Astronomy – The study of objects and matter outside the earth’s atmosphere.
Old Testament Astronomy: Part 1.
We’re an impossibility in an impossible universe. (Ray Bradbury)
As I began the process of researching, writing and putting together SURTSAstronomy, I realized that there were quite a few bible verses that someway…somehow…mentions directly or indirectly, items that qualify under the scientific study of astronomy.
SURTSAstronomy will be divided up into 5 sections:
Old Testament Astronomy: Part 1,
Old Testament Astronomy: Part 2,
For this section of SURTSAstronomy…Old Testament Astronomy: Part 1, I would ask that you consider the following…
For a book that is not intended to be a book on science, let alone astronomy, it is quite amazing, not only on the amount of science that is in there, but the validity of the references regarding astronomy, that are in there.
Based on the evidence presented, I would submit to you there is absolutely nowhere in the Bible where the astronomy topics are unfounded. I would also submit to you that there is nowhere in the Bible where any scientific discovery since the Bible was put together, has yet to be proven false, regarding astronomy.
What is truly amazing is the fact that many of the facts above were already in the Bible before man and his science…and astronomy, ‘discovered’ them. In multiple cases, by hundreds or thousands of years.
What other religious book has this record?
The point is this:
While the Holy Bible is of course a religious book first and foremost, clearly, it is much more than that.
I wish to thank the authors of the following website for their ideas, concepts and inspiration, for SURTSAstronomy…Old Testament Astronomy: Part 1:
https://www.openbible.info/topics/astronomy
https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Astronomy
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Bible-Verses-About-Heaven/
https://www.bibleref.com/
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Welcome to SURTSAstronomy…Old Testament Astronomy: Part 1.
Old Testament: Part 1:
1. Genesis 2:1:
Once we get a taste of heaven, we will never be satisfied with earth. (Danny L. Deaubé)
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. (Genesis 2:1 KJV)
2. Genesis 15:5:
All we ever see of stars are their old photographs. (Alan Moore)
5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. (Genesis 15:5 KJV)
3. Genesis 22:17:
We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle. (Marilyn Monroe)
17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; (Genesis 22:17 KJV)
4. Deuteronomy 4:19:
You are My Sun, My Moon, and All My Stars. (E. E. Cummings)
19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. (Deuteronomy 4:19 KJV)
5. Deuteronomy 10:14:
We gazed dreamily at the Milky Way and once in a while caught some shooting stars. Times like those gave me the opportunity to wonder and ask all those very basic questions. That sense of awe for the heavens started there. (Kalpana Chawla)
14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is. (Deuteronomy 10:14 KJV)
6. Deuteronomy 33:14:
Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. (Confucius)
14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, (Deuteronomy 33:14 KJV)
7. Joshua 10:13:
Don’t fear moving slowly forward…fear standing still. (Katherine Harris)
13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. (Joshua 10:13 KJV)
8. Judges 5:20:
A cosmic war is like a ritual drama in which participants act out on Earth a battle they believe is actually taking place in the heavens. (Reza Aslan)
20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. (Judges 5:20 KJV)
9. 2 Kings 23:5:
The Sun, Moon and Stars are there to guide us. (Dennis Banks)
5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. (2 Kings 23:5 KJV)
10. 1 Chronicles 16:26:
The tiny Lilliputians surmise that Gulliver’s watch may be his god, because it is that which, he admits, he seldom does anything without consulting. (Jonathan Swift)
26 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the Lord made the heavens. (1 Chronicles 16:26 KJV)
11. Nehemiah 9:6:
How true it is that, if we are cheerful and contented, all nature smiles, the air seems more balmy, the sky clearer, the earth has a brighter green…the flowers are more fragrant…and the sun, moon, and stars all appear more beautiful, and seem to rejoice with us. (Orison Swett Mareden)
6 Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. (Nehemiah 9:6 KJV)
12. Job 9:6-9:
The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. (Raplh Waldo Emerson)
6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. 7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars. 8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea. 9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. (Job 9:6-9 KJV)
13. Job 22:12:
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God. (Anne Frank)
12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! (Job 22:12 KJV)
14. Job 25:5:
It seemed to be a necessary ritual that he should prepare himself for sleep by meditating under the solemnity of the night sky…a mysterious transaction between the infinity of the soul and the infinity of the universe. (Victor Hugo)
5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. (Job 25:5 KJV)
15. Job 26:7:
Nothing happens until something moves. (Albert Einstein)
7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. (Job 26:7 KJV)
16. Job 26:9:
