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Meteorology, Oceanography and the Bible.
“The Bible is not a science book, but it includes many fascinating scientific facts. Consider these four facts about meteorology and oceanography.
The Bible focuses on teaching us God’s plan for our lives and the best way to live. However, when we study the Bible, we also find plenty of scientific tidbits that can strengthen our faith in its authenticity.
Consider these Bible facts about the wind and sea, recorded long before they were common knowledge:
1. Air has weight.
Job 28:25: “To establish a weight for the wind.”
The Bible claims that wind or air has a measurable weight. Yet people have not always known this. Our bodies are so accustomed to atmospheric pressure that we don’t think of the air as “weighing us down.”
According to NOVA, the idea that air has physical properties such as weight was first proposed by Isaac Beeckman in 1618; even then he was staunchly opposed by his contemporaries.
However, over the next centuries, scientists confirmed that there is indeed a “weight of the wind.” A column of air stretching from sea level to the top of the atmosphere just one square inch in cross-section weighs about 14.7 pounds! (A similar column of air one square centimeter in cross-section has a mass of about 1.03 kilograms.)
That is, air is matter made up of individual bits (molecules) that each have mass and weight. The temperature and weights of these molecules control the density of an air mass. Its density, in turn, determines the pressure of the air mass and how it will interact with other air masses at weather fronts.
In other words, our modern understanding of meteorology is based on this central fact described long ago in the Bible!
2. Water can evaporate, condense, precipitate and collect in an endless cycle.
Several scriptures make clear that water continually circulates between earth’s surface and earth’s atmosphere. The water cycle remains a crucial model for many modern fields including meteorology, oceanography and geology.
Job 36:27-28: “For He draws up drops of water, which distill as rain from the mist, which the clouds drop down and pour abundantly on man” (see also Job 26:8 and Ecclesiastes 1:7).
3. Seawater follows currents in the ocean.
Psalm 8:8: “The fish of the sea that pass through the paths of the seas.”
The Bible indicates that there are “paths” in the ocean where the water follows a predictable course. Indeed, the interaction of numerous factors (including geography, temperature, salinity, prevailing winds and the Coriolis effect) creates currents with dramatic influence over regional transit, climates and marine life.
Yet these paths in the sea were not extensively studied until the mid-1800s, when Lt. Matthew Fontaine Maury of the U.S. Navy began scouring old sailors’ logs for information about wind and ocean movements. Maury’s study of the Bible (which he “constantly read and frequently quoted,” according to naval historian Capt. Miles DuVal) may have convinced him that he would find patterns, and find them, he did!
Describing the impact of Maury’s first “Wind and Current Chart” on navigation, DuVal wrote, “Previously the average passage from New York to San Francisco required 188 days but in 1851, the Flying Cloud … made this voyage in 89 days and 21 hours.” Studying the “paths of the seas” turned out to be a lucrative innovation!
4. The ocean floor has varied terrain.
2 Samuel 22:16: “Then the channels of the sea were seen” (see also Job 38:16 and Jonah 2:5-6).
The Bible describes “springs,” “mountains” and “channels” in the sea. Today, we know that the seafloor really has such features. Springlike hydrothermal vents form where tectonic plates pull apart. Seamounts develop over volcanically active areas. Abundant undersea channels range from deep trenches, where a denser tectonic plate is forced under a more buoyant plate, to what appear to be submerged riverbeds.
In fact, some of these channels still powerfully flow with their own currents of water carrying high concentrations of salt or sediment. The first such “undersea river” made the news in 2010, as reported in The Telegraph. The channels of many more have been discovered.
As Katia Moskvitch reported in February 2014 for New Scientist, “Drain all Earth’s oceans and you would find that underwater rivers have gouged a maze of conduits known as abyssal channels. The rivers that rush through them may look like terrestrial rivers, but they behave much more like avalanches, dust storms or the pyroclastic flows from a volcano.”
Today, locating these channels of the sea is a major occupation for both telecommunication companies (looking to avoid placing their cables near these destructive flows) and oil companies (looking to harvest oil and gas from long buried sediment). However, in biblical times, the landscape deep below the water’s surface was out of reach and unfathomable.
According to GEBCO, the international authority tasked with bathymetry (mapping the seafloor), a picture only began to emerge in the mid-1800s, when sailors started to record ocean depths along their course using weighted ropes. Knowledge of the seafloor increased rapidly when sonar was eventually invented.
The details recorded in the Bible anticipate modern discoveries by thousands of years.
