Job 26:7 - The Bible
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Question: Why can you trust the Bible?
Scripture: Job 26:7
Link: What are some questions that the Bible answers?
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Hi, Mia. It’s nice to see you again. As I mentioned last week, I’m Kiara, and this is Anna. The last time we spoke, I left you with the question, why can we trust the Bible?
Right, I remember.
If the Bible is trustworthy, then it should be in harmony with established scientific facts, right?
Yeah, I can agree with that.
If you have just a minute, I’d like to show you a brief video that illustrates the Bible’s scientific accuracy. It’s called The Earth Hangs Upon Nothing.
OK.
During the time when the Bible was written, many people had mistaken ideas about the shape of the earth. A theory written after the Bible was completed was that the universe emerged from a cosmic egg and that the earth was supported by various creatures. In contrast, about the year 1473 B.C.E., Moses wrote that the earth is suspended “upon nothing.” And around the year 732 B.C.E., the prophet Isaiah wrote that the earth is a circle, or sphere. These Bible writers contradicted ideas that were popular at the time. It was some 200 years after Isaiah’s day that the Greek philosopher Pythagoras may have proposed that the earth is a sphere. And more than 3,000 years passed from Moses’ writings until scientists such as Isaac Newton realized that the earth seemed to hang upon nothing.
Now, keeping those points in mind, let’s read what the Bible said some 3,500 years ago. Anna, would you please read for us Job 26:7?
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It says: “He stretches out the northern sky “over empty space, suspending the earth upon nothing.”
Thank you so much. Based off of what we learned in the video, why do you think it’s surprising that the Bible says that the earth is suspended “upon nothing”?
Well, people didn’t believe that at the time.
Exactly. That point always amazes me! So, if we can trust the Bible in scientific matters, in what other areas is the Bible trustworthy?
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The video we showed you is part of a free Bible study course with the use of this brochure. If you’ll read it, I’d be happy to leave it with you. And next time, we’ll discuss some of the questions that the Bible answers. They can be found in lesson 1.
OK, sure. It sounds interesting.