Firstly, great emphasis is given that the contents of this series are intended to give Biblical information and insights on some of its contents. They are not intended to scare or offend anyone. It is one’s prerogative to read and never be shoved into one’s throat.
This piece is a simple sharing of bible passages. It doesn’t endorse any specific faith, religion, denomination, system of beliefs or theology aside from those in the bible.
It is in the “exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference” as provided by The Philippine Constitution that this article was made.
If you find them scary, intimidating or offensive, please feel free to take them with a grain of salt and regard them like a badly written movie script.
Logical evidences that make biblical claims truthful
While Christians and believers of God and Jesus made the bible a foundation of their faith, many others could not get themselves to appreciate it and its contents because they see “impossible scenes and acts” and perceived contradictions and errors. If the Bible indeed contains fantasy items, errors or blatantly contradicts itself, it’s hard to trust or rely on it.
On the other hand, there are coherent reasons that suggest the bible is telling facts. While some do not directly resolve the perceived contradictions nor offer proofs to all scientifically impossible claims, they collectively make the bible a truthful book in various ways.
This series attempts to show sound evidences that supports the bible is speaking of facts and the God it preaches is real.
The bible tells readers to test itself
With the bible offering a set of knowledge or information that are difficult for many to accept such as things and events that cannot be explained by science, there is no bolder act the bible can offer to prove their truthfulness than to put these claims to test.
This makes the bible’s instruction to test “all things”, meaning this should include itself, the best sound reason it is telling truths. “Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies. Test all things; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.” 1 Thessalonians 5: 19-22, New King James Version.
By allowing itself to be tested and investigated, the bible gave its readers the power to decide and discern the truthfulness of its contents and not just blindly believing and following them.
There nothing more effective safeguard against falsehood than thorough testing, especially there are continuing attempts and attacks to corrupt its contents. This gives believers vote of confidence to use the scriptures as the standard of their system of beliefs.
“These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.” Acts 17:11, NKJV
“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.” 1 John 4:1, NKJV
Here more samples of sound evidences that proves God and the bible:
How does the earth rotate and revolve in constant motion? Science says dust and gas particles, which were already moving in a circle, clumped together to form the sun and planets, which also started to spin. The bible says a Supernatural Being made it all possible [In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:1, 25, NKJV. Siding with the bible is more logical but it comes with proving the Supernatural Being exists.
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The Bile is straightforward
The Bible is Honest
The Bible writers were willing to die for their claims
The long and continuous hatred and persecution of gospel preachers and churches prove existence of the devil and Jesus’ second coming
Not having a complete original copy has helped the Bible stood test of time
Discovery of heavenly bodies proves bible’s point on the Lord’s thoughts and ways being higher than humans’
Science never found a cure for all illnesses or slow down the aging process
The presence of an intelligent designer: The human body
The presence of an intelligent designer: arrangement of heavenly bodies
The presence of an intelligent designer: How does the earth rotate on its axis constantly completing one rotation in 24 hours and revolves around the sun constantly completing one revolution in a little over 365 days
The bible is straightforward
Being clear-cut and simple are key elements to reliability of giving truthful information.
While not all narrations by the bible can be interpreted literally, it’s main theme and purpose remains clear from start to finish.
First, there are the existence of certain supernatural beings that include God, the Supreme Being of all, and angels; then there’s an angel who rebelled against God who eventually became the devil, then his successful tempting of mankind to cause separation from God, Jesus making a sacrifice to get man back to God’s side so he will have everlasting life, and continuous glorification and submission to God’s authority and love for fellowmen.
“And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.” Revelation 12: 7-9, NKJV
“…she [Eve] took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband [Adam] with her, and he ate… And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” So the Lord God said to the serpent…I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed….” Genesis 3: 6, 14-15, NKJV
“To the woman He said: “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth children; Your desire shall be for your husband, And he shall rule over you. Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:… In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.” Genesis 3: 17, 19 NKJV
16For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16, NKJV
“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” John 14:6, NKJV
9In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. 10Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. 11Give us this day our daily bread. 12And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. 13And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Matthew 6:9-13, NKJV
John made an emphatic straight-froward statement on why he wrote his gospel, a declaration that holds true for the other books.
