3 Scientific Facts You Never Knew Were in the Bible

When did “Bible” and “fact” become antonyms? How does the math work for scientific discovery to trump the word of God? Actually, scientific “discovery” is just that.  It’s just discovering the complexity of God’s creation. But, don’t take my word for it, take God’s.

Gravity

Job 26:7
He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing.

“He suspends the earth over nothing”. Ironically many nations believed with great conviction the exact opposite. Nothing on this earth just floats. Everything, other than the clouds themselves, are situated on some surface. As a result, naturally, ancient peoples were confident that the earth had to be suspended on something.

Some believed the earth was sitting on the back of a turtle and that that turtle was standing on a serpent. Some believed a man was holding the earth, the great Atlas himself. Still others believed the world was flat, surrounded by a dome from which the stars were hanging on strings. These are three interpretations of many.

So, when did mankind finally understand about gravity and outer space? It began with the all too familiar story of Sir Isaac Newton and his fruit-filled revelation.

Isaac Newton first published the Universal Law of Gravitation in 1687.

The book of Job in the Bible has been carbon-dated as the oldest book of the Bible: 3500 years old.

Job is the name of the author. Job was a shepherd. He raised livestock for a living. He wasn’t a scientific genius that looked up into the night sky and realized the nature of the earth. Living in the Bronze Age, the only tools available to him were simple machines of metal. As with every other book of the Bible, Job was not written from Job’s own thoughts. But, through revelation form the creator Job was able to write about the true nature of creation.

By far, God’s Word preceded mankind’s understanding.

Water Cycle

Job 26:8
He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.

Job 36:27-28
He draws up the drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams; the clouds pour down their moisture and abundant showers fall on mankind.

“Draws up drops of water” : evaporation
“Distill as rain to the streams” : precipitation
“Clouds pour down their moisture” : condensation

“Ok, so what?” Right?

Well, from our perspective, no big deal right? Every fifth grader that paid even a little attention in class knows about the water cycle. However, though it’s common knowledge now, mankind didn’t come to understand about the water cycle until about 400 years ago, throughout the 1670s. And then only through extensive research and experimentation carried out by two French scientists, Pierre Perault and Edme Marriotte.
Think about it. Have you ever seen water rise from a lake to the sky? Would you look up at the sky, and interpret the clouds as gatherings of water having never been taught? It’s impossible to look at a cloud and intuitively know they’re made up of water or that rain specifically falls from clouds.

But, again, there it is in the Bible, written by a man with no profound scientific understanding.

The Earth’s Core

Job 28: 5
The earth, from which food comes, is transformed below as by fire

Now, even if there is an argument about the visibility of the water cycle, how about the Earth’s core?

Job writes the the earth is transformed below by fire. This isn’t “it just came to me” writing.

I offer you a new definition of science:

So, do we need to study hard about gravity, the water cycle, and the Earth’s core to understand God better and receive salvation? No.

But, we can never receive salvation if we don’t believe in salvation. So, God allowed scientific fact to be included in the Bible, so we can realize the Bible in its entirety is the factual word of God. It’s our textbook for eternal life.

I don’t know about you, but that’s far more desirable than any chemistry class I ever had to take.