God Exists & the Bible is His Book—Part III Astronomy

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters.” Gen. 1:1-2

“THEN JOB answered” ‘Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be just before God? Who commands the sun, and it does not rise; who seals up the stars; who made the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the chambers of the south…’.” Job 9:1-9 (parts)

Astronomy has been a hobby of mine for sometime. How can any logical human being look at the vastness of space and honestly believe there is no God?...

The Book of Amos speaks of the “seven stars in Pleiades” (a star constellation in the sky). This has been puzzling for hundreds of years as only six stars could be identified in the constellation Pleiades. With the creation of modern telescopes, a seventh star is clearly visible in Pleiades!

Consider the vastness of our universe. A ray of light leaving our closes neighbor, Alpha Cenaturi, traveling at a mind-boggling 24 trillion miles per hour, would take four years to reach earth!

“Anthropic” is the word scientists now use to describe the beginning of this world. It means, “Created by a superior intelligence.” Why would scientists come to this conclusion? Here’s only one of the many reasons: if our earth were located much farther away from our sun, we would freeze, like Mars. If we were much closer, we would burn on the surface like Venus at 860 degrees. If the magnetic forces in our system were either stronger or weaker, we couldn’t exist. If the earth didn’t revolve every 24 hrs, half the planet would be without vegetation and we’d die. If the earth didn’t revolve as it does, half the earth would be uninhabitable desert from the overwhelming heat of the sun unbearably concentrated on it. If our planet were not tilted at 23 degrees, we wouldn’t have the seasonal variation which produces the abundance of crops that feed our huge population. The moon produces the tides that continually replenish the oceans with oxygen. If the earth were smaller, the lessened gravity would be incapable of holding the atmosphere over the earth every day. If the atmosphere were thinner it would not provide the needed protection from the 25,000 meters that burn up in earth’s atmosphere every day. And a thinner atmosphere would not be capable of retaining the higher temperatures needed to sustain both animal and human life. In the words of the renowned Professor Robert Jastrow, “The smallest change in any of the circumstances…would have led to a universe in which there could be no life and no man.” (Dr. Robert Jastrow, The Intellectuals Speak Out About God, p.21).

When Columbus sailed the ocean blue, everyone thought the world was flat. But thousands of years before, the prophet Isaiah wrote, “It is He that sitteth upon the circle of the earth….” (Is. 40:22). We all know modern science has proven who was right: is the world flat or a circle? “He stretches out the north over empty space. He hangs the earth on nothing.” (Job. 26:7). Consider Job’s first point, “He stretches out the north over empty space.” As I began to learn about astronomy, I soon learned modern astronomy shows that the area to the north of the earth’s axis toward the polar star is almost empty of stars in contrast to the other directions which contain far more stars. Job’s second statement says the earth sits on nothing. The ancient pagans believed either the earth rested on the back of an elephant or Atlas held it. We all now know which theory is correct: the Bible’s.

The Torah, the first five books of the Old Testament, describes the exact time that passes between the appearance of new moons: 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes, 5 seconds: or, 29.53059 days. Thousand of years and billions of dollars later, modern science determined the time between the appearances of new moons is 29.530588 days!

There are so many other facts in the Bible that science is just now getting around to “proving.” I couldn’t begin to scratch the surface in this brief Bread devotion. But this should be good primer for you to share with any disbeliever.

“Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalms 46:10.

Blessings Always in All Ways,

Steve
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