For more about the science and the Bible, also see the articles in the section about “God and Science.” From: https://lifehopeandtruth.com/bible/is-the-bible-true/how-do-we-know-the-bible-is-true/meteorology-oceanography-and-the-bible/
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The Sabbath: A Sign of God’s People"
Exodus 31:16-17
“Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.”
This is one of the many passages that connect God’s example of resting on the seventh day with the command for people to observe the Sabbath. God set the Sabbath as a sign and perpetual covenant with His people.
Verses 13 and 14 give more background. God said, “Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.”
God calls them “My Sabbaths.” And other passages show that God expects those who aren’t Israelites (gentiles) to also remember His Sabbaths (Isaiah 56:1-6).
The New Testament explains that Jesus Christ is the Lord of the Sabbath and that there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God (Mark 2:27-28 and Hebrews 4:9).
For more about the Sabbath, see our article “Is the Sabbath a Sign of God’s People?” From: https://lifehopeandtruth.com/bible/blog/the-sabbath-a-sign-of-gods-people/?
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God Blessed the Seventh Day
Genesis 2:2-3
And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.
Genesis, the book of beginnings, recounts the six days of creation, followed by a seventh day of rest. By resting, God set the seventh day apart and made it holy.
This act of creation is recounted again in the Fourth of the 10 Commandments, which is about the Sabbath day (Exodus 20:8-11). See more about this in “Did God Create the Sabbath in Genesis 2?”
Here’s more about the Sabbath from our Fundamental Belief “11. The Seventh-Day Sabbath”:
“The seventh day of the week is the Sabbath of the Lord our God, and on this day humans are commanded to rest from their labors and worship Him. Established and blessed by God at creation, the seventh day of the week begins at sunset on Friday and continues until sunset on Saturday. The Sabbath is an identifying sign and a perpetual covenant between God and His people. True Christians follow the example of Jesus Christ, the apostles and the New Testament Church in observing the seventh-day Sabbath.” From: https://lifehopeandtruth.com/bible/blog/god-blessed-the-seventh-day/?
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The Truth About Cholesterol – LDL Cholesterol & HDL Cholesterol
“Everything you knew about cholesterol is wrong—learn why!
See the charts, watch Dr. Berg explain on this YouTube video: https://youtu.be/C6SVB99mJHA
Just the highlights: Timestamps: 0:00 The truth about cholesterol 0:15 The study that started the myth 2:40 What is HDL and LDL? 3:55 Why you need cholesterol 5:00 What causes clogged arteries 6:40 Why you don’t need to fear cholesterol 7:00 How to increase good cholesterol
In this video, I’m going to share the truth about cholesterol. There are a lot of myths out there about what cholesterol is and what cholesterol does. The cholesterol myth is this: the more fat you consume, the more likely you are to develop heart disease. This is a lie that one research came up with. In his research, he omitted all of the data that disproved his theory.
Here’s what you should know about cholesterol. HDL (also known as “good” cholesterol) stands for high-density lipoproteins LDL (also known as “bad” cholesterol) stands for low-density lipoproteins HDL and LDL aren’t actually cholesterol at all. Instead, they are proteins that act as envelopes to carry cholesterol through the body. HDL carries old cholesterol to the liver to be recycled. The truth is, the body needs cholesterol to function. In fact, your body makes 2000 mg of cholesterol every single day. Nearly every cell creates cholesterol. When you consume less cholesterol, your body simply makes more of it to compensate.
Cholesterol acts as a bandaid to heal arteries and blood cells when they become damaged. Your brain, cells, and hormones are largely made up of cholesterol—without cholesterol, you wouldn’t be able to survive. LDL carries cholesterol from the liver and into the body’s tissue. There’s nothing bad about this since the body needs cholesterol to function. Only a small portion of LDL cholesterol is bad and can cause artery build-up. Inflammation causes damage to the arteries, and LDL cholesterol comes around to fix the damage. The more inflammation, the more LDL builds up.
What causes inflammation? Sugar. This includes whole grains, carbs, and hidden sugars in juice, alcohol, and cereal. Instead of avoiding cholesterol, avoid sugar. Increase your good cholesterol with: • Egg yolks • Butter • Cheese”
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Your Doctor Is Wrong About Cholesterol
Dr. Sten Ekberg’s video about this: https://youtu.be/sY48qLl9ZzE
“Have you noticed your LDL cholesterol getting high? Maybe you saw your cholesterol levels spike after going on a low carb diet like Keto. Are you worried that your Doctor will tell you to get on statins? Here is what is happening in your body.”
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