Thought this was pretty
amazing and interesting!
>
> For all the scientists out there, and for all the
students who have a hard time convincing these people regarding the
truth of the Bible, here's something that shows God's awesome creation,
and that He is still in control.
>
> Did you know that the NASA 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 .
>
> They were checking out where the positions of the sun,
moon, and planets would be 100 years and 1,000 years from now. We have
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.
>
> They 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, which meant that there was something wrong with either the
information fed into it or with the results as compared to the
standards.
>
>
> They called in the service department to check it out,
and they said, 'What's wrong?' Well, they found there is a day missing
in space in elapsed time.
>
> They scratched their heads and tore their hair out.
There was no answer.
>
> Finally a Christian man on the team said, 'You know, one
time I was in Sunday School, and they talked about the sun standing
still.' While they didn't believe him, they didn't have an answer
either, so 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 stood
still and the moon stayed and lasted not to go down about a whole day!'
> (Joshua 10:12-13)
>
> The astronauts and scientists said, There is 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 Bible, 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.
>
> Forty minutes had to be found because it can be
multiplied many times over in orbits. As the Christian e
mployee thought about it, he remembered somewhere in the Bible where it
said the sun went BACKWARDS.
>
> The scientists told him he was out of his mind, but they
got out the Book and read these words in 2 Kings that told of 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 said, '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! Ten
degrees is exactly 40 minutes!'
>
> Twenty-three hours and 20 minutes in Joshua, plus 40
minutes in Second Kings make the missing day in the universe! Isn't it
amazing?
>
> References : Joshua 10:8 and 12,13 and 2 Kings 20:9-11.
>
>
>
> Forward this to as many people who you believe would
think this is equally as cool.
> If God could do this then; how much more can he do for
us today. If we only believe in his word.
> All I have and all that I am is by the Grace of God!
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