WEEKLY SERMON

The Shape of the Earth

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In “The Shape of the Earth,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about faith, biblical creation, the authority of Scripture. Drawing especially from Proverbs 8, Isaiah 40, Isaiah 22, Genesis 1, the teaching emphasizes that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that the creation account is defended as foundational to biblical authority and the meaning of the created order.

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Through 09:29

Odle focuses on biblical creation while working through Proverbs 8, Isaiah 40. The message argues that the creation account is defended as foundational to biblical authority and the meaning of the created order. It connects this with the conviction that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.

02
Through 18:58

Odle focuses on eternal judgment while working through Proverbs 8, Isaiah 40, Isaiah 22. The message argues that the reality of final judgment gives urgency to repentance, salvation, and faithful witness. It connects this with the conviction that the promise of eternal life directs believers toward hope, holiness, and perseverance in Christ. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.

03
Through 28:27

Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that a durable Christian life must be built on Christ, sound doctrine, and obedient response to Scripture. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.

04
Through 37:56

Odle focuses on biblical creation. The message argues that the creation account is defended as foundational to biblical authority and the meaning of the created order. It connects this with the conviction that fasting is presented as a discipline of humility, focused prayer, and renewed dependence on God. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.

05
Through 47:25

Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that unresolved offense can become bitterness, while forgiveness releases judgment to God and protects the heart. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.

06
Through 56:54

Odle focuses on fasting and spiritual discipline. The message argues that fasting is presented as a discipline of humility, focused prayer, and renewed dependence on God. It connects this with the conviction that the sermon relates Israel’s place in Scripture to the unfolding prophetic picture. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.

07
Through 1:06:23

Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that demonic influence must be answered through Christ’s authority and the freedom He provides. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.

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Through 1:15:52

Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that the creation account is defended as foundational to biblical authority and the meaning of the created order. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.

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Through 1:25:20

Odle focuses on faith while working through Revelation 15. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that the creation account is defended as foundational to biblical authority and the meaning of the created order. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.

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    we want to welcome those of you here today those watching and listening all over the place welcome you to Fire and Grace Church I hope everything is going well we have had a crazy crazy week this week I have personally that is simply by the grace and strength of God I'm even standing here right now uh but uh praise God for that but we're going to continue this series and I really don't know how long it's going to take because we're in part three already and uh we're still on the shape of the earth uh we're doing a series here I've entitled the series uh the Sevenfold doctrine of creation but this is part three we're just going to call it the shape of the Earth this morning do have some like I said this this series is going to have some things that for those of you who have uh you know studied this out and researched this out and heard some of my messages on this before some of it's going to be repetition but some of it's going to be new but again like I've said many times I don't preach on salvation once I don't preach on the baptism the Holy Spirit the gifts of the holy spirit one time uh you know it's amazing what I'm discovering is how many people are acting like this is the first time they've heard this so again we have new listeners all over the world I'm getting uh more and more I'm finding more and more listeners from Australia and New Zealand and South Africa and just uh it's it's blowing my mind but um anyway so there's new people all the time so just like I said if it's repetitious to you just remember there's somebody out there that needs to hear and see what the word of God says and they need to see the evidence so we've entitled this this morning I've entitled it the shape of the Earth part three of this series of course what you're looking at there is a picture of the Bolivia Salt Flat there over 4 000 square miles of flatness that only varies about three feet across the whole thing uh you hear that 4 000 square miles of flatness this is not the only Salt Flat on the Earth there's many Salt Flats on the earth and guess what they're all flat this one covers about 80 miles so there should be you know 100 miles we're talking about what is it 666 feet of curvature to the satanic water ball right isn't that interesting but anyway I just thought that would be a good picture to start off with though we could spend some time on that we're not uh this series we're basing it off of this Prophecy from The Book of Enoch I've already talked about the Book of Enoch in the last two messages why I think is a legitimate source of information found in the Dead Sea Scrolls and so on and so forth but this prophecy here talks about the uh seventh week which he talks really is the last

