#1 - Many cultures for hundreds of years have always thought the world was flat or didn’t go beyond a certain point like a mountain range. In 1946 the first photo of earth was taken from outer space.  Additionally, Columbus’ travels proved that the earth is not flat or that it suddenly does not just drop off at the horizon’s edge.  Aristotle, around 300 BC, eluded to the fact of a round earth that “The moon is round, Earth must be round..” However Isaiah writes, more definitively, about the roundness of the earth.    Isaiah 42:22 - "It is he (the Lord) that sits upon the circle of the earth"  This was written about 600 BC.

 

#2 - Leviticus 17:11 – states that Life is in the blood of every living creature.. There was no term or word for oxygen in Hebrew back then as far as I can tell..  Oxygen is among a handful of elements that all living things consist of and is essential for living.  It wasn’t discovered until the early 1600’s and in 1774 it was added to the periodic table of elements.  Leviticus was written at least 3500 years ago.

 

#3 - Marie Tharp, along with colleague Bruce Heezen, made the first detailed map of the ocean floor using sonar readings. In the late 1940s, Tharp discovered a rift valley running down the centre of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and came to realize that a chain of mid-ocean ridges circles the globe. Psalms 18:15 -" Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were laid bare.."  In other words God reveals what he knows and the writer of that scripture was inspired by the Holy Spirit (All scriptures were inspired and guided by God in other words)

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#4 - In 1844 Matthew Maury published an absolutely amazing text regarding his findings and discovery of ocean and wind currents.  This became the standard for the US Navy for years to come.
Psalms 8:8 –"And the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passes through the paths of the seas"…pretty cool that this scripture was written about 2600 yrs ago.

 

#5 - Job 38:34,35, “Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water?
Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?  Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’? Job was asking but declaring at the same time about what God does.  A Scientist, James Clerk Maxwell, discovered in 1864 that radio waves moves at the speed of light. Thus, you can have wireless communication almost instantaneously with someone many miles away.

 

#6 - Job 28:25 - " To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure"

In 1643 a scientist named Evangelista Torrecelli discovered doing an experiment that air does have some weight and this is where we get the barometer from. .. we know that water also has weight. Job mentions this
3,000 plus years ago. 

 

#7 - Noah’s Ark, which has been proven to have existed, the first known, large cargo ship in history.  The Greeks built a 425 ft long “Tessaronteres”  Also, Chinese treasure ships of the 1400’s were a close runner up to the size of the ark.  The ark was about 510 ft long and close 100 ft wide and 50 ft high. Approximately, 3 million ft of timber was used to build the ark and the storage capacity equaled 450 standard semi-trailers used in today’s distribution process.  Noah’s Ark was the focus of a major 1993 scientific study headed by Dr. Seon Hong at the world-class ship research center KRISO, based in Daejeon, South Korea. Dr. Hong’s team compared twelve hulls of different proportions to discover which design was most practical. No hull shape was found to significantly outperform the 6,000 to 4,300 year-old biblical design. In fact, the Ark’s careful balance is easily lost if the proportions are modified just a little.

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#8 – The Math – the Bible uses numbers 3, 7, 10 and 40 many times.

3 -- Jesus prayed 3 times in the Garden prior to crucifixion.

  — God calls Samuel 3 times 1 Sam 3:8

— 3 patriarchs of Israel Isaac, Abraham and Jacob

— Jesus called James, John and Peter (3 of the 12 disciples) exclusively on a 3 occasions.

..The Transfiguration, encounter with Jarius and his daughter and at Gethsamene

—- Jesus rose on the 3rd day !!

 

7- God creates what we know as the world in 7 days

    - God wants us to rest on 7th day

    - Joshua marched for 7 days then 7 times on the 7th day

    - The Lord’s Prayer has seven components -

• Hallowed be thy name;

• Thy Kingdom come; 

• Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven;

• Give us this day our daily bread; 

• Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; 

• Lead us not into temptation;

• Deliver us from evil.

• Jesus again spoke in a grouping of seven when He used seven metaphors to describe Himself as the path to salvation, the perfect reward for a good and faithful servant. Jesus tells us He is: 

• The bread of life (John 6:35); 

• The light of the world (John 8:12); 

• The gate to salvation (John 10:9);

• The good shepherd (John 10:11); 

• The resurrection and the life (John 11:25-26); 

• The way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6);

• The vine (John 15:5).

 

10 – this number can mean perfection, creation or harmony.

• It’s quoted that in Genesis 1 and 2 the words, “God said…” 10 times.

• There’s the ten commandments.

