. Still wondering how God created longer daylight for Joshua to finish his battle. (Joshua 10:11-14) We know the Sun didn't stand still. Daytime is created by the earth's rotation.
We also know God didn't slow down the speed of the earth's rotation. That would have been catastrophic. The average speed of Earth's rotation about the location of Canaan is 1,446.1 km/hr. The earth does not wear seat belt. There will be tsunamis if the earth brakes suddenly. So, how did God do it? Could it be through what physicists call gravitational lensing? What is gravitational lensing?
Einstein and the Bible view space as a fabric. (Hebrews 1:11-12) Einstein imagined the stars and planets denting the fabric, causing smaller objects to roll towards them. That, he said, is how gravity works.
This denting of the fabric of space is not just caused by big objects. Anything with mass dents the fabric, including paper clip. Just that the effect is negligible. Scientists have a word for this denting. It's called warping of space.
Now, light travels in a straight line. But because of the warping of space around heavy objects, it follows the dent in the fabric. When this happens, we say gravity bends light. If there's a galaxy cluster, light bends around it, instead of going through it. This produces intensified and sometimes multiple images of the source. This process is called gravitational lensing. It turns galaxy clusters into gigantic, magnifying glasses. Could this magnified light have produced a larger surface area for the light falling on earth for Joshua? A wider surface area for light means the earth will stay longer in light as it rotates. Could this be how God did it - manipulated our galaxy to produce gravitational lensing?
But it will require moving stuff around, bulking up. And it will probably take the source light 100,000 years to cross our galaxy, unless the source light is the sun. That will take 8 minutes. But he'll need to rearrange stuff, bulk things up. I'm astounded at the sheer scale of God's vision for the universe. And to think there's just little us floating in space, perhaps alone!
The Joshua Challenge is still on. How did God do it? Send your answer to leke@lekealder.com. Book to be won.
. Still wondering how God created longer daylight for Joshua to finish his battle. (Joshua 10:11-14) We know the Sun didn't stand still. Daytime is created by the earth's rotation.
We also know God didn't slow down the speed of the earth's rotation. That would have been catastrophic. The average speed of Earth's rotation about the location of Canaan is 1,446.1 km/hr. The earth does not wear seat belt. There will be tsunamis if the earth brakes suddenly. So, how did God do it? Could it be through what physicists call gravitational lensing? What is gravitational lensing?
Einstein and the Bible view space as a fabric. (Hebrews 1:11-12) Einstein imagined the stars and planets denting the fabric, causing smaller objects to roll towards them. That, he said, is how gravity works.
This denting of the fabric of space is not just caused by big objects. Anything with mass dents the fabric, including paper clip. Just that the effect is negligible. Scientists have a word for this denting. It's called warping of space.
Now, light travels in a straight line. But because of the warping of space around heavy objects, it follows the dent in the fabric. When this happens, we say gravity bends light. If there's a galaxy cluster, light bends around it, instead of going through it. This produces intensified and sometimes multiple images of the source. This process is called gravitational lensing. It turns galaxy clusters into gigantic, magnifying glasses. Could this magnified light have produced a larger surface area for the light falling on earth for Joshua? A wider surface area for light means the earth will stay longer in light as it rotates. Could this be how God did it - manipulated our galaxy to produce gravitational lensing? 🤔
But it will require moving stuff around, bulking up. And it will probably take the source light 100,000 years to cross our galaxy, unless the source light is the sun. That will take 8 minutes. But he'll need to rearrange stuff, bulk things up. I'm astounded at the sheer scale of God's vision for the universe. And to think there's just little us floating in space, perhaps alone!
The Joshua Challenge is still on. How did God do it? Send your answer to leke@lekealder.com. Book to be won.
