We
continue today to observe the abundant scientific evidence that attests to the
accuracy of the Bible.
Consider
the field of biology.
Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth
grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit
according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth”; and it was so. And
the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind,
and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind.
And God saw that it was good. (Gen.1:11-12)
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 its kind. And God saw that it
was good. (v.21)
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. (v.25)
Scientists
call the process being described here, “biogenesis”—the development of living
organisms from other living organisms with the ability of every living thing to
reproduce after its kind—according to its genetic code. By the way, a fish never becomes a frog and a
frog a bird and a bird a dinosaur and a dinosaur a possum and a possum a monkey
and a monkey a man. Dogs are dogs and
cats are cats. There are dogfish and
catfish but no dog or cat becoming a fish!
That is not just theology. It is
biology!
Here
is something the Bible says about how human bodies are made:
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of
the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a
living being. (Gen.2:7)
In the sweat of your face you shall eat
bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
For dust you are,
And to dust you shall return. (Gen.3:19)
Our
bodies are composed of elements like oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen,
calcium, phosphorus, and some others—we are made from dirt—and when we die,
decompose back to dirt. No wonder that some
university professors are full of mud!
Furthermore,
we have the testimony of geology.
Thus says the Lord:
“If heaven above can be measured,
And the foundations of the earth searched
out beneath,
I will also cast off all the seed of
Israel
For all that they have done, says the
Lord.
(Jer.31:37)
As
we have not reached the end of the universe, we have not been able to drill
beyond the upper 25-30% of earth’s crust.
Neither will the end of God’s promises to Israel be reached.
Science
taught the earth was flat for millennia, yet God knew it was a sphere as Isaiah
wrote. Poor Chris Columbus—he was going
to sail right off the edge of the ocean and never return! How did that turn out? The prophet also speaks of the heavens being
stretched out and science agrees the universe is expanding. No scientist in Isaiah’s time was aware of such. They would have laughed at the suggestion.
It is He who sits above the circle of the
earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
Who stretches out the heavens like a
curtain,
And spreads them out like a tent to dwell
in. (Isa.40:22)
How about a little physics?
According
to the laws of thermodynamics, the universe is not only expanding (stretching)
but energy is dissipating.
Of old You laid the foundation of the
earth,
And the heavens are the work of Your
hands.
They will perish, but You will endure;
Yes, they will all grow old like a
garment;
Like a cloak You will change them,
And they will be changed. (Ps.102:25-26)
Like
the universe, this lesson could keep expanding because there is so much to say,
but I don’t want the subject to wear thin!
So, God willing, we will have another Scripture science lesson tomorrow.
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