If you don't read anything else, you must read this!
For all you 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 awesome
creation and shows 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 for us
today happened recently to our astronauts and space
scientists at Green Belt, Maryland.
They were checking the position of the sun, moon, and
planets out in space where they would be 100 years and 1000
years from now. We have to know this so we won't send a
satellite, up 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 either with 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. 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 back to the book of Joshua where they found
a
pretty ridiculous statement for any one 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 hasted
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 1,000 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 deathbed, 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
2 Kings 20:9-11
Forward this to as many people who you believe would think
this is equally as cool.
Received from John and Billie Faye Parish, 1-8-99
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in
moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at
times of challenge and controversy." - Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.
Be Blessed!