The God of Then, Now and NASA?

For all the scientists and intellectual scholars out there who have difficulty in dealing with the truth and relevancy of the Bible, here's something that shows how God deals with His awesome creation and reminds us all that He is still in control.

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, Maryland, and a consultant in the space program, relates the following development. “I think one of the most amazing things that God has done for us today happened recently to our astronauts and space scientists at Green Belt, Maryland.”

We were checking out where the positions of the sun, moon, and planets would be 100 and 1,000 years from now. We need to know this so we won't send up a satellite 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. We 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 thus signifying that there was incorrect data fed into it or the results were incorrect as compared to the acknowledged standards.

So we called in the service department to check it out, and they said, 'What's wrong?' We said, “Well, we found there is a day missing in space in elapsed time.”

They scratched their heads and tore their hair out but could find no answer.

Finally a Christian man on the team said, “You know, one time I was in Sunday School and the teacher talked about the sun standing still.” Well, they didn't believe him; but since they didn't have an answer either, they said, “Show us!”

He got a Bible and went 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 stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down for about a day. (Joshua 10:12-13 ESV)

The astronauts and scientists questioned if this could be 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 passage from the Bible again 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 1000 years from now. The forty minutes had to be found because it can be multiplied many times over in orbits. As the Christian employee thought about it some more, he remembered that somewhere in the Bible it said the sun went BACKWARDS.

Of course, the other scientists told him he was out of his mind, but they got out the Bible and read these words in 2 Kings that told the following story: Hezekiah, on his death bed, 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 “Do you want the sun to go ahead 10 degrees?”

Hezekiah replied, “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 …and ten degrees is exactly 40 minutes!'

Twenty-three hours and 20 minutes in Joshua…. plus 40 minutes in 2 Kings combined together make the missing day in the universe! Isn't our God AMAZING!!!!!

If you want to get the full story regarding this “lost day” in the universe go to Joshua 10:8, 12-13 and 2 Kings 20:9-11.

Just remember this story the next time someone who thinks they have all the answers raises the question regarding God and His abilities as the Creator of the Universe….He was …is…and always will be in TOTAL CONTROL of His creation ….and that should put a smile on your face when you are reminded that He loves you and He gave His Son to bring you back into a full and glorious relationship with Him…..

Reign on, God…..REIGN ON….FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING, HALLELUJAH….AMEN.

WPQ