Why the Bible is Truth, Science

Science proves the Bible true.

I hear all the time that you have to choose, the Bible, or Science. God, or Science. That you cannot believe both. Most of the time this is related to the whole "Why are we here?" question. We are told, you must believe in Evolution or you must believe in Creationism, but you cannot believe in both because Science is real and true, and the Bible is a book of faith that cannot possibly be true.

Well? Let's look at Science and the Bible a bit more closely. Are they really contradictory? Do they really oppose each other? Are they so opposed that they are enmity towards one another? The simple truth is, no. As a matter of fact, as our understanding of Science continues to improve through various means and techniques, what we actually find is that Science actually proves the Bible true.

Today we are just going to touch the surface with some examples of how when Science caught up with what the Bible says, we can clearly see that the Bible was right all along. Let's start with an obvious, but one that has played out a lot lately today. Quarantine is needed to keep the majority safe.

Turn to Leviticus 13:45-46

“The leprous person who has the disease shall wear torn clothes and let the hair of his head hang loose, and he shall cover his upper lip and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean.’ He shall remain unclean as long as he has the disease. He is unclean. He shall live alone. His dwelling shall be outside the camp."

Is this a punishment? No. Of course not. However, it is needed to protect the healthy. Look around today. We now have a pandemic called Covid. What does Science say is the best way to protect the healthy? A 14-day Quarantine. Face masks, and social distancing. Separation and the disease can in no way spread.

The Bible told us this somewhere around 538–332 BC. Today, our top Scientists have found it to be true. Here are some others. Let's stick with health for a sec. Also in Leviticus, Leviticus 17:11

"For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life."

Again, Leviticus was written somewhere between 538–332 BC. During that time and many years after, it was thought to heal a sick person would be to bleed them. Actually removing their life force instead of attempting to heal the disease. In bloodletting, doctors use sharpened tools or leeches to drain “excess blood” from a patient in an effort to cure the patient’s illness. Bloodletting was an accepted medical procedure worldwide for 3,000 years until it was discredited as an ineffective medical practice in the late 19th century AD.

Interesting note, George Washington died one cold night in 1799, due to bloodletting. Washington developed a fever and a swollen sore throat. Within hours of falling ill, doctors had drained Washington of almost half of his blood. Washington died the next day from what doctors have retrospectively diagnosed as a severe throat infection and shock.

Now it is true that bloodletting is still used in the present day in very specific medical procedures, bloodletting is generally discredited as an ineffectual treatment for the majority of ailments. Today, modern medicine agrees with the Bible that blood gives our body life. Studies have discovered that blood is vital in nourishing living tissue by carrying oxygen and nutrients, forming blood clots, transporting antibodies to fight infection, moving waste to the kidneys/liver, and regulating body temperature.

While we are at it. Jesus sweating blood? Luke 22:44

"And being in agony he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground."

Not possible? Commonly referred to as Hematidrosis or Hemohidrosis, this condition results in the excretion of blood or blood pigment in the sweat. Under conditions of great emotional stress, tiny capillaries in the sweat glands can rupture, thus mixing blood with perspiration. This condition has been reported in extreme instances of stress. 76 cases of Hematidrosis were studied and classified into categories according to causative factors. The most frequent causes of the phenomenon were found to be “acute fear” and “intense mental contemplation.” So yes, Jesus facing all He was about to, including the Cross, DID sweat blood.

Let get away from all this blood talk. What about simply having a positive attitude? What about the connection between having a positive attitude and good health? What about depression causing harm possibly to the point of death? Proverbs 17:22

"A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones."

The Bible also tells us this.

"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things." Philippians 4:8

Today the mind-body link is such a respected tenet of the medical community that world-renowned academic medical institutions such as the Mayo Clinic and Johns Hopkins promote positive thinking as a way to maintain physical health. This is also why it is so important that if you or someone you know is feeling depressed or hopeless, you seek help as soon as possible. There is no shame. We all need a hand from time to time.

Let's talk about the Earth. Shall we? The Bible does tell us all about it. First, God created it. The Big Bang did happen. God spoke, and BANG! Oh, that is nonsense some say. Evolution is a scientifically proven fact. No need for faith. Really?

