Prime Meridian The prime meridian then is a line of longitude which is defined as 0 degrees. The opposite of the prime meridian, is the 180 degrees longitude, which forms a great circle around the earth in a 360 degrees system. This circle divides the earth into two, which we know as the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. The International Date Line is an imaginary line that runs roughly following the 180° longitude through the middle of the Pacific Ocean but deviates to pass …show more content…
133:1; John 17:23). Paul stresses the need for unity in diversity, which is similar to the unity that governs the human body (1 Cor. 12:12; cf. Eph. 1:10; 4:1, 3, 13; Phil. 4:1; Col. 3:14, etc.). The lack, thereof, is prelude to confusion. Such was the experience in Fiji before 1879. Prior to this time, the I.D.L. ran through the island of Taveuni (see picture below) leaving the southern part of the island and the Lau group on a different time schedule to the rest of the Fiji Islands. As a result, some of the early European farmers exploited their local Fijian labourers by expecting them to work seven days a week by