"Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law." Psalms 119:18 (KJV)
Ahead of "Modern" Science
The Bible has long been known to be the Word of God. It has proved itself true spiritually, historically, mathematically, prophetically, and scientifically. Man of the scientific claims of the Bible were declared thousands of years before man had "discovered" them. The only way those things could have been known and recorded in the Bible, even before mand "discovered" them, is that it was revealed by God and preserved for us in His Word.
Here are a few of the hundreds of examples found in the pages of scripture:
- The earth is round:“It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth . . .” Isaiah 40:22 Here, 712 B. C. and more than 2,200 years before Christopher Columbus established it as modern scientific fact, the Bible stated that the earth was a circle, or round.
- Existence of dinosaurs and man cohabiting with them.“Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox . . . He moveth his tail like a cedar: . . His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron . . .” Job 40:15-24
Approximately 1520 B. C., Job describes, in detail, an animal that is larger than any seen today. Clearly, it is a description of a large dinosaur. It was not until 1824 that William Buckland documented one of the first dinosaurs, and it was not until the 1900’s that fossilized dinosaur and human footprints were found together in Glen Rose, Texas and in Africa. In addition, an 1186 A.D. carving on a Cambodian Temple is evidence the artist saw a stegosaurus, and that dinosaurs were alive when man was on the earth. - Life is in the blood . “For the life of the flesh is in the blood ...” Leviticus 17:11
William Harvey, in 1616, is attributed with discovering that blood circulation is most important for life. The verse in Leviticus was written over 3,000 years before Harvey’s discovery. - Eating fat is unhealthy. “Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.” Lev. 7:23.
Written 1490 B. C., it was far in advance of the modern research that eating fat is not healthy. - Man lived in caves.“They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;) To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.” Job 30:5-6
This verse is believed to have been written about 1520 B. C., but it was not proven until around 1879 from paintings found in Spanish caves,that man lived in them. - Stars are different.“There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.” I Corinthians 15:41
This statement was made about 57 A. D., but the telescope was not invented by Hans Lipperhey until 1608 to prove that stars were different from one another. - Water in outer space . “And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.” Genesis 1:7
Attributed to be written more than 4,000 years B.C., this statement is far in advance of the CNN statement of December 3, 1996 that “ice most likely exists at the moon’s sun-deprived south pole”. It also precedes NASA’s 2000 announcement that they found evidence of water on Mars. - Geographically ahead of modern day archaeology. Many times archaeologists use the descriptions in the Bible to find lost and forgotten cities. One could easily spend a busy month in Israel where a tour guide would point out cities, buildings, and artifacts that were mentioned in the Bible before they were even known to exist.
The Bible is scientifically accurate, because its author was the Creator of all that we try to examine and learn about. Famous kings, prophets, men, and rulers recorded exactly what God wanted us to know. We have a copy of it today in our King James Bible. It is a trustworthy source for answers to most of man’s questions; especially those concerning his eternal future and destination.
March 10, 2007, re-edited: 8/16/2010
This article was featured in The Bible View #97.