POPULAR ATHEIST MISCONCEPTION : ' There is no true Science Foreknowledge in the Bible'

Greetings to you this lovely day in May , as we look further into our
weekend study of : P.A.M.'s .
These are intended primarily for the honest Seeker/Skeptic who has an
open mind and is willing to consider the evidence for a personal
Creator of the Unvierse, and, not for those who 'already know that a
Creator doesnt exist'.

One of the key points for the credibilty of the Bible, is the fact
that there are about 100 Old Testament recordings of what we know
today as Modern Science processes ...back in a time when the science
of that day was vastly different.  The O.T. was written some 2200 to
6000 years ago yet records amazing scientific things that have only
been fairly recently confirmed as true !   While there are about 100
such things, Ive listed 15 of them , following.  Bear in mind that to
the ardent unwilling atheist, no amount of scientific evidence would
ever be enough for one to abandon the comfort of following the atheist
lifestyle , but for those who are serious for the truth and dont have
a closed mind...these compelling 15 are presented for your
consideration :

1. Only in recent years has science discovered that everything we see
is composed of invisible atoms. Here, Scripture tells us that the
"things which are seen were not made of things which do appear."
2. Medical science has only recently discovered that blood-clotting
in
a newborn reaches its peak on the eighth day, then drops. The Bible
consistently says that a baby must be circumcised on the eighth day.

3. At a time when it was believed that the earth sat on a large
animal
or a giant (1500 B.C.), the Bible spoke of the earths free float in
space: "He...hangs the earth upon nothing" (Job 26:7).

4. The prophet Isaiah also tells us that the earth is round: "It is
he
that sits upon the circle of the earth" (Isaiah 40:22). This is not a
reference to a flat disk, as some skeptic maintain, but to a sphere.
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 the world (see Proverbs 3:6
footnote).

5. God told Job in 1500 B.C.: "Can you send lightnings, that they may
go, and say to you, Here we are?" (Job 38:35). The Bible here is
making what appears to be a scientifically ludicrous statementthat
light can be sent, and then manifest itself in speech. But did you
know that radio waves travel at the speed of light? This is why you
can have instantaneous wireless communication with someone on the
other side of the earth. Science didnt discover this until 1864 when
"British scientist James Clerk Maxwell suggested that electricity and
light waves were two forms of the same thing" (Modern Century
Illustrated Encyclopedia).

6. Job 38:19 asks, "Where is the way where light dwells?" Modern man
has only recently discovered that light (electromagnetic radiation)
has a "way," traveling at 186,000 miles per second.

7. Science has discovered that stars emit radio waves, which are
received on earth as a high pitch. God mentioned this in Job 38:7:
"When the morning stars sang together..."

8. "Most cosmologists (scientists who study the structures and
evolution of the universe) agree that the Genesis account of
creation,
in imagining an initial void, may be uncannily close to the truth"
(Time, Dec. 1976).

9. Solomon described a "cycle" of air currents two thousand years
before scientists "discovered" them. "The wind goes toward the south,
and turns about unto the north; it whirls about continually, and the
wind returns again according to his circuits" (Ecclesiastes 1:6).

10. Science expresses the universe in five terms: time, space,
matter,
power, and motion. Genesis 1:1,2 revealed such truths to the Hebrews
in 1450 B.C.: "In the beginning [time] God created [power] the heaven
[space] and the earth [matter] . . . And the Spirit of God moved
[motion] upon the face of the waters." The first thing God tells man
is that He controls of all aspects of the universe.

11. The great biological truth concerning the importance of blood in
our bodys mechanism has been fully comprehended only in recent
years.
Up until 120 years ago, sick people were "bled," and many died
because
of the practice. If you lose your blood, you lose your life. Yet
Leviticus 17:11, written 3,000 years ago, declared that blood is the
source of life: "For the life of the flesh is in the blood."

12. All things were made by Him (see John 1:3), including dinosaurs.
Why then did the dinosaur disappear? The answer may be in Job
40:1524. In this passage, God speaks about a great creature called
"behemoth." Some commentators think this was a hippopotamus. However,
the hippos tail isnt like a large tree, but a small twig. Following
are the characteristics of this huge animal: It was the largest of
all
the creatures God made; was plant-eating (herbivorous); had its
strength in its hips and a tail like a large tree. It had very strong
bones, lived among the trees, drank massive amounts of water, and was
not disturbed by a raging river. He appears impervious to attack
because his nose could pierce through snares, but Scripture says, "He
that made him can make his sword to approach unto him." In other
words, God caused this, the largest of all the creatures He had made,
to become extinct.

13. Encyclopedia Britannica documents that in 1845, a young doctor in
Vienna named Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis was horrified at the terrible death
rate of women who gave birth in hospitals. As many as 30 percent died
after giving birth. Semmelweis noted that doctors would examine the
bodies of patients who died, then, without washing their hands, go
straight to the next ward and examine expectant mothers. This was
their normal practice, because the presence of microscopic diseases
was unknown. Semmelweis insisted that doctors wash their hands before
examinations, and the death rate immediately dropped to 2 percent.
Look at the specific instructions God gave His people for when they
encounter disease: "And when he that has an issue is cleansed of his
issue; then he shall number to himself even days for his cleansing,
and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall
be clean" (Leviticus 15:13). Until recent years, doctors washed their
hands in a bowl of water, leaving invisible germs on their hands.
However, the Bible says specifically to wash hands under "running
water."

14. Luke 17:3436 says the Second Coming of Jesus Christ will occur
while some are asleep at night and others are working at daytime
activities in the field. This is a clear indication of a revolving
earth, with day and night at the same time.

15. "During the devastating Black Death of the fourteenth century,
patients who were sick or dead were kept in the same rooms as the
rest
of the family. People often wondered why the disease was affecting so
many people at one time. They attributed these epidemics to bad air
or evil spirits. However, careful attention to the medical commands
of God as revealed in Leviticus would have saved untold millions of
lives. Arturo Castiglione wrote about the overwhelming importance of
this biblical medical law: The laws against leprosyin Leviticus 13
may be regarded as the first model of sanitary legislation (A
History
of Medicine)." Grant R. Jeffery, The Signature of God With all these
truths revealed in Scripture,how could a thinking person deny that
the
Bible is supernatural in origin? There is no other book in any of the
worlds religions (Vedas, Bhagavad-Gita, Koran, Book of Mormon, etc.)
that contains scientific truth. In fact, they contain statements that
are clearly unscientific. Hank Hanegraaff said, "Faith in Christ is
not some blind leap into a dark chasm, but a faith based on
established evidence." (11:3 continued)

Join us next weekend as we examine examine the Atheist Faith a little
closer.  Regards, Dave.

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