*4. Divine Foreknowledge & Fulfilled Prophecy

 

Scientific Fact or Principle               Date of Discovery               Bible Reference

Both man and woman possess seed of life               17^th C.               Gen 3:15, 22:18

There is a place void of stars in the North               19^th C.               Job 26:7

Earth is held in place by invisible forces               1650               Job 26:7

Taxonomical classifications of matter               1735               Gen 1

The earth is round               15^th C.               Isa 40:22

Day and night occur simultaneously on earth               15^th C.               Lk 17:31f

Certain animal carry diseases harmful to man               16^th C.               Lev 11

Early diagnosis of leprosy               17^th C.               Lev 13

Quarantine for disease control               17^th C.               Lev 13

Blood of animals carries disease               17^th C.               Lev 17

Blood necessary for survival of life               19^th C.               Lev 17:11

Oceans have natural paths in them               1854               Ps 8:8

Earth was in nebular form initially               1911               Gen 1:2

Most seaworthy ship design is 30:5:3               1860               Gen 5

Light is a particle (has mass, a photon)               1932               Job 38:19

Radio astronomy (stars give off signals)               1945               Job 38:7

Oceans contain fresh water springs               1920               Job 38:16

Snow has material (economic) value???               1905, 1966               Job 38:22

Infinite number of stars               1940               Gen 15:5

Dust is important to survival               1935               Isa 40:12

Herbert Spencer’s scientific principles               1860               Gen 1

Air has weight               16^th C.               Job 28:25

Light can be split up into component colors               1650               Job 38:24

Matter is made up of invisible particles               20^th C.               Rom 1:20; Heb 11:3

Plants use sunlight to manufacture food               1920               Job 8:16

Arcturus and other stars move through space               19^th C.               Job 38:32

Water-vapor cycle               17^th C.               Ecc 1:7; Job 36:27-28

Life originated in the sea ???               19^th C.               Gen 1

Lightning and thunder related               19^th C.               Job 38:25

Man was the last form of life created !!!               15^th C.               Gen 1    

Sequence of Creation agrees with science               20^th C.               Gen 1

All life reproduces “after its kind” !!!               1862               Gen 1; 6:19-20

Universe is a continuously spreading expanse               1948               Gen 1:8

Universe is immeasurable, limitless               19^th C.               Jer 31:37

First Law of Thermodynamics (Conservation of               19^th C.               Gen 2:2; Heb 4:8 (or 3)

            Mass-Energy)

Second Law of Thermodynamics (Entropy)            19^th C.            Ps 102:25-27

                           Rom 8:21-27

                           Heb 12:26-28

                           Isa 51:6

Mankind is of one origin            1775            Gen 2; Gen 9

Heavenly bodies are controlled by immutable law,            17^th C.            Psa 19:4; Jer 31:35

            Ordinances

Astrology is a foolish pseudo-science             Deut 18:14; Isa 47:13-14

The moon is a “witness” to the existence of the sun            16^th C.            Psa 89:36-37

Entire earth has been under water            1885            Gen 1:2-9; Gen 7:19-24

All the oceans have one bed            16^th C.            Gen 1:9-10

The earth has “foundations”            20^th C.            Job 38:4-6; Psa 104:5;

                           Pro 8:29 ?

All flesh is not the same flesh            20^th C.   I Cor 15:39

Protective effect of the atmosphere            19^th C.            Isa 40:22

 

 

The material universe is built of invisible            20^th C.            Heb 11:3

            Components

The oceans have channels, or canyons            20^th C.            Job 38:16; II Sam 22:16

Static electricity (lightning) causes rain            20^th C.            Job 38:25-27; Jer 10:13

Circumcision important            20^th C.            Gen 17:12

Circumcision not to be performed until 8^th day            20^th C.            Gen 17:12

Laws concerning excrement, quarantine; washing            19^th C.            Num 19:5-22

            and sanitation

Dietary Laws regarding eating flesh of scavengers            19^th C.            Lev 17:12-14; 3:17; 7:23

            and blood   

Need of people, animals and land for rest            20^th C.            Ex 20:8-11; 23:10-12

                           Lev 25:20-22

Whole world to be destroyed by [fire]                II Pet 3:10-12

 

 

??? I’m unclear as to why this reference is made.

!!! I’m uncertain as to whether science has actually accepted this.

 

Many of the references above were taken from a tract by John Clayton.

 

The references below are taken from a tract entitled Proof of God’s Word.  There is no author nor any publication information on the tract.

 

Scientific Test:

Job 26:7               Science discovered in 1650 that the earth is held in place by invisible forces.

Isa 40:22               In the 15^th C., man discovered that the earth was round (a vault).

Job 38:16               As late as 1920 man discovered that the oceans contain fresh water springs.

Heb 11:3               In the 20^th C., man discovered that matter is comprised of invisible particles.

Job 36:27-28               The Bible knows nothing of the process of nature called the water cycle?!

               Science confirmed this in 1706-1790 A.D.

 

Prophetic Test:

Isa 13:19-22               The destruction of Babylon, whose ruins remain deserted

               to this day.

Obad1-4               The destruction of the Edomites – Petra has lain deserted for

               2000 years.

Isa 7:14 & Matt 1:24-25               The birth of Jesus.

Isa 53 & Mark 14:43-15:1-39               The death of Jesus, described in detail.

Psa 22 & Mark 15:34               The crucifixion and agony of Jesus.

Zech 11:12-13 & Matt 26:15, 27:3-10               The price of Jesus’ betrayal.

Mark 13:1-2, 14-20               The destruction of Jerusalem.