First, you have to believe in the scientifically impossible. There was nothing, then something just happened. This is scientifically and mathematically impossible. God was the first something, but they exclude that rendering the theory of evolution junk science. Then you have to overcome the next hurdle. They want you to believe from this first single something came everything. Not only came all that is, from trees to plants, from fish to people, that want you to believe that we did not all come from the same man and woman.

The Bible claims that God created animals “after their kind.”

"And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, the third day." Genesis 1:11-13

Nineteenth-century biologists argued that animals evolved from other, very different animals, but today biology confirms that creatures reproduce within their own kind.

"And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.”  So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.  And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good."

Mankind?

"The man called his wife's name Eve because she was the mother of all living." Genesis 3:20

In Acts 17:26 we read this.

"And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,"

Then in 1 Corinthians 15:45

"Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit."

The Bible claims that all humans are “one blood” descended from one man and one woman. Some nineteenth-century biologists argued that different races descended from lower animals, but today genetics has verified that there is only one human race.

What about Earth in space?

"He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing." Job 26:7 

We now know this is true. However, the "fixed earth theory" was most notably argued by Ptolemy, and his geocentric model was used for astrological charts for 1500 years. There were also people that actually believed that the earth was on the backs of animals. Seriously.

How about the flat earth? The flat earth model is an archaic conception of the earth's shape as a plane or disk. Many ancient cultures subscribed to a flat earth cosmography, including Greece until the classical period 323 BC, the Bronze Age and Iron Age civilizations of the Near East until the Hellenistic period 31 BC, India until the Gupta period (early centuries AD), and China until the 17th century. Believe it or not, there are still some today that believe this to be true.

What does the Bible say? Isaiah 40:22

"It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;"

Wait, it says "he who sits above the circle of the earth" The Circle. No question there.

"It was the Lord who put it into my mind,

(I could feel His hand upon me), the fact that it would be possible to sail from here to the Indies. All who heard of my project rejected it with laughter, ridiculing me. There is no question that the inspiration was from the Holy Spirit because He comforted me with rays of marvelous inspiration from the Holy Scriptures.......

I am a most noteworthy sinner, but I have cried out to the Lord for grace and mercy, and they have covered me completely. I have found the sweetest consolation since I made it my whole purpose to enjoy His marvelous Presence.

For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics, or maps.

It is simply the fulfillment of what Isaiah* had prophesied......

No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Savior if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service. The working out of all things has been assigned to each person by our Lord, but it all happens according to His sovereign will, even though He gives advice. Oh, what a gracious Lord, who desires that people should perform for Him those things for which He holds Himself responsible! Day and night, moment by moment, everyone should express their most devoted gratitude to Him." from "Columbus's Book of Prophecies".

People thought he was crazy. Go too far, and you will fall off the earth. He knew better because the Bible told him so. Sadly, some still believe in the flat earth today.

These are just a few examples of how science did NOT prove the Bible false, but rather, sometimes after hundreds or thousands of years, catches up to the Bible, it proved the Bible true. Speaking of our Saviour? We will be talking about Jesus next time.

Do you know Jesus as your Savior? Have you been adopted into the Family of God? If not, say this Prayer. Right now. Wherever you may be. Say it in your own words, and do not doubt in your heart. God will hear you. He will send the Spirit of Life to you. Let us Pray.

"Oh heavenly Father, Lord God. I am a sinner. I know this. I know there is nothing I can do to change that. But I know you can. I accept Jesus's sacrifice for me. I believed He raised from the dead. I repent my sins. Please send the Spirit of Adoption into my life. Help me to get to know the real you. Save me. Please. In the name of Jesus, Amen!"

That's it. It really is that simple. Now go tell someone what you have just done. "That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God hath raised him from the dead, you shall be saved." Romans 10:9. You need to find a Church that God leads you to and be Baptized the way Jesus said to be. You are now a Child of God. A New Creature. You "have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him."Colossians 3:10

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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. 2 Corinthians 13

Until next time, be blessed, be a blessing, and Jesus is Lord!!