
1.
The earth free-floats in space (Job
26:7), affected only by gravity. While other sources declared the earth sat
on the back of an elephant or turtle, or was held up by Atlas, the Bible alone
states what we now know to be true – “He hangs the earth on nothing.”
Job 26:7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
2.
Creation is made of particles, indiscernible to our eyes (Hebrews
11:3). Not until the 19th century was it discovered that all visible matter
consists of invisible elements.
Hebrews 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
3.
Jet stream anticipated (Ecclesiates 1:6). At a time when it was thought that
winds blew straight, the Bible declares “The wind goes toward the south, and
turns around to the north; The wind whirls about continually, and comes again on
its circuit.” King Solomon wrote this 3,000 years ago. Now consider this: it was
not until World War II that airmen discovered the jet stream circuit.
Ecclesiastes 1:6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
4.
Oceans contain springs (Job 38:16). The ocean is very deep. Almost all the ocean
floor is in total darkness and the pressure there is enormous. It would have
been impossible for Job to have explored the "springs of the sea." Until
recently, it was thought that oceans were fed only by rivers and rain. Yet in
the 1970s, with the help of deep diving research submarines that were
constructed to withstand 6,000 pounds-per-square-inch pressure, oceanographers
discovered springs on the ocean floors!
Job 38:16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
5.
There are mountains on the bottom of the ocean floor (Jonah 2:5-6). Only in the
last century have we discovered that there are towering mountains and deep
trenches in the depths of the sea.
Jonah 2:5-6 The waters compassed me about, even to
the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about
me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
6.
Chicken or egg dilemma solved (Genesis 1:20-22). Which came first, the chicken
or the egg? This question has plagued philosophers for centuries. The Bible
states that God created birds with the ability to reproduce after their kind.
Therefore the chicken was created first with the ability to make eggs! Yet,
evolution has no solution for this dilemma.
Genesis 1:20-22 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
7.
Our bodies are made from the dust of the ground (Genesis 2:7; 3:19). Scientists
have discovered that the human body is comprised of some 28 base and trace
elements – all of which are found in the earth.
Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
8.
The First Law of Thermodynamics established (Genesis 2:1-2). The First Law
states that the total quantity of energy and matter in the universe is a
constant. One form of energy or matter may be converted into another, but the
total quantity always remains the same. Therefore the creation is finished,
exactly as God said way back in Genesis.
Genesis 2:1-2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
9.
The first three verses of Genesis accurately express all known aspects of the
creation (Genesis 1:1-3). Science expresses the universe in terms of: time,
space, matter, and energy. In Genesis chapter one we read: “In the beginning
(time) God created the heaven (space) and the earth (matter)…Then God said,
“Let there be light (energy).” No other creation account agrees with the
observable evidence.
Genesis 1:1-3 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
10.
The universe had a beginning (Genesis 1:1; Hebrews 1:10-12). Starting with the
studies of Albert Einstein in the early 1900s and continuing today, science has
confirmed the biblical view that the universe had a beginning. When the Bible
was written most people believed the universe was eternal. Science has proven
them wrong, but the Bible correct.
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Hebrews 1:10-12 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
11.
The earth is a sphere (Isaiah 40:22). At a time when many thought the earth was
flat, the Bible told us that the earth is spherical.
Isaiah 40:22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
12.
Scripture assumes a revolving (spherical) earth (Luke 17:34-36). Jesus said that
at His return some would be asleep at night while others would be working at day
time activities in the field. This is a clear indication of a revolving earth,
with day and night occurring simultaneously.
Luke 17:34-36 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
13.
Light can be divided (Job 38:24). Sir Isaac Newton studied light and discovered
that white light is made of seven colors, which can be “parted” and then
recombined. Science confirmed this four centuries ago – God declared this four
millennia ago!
Job 38:24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
14.
Ocean currents anticipated (Psalm 8:8). Three thousand years ago the Bible
described the “paths of the seas.” In the 19th century Matthew Maury – the
father of oceanography – after reading Psalm 8, researched and discovered ocean
currents that follow specific paths through the seas! Utilizing Maury’s data,
marine navigators have since reduced by many days the time required to traverse
the seas.
Psalms 8:8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
15.
Incalculable number of stars (Jeremiah 33:22). At a time when less than 5,000
stars were visible to the human eye, God stated that the stars of heaven were
innumerable. Not until the 17th century did Galileo glimpse the immensity of our
universe with his new telescope. Today, astronomers estimate that there are ten
thousand billion trillion stars – that’s a 1 followed by 25 zeros! Yet, as the
Bible states, scientists admit this number may be woefully inadequate.
Jeremiah 33:22 As the host of heaven cannot be
numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of
David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
16.
The number of stars, though vast, are finite (Isaiah 40:26). Although man is
unable to calculate the exact number of stars, we now know their number is
finite. Of course God knew this all along – “He counts the number of the stars;
He calls them all by name” (Psalm 147:4). What an awesome God!
Isaiah 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Psalms 147:4 He telleth the number of the stars; he
calleth them all by their names.
17.
The Second Law of Thermodynamics (Entropy) explained (Psalm 102:25-26). This law
states that everything in the universe is running down, deteriorating,
constantly becoming less and less orderly. Entropy (disorder) entered when
mankind rebelled against God – resulting in the curse (Genesis 3:17; Romans
8:20-22). Historically most people believed the universe was unchangeable. Yet
modern science verifies that the universe is “grow(ing) old like a garment”
(Hebrews 1:11). The theory of evolution directly contradicts this law.
Psalms 102:25-26 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
Genesis 3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Romans 8:20-22 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Hebrews 1:11 They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
18.
Hydrological cycle described (Ecclesiastes 1:7; Jeremiah 10:13; Amos 9:6). Four
thousand years ago the Bible declared that God “draws up drops of water, which
distill as rain from the mist, which the clouds drop down and pour abundantly on
man” (Job 36:27-28). The ancients observed mighty rivers flowing into the ocean,
but they could not conceive why the sea level never rose. Though they observed
rainfall, they had only quaint theories as to its origin. Meteorologists now
understand that the hydrological cycle consists of evaporation, atmospheric
transportation, distillation, and precipitation.
Ecclesiastes 1:7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Jeremiah 10:13 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
Amos 9:6 It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
Job 36:27-28 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
19.
The sun goes in a circuit (Psalm 19:6). Some scientists scoffed at this verse
thinking that it taught geocentricity – the theory that the sun revolves around
the earth. They insisted the sun was stationary. However, we now know that the
sun is traveling through space at approximately 600,000 miles per hour. It is
literally moving through space in a huge circuit – just as the Bible stated
3,000 years ago!
Psalms 19:6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
20.
The universe is expanding (Job 9:8; Isaiah 42:5; Jeremiah 51:15; Zechariah
12:1). Repeatedly God declares that He stretches out the heavens. During the
early 20th century, most scientists (including Einstein) believed the universe
was static. Others believed it should have collapsed due to gravity. Then in
1929, astronomer Edwin Hubble showed that distant galaxies were receding from
the earth, and the further away they were, the faster they were moving. This
discovery revolutionized the field of astronomy. Eisntein admitted his mistake,
and today most astronomers agree with what the Creator told us millennia ago –
the universe is expanding!
Job 9:8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
Isaiah 42:5 Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
Jeremiah 51:15 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
Zechariah 12:1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
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