• The tenth day of the Jewish month of Teshrei is the Day of Atonement

 

40  - this number signifies hard work

      - Rained 40 nights

- Moses was also on Mount Sinai for 40 days and nights, on two    separate occasions (Exodus 24:18, 34:1 - 28), receiving God's laws. He also sent spies, for forty days, to investigate the land God promised the Israelites as an inheritance (Numbers 13:25, 14:34).

- The prophet Jonah powerfully warned ancient Nineveh, for forty days, that its destruction would come because of its many sins. This was after spending three days to go through the city.

- The prophet Ezekiel laid on His right side for 40 days to symbolize Judah's sins (Ezekiel 4:6).

- Elijah went 40 days without food or water at Mount Horeb.

- Jesus was tempted by the devil not just three times, but many times during the 40 days and nights he fasted  just before his ministry began. He also appeared to his disciples and others for 40 days after his resurrection from the dead.

 

     OK, I’ll just throw this in here since I’m on the subject of numbers as used for counting in the Bible

The Number Eight: Bible Numerology Code -

If you are looking for the significance of number 8 in the Bible, in Christianity, here is a simple answer to it.  Number 8 signifies resurrection or a new beginning of an era. In some of the context, it may also symbolize grace. Basically 8 is 7 + 1, which means after the completion or fullness comes the new beginning. There are many instances that can be quoted from the Holy Scripture that show the connection between both the bible numbers 7 + 1.   It was the seventh day when the God completed His work of Creation and then comes the eighth day the very beginning.

Noah "the eighth person" was the one who stepped out to the new era and commenced a new order of things when earth was covered with "the flood".  There were "Eight souls" that passed through "it" with Him to the regenerated world. "The first born was to be given to Jehovah on the eighth day".   It was the eighth day that is the first day of a week when Christ rose from dead. Therefore bible number eight marks the resurrection - resurrection of Lord Jesus Christ.

 

The Feast of Tabernacles lasted for eight days and thus the number 8 also symbolizes incarnation and joy. Eight is also the first number to be a cubic, that is, 2x2x2.  Cube is regarded as a figure that has got all the dimensions equal and is seen as the fact that the "Holy of Holies" was cubes, both in the Temple and the Tabernacle.  Also, there were a total of eight songs, and several poems, in the Old Testament which also marks the significance of this Bible number.  There are several other numbers that have their marks in the Holy Bible and knowing them can help us in developing a better understanding about God and His creations.

 

#9 – For hundreds of years people thought that water came from a large reservoir under the ground or people didn’t grasp where the snow and rain clouds came from. We know that civilizations were built around rivers in valleys or around regions where there was a lake or river.  A key factor in the ecosystem model is water that is formed by evaporation from the oceans and rain/snow is then distributed to the mountains, etc.
Job 36:27,28 - For he draws up the drops of water;  they distill his mist in rain, which the skies pour down and drop on mankind abundantly.

 

#10 – Let’s get into the area of Astronomy…The term “Blood Moon” has taken on some interest in the past 10 years or so.  A Blood Moon is a total lunar eclipse, when earth passes between the sun and the moon causing a reddish, light copper color.  A Tetrad is when there is two consecutive nights of a blood moon and then the next year another two nights in a row, (not necessarily the same month(s) as the previous year).  We are aware the Jewish calendar is mostly lunar and based.  This info is so important to many messianic Christians.  Ok, there are some that have taken this Blood Moon to a whole new level and some of the information that’s out there may be a stretch if you start google searching however that info is, undoubtedly, very interesting.  Much of the info does have some pieces of accuracy however.  There has been only 62 Tetrad occurrences and 9 of them happened around the time of the Passover and Sukkot.  The following is a short list of some

of the times this event known as the tetrad.

 

**1st occurrence of four blood moons coinciding with Passover and Sukkot in 32-33 AD
Passover, 14th April 32 AD – Blood moon
Sukkot, 7th October 32 AD – Blood moon
(Adar, 19th March 33 AD – Total solar eclipse)
{Friday 3rd April 33 AD – Crucifixion darkness (Sun turns into darkness)}
Passover, 3rd April 33 AD – Blood Moon
Sukkot, 27th September 33 AD – Blood mooncrucifixion blood moons

On Friday 3rd April 33 AD, there was a total solar eclipse and a blood moon. This is the day Jesus was crucified (Mt 27:45, Lk 23:44).

Event: – Jesus crucified on the cross on Calvary then followed by the early Christians persecution by Saul (prior to becoming the Apostle Paul).

