3112.-Four Corners of the Earth by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · May 3, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 17.

3112.—Four Corners of the Earth

By Editor

Does the expression in Rev. 7:1 indicate that the earth is square, or does it simply refer to the four cardinal points of the compass, north, east, south, and west?

The thought is of the different directions. "Four corners of the earth" simply is designed to embrace all the earth, north, east, south, and west, just as we have "four quarters of the earth" used in other passages, just as we commonly speak of "all quarters;" that is, all around, on every side. It is a common sort of expression among those who believe the earth to be round to say "from the four quarters of the earth," or north, east, south, and west. There is nothing in the language which would indicate in any way the shape of the earth.