On March 31st and April 7th of this year we submitted two comments "Scientific facts from the Bible that Prove Creation," part 1 and part 2, taken from the book "101 Scientific facts and Foreknowledge" by Eternal Productions. Here are some more facts from the same book that prove creation, and the truth of the Bible:
"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 know to be true - "He hangs the earth on nothing."
2. Creation is made of particles, indiscernible to our eyes (Hebrews 11:3) "By faith we understand that the universe was ordered by the Word of God, so that what is visible came into being through the invisible." Not until the 19th century was it discovered that all visible matter consists of invisible elements.
3. Oceans contain springs (Job 38:16) "Have you entered into the springs of the sea, or walked in the recesses of the deep?" 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!
4. There are mountains on the bottom of the ocean floor (Jonah 2:5-6) "The waters closed in over me; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped around my head at the roots of the mountains." Only in the last century have we discovered that there are towering mountains and deep trenches in the depths of the sea.
5. The bible specifies the perfect dimensions for a stable water vessel (Genesis 6:15) "This is how you shall build it: the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits." Ship builders today are well aware that the ideal dimension for ship stability is a length six times that of the width. Keep in mind, God told Noah the ideal dimensions for the ark 4,500 years ago.
6. Our bodies are made from the dust of the ground (Genesis 2:7) "the lord formed man out of the clay of the ground...", and (Genesis 3:19) "...until you return to the ground from which you were taken; For you are dirt, and to dirt you shall return." Scientists have discovered that the human body is comprised of some 28 base and trace elements - all of which are found in the earth.
7. The earth is a sphere (Isaiah 40:22) "It is He who sits above the circle of the earth..." At a time when many thought the earth was flat, the Bible told us the earth was spherical.
8. Scripture assumes a revolving (spherical) earth (Luke 17:34-36) "I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. There will be two women grinding meal together; one will be taken and the other left." 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.
9. The number of stars, though vast, are finite (Isaiah 40:26) "Lift up your eyes on high and see: Who created these? He who brings out their host and numbers them, calling them all by name..." 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 stars; He calls them all by name" (Psalm 147:4). What an awesome God!
10. Life begins at fertilization (Jeremiah 1:5). God declares that He knew us before we were born. The Biblical penalty for murdering an unborn child was death (Exodus 21:22-23) "When people who are fighting injure a pregnant woman so that there is a miscarriage...If any harm follows, then you shall give life for life, eye for eye..." Today, it is an irrefutable biological fact that the fertilized egg is truly an entire human being. Nothing will be added to the first cell except nutrition and oxygen.
11. DNA anticipated (Psalm 139:13-16). During the 1950s, Watson and Crick discovered the genetic blueprint for life. Three thousand years ago the Bible seems to reference this written digital code in Psalm 139 - "Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect (unformed); and in Thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them."
12. The sun goes in a circuit (Psalm 19:4-6) "...In the heavens He has set a tent for the sun, which comes out like a bridegroom from his wedding canopy, and like a strong man runs his course with joy. Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them..." 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 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!
13. Light travels in a path (Job 38:19) "Where is the way to the dwelling of light..." Light is said to have a "way" [Hebrew: 'derek', literally a traveled path or road]. Until the 17th century it was believed that light was transmitted instantaneously. We now know that light is a form of energy that travels at 186,000 miles per second in a straight line. Indeed, there is a "way" of light.
14. Air has weight (Job 28:25) "When He gave to the wind its weight, and apportioned out the waters by measure" It was once thought that air was weightless. Yet 4000 years ago Job declared that God established "a weight for the wind." In recent years, meteorologists have calculated that the average thunderstorm holds thousands of tons of rain. To carry this load, air must have mass.
15. The Bible says that light can be sent, and then manifest itself in speech (Job 38:35) "Can you send forth lightnings, so that they may go and say to you, 'here we are'"? We now know that radio waves and light waves are two forms of the same thing - electromagnetic waves. Therefore, radio waves are a form of light. Today, using radio transmitters, we can send "lightnings" which indeed speak when they arrive."
By George Konig
6/24/2007
www.georgekonig.org
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