 

 

** 2nd occurrence in 70-71 AD

{Adar, 30th March 70 AD, Sun turns into darkness (Total solar eclipse)}
Passover, 14th April 70 AD – Blood moon
Sukkot, 8th October 70 AD – Blood moon
{23rd September 70 AD – Total Solar eclipse (with Venus and Mercury in conjunction)}
(Adar, 20th March 71 – Total Solar eclipse)
Passover, 3rd April 71 AD – Blood moon
Sukkot, 28th September 71 AD – Blood moon

Event: – Romans came down to Israel

In 70 AD, the Roman Army conquered Israel ending over 1,000 years of Jewish rule over the Holy land. The Romans annihilated Israel; there was great unbelievable suffering of the Jews and on the 9th of Av according to the Hebrew calendar or August 4th 70 AD, the Romans destroyed the 2nd temple.

See in the fulfilled 70 weeks of Daniel.

** 3rd occurrence in 162-163 AD

• Passover, 17th April 162 AD – Blood moon

• Sukkot, 11th October 162 AD – Blood moon

• Passover, 6th April 163 AD – Blood moon

• Sukkot, 30th September 163 AD – Blood moon

Event: – Colosseum Martyrs & World Wide Plague
- These four blood moons coincided with the persecution of Jews and Christians in the history of the Roman Empire. The persecution occurred during and after the four blood moons coinciding with Jewish feasts; Passover and Sukkot.

In addition, the four blood moons coincided with famine and plague. Within 3 years the Antonine Plague killed a third of the Roman Empire’s population. The Tiber River which flows through the city of Rome flooded it’s banks in the Spring of 162 AD, killing most animals in Rome and destroying much of the city. A severe Famine resulted.

 

 

** 4th occurrence in 795-796 AD

• Passover, 9th April 795 – Blood moon

• Sukkot, 3rd October 795 – Blood moon

• Passover, 28th March 796 – Blood moon

• Sukkot, 21st September 796 – Blood moon

Event: – Charlemagne halts Islamic invasion of Europe

Four blood moons occurred on the Jewish Passover and the Feast of Tabernacles in 795–796 AD while King Charlemagne of the Holy Roman Empire established a DMZ buffer zone between France and Spain, ending centuries of Arab invasions into Western Europe.

** 5th occurrence in 842-843 AD

• Passover, 30th March 842 – Blood moon

• Sukkot, 23rd September 842 – Blood moon

• Passover, 19th March 843 – Blood moon

• Sukkot, 12th September 843 – Blood moon

Event: – Dividing of Rome Empire and persecution of Jews

Four blood moons occurred in 842 and 843 AD and a lot happened in those years that affected both Christians and Jews. In 842 a synod in the Eastern Church reaffirmed the use of icons, which had been banned for the second time in 814.

In Europe, Muslims had been attacking Sicily for several years as they attempted to conquer Italy and Europe, and this continued as they attacked and captured Messina in Sicily in 842.

In 843 the Treaty of Verdun divided the Holy Roman Empire into three parts. This affected Jews adversely because the French were tolerant of Jews, but when the French no longer had power over most of Europe, then anti-Jewish feelings were allowed to manifest, leading to persecution of the Jews.

** 6th occurrence in 860-861 AD

• Passover, 9th April 860 AD – Blood moon

• Sukkot, 3rd October 860 AD – Blood moon

• Passover, 30th March 861 AD – Blood moon

• Sukkot, 22nd September 861 AD – Blood moon

Event: – Persecution of Jews by Russians and Christians persecuted by communists.

Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius began translating part of the Bible into the Old Slavonic language, which helped in the conversion of the Slavs (Russians). This later led to a great persecution of the Jews by the Russian Christians. The Russian Christians were themselves later severely persecuted by the Communists.

In 861 Muhammed al-Mudabbir arrived in Egypt and tripled the jizya (tax) on Christians and Jews. Because so many could not pay the tax, they filled the prisons. The churches were looted and confiscated.

** 7th occurrence in 1493-1494

• Passover, 2nd April 1493 – Blood moon

• Sukkot, 25th September 1493 – Blood moon

• (7th march 1494, Total Solar eclipse)

• Passover, 22nd March 1494 – Blood moon

• Sukkot, 15th September 1494 – Blood moon

Major event: – Expulsion of the Jews from Spain

Over 200,000 Jews were expelled from Spain. Tens of thousands of them died while trying to reach safety. Horrible crimes were committed against the Jews including knifing deaths by brigands who believed a terrible rumor that they had swallowed gold and diamonds, so they literally searched for treasures in the stomachs of the expelled Jews.

• 8th occurrence in 1949-1950

1-Passover, 13th April 1949 – Blood moon
2-Sukkot, 7th October 1949 – Blood moon
3-10th January 1950 – Total solar eclipse)
4-Passover, 2nd April 1950 – Blood moon
5-Sukkot, 26th September 1950 – Blood moon

Event: – re-establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 and the ensuing 1948 Arab-Israeli War

There were four blood moons on the eve of the creation of the Jewish state of Israel in 1948 and 1950, and just after the 1st Arab – Israeli War for Independence (May 15, 1948 – March 10, 1949).

