Much compelling evidence exists for faith in the God of the Bible. One type of evidence is that of scientific insight in the Bible. The Bible consists of scientific foreknowledge reflecting natural facts and healthy practices before scientific discovery. Therefore, the Bible was either guided by God or written by very intelligent people who in this case believed in God and thought that they received these facts from God. If the Bible is the production of ancient superstitious minds of men who spoke of nature and their own medical practices, then this would mean that the Bible would most likely err from proven science. However, there are no errors.
Scientific foreknowledge is an old evidence to those who know Christian evidences, and this is just as compelling now. Here are some scientific facts first appearing in the Bible before being discovered scientific study more than 2000-3500 years later:
Cosmology
- The universe’s first cause transcends natural laws with creative power (Gen 1:1; Heb 11:3).
- The laws of the universe were set from its beginning (Exod 20:11; Heb 4:4).
- The universe is precisely balanced for the existence of intelligent life (Gen 1; Jer 10:12; 51:15).
- The universe is in the state of entropy and wearing out as affirmed by the Second Law of Thermodynamics (Ps 102:25–26; Isa 51:6; Heb 1:10–11).
- The universe permits humanity to observe the universe and to reason from causality (Ps 19:1; Rom 1:20).
- The universe has been spread out (Job 9:8; Ps 104:2; Isa 40:22; 42:5; 44:24).
- The earth is a sphere (Job 26:10; Prov 8:27; Isa 40:22).
- The earth hangs upon nothing (Job 26:7).
- The stars are too numerous to be numbered (Jer 33:22).
- The states of constellations Pleiades and Orion differ in nature despite casual observation (Job 38:31).
- The sun has an orbit of its own around the center of the Milky Way galaxy (Ps 19:4–6).
Geoscience
- The universe exists in a mature state (Gen 1).
- Billions of dead things are buried in layers of rock laid down by water all over the world (Gen 6–9; 2 Pet 3:5–6).
- The discoveries of currents in the sea and oceanography came from when Matthew Fontaine Maury investigated Psalm 8 read (Ps 8:8).
- Fresh water springs release in the seas (Job 38:16).
- Lightning has a natural path and is the cause of thunder (Job 38:25; Jer 10:13; 51:16).
- Wind has weight and a regular course (Job 28:25; Eccl 1:6).
- Water moves through the water cycle (Job 36:27–28; Eccl 1:7; Amos 9:6).
Biology
- Biology exists in advanced developed state (Gen 1; Mark 10:6).
- Life only comes from life, and one genus only comes from its own genus. Louis Pasteur established the Law of Biogenesis affirming that life only comes from life and life of its own kind (Gen 1:11, 12, 21, 24; cf. 30:30–43).
- The complex order of life is far greater than human design, and whatever is more complex than design is also designed (Gen 1; Heb 3:4).
- Blood is essential to the life of the flesh of man and animals (Lev 17:11–14; cf. Gen 9:4–6).
- Humanity is fearfully and wonderfully made (Gen 1:26; Ps 139:14).
Anthropology
- The universe supports intelligent life that is able to observe the universe (Ps 19:1; Rom 11:36).
- Humanity is distinct with a moral conscience and recognizing natural moral laws (Gen 1:26–27; Rom 2:14–15).
- Humanity has a universal agreement that fairness exists and expects agreement for justice based on objective moral values (Rom 2:14–15).
- Human beings rely upon reason and unchanging laws of logic (1 Tim 6:20).
- No primitive language existed (Gen 11:1, 8).
Medical
- The Bible describes infections for diagnosis (Lev 13:24–25).
- The biblical diagnosis of skin diseases prevents the spread of disease such as smallpox (Lev 13).
- Quarantining helps stop the spread of certain diseases (Lev 13:45–46; Num 5:1–4).
- The Bible gives instructions for recognizing and using clean water (Lev 11:33–36).
- Israel was to wash infectious wounds with clean water (Lev 15:13).
