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The paths of the sea -- Matthew
Fontaine Maury, known as the Pathfinder of the Seas and the Father
of Oceanography, is said to have made his monumental discovery as a
result of reading the Bible. He was ill one day, and his son was
reading to him from the eighth Psalm, which says, "...and
the fish of the sea that through the paths of the seas." Maury
asked his son to read that passage again. Upon hearing it the second
time, Maury said, "If the word of God says there are paths in
the sea, they must be there. I will find them." Within a few
years, he had charted the principal lanes or paths of the ocean.
These paths are still in use today. King David wrote Psalm 8. How
did David, living in Palestine, having seen at most the Red and Mediterranean
Seas, know about these paths enough to write about them?
The geography of the Bible -- Geography
is a relatively modern science. Not many years ago, the maps of much
of the world were mostly blank, and the mistakes in geography books
had to be corrected each generation. The Bible was written before
the modern science of geography. It abounds in geographic
references, and it is correct in every instance. No one has
to revise it and bring it up to date. It was error-free from the
beginning because the universe's architect is the Bible's author.
When the Bible says, "They went up to Jerusalem," it is
literally uphill. When we read, "...down to Jericho," we
know it is downhill. The cities, towns, plains, deserts, hills, and
mountains mentioned in the Bible have been found exactly where the
Bible places them. If the Bible were a human production, it is very
likely that it would contain geographical errors. The lack of such
errors strongly suggests that it is a supernatural product. |