9th occurrence in 1967-1968

• Passover, 24th April 1967 – Blood moon

• Sukkot, 18th October 1967 – Blood moon

• (Total solar eclipse 2nd November 1967)

• Passover, 13th April 1968 – Blood moon

• Sukkot, 6th October 1968 – Blood moon

Event: – 6 day war

The four blood moons coincided with the Six Day War in 1967, when Israel liberated Jerusalem and captured additional land. Jews were able to return to Jerusalem after 2000 years of exile.

 

 

#11 – Psalms 33:6 - By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, their  starry host by the breath of his mouth.
Psalms 139:13,14- For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;  your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.    Colossians 1:16-17 - For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.    Jesus Holds All Things Together – The protein in our body Laminin, when seen under the electron microscopes, most of the time, is shaped like a Cross. This key component in our molecular base structure is key to function organs and is a protein network foundation for most cells and organs.

#12 –

I was saving the best for last, some of you are wondering about The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution. This argument was a larger ordeal in the 70’s and earlier but people have generally excepted for the past 30 yrs or so that..  “we are here now and so what”.  The first thing I want to say about evolution is that the evolution model begins with a living organism or organisms in the water and slowly grows into a larger creature.  If you look at the model of evolution there’s an amazing
similarity to the biblical creation record.  In Genesis, in the Old Testament, God created aquatic creatures on the fourth day and then followed on the 5th day by creating creatures that crawl and live on earth. 

Here are the issues that I have found with evolution and I’ll try to be short and precise…besides the fact that scientists still debate the details of how animals adapt and how their bodies changed to survive and adapted to changes in the new…whatever the new environment was.

First of all, There is a lot of debate among experts about how did mankind jump from hunters and gatherers to smart farmers , using great farming system and using tools made of iron and other metal objects.

Civilization first appeared in Mesopotamia, where Iraq is between four thousand BC and thirty-two hundred BC.  The Garden of Eden is located near the Euphrates and the Tigris river, yes, very arid and dry área now due to the hundreds of years of over cultivation and changes in climate.   The timeline in the Bible regarding civilization also goes back to about 6000 yrs so it all lines up.  Some say an extraterrestrial race came to assist man with construction of large structures or they showed  people how to create and use tools.   Some say angels came to help with with invention of tolos and building objects…I say we are the intelligent, superior living creature on this planet and with the guidance of God and, possibly, his angels and just simple observation and an inventive mind man has accomplished things without the help of extraterrestrial beings from another world.  OK, I admit that is my personal argument but continue reading.

Here’s my big point …Scientists have made lots of progress in understanding the genome, DNA is complex language in specialized code containing specific information about the muscles and tissues and what controls our organs and more.  In the past 20 yrs or so there’s been huge advancements in this area thus the emergence of cloning has come about.

To this day there is no logical explanation by anyone that explains how this DNA, how intelligence became part of the matter that makes up the living organisms or creatures that evolved to what we call humans or other living beings.  Matter needs information in order to become life or to live period.

A well-known scientist Dr Werner Gitt  said this “There is no known natural law through which matter can give rise to information, there is no physical process or material phenomenom known to do this. DNA, a code system requires and intelligent source and/or inventor”

Which leads me to this final point…,

Darwin published his four hundred and fifty page theory in 1859 and Genesis was writtin about thirty-four hundred years ago.  As I said at the beginning of this section about the theory of evolution being similar to step of creation in the Bible.  You see what I'm getting at, who copied who.  Darwin almost a married a devout Christian woman and one writer states in a biography about Darwin, “the very thing that stopped the marriage is where Darwin probably got his theory from”.   You see during the engagement to Emma Wedgwood she was expressing concern about this theory that it was going against what the Bible says.  Darwin was well aware of the creation story prior to his encounter with this lady that he almost married.

Sorry …that was lots of details but I hope you see my point about Darwin’s theory. Well more importantly, I hope you see that God created this planet.

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OK, so here what I will say, either you want to believe in God or you don’t ….

There are two popular reasons why people don’t want anything to do with Christianity and this is based on some conversations that I’ve had with people.
They have had a bad experience with someone who called themselves a Christian or they say they don’t want to part of a religion with a bunch of rules and guidelines controlling them.  Yes, I have met people who don’t represent what Jesus taught his disciples but there’s lots of great people and very nice people who are Christians.

I will end with this, my life is exciting, not boring and I’m not following a bunch of rules.  I’m just following Jesus’ teachings, yes there’s some rules but Christianity is a relationship with Jesus and not a religion.

 

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