And it just continues to fall in place... literally. This time God described something science has only wondered about, contradictions at every turn, yet God knew the answer from the start. Some basic facts about both what God said happened in Genesis and how science agrees: * Genesis says the earth and heavens initial matter was just "waters" or lighter elements. There is no mention of land anywhere at the start. Science agrees that lighter elements would have been the initial form of matter, fusion in stars later making the heavier elements. So where was the earth and heavens? Essentially, both the heavens and earth were part of a "pre-sun" star that eventually EXPLODED, as described below. * Later God moved upon the SURFACE of the "waters" and then separated the "waters", a "firmament" inbetween the "waters", the "firmament" later becoming the heavens (region outside the bounds of earth). Yet in forming the "firmament", God also decides to use said "firmament" as part of the separation. The ancient Hebrews considered the "firmament" to initially be somewhat solid or more dense, able to separate the waters. Yet just like Genesis says, the "firmament" later became the heavens or region outside the bounds of earth. This of course is matched as shown in a previous article where ring shaped explosions from stars have been photographed by Hubble Space Telescope. Also ring shaped dust clouds have been seen around planet forming stars. In these cases, the lighter elements in the stars are obviously being SEPARATED by more dense matter EXPLODING, more than likely in a FISSION based EXPLOSION. See the previously discussed supernova theory article which gives a possible explanation of this:
And from this perspective, it's clear that God matched what science NOW see's in his Genesis description he gave 3300 years ago. * Later God says he REGATHERED the "waters" to earth and the land later rose above the "waters". This one is OBVIOUS in that the ring shaped explosion of matter from a star that's forming planets would have to be a FISSION explosion, lighter elements below the heavier elements of the ring shaped matter, and above the heavier elements, lighter elements again. Basically, "waters" below, "firmament" inbetween, then "waters" above. Both science and the bible MATCH. But get this, the initial REGATHERING of the water's below, would begin first due to being closest to the center of mass of the "pre-sun". With those lighter elements collected, the heavier elements shot out further would then return to add in land forming mass, then eventually the lighter elements previously above the explosion ring (hence shot out further still) would eventually complete the final gathering of matter to earth. And God had this directly stated in saying he REGATHERED the "waters" first, then land or heavier matter afterwards, the land rising out of the waters. So where's the moon fit in all this? The moon has some VERY SIGNIFICANT clues that CONFIRM God's statements in Genesis. * The moon's mean density overall is LESS than the earth's mean density. This is easily possible in that the moon could form from REGATHERING from the last >>> LIGHTER <<< elements shot out furthest and taking longer to REGATHER. * It's assumed the EXPLOSION and REGATHERING of matter would to science look to be somewhat random where easily the earth and moon could form separately, the moon forming after the earth. In such a REGATHERING of matter, the moon being less dense also tends to follow the trend of lighter elements staying out furthest and longest when settling. That and it's expected that the heaviest matter exploding is pushing the lightest elements above it out furthest. ============================================ And a key CONFIRMING fact to the moon being less dense and WHY, is that the asteroid "eros" has been shown to have the same density as BOTH the earth's upper crust and the moon's upper crust. ============================================= Asteroids are out further from the sun than the moon and earth, being of less dense material also says a REGATHERING would coat earth and the moon with similar less dense matter and would coat them last. (Asteroids are considered by science to be of the same form as comets, except that comets still have "waters" or volatiles that burn off when passing by the sun. And comets are another confirmation that further out matter would in regathering also contain some of the original "waters" from that original planet forming explosion of the "pre-sun" star. There is of course water on most all planets in the solar system. God was easily right in saying "waters" as part of the "firmament" separation.) Since the moon is SMALLER in diameter than the earth and the same thickness of coating may have been added to both the earth and moon says basically that the moon's core should be proportionately less of the overall mean density vs. that of the earth. This has been confirmed by science, the moon's mean density is LESS than that of the earth. * So when the major period of REGATHERING ended, both the moon's and earth's crusts appear to have the same LOWER overall density than that of the mean density for the earth. Basically, God PREDICTED the moon vs. earth density variation by saying: * God formed the moon AFTER the earth's build up of land mass. The "after" giving the clue that LESS DENSE matter would be being added, the "upper" waters or lighter elements finally regathering last. By saying such, and saying there were "waters" above the firmament, God has LOCKED that density variation where the moon has NO other option but to have LESS DENSE matter overall than that of the earth, given lighter elements finally REGATHERING last. One last confirmation: * The near side of the moon has the most dense matter, that's what keeps the moon always showing the same "side" to earth. It's been confirmed that the moon's center of gravity is offset towards the earth by about 1.2 miles. The moon in showing only one side to the earth is EASILY explained in that just like twisters or even with muddy water settling, the most dense materials migrate to the nearest most massive body, the lighter elements tend to remain out further away. This basic trend coupled with matter wanting to migrate between the moon and earth's combined center of mass, gives a predefined trend for heavier matter to gather on the near side of the moon and the lighter elements to gather on the far side (which is of course further away from the earth's center of mass). Another aspect contributing to this is the fact that with the lighter elements also expected to be showing up last in the form of impacts, said impacts would on average coat the far side of the moon, the near side already having locked to face the earth. Overall though, matter REGATHERING after an EXPLOSION leaves quite a bit of margin for: * The moon forming from mostly lighter elements still swirling around while the earth had already taken on the majority of heavier elements first. Similar "settling" of matter is seen in muddy water and twisters, where heavier matter settles first, the matter out furthest settles last and is LIGHTER. So God was in fact right to say: ========================================== He separated the "waters" below, with a "firmament" from the "waters" above, that the "waters" REGATHERED, land rising above the waters, the moon forming later. All if it matches what is plainly seen. ========================================== God is absolutely the source of his creation. God made it all, Jesus died for our sins.
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