ive had some questions about astronomy and the bible, so i looked it up and checked everything and it answered alot my questions! (: GOD IS GOOD.
It has been said that the Bible is not a science textbook. This is true, of course, and it’s actually a good thing. After all, our science textbooks are based on the ideas of human beings who do not know everything and who often make mistakes. That’s why science textbooks change from time to time, as people discover new evidence and realize that they were wrong about certain things.
The Bible, though, never changes because it never needs to. God got it right the first time! The Bible is the infallible Word of God. So when it touches on a particular topic, it’s right. When the Bible talks about geology, it’s correct. When Scripture addresses biology or anthropology, it’s also right.
What does the Bible teach about astronomy? Let's take a look at some of the things the Bible has to say about the universe. We will see that the Bible is absolutely correct when it deals with astronomy.
Another verse to consider is Job 26:10, where it teaches that God has “inscribed” a circle on the surface of the waters at the boundary of light and darkness. This boundary between light and darkness is where evening and morning occur. The boundary is a circle since the earth is round.
The Bible indicates in several places that the universe has been “stretched out” or expanded. For example, Isaiah 40:22 teaches that God stretches out the heavens like a curtain and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. This would suggest that the universe has actually increased in size since its creation. God is stretching it out, causing it to expand.
You can think of this like points on a balloon. As the balloon is inflated, all the points move farther away from each other. If the entire universe was being stretched out, the galaxies would all be moving away; and that is what they actually appear to be doing.
It is fascinating that the Bible recorded the idea of an expanding universe thousands of years before secular science came to accept the idea.
The moon is slowly moving away from the earth. As the moon orbits the earth, its gravity pulls on the earth’s oceans, which causes tides. The tides actually “pull forward” on the moon, causing the moon to gradually spiral outward. So the moon moves about an inch and a half away from the earth every year. That means that the moon would have been closer to the earth in the past.
For example, six thousand years ago, the moon would have been about 800 feet closer to the earth (which is not much of a change, considering the moon is a quarter of a million miles away). So this “spiraling away” of the moon is not a problem over the biblical timescale of 6,000 years. But if the earth and moon were over four billion years old (as evolutionists teach), then we would have big problems. In this case, the moon would have been so close that it would actually have been touching the earth only 1.4 billion years ago. This problem suggests that the moon can’t possibly be as old as secular astronomers claim.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
im never alone
It amazes me how some people dont look further than living at this moment.
that maybe we are supposed to live for a much larger purpose in the thing called life. LIFE.. what is life? a life. other lives. human lives. and we are given DAYS. a morning, afternoon, night time. we are given TIME.
Some of us truly have passions for different things.
the thing is though, what passions will fufill your true lifes meaning.
while you were on earth what did your life mean and how did you spend your TIME to help effect others in a good or bad way.
did it benefit only yourself or did you make an impact on those around you.
it truly is an overwhelming joy when you give and serve and just love on the people around you.
when you love someone just as a friend or as a brother or sister, you feel a joy that is addictive. and that joy and overwhelming passion is everything God talks about.
It says in Romans that Love itself fufills Gods requirements.
in our life what fufills your requirements.
what is satisfying your life to a point that you know if you were to die tomorrow it was worth living for.
are you interested in salvation. are you interested in not necessarily believing in a significant being but having FAITH in a God who gives us grace.
you have too think. we are living! right now! too me that is overwhelming and overall amazing! it makes me want to wake up everyday and just take it all in and be stoked on this life.
it puts the biggest smile on my face to know i was created to serve a PURPOSE.
that i was chosen and annointed by God to truly live my life not alone but with him.
when you just think about how we can think it totally blows me away.
we do not verbally have to speak out but in our minds we can THINK.
and thinking creates a knowledge right?
what else can you do in your head.
you can PRAY.
you can talk to the LORD in complete silence.
its just between you and GOD.
no outside people who can just jump into the conversation.
no one to comment or anything its a relationship between you and your Lord and Savior. and just small things like that just help my faith so much more. i love being able to live and go through trials and NOT HAVING TO DO IT ALONE.
that maybe we are supposed to live for a much larger purpose in the thing called life. LIFE.. what is life? a life. other lives. human lives. and we are given DAYS. a morning, afternoon, night time. we are given TIME.
Some of us truly have passions for different things.
the thing is though, what passions will fufill your true lifes meaning.
while you were on earth what did your life mean and how did you spend your TIME to help effect others in a good or bad way.
did it benefit only yourself or did you make an impact on those around you.
it truly is an overwhelming joy when you give and serve and just love on the people around you.
when you love someone just as a friend or as a brother or sister, you feel a joy that is addictive. and that joy and overwhelming passion is everything God talks about.
It says in Romans that Love itself fufills Gods requirements.
in our life what fufills your requirements.
what is satisfying your life to a point that you know if you were to die tomorrow it was worth living for.
are you interested in salvation. are you interested in not necessarily believing in a significant being but having FAITH in a God who gives us grace.
you have too think. we are living! right now! too me that is overwhelming and overall amazing! it makes me want to wake up everyday and just take it all in and be stoked on this life.
it puts the biggest smile on my face to know i was created to serve a PURPOSE.
that i was chosen and annointed by God to truly live my life not alone but with him.
when you just think about how we can think it totally blows me away.
we do not verbally have to speak out but in our minds we can THINK.
and thinking creates a knowledge right?
what else can you do in your head.
you can PRAY.
you can talk to the LORD in complete silence.
its just between you and GOD.
no outside people who can just jump into the conversation.
no one to comment or anything its a relationship between you and your Lord and Savior. and just small things like that just help my faith so much more. i love being able to live and go through trials and NOT HAVING TO DO IT ALONE.
Friday, March 19, 2010
simple.
We are all so altered and unique.