“but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.” John 20:31, NKJV
While the bible is full of information beyond faith and eternal life, anybody using the bible for questions it never intended to tackle might misunderstand the book and could easily get misled.
The bible is honest
Just like being straightforward is a key element of reliability, honesty is to trust.
The bible is a book that practically tells all, no holds barred on many subjects. The bible narrates and lays down events, persons, rules, and situations of many kinds, whether good or bad, realistic or supernatural, soothing or offensive. This book isn’t holding back anything.
For example, the Old Testament is full of performance of intriguing values, actions, and intents may seem unfit during today’s norms and offends many in today’s society.
There are tales of slavery, slaughtering, polygamy, divorce, violence, punishment by death, being sexually immoral, and many more, were told.
But so are tales of love, sacrifice, sacredness of life, goodness, righteousness, and other good morals and values.
The authors were telling the events as they saw them unfold under the conditions they were in, or as being revealed to them by God.
Further, the authors’ having different ways of expressing their thoughts during different timelines displayed the bible’s honesty in a way that the writing of one book was not forced to agree with another.
They did it their style and not made to suit another person’s wishes. A comparison of the Gospel writings of Mark, Matthew, John and Luke highlights this.
The bible writers were willing to die for their claims
The bible authors, especially the New Testament ones, exhibited tons of credibility by being faithful witnesses who are simply giving accurate testimonies and not gaining anything material from their acts.
There is not a single piece of evidence that the authors of the bible had motives other than giving their testimony. In fact, they had everything to lose and nothing to gain for performing such act. Think about it, they are willing to die for their claims.
They knew they will be asking for trouble in proclaiming the gospel of Christ because they would be going up against people in high places and would be depriving them of material benefits in the process of their preaching.
Here’s Paul in his letter to the Corinthians: 7Did I commit sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge? 8I robbed other churches, taking wages from them to minister to you. 2 Corinthians 11:7-8, NKJV
Many of them were put to death, sometimes in gruesome, painful ways because of it. Here are how some of them died, per various accounts: Peter, Andrew, Jude – crucifixion; Matthew – spearing, then beheading; Philip – impaled by iron hooks in his ankles and hung upside down to die; and Paul – beheading.
Even John, the beloved apostle who was the only apostle to die of old age and not martyred, was not spared of difficulties as he was imprisoned and exiled on the island of Patmos where he wrote the Book of Revelation.
It was clear these men had greater fear of telling a lie about the gospel than dying, even after Jesus’ death.
It would have been easier for them to simply tell a lie, make up another story, and stop proclaiming what they saw as these would likely be the reason for their persecution and difficulties.
Unless their testimonies were absolutely true and the supernatural beings they preached are real.
Paul was well aware of this stand:
14And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.32What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” 1 Corinthians 15:14, 32; ESV
When the sole motivation of an author is to simply spread a testimony and is not afraid of the prospective readers putting the written output to test, it is a good clue that the written material is full of integrity and honesty.
The long and continuous hatred and persecution of gospel preachers and churches prove existence of the devil and Jesus’ second coming
Two of the most unbelievable characters in the bible are Jesus and Satan mainly because of their supernatural abilities. Those abilities make their existence difficult to accept given the scientific improbabilities of their characteristics.
Logic, however, offers a supporting perspective on their existence.
Let’s set the premises: Two of the prophecies made by Jesus were: (1) the gospel will be preached to all nations, and (2) He will come again.
Here’s an instruction and declaration by Jesus regarding preaching the Gospel:
15And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15, NKJV
Here’s what will happen after the gospel is preached:
14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come. Matthew 24:14, NKJV
30Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Matthew 24:30-31, NKJV
Further, the bible also speaks about an urgency case of the devil.
Here is Revelation describing an event regarding how much time the devil has: 12Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.” Revelation 12:12, NKJV
Here’s the most likely reason why the devil’s clock is ticking fast:
25For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written Romans 11:25-26, NKJV
Romans was not clear on what “the fullness of the Gentiles” mean but it does clearly mention this is a prerequisite to Israel’s being saved.
The bible teaches that Israel must believe Jesus is their Messiah and call on Him to save them so Christ can return to earth for the second time.
