The Centre of the Earth according to scientists

Some people argue that with new technologies, it has been proven that the center of the earth lies in the Middle East. In 1877, Joseph Augustus Seiss, a Lutheran pastor known for his religious writings on pyramidology, asserted that the pyramid of Khéops (Gizeh) is located at the exact intersection of the longest line of Latitude and the longest line of Longitude; in other words, at the center of the entire earth's mass.

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The problem with these statements is this: All modern maps follow the Mercator projection created in 1569 by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator. His map excessively amplifies the areas at the poles, in order to create straight lines of constant orientation or geographical direction, so that the countries to the north appear larger than they really are, compared to the countries near the equator.

Note that modern critics are accusing the mercator projection of being biased, distorting our perception of the world and tied to racial supremacy. Thus, defining the center of the Earth on a Mercator projection map will produce inaccurate results. 

Regarding the Great Pyramid of Kheops, calculating its apothem (the distance joining the top of the pyramid to the middle of one of the sides of the base) by the half-base of the pyramid is equal to the golden number "π" = Pi = 22/7 = 3.14

💡Note that 22 represents the 22 acts of Creation and 7 represents the time ELOHIM took to create the world, then rested.

Although there is definitely a great mystery hidden from the general public, according to the Scriptures, neither the Great Pyramid nor the Middle East can be the Center of the Earth.

The inversion of maps

If you study the geography of ancient Egypt, you will find that Upper Egypt lies to the south, while Lower Egypt lies to the north. Yet if you examine ancient maps prior to the 16th century, you will find many maps upside down, with North positioned to the South and vice versa, while the texts are printed right side up (see maps below). This is because our contemporary maps are inverted and printed upside down.

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Map from 1568 by Pierre Hamon

Map from 1554 by Giovanni Battista Ramusio

In some early Bibles, Psalms 48:2 mentions that Mount Zion lies in the Aquilon or northern side of the earth. That is, to the north of the dry lands.

• Psalm 48:2 "Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King." |King James Bible|

• Psalm 48:2 "Fair in situation, the joy of the whole earth; Even mount Zion, the uttermost parts of the north, The city of the great King. |Jps Tanakh|

Now, if the orientation of geographic maps prior to the 14th century was upside down, this would mean that when the first Bible (Gutenberg Bible) was written in 1455, the southern part of the Earth was what is now considered the northern hemisphere.

So, by inverting the maps, the true location of Mount Zion was shifted in favor of the western lands.

Psalms 68:15-16​

Formerly, Psalms 68:15-16 read:  

• The mountain of God is like the mountaine of Bashan: it is an high Mountaine, as mount Bashan. Why leape ye, ye high mountaines? as for this Mountaine, God deliteth to dwell in it: yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever" - Geneva Bible of 1587

The allusion in this passage was that Mount Zion is comparable to Mount Bashan. Here the psalmist introduced Mount Zion by contrasting it with the vast expanses of Bashan. Symbolically Sion is in the image of a Mountain to express stability, robustness, reliability, unalterability, strength and confidence. But physically speaking, just like Mount Hermon, Mount Sinai and Mount Bashan, Mount Zion is not just a simple hill or isolated mountain, but rather a chain of high mountains with many elevated peaks or summits covered with forest and thicket as well as snow. 

Interestingly, Psalm 68:15-16 was later changed in most recent Bible versions, and the allusion is now that the Mountain of God is Mount Bashan and not Mount Zion.

• The mountain of Bashan is a mountain of God; The mountain of Bashan is a mountain of many peaks. - NASB Bible

Why have contemporary scholars altered the meaning of Psalms 68:15-16? 🤔

Surprisingly in the old times, Mount Bashan, also called “the gates of hell”, was known as a place of sinister reputation and controlled by two kings: Sihon and Og - who were associated with the ancient giant clans: the Rephaim and the Anakim. The region of northern Israel variously called Bassan and later Cesarea-Philippi, was initially the center of the cult of Ba'al, then subsequently of the cult of Pan under Roman rule. Israeli literature associated Ba'al with the godless and the underworld, with Mount Hermon in the background. According to the Book of Enoch, the arrival of the fallen angels on Earth took place on Mount Hermon, and the whole region was considered cursed.

In Psalm 22:12, Jesus Christ describes those who crucified Him as strong bulls or mighty men of Bashan.

• Psalm 22:12 "Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me."

How then can Mount Bashan be the mountain of the Lord? 🤔

You be the judge, and we encourage you to do your own research.

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