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Old Testament Astronomy 101

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: December 17, 2008

As awe-inspiring as the Hubble Space Telescope photos are (linked in my previous post), I couldn’t help my curiosity from being raised by the verses I had selected to go along with the photo. Specifically, Job 38.31-32: Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades or loose Orion’s belt? Can you bring out the signs of the [...]

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Can you loose Orion’s belt?

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: December 13, 2008

HT: Doug and InternetMonk.com Job 38.31-33 (REB): Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades or loose Orion’s belt? Can you bring out the signs of the zodiac in their season or guide Aldebaran and its satellite stars? Did you proclaim the rules that govern the heavens or determine the laws of nature on the earth? The brilliant Hubble Space Telescope advent [...]

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Are the earth’s birth pangs about to end?

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: September 8, 2008

For the creation was subjected to futility – not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it – in the hope that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage of corruption into the glorious freedom of God’s children. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor [...]

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Cosmic recoil and cretaceous chickens

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: April 29, 2008

A couple of headlines from the world of science caught my attention this evening: Huge black hole catapulted through space Black hole exiting its home galaxy spotted for first time A colossal black hole has been spotted exiting its home galaxy, kicked out after a huge cosmic merger took place. [...] When two colliding galaxies finally merge, it [...]