In this lesson a few examples are given that show that the men wrote the Bible made reference to facts that were not common knowledge at the time of their writing. How did they know these things? One explanation is that they were inspired by God, the creator of this world. This lesson helps us understand that the Bible really is from God, not man.

1. Scientific Accuracy in the Bible

2. Some bad claims to beware of...

3. Automobiles? Joel 2.3-4

4. Automobiles? Joel 2.3-4
Fire devours in front of them, and behind
them a flame burns. Before them the land is
like the garden of Eden, but after them a
desolate wilderness, and nothing escapes
them. They have the appearance of horses,
and like war-horses they charge.

5. Automobiles? Joel 2.3-4
NO!
Fire devours in front of them, and behind
them a flame burns. Before them the land is
like the garden of Eden, but after them a
desolate wilderness, and nothing escapes
them. They have the appearance of horses,
and like war-horses they charge.

6. Airplanes? Isaiah 31.5

7. Airplanes? Isaiah 31.5
Like birds hovering overhead, so the Lord
of hosts will protect Jerusalem; he will
protect and deliver it, he will spare and
rescue it.

8. Airplanes? Isaiah 31.5
NO!
Like birds hovering overhead, so the Lord
of hosts will protect Jerusalem; he will
protect and deliver it, he will spare and
rescue it.

9. Oceanography

10. Oceanography
Matthew Fontaine Maury
1806-1873

11. Oceanography Psalm 8.8
c. 1000 BC
the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea,
whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

12. Oceanography Psalm 8.8
c. 1000 BC
the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea,
whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

13. Oceanography Job 38.16
c. 2000 BC
Have you entered into the springs of the
sea, or walked in the recesses of the deep?

14. Oceanography Job 38.16
c. 2000 BC
Have you entered into the springs of the
sea, or walked in the recesses of the deep?

15. Oceanography Job 38.16
c. 2000 BC
Have you entered into the springs of the
sea, or walked in the recesses of the deep?

16. Oceanography Job 38.16
c. 2000 BC
Have you entered into the springs of the
sea, or walked in the recesses of the deep?

17. Astronomy

18. Astronomy Isaiah 40.22
c. 750 BC
It is he who sits above the circle of the
earth, and its inhabitants are like
grasshoppers; who stretches out the
heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like
a tent to live in;

19. Astronomy Isaiah 40.22
c. 750 BC
roundness,
sphericity
It is he who sits above the circle of the
earth, and its inhabitants are like
grasshoppers; who stretches out the
heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like
a tent to live in;

20. Astronomy Isaiah 40.22
c. 750 BC
roundness,
sphericity
It is he who sits above the circle of the
earth, and its inhabitants are like
grasshoppers; who stretches out the
heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like
a tent to live in;

21. Physics

22. Physics Psalm 102.25-26
c. 1000 BC
Long ago you laid the foundation of the
earth, and the heavens are the work of your
hands. They will perish, but you endure; they
will all wear out like a garment.You change
them like clothing, and they pass away;

23. Physics Psalm 102.25-26
c. 1000 BC
Long ago you laid the foundation of the
earth, and the heavens are the work of your
hands. They will perish, but you endure; they
will all wear out like a garment.You change
them like clothing, and they pass away;

24. Photo Credits: (All photos from istockphoto.com are copyright protected. Please do not use without permission.)
Hummer: http://www.2405.com/press-library/Hummer-H1-2004/hummer-h1-2004-27.jpg
Airplane: http://www.public-domain-image.com/vehicles/airplane/slides/airplanes-jets.jpg
Maury: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Commander_Matthew_Fontaine_Maury_USN_painting.jpg
Currents: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Corrientes-oceanicas.gif
Sea Springs: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NnnAVzghHVQ/Tn22xsERJYI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/
DcNShO8oeFg/s1600/Humeros+negros.jpg
Mariana Trench: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marianatrenchmap.png
Earth from Apollo 17: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/
The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg/1023px-The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg
Ice water: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Ice_water.jpg
Bible with plant: http://static-www.icr.org/i/wide/science_start_bible_wide.jpg