Today's readings are Joshua 10-13
Joshua chapter 10 holds a story
of a miracle which has long been ridiculed by opponents of the Bible as
impossible. The story goes that in the battle Joshua needed more time to
complete the victory. Joshua tells the Lord to hold the moon and the sun
fixed in the sky until the victory can be won. Joshua and the Israelites win
the battle after a full day passed without the sun or moon moving. Scientifically
speaking there are so many reasons why this is impossible. We know that for the
moon and sun to stop in the sky that the earth would have to stop turning. Without
the rotation of the earth gravity is no longer in effect, not to mention a whole
host of other issues.
So, it must not have happened right?
It might seem that way, but could it be that more is going on than
we realize. Could it have appeared the sun and moon didn’t move but the real miracle
was something else? I believe the Bible, so I think a miracle took place. I
believe that since God made the laws of the universe he can certainly change
them if he wants to. So, what do I do about this? First, I trust the power of
God. Second, I realize that what Joshua and Israel saw might have been
something that appeared as if the sun and moon stopped but what really happened
was something they couldn’t have explained.
I am amazed at how some can quickly say the unexplained is dismissed
as something we don’t understand scientifically yet, but when Christians want
to say we don’t have an explanation we are dismissed. At the end of the day, most
people believe what they want to believe and dismiss anything else. I am not
trying to do that. I want to admit, this seems problematic, but not impossible.
Side note: Many believe man will someday have the technology to
regrow arms and legs, control the weather, and develop Star Trek style replicators,
but want to deny an all-powerful creator God could have the power to do it.
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