Humans are all made differently in our speech, in our style, in our lifestyles, everything.
We are all made to do specific colorful things in life; things that will not only make us happy but help those around us, but most importantly glorify God, our Righteous King.
We are all given very distinct talents and professions that we are entirely capable and savvy of. Even though we are all so divergent, one thing that makes us the comparable is our walk in love, and our strides in Jesus Christ. Our love for what he inspires us to do in life..
Its so awesome in Romans 12:6-8 (New Living Translation)it says:
"In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you. If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well. If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly."
and its so sick how God gave us a law and a covenant to try and live by. If it were not for his law we would not know what is bad from good, good from bad. He is like our dad watching out for us. And everything he says makes perfect sense. Do not lie, cheat, kill, etc. these things are common sense yet people still do them and the thing is, is makes bad fruit. When you plant bad fruit your going to get MORE bad fruit like it says in Matthew 12:33
"A tree is identified by its fruit. Make a tree good, and its fruit will be good. Make a tree bad, and its fruit will be bad."
simple.
Humans are all made differently in our speech, in our style, in our lifestyles, everything.
We are all made to do specific colorful things in life; things that will not only make us happy but help those around us, but most importantly glorify God, our Righteous King.
We are all given very distinct talents and professions that we are entirely capable and savvy of. Even though we are all so divergent, one thing that makes us the comparable is our walk in love, and our strides in Jesus Christ. Our love for what he inspires us to do in life..
Its so awesome in Romans 12:6-8 (New Living Translation)it says:
"In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you. If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well. If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly."
and its so sick how God gave us a law and a covenant to try and live by. If it were not for his law we would not know what is bad from good, good from bad. He is like our dad watching out for us. And everything he says makes perfect sense. Do not lie, cheat, kill, etc. these things are common sense yet people still do them and the thing is, is makes bad fruit. When you plant bad fruit your going to get MORE bad fruit like it says in Matthew 12:33
"A tree is identified by its fruit. Make a tree good, and its fruit will be good. Make a tree bad, and its fruit will be bad."
simple.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
"Behold, for i am coming quickly." -Jesus Christ
these are some notes i took sunday during our last church service, checkkit:
On February 27th we had in earthquake in Chili, it was said to be an 8.8. Our pastor was talking about how this earthquake moved the earth of its axis and shortened our normal 24 hour day.
Richard Gross, a scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., and colleagues calculated that Saturday's quake shortened the day by 1.26 microseconds. A microsecond is one-millionth of a second.
In the bible it talks about Jesus's coming in Isaiah 13:13 and it says:
Isaiah 13:13 (New International Version)
"Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;
and the earth will shake from its place
at the wrath of the LORD Almighty,
in the day of his burning anger."
It also says in matthew:
Matthew 24:4-8 (New International Version)
Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.
When it says birth pains its like a woman and her contractions before the baby comes. Just like these earthquakes are contracting the earth; and Jesus the Messiah is coming.
Are you saved and know that when he comes your going to heaven?
Are you ready to see the King!?
:)
On February 27th we had in earthquake in Chili, it was said to be an 8.8. Our pastor was talking about how this earthquake moved the earth of its axis and shortened our normal 24 hour day.
Richard Gross, a scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., and colleagues calculated that Saturday's quake shortened the day by 1.26 microseconds. A microsecond is one-millionth of a second.
In the bible it talks about Jesus's coming in Isaiah 13:13 and it says:
Isaiah 13:13 (New International Version)
"Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;
and the earth will shake from its place
at the wrath of the LORD Almighty,
in the day of his burning anger."
It also says in matthew:
Matthew 24:4-8 (New International Version)
Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.
When it says birth pains its like a woman and her contractions before the baby comes. Just like these earthquakes are contracting the earth; and Jesus the Messiah is coming.
Are you saved and know that when he comes your going to heaven?
Are you ready to see the King!?
:)
God the Goldsmith
more notes
A Goldsmiths Job is to first take a piece of gold and put in water or some kind of oil so they can clean it. The point of this is so that all the impure things and dirt rise too the top for the goldsmith to take out and make the gold clean. Its like the same thing with God.
He takes us and cleanses us from our sins when we repent and give up our earthly desires. Gods grace is so significant that he just takes our sins, our impurities and dirt, and throws them away. Allowing us to be his treasures, his pieces of gold. See when God puts us through the cleansing process its too see if our faith is genuine gold or false (fools gold).
Exodus 19:5-6 (New King James Version)
"Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine."
One pastor once said "Christians are like tea bags, to see what flavor they are you have to put them in hot water". When God puts us through storms and hard times its a testing of our faith. Will you turn out with a genuine and stronger faith or are you a fake. Are you going to trust God? Or rely on the worldy things to heal the pain; which really makes things worst.
What flavor tea bag are you as a christian? Are you fools gold or a genuine gold?
A Goldsmiths Job is to first take a piece of gold and put in water or some kind of oil so they can clean it. The point of this is so that all the impure things and dirt rise too the top for the goldsmith to take out and make the gold clean. Its like the same thing with God.
He takes us and cleanses us from our sins when we repent and give up our earthly desires. Gods grace is so significant that he just takes our sins, our impurities and dirt, and throws them away. Allowing us to be his treasures, his pieces of gold. See when God puts us through the cleansing process its too see if our faith is genuine gold or false (fools gold).
Exodus 19:5-6 (New King James Version)
"Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine."
One pastor once said "Christians are like tea bags, to see what flavor they are you have to put them in hot water". When God puts us through storms and hard times its a testing of our faith. Will you turn out with a genuine and stronger faith or are you a fake. Are you going to trust God? Or rely on the worldy things to heal the pain; which really makes things worst.
What flavor tea bag are you as a christian? Are you fools gold or a genuine gold?
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