Thought this was pretty amazing and interesting!!
For all the scientists out there, and for all the students who
have a hard time convincing these people regarding the truth of the
Bible,
here's something that shows God's awesome creation, and that He
is still in control.
Did you know that the space program is busy proving that what
has been called "myth" in the Bible is true?
Mr. Harold Hill, President of the Curtis Engine Company in
Baltimore , Maryland , and a consultant in the space program, relates the
following development.
I think one of the most amazing things that God has done for us
today happened recently to our astronauts and space scientists at
Green Belt, Maryland .
They were checking out where the positions of the sun, moon, and
planets would be 100 years and 1,000 years from now.. We have to
know this so we won't send up a satellite and have it bump into something
later on in its orbits.
We have to lay out the orbits in terms of the life of the
satellite and where the planets will be so the whole thing will
not bog down.
They ran the computer measurement back and forth over the centuries,
and it came to a halt. The computer stopped and put up a red signal,
which meant that there was something wrong with either the
information fed into it or with the results as compared to the
standards.
They called in the service department to check it out, and they
said, ' What's wrong? ' Well, they found there is a day missing in space
in elapsed time.
They scratched their heads and tore their hair out.. There was no
answer.
Finally a Christian man on the team said, 'You know, one time I
was in Sunday School, and they talked about the sun standing still.'
While
they didn't believe him, they didn't have an answer either, so they
said, 'Show us, '
He got a Bible and went to the book of Joshua where they found a
pretty ridiculous statement for anyone with 'common sense.'
There they found the Lord saying to Joshua, 'Fear them not, I have
delivered them into thy hand; there shall not a man of them
stand before Thee.'
Joshua was concerned because he was surrounded by the enemy! And if
darkness fell, they would overpower them. So Joshua asked the
Lord to make the sun stand still! That's right... 'The sun stood still
and the moon stayed and lasted not to go down about a whole day!'
(Joshua 10:12-13)
The astronauts and scientists said, There is the missing day! They
checked the computers going back into the time it was written
and found it was close but not close enough. The elapsed time that was
missing back in Joshua's day was 23 hours and 20 minutes, not a whole day.
They read the Bible, and there it was about [approximately] a day.
These little words in the Bible are important, but they were
still in trouble because if you cannot account for 40 minutes, you'll
still be in trouble 1000 years from now.
Forty minutes had to be found because it can be multiplied many
times over in orbits. As the Christian employee thought about it, he
remembered somewhere in the Bible where it said the sun went
BACKWARDS.
The scientists told him he was out of his mind, but they got out the
Book and read these words in 2 Kings that told of the following
story:
Hezekiah, on his death bed, was visited by the prophet Isaiah
who told him that he was not going to die. Hezekiah asked for a sign as
proof.
Isaiah said 'Do you want the sun to go ahead 10 degrees?'
Hezekiah said, 'It is nothing for the sun to go ahead 10
degrees, but let the shadow return backward 10 degrees.' Isaiah
spoke to the Lord, and the Lord brought the shadow ten degrees BACKWARD!
Ten degrees is exactly 40 minutes!Twenty-three hours and 20 minutes in Joshua, plus 40 minutes in
Second Kings make the missing day in the universe! Isn't it amazing?
References: Joshua 10:8 and 12,13 and 2 Kings 20:9-11.
Forward this to as many people who you believe would think this is
equally as cool.
If God could do this then; how much more can he do for us today.
If we only believe in his word.
Never be afraid to try something new.
All I have and all that I am is by the Grace of God!