Although the Bible is not a science book, it is scientifically accurate. Some scientists would not agree that the Bible is correct--but none can prove the Bible wrong. And there are many, many scientists who acknowledge that the Bible IS scientifically correct. As I said in an earlier post, the majority of people who attempt to disprove the Bible simply can not, therefore they become believers.
Striking evidence of divine inspiration is found in the fact that many principles of modern science were recorded as facts of nature in the Bible long before scientists confirmed them experimentally. Below I will list statements that are consistent with known scientific facts. Many of them were listed in the Bible hundreds or even thousands of years before being recorded elsewhere. Man has taken many centuries to discover many things the Bible stated thousands of years ago. Where did the writers of the Bible get their information--if not from God?
Statements Consistent with Paleontology
*Dinosaurs are referred to in several books in the Bible. The book of Job describes two dinosaurs. One is described in chapter 40 starting at verse 15, and the other in chapter 41 starting at verse 1. I think you will agree that 1 1/2 chapters about dinosaurs is a lot-since most people do not even realize that they are mentioned in the Bible! In fact I will be discussing dinosaurs in more detail in a future post.
Statements Consistent with Astronomy
The Bible frequently refers to the great number of stars in the heavens. Here are two examples.
Genesis 22:17
"Blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies."
Jeremiah 33:22
"As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured, so will I multiply the descendants of David My servant and Levites who minister to Me."
Even today, scientists admit they do not know how many stars there are. Only about 3,000 can be seen with the naked eye. However estimates reveal that there are so many stars that they simply can not be numbered.
*The Bible also says that each star is unique.
1 Corinthians 15:41
There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the star; for one star differs from another star in glory.
All stars look alike to the naked eye. Even when seen though a telescope, they seem to be just points of light. However, analysis of their light spectra reveals that each is unique and different from all others.
*The Bible describes the precision of movement in the universe.
Jeremiah 31:35,36
Thus says the LORD,
Who gives the sun for a light by day,
The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night,
Who disturbs the sea,
And its waves roar
(The LORD of hosts is His name):
"If those ordinances depart
From before Me, says the LORD,
Then the seed of Israel shall also cease
From being a nation before Me forever."
*The Bible describes the suspension of the Earth in space.
Job 26:7
He stretches out the north over empty space;
He hangs the earth on nothing
Statements Consistent with Meteorology
*The Bible describes the circulation of the atmosphere.
Ecclesiastes 1:6
The wind goes toward the south,
And turns around to the north;
The wind whirls about continually,
And cones again on its circuit.
*The Bible includes some principles of fluid dynamics.
Job 28:25
To establish a weight for the wind,
And apportion the waters by measure.
The fact that air has weight was proven scientifically only about 300 years ago. The relative weights of air and water are needed for the efficient functioning of the world's hydrological cycle, which in turn sustains life on the earth.
Statements Consistent With Biology
*The book of Leviticus (written prior to 1400 BC) describes the value of blood.
Leviticus 17:11
"For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul."
The blood carries water and nourishment to every cell, maintains the body's temperature, and removes the waste material of the body's cells. The blood also carries oxygen from the lungs throughout the body. In 1616, William Harvey discovered that blood circulation is the key factor in physical life-confirming what the Bible revealed 3,000 years earlier.
*The Bible describes biogenesis (the development of living organisms from other living organisms) and the stability of each kind of living organism.
Genesis 1:21
So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to it's kind. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:25
And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
The phrase "according to its kind" occurs repeatedly, stressing the reproductive integrity of each kind of animal and plant. Today we know this occurs because all of these reproductive systems are programmed by their genetic codes.
Statement Consistent with Anthropology
*We have cave paintings and other evidence that people inhabited caves. The Bible also describes cave men.
Job 30:5,6
They were driven out from among men,
They shouted at them as at a thief,
They had to live in the clefts of the valleys,
In caves of the earth and the rocks.
Note that these were not "ape-men", but descendants of those who scattered from Babel. They were driven from the commune by those tribes who competed successfully for the more desirable regions of the earth.
Other statements to examine are:
Statements Consistent with Hydrology: The Bible includes reasonably complete descriptions of the hydrological cycle, condensation with electrical discharges and precipitation. Psalm 135:7 and Jeremiah 10:33. In these verses you can see several phases of the hydrological cycle-the worldwide processes of evaporation, translation aloft by atmospheric circulation.
Statements that describe the recirculation of water are found in Ecclesiastes 1:7 and Isaiah 55:10. Furthermore the Bible refers to the surprising amount of water that can be held as condensation in clouds in Job 26:28 and Job 37:11. Hydrothermal vents are described in two books of the Bible written before 1400BC-more than 3,000 years before their discovery by science.
Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the window of heaven were opened.
Job 38:16
Have you entered the springs of the sea?
Or have you walked in search of the depths?
I will discuss the "Fountains of the great deep" and hydrothermal vents further in a future post about Creation Versus Evolution.
I literally could write another 5-6 pages on all of scientific evidence found in the Bible. However I will conclude by providing these additional principles of modern science which where recorded as facts of nature in the Bible long before scientists confirmed them experimentally.
*Roundness of the earth (Isaiah 40:22)
*Almost infinite extent of the sidereal universe (Isaiah 55:9)
*Law of conservation of mass and energy ( 11Peter 3:7)
*Law of increasing entropy (Psalm 102:25-27)
If you do not own a Bible you can easily pull up any of these Bible verses on one of the many free on line Bible sites.
At this point in my posts in which I have examined the Bible, we have covered the proof of prophecy and the proof of science. Stay tuned for my next post where I will discuss the unique historical accuracy of the scriptures and point out many archaeological confirmations.
Thank you for taking this journey with me as I examine the truths of the Bible. I hope that you are beginning to see what I saw 12 years ago when I began to research the truths of the Bible. It truly IS the inspired word of God and it has immeasurable value for your life. I hope you are realizing now that the contents of Scripture can
be verified, not only by the discoveries of modern science that I just discussed but additionally by the facts of history and archaeology which I will discuss in my next post.
Thank you for reading Living a Spirit Filled Life and may God bless you!
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References:
-The DEFENDER'S Study Bible, Word Publishing, Grand Rapids, Michigan (1995)
-The Number of Stars
-The hydrologic Cycle
-Submarine Volcanic Ecosystems (An article on hydrothermal vents)
-All Bible passages were taken from the New King James Version
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