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09.30.10

Scientifically Explained Miracles

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea
to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry
land, and the waters were divided. So the children of Israel went into the
midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on
their right hand and on their left. And the Egyptians pursued and went after
them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his
horsemen. - Exodus 14:21.

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the
waters may come back upon the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their
horsemen." And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and when the
morning appeared, the sea returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians
were fleeing into it. So the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of
the sea. Then the waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen,
and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. - Exodus
14:26-28.

In the release of a recent study scientists say that the parting of the Red
Sea described in Exodus 14 could have been caused by strong winds. The
scientists believe that the strong winds may have opened up a land bridge.
They also found that whenever the wind died down the water would have
covered up the land again. Carl Drews of the United States National Center
for Atmospheric Research stated that "The parting of the waters can be
understood through fluid dynamics. The wind moves the water in a way that's
in accordance with physical laws, creating a safe passage with water on two
sides and then abruptly allowing the water to rush back in."

The scientists could have saved the taxpayers some money just by reading the
Exodus account of the miracle and believing it. Of course, this is an
attempt to somehow downplay the miraculous and make it appear to be simply a
natural occurrence. However, in this specific instance even if it was a
natural occurrence, it was still miraculous in that the Children of Israel
fled Egypt at just the right time to be there for the natural occurrence.
Also, Pharaoh changed his mind and decided to pursue them at just the right
time for them to follow the Hebrews into the sea bed and be drowned when the
waters returned. I do believe that still qualifies as an incredibly wondrous
miracle! This is another instance of science simply confirming the truth of
the Bible.

There is no contradiction between science and Scripture. Many continually
try to prove that there is; however, invariably, after someone claims that
the Bible is wrong at some point then the truth about the truth of the
Scriptures is uncovered some time later. Scientists are not perfect and
their observation of the known universe is fallible. This is continually
seen as old discoveries give way to new discoveries proving the old ones
wrong. It is not the nature that scientists observe that is in conflict with
the Scriptures. It is the fallible opinions of scientists that are sometimes
in conflict with God's Word.

We need to remember Hebrews 13:8, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday,
today, and forever." As we are told in the Gospel of John chapter one, Jesus
is the Word become flesh. He never changes, His Word never changes, and in a
constantly changing world Jesus is the only One that will always be there,
will never change, and His truth will always stand. The truth of the Word of
God has stood the test of time, and it will stand the test of a few doubting
scientists.

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