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I found this little book in the Christian bookstore at my church. As I'm reading through it, I see some interesting facts I'd like to share with you. Yep, learn something new everyday. Or, in this case, it confirms why we're right to believe what we believe. I know, you might be away, traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday. You can catch up when you get back. :o) Happy Thanksgiving everybody!
Hmm...let's see, can we do a Top Ten for this round? Here are ten facts you can think about, chew over, and swallow.
Fact #3:
The Bible specifies the perfect dimensions for a stable water vessel (Genesis 6:15). 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.
My side note: The starting date for the events happening in the book of Genesis is about 6000 B.C.
Fact #6:
Oceans contain springs (Job38:16). 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!
My side note: The starting date for the events happening in the book of Job is 2000 B.C.
Fact #7:
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.
My side note: The starting date for the events happening in the book of Jonah is 785 B.C.
Fact #8:
Joy and gladness understood (Acts 14:17). Evolution cannot explain emotions. Matter and energy do not feel. Scripture explains that God places gladness in our hearts (Psalm 4:7), and ultimate joy is found only in our Creator's presence - "in Your presence is fullness of joy" (Psalm 16:11).
My side notes: The starting date for the events happening in the book of Psalm is 1000 B.C. For the book of Acts is 30 A.D.
Fact #10:
The Bible states that God created life according to "kinds" (Genesis 1:24). The fact that God distinguishes "kinds" agrees with what scientists observe - namely that there are horizontal genetic boundaries beyond which life cannot vary. Life produces after its own kind. Dogs produce dogs, cats produce cats, roses produce roses. Never have we witnessed ne kind changing into another kind as evolution supposes. There are truly natural "limits" to biological change.
Fact #12:
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 came first with the ability to make eggs! Yet, evolution has no solution for this dilemma.
Fact #14:
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.
My side note: Coincidence? I think not!
Fact #17:
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.
My side note: The starting date for the events happening in Hebrews is 66 A.D.
Fact #22:
Ocean currents anticipated (Psalm 8:8). Three thousand years ago the Bible describes 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.
Fact #25:
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.
My side note: The starting date for the events happening in the book of Jeremiah is 626 B.C. Also, I have to add this 11th fact which ties into this one...
Fact #26:
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!
My side note: The starting date for the events happening in the book of Isaiah is 740 B.C.
I don't have a word to describe this. Let me get this straight...there are over ten thousand billion trillion stars and not only does God know exactly how many there are...but He has a name for every, single, one of them. That is crazy! Beyond crazy...He has to have one of these ultra-super genius minds to be able to do this. I mean honestly... This is more evidence that we have to catch up with God. We can't teach Him anything. It takes us centuries to find out stuff He's known since before the beginning. The time it will take scientists to "discover" God is really here...they'll be dead. Long gone. Our lives don't last that long. Send out a satellite with cameras on it? Yes? Maybe? By the time it "reaches Him" we'll all be gone. My advice...stick with the faith okay. It's faster.
You know what's funny? Scientists try to tell me what's gonna on. I've already read the Word. God already told me what's up. It's all written down. So go ahead, research it...test it out...and hopefully you'll "discover" it's all true before your life ends...you simply run out of time. :o( I know...it hurts. God didn't make us as smart as He is. No where near the same level as Him. Sure, He gave some folks more intelligence than others, where they catch on to more of this stuff eventually. But...even the smartest person on the planet can't be compared to Him. We will lose...everytime, all the time. My time is up. I hope you learned something today. Keep it for your records. Pass it along to those who need encouragement in their faith...and also to those who think you're crazy for paying any attention to the Bible. It's true...it's all around us, whether we believe in it or not, doesn't change a thing.
This is Earth...Welcome... :o) Until next time, Jesus loves you.
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