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 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
"So 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:
REMEMBER: Amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the
Titanic.
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's awesome creation and shows that He is
still in
control.
Joshua 10:8 and 12, 13 and 2 Kings 20:9-11.
Forward this to as many people who you believe would think this
is equally
as cool. Never be afraid to try something new.