Testimony of Science
Hydrology
Hydrology is the branch of science that studies the waters of the earth. In the hydrologic cycle, water evaporates into the atmosphere and is redeposited onto the earth in the form of rain or snow. That precipitation feeds rivers, which flow into the ocean. Evaporation from the ocean forms clouds, from which precipitation falls on the land, and the cycle repeats itself.The science of hydrology was founded in the seventeenth century by Mariotte, Perrault, and Halley, but the hydrologic cycle is clearly described in Scripture:
1. Ecclesiastes 1:7--"All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full." (That's because of the hydrologic cycle)
2. Job 36:27-28--"He [God] draws up the drops of water, they distill rain from the mist, which the clouds pour down, they drip upon man abundantly" (NASB).
3. Psalm 135:7--"He causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain." (This verse speaks of evaporation and precipitation)
4. Job 26:8--"He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not torn under them." (This verse speaks of the formation of clouds by condensation)
Astronomy
In Psalm 19:6, the psalmist refers to the sun when saying "His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it; and there is nothing hidden from the heat thereof." Long ago it was thought that the sun was stationary, yet it is now known that the sun, along with other stars in our galaxy revolve around the center of the galaxy. Astronomy books currently teach that the sun completes one such circuit every 250 million years! God knew this before we did because he created this world and the universe we live in.Looking at Job 26:7, it says "He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing" Already, God talks about gravity in the Bible! This in itself is a huge testimony for the validity of the Word! Before Isaac Newton discovered gravity, the Hindu taught that the earth was balanced on the back of an elephant that rested on the back of a turtle. Other pagans, such as the Greeks, believed that the mythical Atlas carried the earth on his shoulders. Yet 4000 years ago, the oldest Book in the Bible recorded that the “earth hangs upon nothing.” Just a century ago, scientists believed that the earth was supported by some kind of ether. Today, scientists must admit that Job was correct. The earth does indeed “hang” and even travel through the emptiness of space.