37[Jesus speaking]“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! 38See! Your house is left to you desolate; 39for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ” Matthew 23:37-39, NKJV
What’s in it for the devil if Jesus comes back? His freedom ends and will start serving his punishment.
10and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. Revelation 20:10, ESV
Combining all scriptures quoted in this section, one can conclude this sequence: (1) the gospel will be preached to gentile nations until a certain “fullness” is completed, (2) Israel gets converted, (3) Jesus comes back, and (4) the devil will be thrown into the lake of fire.
These verses made it clear: the devil has the most at stake in stopping the gospel from being preached to all nations. If he indeed wields the power he is attributed, he will surely make full use of it to stop or delay this sequence.
Attacking bible preachers is one good trick to do it. That would stop or delay the completion of the “fullness” part. Of course, he would want gospel preachers annihilated, persecuted, harassed. If that’s not possible, he wants all of them to become unbelievers.
If there really is a devil, he would not leave preachers of the gospel alone to do their thing because the second coming of Jesus, if he’s real as the bible described, will be triggered.
Common thinking would dictate money is the only material thing of value that will entice another human to harass, persecute, and kill gospel preachers for what they do.
Still, there is the option that believers and non-believers can peacefully co-exist preaching their own belief systems.
So when the existence of a devil is included in the mix, it perfectly makes sense why this co-existence cannot happen and why gospel preachers have been attacked since time immemorial.
The devil knows what’s coming for him and he will try all his might to stop it.28When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way. 29“What do you want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?” Matthew 8:28-29, NIV
There are some parts of the world today where it is still difficult and dangerous to openly preach a spiritual doctrine because there are different basis of religious systems and culture in each place. The residents would certainly want to preserve them, with some economic benefits that go along with it.
Not having a complete original copy has helped the Bible stood test of time
The mere fact that billion copies of the bible, a book that doesn’t have a complete original copy, are still reproduced today and that this book still holds the all-time best seller title are wonders in themselves.
It turns to astonishment when billions have trusted this book for the idea of having the capability to live again after death.
When taken under a purely scientific view, it is illogical for those who use much of their scientifically proven but limited life span to chase for a scientifically unproven eternal life based on a source that has no known original copy.
This risky bet, however, becomes a good bet to take when considering these premises:
(1) The unprecedented progress of a book without an original copy and some of the authors unnamed reaching billions of human eyes to see, ears to hear, and minds to digest is unlikely to be achieved without some kind of divine intervention. This adds proof to the theory that God indeed inspired the writing of this book and guiding it to spread in various places.
(2) Better guarding and preserving of the original message was generated by not having an original copy. This happened because preachers after the apostles are forced to put massive efforts to ensure that non-corrupted versions of the writings are preserved and their reproduction is done diligently.
This condition likely creates a self-policing scenario among believer groups where each group would guard against improper reproductions and translations in order to protect their own flock against “false” doctrines.
While corruptions may have occurred along the way, more and more accurate copies translated in different languages were reproduced as the exponential effect was produced when gospel preachers continued to multiply as time passed by.
In modern analogy, it resulted having multiple back-up files saved in several independent storage banks. Sure, there might be differences in the translation of the original scriptures but the multiplying effect is way better than having a single original file saved in one drive.
As a result, corruption of its contents became harder and harder. It would have been easier to corrupt a single copy under the care of a single group than several copies handled by several groups. The more copies a book has, the harder to change its contents.
(3) The subsequent presence of multiple reproduction copies and translated copies forced incoming preachers to massively research the contents whether they agree with the non-corrupted ones. This also enhances interest of the public on the bible as preachers argue when non-corrupted copies are being compared with corrupted copies. The studies made on their arguments run very deep because of the lack of an original copy as point of reference.
As very evident today, there are huge numbers of religious leaders and theologians of different sects and beliefs who constantly study, scrutinize, debate, argue, and talk about the correct contents of this book, thereby, introducing it to millions of their respective followers.
Advance technology in recent years is allowing bible scholars the capability to cross reference today’s version to surviving copies and manuscripts from yesteryears to check if there are material variations and corruptions.
The pieces of manuscripts and relics from the past, some of them are claimed to be as early as the first century, allowed confirmation that the teachings in the older versions have been consistently carried over to the newer versions.
