of the slowing inner core.
Waszek did say, “In terms of that effect in a person’s lifetime? I can’t imagine it means much.”
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