- Contagious clothing should be washed, altered and, or burned to prevent spread of disease (Lev 13:34, 46–59).
- Growths in houses should be cleansed with prescribed soap. If such growths remain, then remove portions of the house to prevent the spread of diseases (Lev 14:39–41, 49–53).
- People should avoid the uncleanness of dead bodies and become clean by washing with water containing antiseptic, antibacterial soap described in a recipe of ashes from cedar, hyssop, and scarlet (Num 19).
- The ideal time for surgery of an infant boy is on the eighth day after his birth (Lev 12:3).
- The human body may be opened for surgery (Gen 2:21).
Applied Physics
- The ideal ratio for a seaworthy barge is 30 x 5 x 3 (Gen 6:15)
Conclusion
One or two facts may be interesting or even a coincidence, but the number of facts predating the times of recognized discovery compounds probability. How could the writers of the Bible continue to know such things about the world without advanced technology to observe such? God is the answer. The biblical writers claim God as their source. No other ancient book claims God’s guidance and presents such foreknowledge to scientific discovery.
Seeing God's Breath 
Bruce is a perfect example of a skeptic. As I stated before, “Either way, the hostile non-believer wants to not believe. He or she will resist the Truth no matter what, because their hearts are not set on knowing the truth especially when it reveals the existence of God. While many believers also tend to believe what he or she wants, they will not progress like the non-believer toward a depraved and defiled mind unto damnation (Rom. 1:28-32).”
He is an exact pattern in Scripture of “Why People Really Do Not Believe in God?” (http://tinyurl.com/89ghcz).
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It’s pretty obvious that the Bible thinks the Earth is a flat disk, that the sky is a solid dome above the disk, that it is supported on pillars, that the seas are fed from below (“the fountains of the deep”), that the stars are small lights attached to the dome (such that 1/3rd are able to fall to Earth in Revelations), and so on. Your attempts to find scientific “foreknowledge” in the Bible are very weak, and smack of desperation. Similar efforts have been made on behalf of the Vedas (ancient Hindu scriptures), and though the Vedas get some things blatantly wrong (e.g., thinking the Sun is nearer the Earth than the Moon is), it is clear that the understanding of the Cosmos in the Vedas is much more advanced well thought-out than that in the Bible.
Your other examples are equally pathetic. Jens has given a pretty good explanation as to why.
Why not just face up to reality, and admit what is obviously the case, namely, that the Bible was written, edited, and compiled by human beings, who possessed no magical knowledge either of science, or of the future, or of any supernatural realm?
You are clinging, with painful nostalgia, to a dead hypothesis. Why? Is there some niggling fear that if you stop believing, you will be punished?
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That is a good article though I don’t know about the Asteroids passage. Thank you.
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Here is an excellent article on Bible scientific foreknowledge
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Good question. Well, I first looked at the immediate context and saw in the pretext that wisdom existed before the creation of the world (23-26), then in verse 27, I see that wisdom was there when God set a circle upon the deep. What deep? Remember in Genesis that the earth was first void and just water. Genesis 1:2, “And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” Also see Genesis 1:6-9 to see that the waters were then organized, which is exactly what is seen in Proverbs 8:28-29. It is very clear that a circle, as is in the Hebrew, was established upon the Earth as a whole consisting of only water at this time. There was no moon, sun, nor stars yet either according to the Genesis account, which it is very clear what this passage is referring to and that being that for the earth a boundary was set being water into a circle. Look also again at “When He [God] gave to the sea its boundary, That the waters should not transgress His commandment”.
Grace and peace to you in Christ,
Scott
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I was just curious as to how you get the earth is round from Proverbs 8:27? Isaiah 40:22 does show the earth is round, but I had a hard time finding it in the other verse. Thanks.
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Not to discuss and not to ignore the comment before last. If someone else is reading these comments, these articles presented are true that seeds can be active between dispersion and germination.
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