Discovery of heavenly bodies proves bible’s point on the Lord’s thoughts and ways being higher than humans’
God made this declaration in the old testament:
8“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. 9“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9, New International Version
What God meant here was not explained by the next verses but it is quite clear the verse is referring to the idea that there are things and knowledge that God knows but humans doesn’t.
And God made the perfect analogy for the bible reader to get a correct picture.
Using stars, one of the element found in the “heavens”, one should easily understand how the knowledge humans possess is just a small percentage of the total knowledge God has.
Just how many stars in the sky are? Here’s what science says:
According to an article of Fraser Cain in universe.com, there are 100 to 400 billion stars in the Milky Way and more than 100 billion galaxies in the Universe, maybe as many as 500 billion.
By simple multiplication of stars by galaxies, at the low end, you get 10 billion billion stars, or 10 sextillion stars in the Universe, a 1 followed by 22 zeros. At the high end, it’s 200 sextillion.
Isn’t it daunting for one to even establish a starting point in order to calculate the number worlds and heavenly bodies that remains undiscovered by man.
In fact, humans cannot even have a complete understanding of all things in his own planet. Just consider some people have to get a second opinion, or even more, on some medical, scientific or economic questions before making a decision.
If human knowledge is mainly limited to items found on earth, just imagining the knowledge they are missing from not being able to physically explore about 100-500 billion galaxies is unfathomable.
It is safe to say that by human standards, there are “infinite number of worlds and planets made by God that are still unavailable for study to humans.
By this declaration of God, He must be telling humans that one of the purposes of the stars that flicker in the sky at night is remind man that there are things he cannot comprehend that God does.
Science never found a cure for all illnesses or slow down the aging process
This one is simple. There is huge income waiting for the inventor of a cure for each kind of illness. A longer lifespan awaits the finder of a medicine or vitamin that prevents diseases or a remedy for slowing down the aging process.
Despite the obvious desire and need, the wonderful benefits of a longer lifespan, no inventor or system of science could come up with a solution to prevent or cure all diseases so man could live a longer, healthy life.
On the other hand, God once said about age bracket that is attainable by human standards:
3And the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” Genesis 6:3, NKJV
Moses also mentioned an age bracket made a declaration on age standard in his prayer recorded in Psalms that still holds generally true today:
5The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away. Psalm 90, English Standard Version
Interestingly, Moses died at exactly 120 years old while he was still relatively healthy.
7Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died. His eyes were not dim nor his natural vigor diminished. Deuteronomy 34:7, NKJV
Even so, the bible says man can live forever.
9And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Genesis 2:9, NKJV
22Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever” Genesis 3:22, NKJV
These accounts of some biblical characters having longer life spans back this idea.
5Thus all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died. Genesis 5:5, ESV
7This is the sum of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived: one hundred and seventy-five years. Genesis 25:7, NKJV
The other examples in between this age range are Noah, who lived for 950 years; Methuselah for 969 years; Lamech for 777 years; Eber for 464 years, among others.
The bible’s claim of death befalling mankind was when God gave judgement after Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit:
17Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: “Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life. 18Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, And you shall eat the herb of the field. 19By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Genesis 3:19, NKJV
Given these considerations, science can easily destroy the bible’s accounts on death and life spans if it could invent a remedy to increase man’s life span, or even just retain the vigor of human during their life. Again, this is more of a need rather than a desire.
But as proven by the test of time, the bible’s claim of death being sentenced to humankind by God is nearer to the truth than the ability of science to invent a medical remedy that could allow a man to increase his lifespan to at least 200 years in a healthy manner.
The presence of an intelligent designer: The Human Body
This has been the argument used by many Christian pastors and debaters in proving the existence of God and Jesus. Their points are very logical.
Many living and non-living beings are consisting of or subject to very complex systems. It should be difficult to understand how these could exist simply by chance and without an intelligent designer!
On the other hand, acceptance of an intelligent designer is still a struggle for many today.
To think of it, how the universe began is a battle of two belief systems: (1) This happened because of a “big bang”, that the planets were formed from nothing and naturally became what they are today; and (2) Somebody must have designed the beautiful ball-shaped heavenly bodies and positioned them in their right spots so they can travel their right orbit.
