Science in the Bible

ENCYCLOPEDIA Britannica documents that in 1845, a young doctor in Vienna named Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis was horrified at the terrible death rate of women who gave birth in hospitals. As many as 30 per cent died after childbirth. Semmelweis noted that doctors would examine the bodies of patients who died, then, without washing their hands, go straight to the next ward and examine expectant mothers. This was their normal practice, because the presence of microscopic disease was unknown. Semmelweis insisted that doctors wash their hands before each examination, and the death rate immediately dropped to two per cent. Two thousand years ago, God gave specific instructions to his people for when they encountered disease:

“And when he that has an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean” (Leviticus 15:13).

Until recent years, doctors washed their hands in a bowl of water, leaving invisible germs on their hands. However, the Bible says specifically to wash under “running water.” Hand washing has been one of the greatest advances in medicine. Before the concept of germs was developed, Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis made an interesting discovery. As described in the biography written by Sir William Japp Sinclair, Dr. Semmelweis was working in the Vienna General Hospital in the 1840’s when he found a discrepancy in mortality rates between the two different child-birthing clinics of the hospital. On average, about 10% of the birthing mothers in the First Clinic died of childbed fever, while less than 4% of the mothers died of childbed fever in the Second Clinic. Year after year, the mortality rate was consistently higher in the First Clinic. Word got out and laboring mothers begged to be admitted to the Second Clinic and not the First Clinic. Upon examination, Dr. Semmelweis discovered that the only difference between the two clinics was that the physicians in the First Clinic also performed autopsies, whereas those in the Second Clinic mostly did not. He reasoned that the deadly disease was being carried from the corpses to the birthing mothers on the hands of the physicians. Upon instituting a strict chlorine hand-washing policy in mid-1847, the fever death rate in the First Clinic dropped from 18% in April to 1% in July. In the following year, the death rate dropped to zero. Tragically, Dr. Semmelweis’ discovery was ignored and ridiculed by the medical establishment of his time. The CDC states “Keeping hands clean through improved hand hygiene is one of the most important steps we can take to avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others. Many diseases and conditions are spread by not washing hands with soap and clean, running water.” To stay healthy, you should wash your hands when preparing food, eating food, caring for an invalid, using the toilet, treating a wound, changing diapers, coughing or sneezing into your hands, and after touching garbage. Because of the immense impact of hand washing on health, many states and countries have laws requiring employees to wash hands before handling food and after using the toilet. The CDC estimates that about 500,000 children die each year as a result of not washing their hands. While we have focused on hand-washing in particular, these concepts apply broadly to all hygiene. Being lazy towards germs will make you less healthy in the long run, not more.

In Jeremiah 2:22 “Although you wash yourself with soap and use an abundance of cleansing powder…”

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👉 The Bible and the correlation of mind and body: Medical science has come to understand that there is a strong relationship between a person’s mental and physical health. The Bible revealed this to us with these statements and others, written around 950 B.C:

1. “A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy is the rottenness of the bones” (Proverbs 14:30)

2. “The light of the eyes rejoices the heart: and a good report makes the bones fat {healthy}” (Proverbs 15:30)

3. “Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the ones” (Proverbs 16:24)

4. “A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones” (Proverbs 17:22)

👉 The Bible and bacteria: filty things is the source of Bacteria and veruses: Therefore, come out from among unbelievers, and separate yourselves from them, says the LORD. Don’t touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you.— (2 Corinthians 6:17 )

“And…neither shall you eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; you shall cast it to the dogs” (Exodus 22:31).

Thousands of years before modern science identified bacteria, God made provision for Israel by banning the eating of meat that may be spoiled by bacteria.” (Richard Gunther) 👉 The Bible and fat intake The American Heart Association says: “The major kids of foods that we eat are saturated, polyunsaturated, monounsaturated, and trans fatty acids. Saturated fats, trans fats, and dietary cholesterol in the blood is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease, which leads to heart attack.” In reference to prostate cancer, a study by the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Centre stated: “The fourth most common cause of cancer among men may be related to saturated fat consumption.” Saturated fats come from animals.

In Leviticus 7: 22 – 24 we are told, “And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, You shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.”

👉 The Bible and the immune system The Bible instructs that male babies are to be circumcised on the eighth day (Genesis 17:12).

Medical science has now discovered that this is the day that the coagulating factor in the blood, called prothrombin, is at its highest. It reaches its peak on the eighth day, then drops immediately after the eighth day. Medical science has also discovered that this is when the human body’s immune system is at its peak.

👉 The Bible and laws of quarantine Long before medical science discovered the importance of quarantine of persons with infectious diseases, the Bible instigated them. In 1490 B.C, the Scriptures tell the children of Israel what to do if a man has leprosy:

“All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be” (Leviticus 13: 46).

Laws of quarantine were not instigated by modern man until the 17th century. During the devastating Black Death of the 14th century, patients who were sick or dead were kept in the same rooms as the rest of the family. People often wondered why the disease was affecting so many people at one time. They attributed these epidemics to “bad air” or “evil spirits.” However, careful attention to the medical commands of God as revealed in Leviticus would have saved untold millions of lives. Arturo Castiglione wrote about the overwhelming importance of this biblical medical law: “The laws against leprosy in Leviticus 13 may be regarded as the first model of sanitary legislation.” (A History of Medicine).” Grant R Jeffery, The Signature of God.

Finally, 3 John 2 declares: “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as they soul prospereth.” God does not stop short at instructing mankind how he can be prosperous and be in health. He cares for our entire well-being, to live life at its fullest and wholesomeness.

👉.There is Information of past history of earth through earth soil: Study earth soil you can get information of earth history :

“or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you.– ( Job 12:8)

Sediments and soils on or near the earth’s surface contain the tangible remains of the human past and the ancient world. The deposits where artifacts are found provide information on the age, landscape, and environmental setting of human occupations and on the processes that formed the archaeological record.