The sun always shines above the clouds. (Paul F. Davis)
9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. (Job 26:9 KJV)
17. Job 26:13:
It’s good to see the snakes revealing themselves. They weren’t actually hidden at all. People hide behind the masks, but eventually you see them for who they truly are. (Amaka Imani Nkosazana)
13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. (Job 26:13 KJV)
18. Job 37:18:
In the kingdom of glass everything is transparent, and there is no place to hide a dark heart. (Vera Nazarian)
18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass? (Job 37:18 KJV)
19. Job 38:7:
To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with. (Mark Twain)
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? (Job 38:7 KJV)
20. Job 38:31-33:
When I gaze into the stars, they look down upon me with pity from their serene and silent spaces, like eyes glistening with tears over the little lot of man. Thousands of generations, all as noisy as our own, have been swallowed up by time, and there remains no record of them any more. Yet Arcturus and Orion, Sirius and Pleiades, are still shining in their course, clear and young, as when the shepherd first noted them in the plain of Shinar! (Thomas Carlyle)
31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? 32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? 33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? (Job 38:31-33 KJV)
21. Psalm 8:3:
To create something from nothing is one of the greatest feelings, and I would – I don’t know, I wish it upon everybody. It’s heaven. (Prince)
3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; (Psalm 8:3 KJV)
22. Psalm 19:1-6:
For victory in life, we’ve got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven. (Lou Holtz)
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. 2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. 4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, 5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. 6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. (Psalm 19:1-6 KJV)
23. Psalm 33:6:
Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal. (Thomas Moore)
6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. (Psalm 33:6 KJV)
24. Psalm 68:33:
The voice is the site of a person who cannot see. (José Saramago)
33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice. (Psalm 68:33 KJV)
25. Psalm 74:16:
When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me. (Sean O’Casey)
16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. (Psalm 74:16 KJV)
26. Psalm 81:3:
You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet. (Theodore Hesburgh)
3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. (Psalm 81:3 KJV)
27. Psalm 89:5:
Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal. (Thomas Moore)
5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. (Psalm 89:5 KJV)
28. Psalm 96:5:
If we would know what heaven is before we come thither, let us retire into the depths of our own spirits, and we shall find it there among holy thoughts and feelings. (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens. (Psalm 96:5 KJV)
29. Psalm 102:25-27:
Eternity is in love with the productions of time. (William Blake)
25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: 27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. (Psalm 102:25-27 KJV)
30. Psalm 104:2:
Clouds on clouds, in volumes driven, curtain round the vault of heaven. (Thomas Love Peacock)
2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: (Psalm 104:2 KJV)
31. Psalm 104:5:
Scientists still do not appear to understand sufficiently that all earth sciences must contribute evidence toward unveiling the state of our planet in earlier times, and that the truth of the matter can only be reached by combing all this evidence. (Alfred Wegener)
5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. (Psalm 104:5 KJV)
32. Psalm 104:19:
Always remember we are under the same sky, looking at the same moon.(Maxine Lee)
19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. (Psalm 104:19 KJV)
33. Psalm 136:5-9:
Mercy is the stuff you give to people that don’t deserve it. (Joyce Meyer)
5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. 6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever. 7 To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever: 8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever: 9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever. (Psalm 136:5-9 KJV)
34. Psalm 147:4:
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground. (Theodore Roosevelt)
4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. (Psalm 147:4 KJV)
35. Psalm 148:3:
Yours is the light by which my sprit’s born: you are my sun, my moon, and all my stars. (E. E. Cummings)
3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. (Psalm 148:3 KJV)
And there you have it.
35 sets of bible verses found in the Old Testament, whose focus can be considered under the scientific branch of astronomy.
If one of these verses is read independently, then it is possible to assume the reader may not come to this conclusion:
While the Holy Bible is of course a religious themed book first and foremost, clearly, it is much more than that.
I would submit to you that in regards to the Holy Bible and the scientific field of astronomy…
The reliability is more than coincidence.
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