These “most likely scenes” can help simply which has the upperhand:
(1) Which odds are better, seeing cases of medically dead people miraculously come back to life or seeing normal humans creating living beings from non-living things?
(2) Which odds are better, witnessing a supernatural being flying in the sky or assembling a fully functioning car by putting into orbit around the earth its different parts.
The first options in both cases are way more acceptable than the second.
Betting odds will definitely favor the first alternatives. One could argue that choosing the second options over the first is a bigger leap of faith.
Especially if the time frame involve is a billion years.
The human body
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to conclude that the human body is one of the most complex life forms on earth. Human beings could be arguably considered the most complex organisms on this planet.
The human body is a single structure but it is made up of billions of smaller parts, the atoms and molecules.
These billions of microscopic parts, each with its own identity, will have to work together in an organized manner in order for the human being to live.
These parts will constitute cells, tissues, organs and systems, like the skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, reproductive systems, that will form the human.
These organ systems will have to interact with one another and work constantly to maintain the balance needed for the survival of the human being.
The different abilities and qualities of a human being, like the five senses of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching; ability to store information in the brain; and able to comprehend, discern and make decisions will highly suggest credibility of the argument that the human being will only exist with an intelligent designer and not simply by chance that will have to start with a void of nothingness.
The presence of an intelligent designer: arrangement of heavenly bodies
Astronomy showed how the planets in our solar system are moving perfectly in unison so they wouldn’t collide each other and follow a certain path around the sun even though they are “free-floating” in space.
These heavenly bodies are constantly in motion but for the hundreds of years, documented by man, no pair of planets or heavenly bodies, not even a substantially large asteroid or comet that would have negatively affected earth have collided with each other.
Here’s why that’s so as explained scientifically: The planets and heavenly bodies are in the company of huge clouds of interstellar gas and dust. Together, the materials and bodies in these clouds is in constant motion, and the clouds themselves are in motion, orbiting in the aggregate gravity of the galaxy.
https://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu explains this that as a result of this movement, the cloud will most likely have some slight rotation as seen from a point near its center. This rotation can be described as angular momentum, a conserved measure of its motion that cannot change.
Conservation of angular momentum explains why an ice skater spins more rapidly as she pulls her arms in. As her arms come closer to her axis of rotation, her speed increases and her angular momentum remains the same.
Similarly, her rotation slows when she extends her arms at the conclusion of the spin.
https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/ gives a simplistic view of how the planets’ rotation around the sun works:
A planet orbiting the Sun is like the moon or a NASA satellite orbiting Earth. The lighter object orbits the heavier one, and the Sun is, by far, the heaviest object in the solar system. In the same way, the moon and satellites we launch orbit Earth because they are so much lighter than our planet.
The Sun’s gravity pulls on the planets, just as Earth’s gravity pulls down anything that is not held up by some other force and keeps you and me on the ground. Heavier objects (really, more massive ones) produce a bigger gravitational pull than lighter ones, so as the heavyweight in our solar system, the Sun exerts the strongest gravitational pull.
Now if the Sun is pulling the planets, why don’t they just fall in and burn up? Well, in addition to falling toward the Sun, the planets are moving sideways.
This is the same as if you have a weight on the end of a string. If you swing it around, you are constantly pulling it toward your hand, just as the gravity of the Sun pulls the planet in, but the motion sideways keeps the ball swinging around.
Without that sideways motion, it would fall to the center; and without the pull toward the center, it would go flying off in a straight line, which is, of course, exactly what happens if you let go of the string.
Science has long confirmed that a slight misalignment of the earth orbit around the sun will catastrophically affect life on earth as we know it.
This claim of wandering of the earth away from its normal path would cause a substantial shift in temperatures, making it burn or freeze and ensuring impossibility of life on earth.
You would not need to imagine what effect if other planets and heavenly bodies in the solar system would travel away from their path. Here’s NASA showing an artist’s concept if that happens:
This is an artist’s concept illustrates a catastrophic collision between two rocky exoplanets in the planetary system BD +20 307, turning both into dusty debris. Source: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/what-happens-when-planets-collide Image Credit: NASA/SOFIA/Lynette Cook
Logically, it makes less sense that all these constant motion did not result to any observed collision in as far as man’s registry of events is concerned.
