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=== Blood circulation === | === Blood circulation === | ||
Leviticus 17:11 states, "For the life of the flesh is in the blood | Leviticus 17:11 states, "For the life of the flesh is in the blood", <ref>https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus%2017%3A11&version=KJV</ref> blood circulation was not discovered until 17th century by William Harvey. <ref>https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/health-and-medicine/discovery-blood-circulation</ref> | ||
=== Universe expansion === | === Universe expansion === | ||
Isaiah 40:22 says "who stretches out the heavens" | Isaiah 40:22 says "who stretches out the heavens", <ref>https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2040%3A22&version=ESV</ref> Hebrew word "natah" in Isaiah 40:22 means to stretch out or extend. <ref>https://biblehub.com/hebrew/5186.htm</ref> universe expansion was not discovered by secularists until 20th century. <ref>https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dp29hu.html</ref> | ||
=== Uncountable stars === | === Uncountable stars === | ||
Jeremiah 33:22 says number of stars cannot be counted by a human | Jeremiah 33:22 says number of stars cannot be counted by a human, <ref>https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=%20Jeremiah%2033%3A22&version=CSB</ref> scientific estimate puts that number of stars are 10<sup>22</sup> to 10<sup>24 .</sup> <ref>https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/How_many_stars_are_there_in_the_Universe</ref> but it would take human billions of years to count all of them. | ||
=== Circumcision on the 8th day === | === Circumcision on the 8th day === | ||
Genesis 17:12 commands circumcision to be on the 8th day | Genesis 17:12 commands circumcision to be on the 8th day, <ref>https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2017:12&version=GNT</ref> Modern science suggests that optimal time to circumcise is the 8th day. <ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1477513109000114</ref><ref>https://seattlebris.com/blog/circumcision-countdown-the-physiology-behind-why-eight-days-matters</ref> | ||
== Ocean pathways == | |||
[[File:Matthew Fontaine Maury memorial at Goshen Pass overlooking the Maury River.jpg|thumb|Matthew Fontaine Maury memorial citing Psalms 8:8 as his inspiration.]] | |||
Psalm 8:8 mentions "the path of the seas", <ref>https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%208%3A8&version=ESV</ref> ocean pathways were not discovered until in 19th century by Matthew Fontaine Maury. <ref>https://oceanmotion.org/html/background/timeline1800.htm</ref> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 06:19, 14 March 2026
Biblical scientific foreknowledge is a belief that certain Bible passages knew about scientific facts before scientific discovery.
Bible verses cited as scientific foreknowledge
Blood circulation
Leviticus 17:11 states, "For the life of the flesh is in the blood", [1] blood circulation was not discovered until 17th century by William Harvey. [2]
Universe expansion
Isaiah 40:22 says "who stretches out the heavens", [3] Hebrew word "natah" in Isaiah 40:22 means to stretch out or extend. [4] universe expansion was not discovered by secularists until 20th century. [5]
Uncountable stars
Jeremiah 33:22 says number of stars cannot be counted by a human, [6] scientific estimate puts that number of stars are 1022 to 1024 . [7] but it would take human billions of years to count all of them.
Circumcision on the 8th day
Genesis 17:12 commands circumcision to be on the 8th day, [8] Modern science suggests that optimal time to circumcise is the 8th day. [9][10]
Ocean pathways
Psalm 8:8 mentions "the path of the seas", [11] ocean pathways were not discovered until in 19th century by Matthew Fontaine Maury. [12]
References
- ↑ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus%2017%3A11&version=KJV
- ↑ https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/health-and-medicine/discovery-blood-circulation
- ↑ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2040%3A22&version=ESV
- ↑ https://biblehub.com/hebrew/5186.htm
- ↑ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dp29hu.html
- ↑ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=%20Jeremiah%2033%3A22&version=CSB
- ↑ https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/How_many_stars_are_there_in_the_Universe
- ↑ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2017:12&version=GNT
- ↑ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1477513109000114
- ↑ https://seattlebris.com/blog/circumcision-countdown-the-physiology-behind-why-eight-days-matters
- ↑ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%208%3A8&version=ESV
- ↑ https://oceanmotion.org/html/background/timeline1800.htm
