Biblical scientific foreknowledge

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]

Modern science agrees that blood is essence for life because it carries oxygen, food, hormones. ^[3]

Universe expansion

Isaiah 40:22 says "who stretches out the heavens", ^[4] Hebrew word "natah" in Isaiah 40:22 means to stretch out or extend. ^[5] universe expansion was not discovered by secularists until 20th century. ^[6]

Uncountable stars

Jeremiah 33:22 says number of stars cannot be counted by a human, ^[7] scientific estimate puts that number of stars are 10²² to 10^{24 .} ^[8] 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, ^[9] Modern science suggests that optimal time to circumcise is the 8th day. ^[10]^[11]

Big Bang

Genesis 1:3 mentions "Let there be light", which fits with description of Big Bang, Big Bang was not discovered until 20th century by Georges Lemaître.^[12]

Ocean pathways

Matthew Fontaine Maury memorial citing Psalms 8:8 as his inspiration.

Psalm 8:8 mentions "the path of the seas", ^[13] ocean pathways were not discovered until in 19th century by Matthew Fontaine Maury. ^[14]

References

[1] ttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus%2017%3A11&version=KJV

[2] ttps://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/health-and-medicine/discovery-blood-circulation

[3] ttps://kidshealth.org/en/teens/blood.html

[4] ttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2040%3A22&version=ESV

[5] ttps://biblehub.com/hebrew/5186.htm

[6] ttps://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dp29hu.html

[7] ttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=%20Jeremiah%2033%3A22&version=CSB

[8] ttps://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/How_many_stars_are_there_in_the_Universe

[9] ttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2017:12&version=GNT

[10] ttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1477513109000114

[11] ttps://seattlebris.com/blog/circumcision-countdown-the-physiology-behind-why-eight-days-matters

[12] ttps://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/lemaitre-proposes-big-bang-theory

[13] ttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%208%3A8&version=ESV

[14] ttps://oceanmotion.org/html/background/timeline1800.htm

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