  2. 0:03:01

    generation the perverse generation which is definitely the one we're in the one Jesus said would be a wicked generation and it says here afterwards in the seventh week a perverse generation shall arise abundant shall be its deeds and all its Deeds perverse sounds like the people in the days of Noah right remember Jesus said as it was in the days of Noah all their thoughts were evil he said so will it be in the days of the coming of the son of man he said during its completion or as we come to the end of this period he said the righteous shall be selected from the Everlasting plant of righteousness and to them shall be given the Sevenfold doctrine of his whole creation now this is an amazing prophecy whether you think the Book of Enoch is legitimate or not the fact that this book was found in the Dead Sea Scrolls dating back to at least 300 BC and this prophecy so we're talking about you know 2300 years ago someone prophesied that in the end that the righteous select ones would get a revelation an understanding of the Sevenfold doctrine of the whole creation and I'm going to tell you we saw this really really catch fire in 2015 and now millions and millions and millions of people have been awakened to this to the to the Sevenfold and I believe the doctrine of creation Now concerning it biblically I shared this last week but I believe it breaks down like this now of course there's always going to be somebody disagree with me but I just see this in the word crystal clear that the seven main things in the Bible about creation would be the shape and the layout of the Earth the firmament which we'll start on next week the Sun the Moon the Stars the ends of the Earth and The Ether and it's going to make a lot of sense to you especially the ether is going to be fine because I've never done a message on that just by itself alone I have talked about it of course we're talking about the shape of the earth we covered this one last week just a little recap this is from Proverbs 8 27-29 says when he prepared the heavens the visible arch of the sky I was there when he set a compass upon the face of the depth when he established the clouds above when he strengthened The Fountains of the deep when he gave the sea his decree that the water should not pass his commandment when he appointed the foundations of the Earth so here he's talking about when he set a compass the word and we're going to get into it coog is a circle God engraved a circle upon the face of the deep which the face um is a flat surface in mathematics covered that last week it's what I believe the Lord did and he

  3. 0:06:01

    carved a circle he engraved a circle and that's how he started with the Earth not a ball you will not find god making a spinning water ball that water magically sticks to flying through space tilted and and you will not find this in the Bible Isaiah 40 22 now this is the one 40 21-22 this is the scripture that even Christians who are still brainwashed by the lies of heliocentrism modern science why some of them reject Evolution but they accept the spinning flying water ball right Sun centered Universe this is not again it's not Bible but this is one of the verses that everyone goes to here and let's let's look at this first Isaiah 40 21-22 he says have you not known have you not heard hath it not been told you from the beginning have you not understood from the foundations of the earth it is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth and the inhabitants thereof are his grasshoppers stretches out the heavens as a curtain and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in now folks God is Not just uh using he this this whole doctrine of accommodation you know there there's uh people like Dr Michael Heiser and others who believe the doctrine of accommodation that basically God was lying to them he was just speaking to them in some ways that they could understand that these these words here are not specific that they're not literal all right but uh what we're finding out with little things like this I'm going to show you this in a minute with this little Nikon p900 and the Nikon p1000 these cameras these heisen cameras we're finding out that God indeed made it like this and not the other way but folks let me ask you something here um what do you think looks like a tent more this or the flying sticky water ball I don't know about you but I've never seen a spherical tent and God uses this terminology in fact the word tint and Tabernacle are the same words oh hell that's the word oh in Hebrew o h e l oh hell and it just it means a tent means a dwelling but let's look at some of this though let's we're going to break this down a little bit there it is a tent not a ball a tent which one looks more like a tent so God said he drew a circle we're going to get into the the covering the Veil The firmament that goes over it but he said he made a tent for us to dwell in not a flying sticky water ball right these are some Nomad tents these are

  4. 0:09:01

    some old tents does that look like a ball to you does that tent look like a ball so I mean in the Old Testament they referred to tense they would be talking about something like this made out of animal skins in the desert let's look at here's the word yeah the word oh hell a tent the strong says as uh clearly conspicuous from a distance a covering a Dwelling Place a home a tabernacle a tent nomad's tent dwelling home habitation so on and so forth so it's pretty clear what the word means oh hell of course I've used this slide many many times here language 101 right words mean things so in Isaiah 22 18 he says these words he will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country all right so in Isaiah 22 he uses the word ball and it's translated ball why is it translated ball because there's two different words there's one for ball der and there's one for Circle coog just like we have don't we have a different word for ball and circle right we have different words well so they did in Hebrew as well as the Bible was written in and these are the words here it is Circle is the word coog and look at the Strong's definition there a circle a circle circuit compass right nothing about a ball here in the Hebrew dictionary this is the word it's both in Isaiah 40 22 and Proverbs 8 27. so when anybody says that God's the Bible says that the Earth is a sphere no never does it not one place I've searched for it from Genesis to the maps it ain't there I searched in multiple lexicons it's not there to say that the Earth is a ball a sphere all right Circle uh here's the word der can also mean what look at what it means a circle but then it tells you it's a ball or pile okay so it means it has shape to it right it has depth to it so it tells you this is a different kind of a circle this is a ball all right so those are the two words so Dura is not used in Isaiah 40 22 and it's talking about he sitteth upon the circle of the earth now again this is going to make more sense and another thing is interesting there's a verse we're going to cover next week talk about he sits on the flood flood of water what yeah God sits on the flood you know we used to sing that song I remember singing that song in one of the Assembly of God churches when he rides

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