10 Scientific Facts in the Bible
The Bible is inspired by the Creator. Therefore it is no surprise
that life’s ultimate questions are answered within its pages. Check out these
top 10 scientific facts which God knew all along.
1.
The earth free-floats in space (Job 26:7), affected only by gravity. While
other sources at that time (1500 B.C.) 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.”
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. Scripture knew of this for 2,000 years!
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.
4.
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!
5. Circumcision
on the eighth day is ideal (Genesis 17:12; Leviticus 12:3; Luke 1:59). Medical
science has discovered that the blood clotting chemical prothrombin peaks in a
newborn on the eighth day. This is therefore the safest day to circumcise a
baby. How did Moses know?!
6.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.
7.
Blood is the source of life and health (Leviticus 17:11; 14). Up until 120
years ago, sick people were “bled” and many died as a result (e.g. George
Washington). Today we know that healthy blood is necessary to bring life-giving
nutrients to every cell in the body. God declared that “the life of the flesh
is in the blood” long before science understood its function.
8.
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.
9.
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 was
written between 740 and 680 B.C. and at least 300 years before Aristotle's book
On the Heavens. Secular man discovered this 2,400 years later. At a time when
science believed that the earth was flat, is was the Scriptures that inspired
Christopher Columbus to sail around world
10.
The Pleiades and Orion star clusters described (Job 38:31). The Pleiades star
cluster is gravitationally bound, while the Orion star cluster is loose and
disintegrating because the gravity of the cluster is not enough to bind the
group together. 4,000 years ago God asked Job, "Can you bind the cluster
of the Pleiades, or loose the belt of Orion?" Yet, it is only recently
that we realized that the Pleiades is gravitationally bound, but Orion's stars
are flying apart.
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