The conditions are too perfect, the details of the sizes of the heavenly bodies are too pinpoint, their distance from each other and the right amount of heat and light afforded to the earth are too much of a coincidence.
Here’s the bible’s account on this logical reasoning:
1The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. 2Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. Psalm 19:1-2, NIV
The presence of an intelligent designer: How does the earth rotate on its axis constantly completing one rotation in 24 hours and revolves around the sun constantly completing one revolution in a little over 365 days
To this day no concrete answer has been given by scientists and astronomers on how the earth performs these motions at a precise, exact rate.
In general, the theory drawn is our solar system was formed out of a gas cloud, called a nebula, where lots of dust and gas came together due to the force of gravity.
As the dust and gas particles, which were already moving around in a circle, clumped together to form the sun and planets, the new objects also started to spin.
This is the basic explanation stated in layman’s terminology.
With all the marvelous models that science has produced through the years, it has yet to duplicate a scenario where a round object can be left free-floating in a vacuum and rotate and revolve at the rate the earth does.
Here’s the bible’s explanation to this mystery:
There is a Supernatural Being who is responsible for how the solar system works:
1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
3Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. 5God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day. 25… And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:1-5, 25, NKJV
1Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said: 2“Who is this who darkens counsel By words without knowledge? 3Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me.
4“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. 5Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? 6To what were its foundations fastened? Job 38:1-6, NKJV
Setting aside religious beliefs and applying logic alone, the bible’s explanation is more logical than the theories and concepts science has formulated.
Having said this, the biblical argument is still built around the existence of this Supernatural Being.
In conclusion, the bible presents a more logical explanation in this case but hinges along with proving the existence of what the bible claims as God, the Supreme Being, against the naysayers.
Purpose of the bible
The bible made clear what kind of book is it. It is intended for those who want eternal life. It is not a medical, science, logic or history book. Many tend to forget this.
You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life. John 5:39-40, New King James Version
It also made its theme clear. While there are many tales narrated by the bible, one thing remains clear from start to finish: Humans caught in a crossfire between powerful adversaries and one of them, a loving God, is offering redemption/salvation.
The bible says the devil rebelled and continues to rebel against God and dragged humans along to be involved in this godly battle he started.
7And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, 8but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. Revelation 12:7-8, NKJV
…she [Eve] took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband [Adam] with her, and he ate… And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” So the Lord God said to the serpent…I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed…. Genesis 3: 6, 14-15, NKJV
12Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. Luke 8:12, NIV
God’s love and the danger posed prompted Jesus to come to earth and provided everyone a way to get out of the mess.
16For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16, NKJV
8He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. 1 John 3:8, NKJV
These verses encapsulates what the new testament is for. If you are encourage by these verses, you are invited to search the bible deeper and find out more about Jesus and his teachings.
Conservative approach
The presence of spirits and unexplainable events and multiple scientific, medical, and logical reasons that supports the bible and its authors’ credibility project a possibility that God do exists. If you are still unconvinced of the existence of God despite these proofs, being conservative might be the best alternative here.
Accountants describe conservatism as selecting the option that would show the worst possible financial standing of a business entity when two or more unproven alternatives are available. This is to remove the user of the account’s output be exposed to a bigger risk in case the worst possible scenario happens.
As it stands, the risk of not believing in and obeying God far outweighs the benefits of doubting his existence. It might be best to act conservatively, believe what the bible says, until you have absolutely proven that there is indeed no God nor hell.
By: Armando M. Bolislis
If you are inspired and want to give Jesus a try, continue a deeper search of the bible, especially the New Testament. This will show you how to become his disciple. Always ask the Holy Spirit for guidance in your search.
If you feel the want or need to belong to a Christian church or organization, find one that preaches the Word of God and will help you improve your relationship with Christ and lead you to his eternal promises.
The theologies and doctrines about faith contained in this article are solely from God through the bible. The author is just an instrument used to spread the word for the glory of God. The personal opinions and suggestions on issues outside of biblical coverage from the author doesn’t necessarily reflect the stance of Baguio Herald Express management and staff.
