><< NASA proves God's Word > 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 the 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 hasted 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 1000 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 deathbed, 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! 10 > degrees is exactly 40 minutes! Twenty three hours and 20 minutes in > Joshua, plus 40 minutes in 2nd Kings made the missing day in the > universe! Isn't it amazing? God is Truth! > References: Joshua 10:8 and 12, 13 > 2nd Kings 20: 9-11 > Forward this to as many people who would think this is equally as >cool. > -- "Try to smile as they devour our youth." [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.rit.edu/~dmc1750