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Subject: Fwd: WOW !
>>> > > >> For all you 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 shows 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 for us today happened recently to
our
>>> > > >> astronauts and space scientists at Green Belt, Maryland. They
>>>were
>>> > > >> checking the position of the sun, moon, and planets out in
space
>>>where
>>> > > >they
>>> > > >> would be 100 years and 1000 years from now. We have to know
this
>>>so
>>>we
>>> > > >won't
>>> > > >> send a satellite, up and have it bump into something later on
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 either with 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.
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> 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 back 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
>>> > > >> hasten
>>> > > >> not to go down about a whole day!" 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 1,000 years from now. Forty minutes had to be found
>>>because
>>>it can
>>> > > >> be multiplied many times over in orbits.
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> As the Christian employee 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: 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? Our God is rubbing their noses in His
Truth!
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> References: Joshua 10:8 and 12,13
>>> > > >> 2 Kings 20:9-
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > >Michele Reiss
>>> > >School of Architecture
>>> > >University of Virginia
>>> > >804/924-7149
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > ---------------------------------
>>> > Rhonda F. Saunders
>>> > Office of the Dean of Students
>>> > University of Virginia
>>> > Second Floor, Peabody Hall
>>> > 804-924-7429, rfs@virginia.edu
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>
>
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