Many people think the Bible was just written by men thousands of years ago. But it may surprise you how amazingly scientific the Scriptures are. Of course, the Creator inspired its writing. In fact, we’re told that every wordin the original copies at least – was “God-breathed” (that’s what the Greek means) -- 2 Timothy 3:16. In so many cases our Father’s Word reveals knowledge that wouldn’t be understood by everyday mankind until thousands of years after the Bible was written.
Certainly the “signature of God” is written all around us in His creation. He is the ultimate Scientist, the unequaledArtist. The more you look at what God has touched, the more reverent you will be of His great power. I believe it takes far more faith to believe in godless evolution than to believe in our awesome Creator, the Great Designer and Architect of everything that is out there. Whether you thrill over the pictures coming back from the Hubble telescope or peer into the world seen only with powerful microscopes, God’s hand is everywhere.
Let’s take a look at a few of the many examples of Science in the Bible.
The ancients – especially those of other religions – believed the earth was supported on the back of a turtle, or on the back of Atlas of Greek mythology or other such nonsense. But God’s Word teaches nothing of the kind.
Job 26:7-8
“He stretches out the north over empty space;
He hangs the earth on nothing.
He binds up the water in His thick clouds,
Yet the clouds are not broken under it.”
For thousands of years before scientists discovered it, Scripture told us the earth hangs on nothing.
Scientists have known for decades, since Edwin Hubble discovered this information in 1929, that the universe is continuing to expand. But most astronomers assumed the universewas surely expanding ever more slowly over time. But in 1998, with the Hubble telescope and its discoveries, we learned the universe is actually expanding ever faster! But what force is pulling it outward? There was no explanation. Finally scientists decided to name it “Dark Energy”. They can’t see it, but they can see its effects! More is still unknown about Dark Energy than what we know.
In fact, the vast majority of the universe is made up of Dark Energy and Dark Matter – neither of which we can see! You can Google it and learn about it. The evidence is clearly there that most of what is in the universe is not visible. And we know that something is holding the vast universe together, though we can’t see it either. Our great Creator inspired Paul to say this very thing 2,000 years ago:
Hebrews 11:3
“By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.”
We also know that “something” is holding the universe together. Scientists can’t quite explain exactly what that “something” is, however, for it is also invisible.
Your Savior—Yes, Yeshua (Jesus) -- is the one who holds the creation together. Isn’t He powerful and amazing? Praise you, Yeshua!
Colossians 1:17
“He is before all things, and by Him all things hold together.” (Holman version)
CJB says “He existed before all things, and HE holds everything together.”
Be sure to click on “Continue reading” to the right to read the other inspiring science of the Bible. And remember this is just a tiny portion of what is available.