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Thomas Jefferson on Debt

“[W]ith respect to future debt; would it not be wise and just for that nation to declare in the constitution they are forming that neither the legislature, nor the nation itself can validly contract more debt, than they may pay within their own age…” –Thomas Jefferson

Air Pressure in the Bible

Ancient Bible Passages ahead of Science

Air Pressure in the Bible

Air Pressure is described in
Job 28:23-28 - “For He (God) looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens. “When He imparted *weight to the wind and meted out the waters by measure, when He set a limit for the rain and a course for the thunderbolt, then He saw it and declared it; He established it and also searched it out.” *Some people have attempted to say that this verse has nothing to do with air pressure. After examining this verse I’ve found that the reference to the “weight to the wind” can also be translated “how hard the winds should blow.” In view of this it is all the more amazing since the wind velocity, as we well know today is determined by barometric pressures, which is exactly what is indicated in the verse above. So whichever way you want to look at this verse, you can’t escape the fact that it does have everything to do with air pressure. The air flows from high pressure to low pressure producing wind.

Over two thousand years after Job, Evangelista Torricelli (1608 – 1647) invented the barometer (1643) while using mercury in a glass tube in an attempt to create a vacuum. He noticed that the mercury level in the tube changed and deduced it was caused by changes in atmospheric pressure. (First called Torricelli’s tube, when working with Galileo in Florence, Italy). Job is considered one of the oldest writings in the Bible. In addition, this verse also mentions ‘the course for the thunderbolt.’ Today it’s common knowledge that electron flow always follows a ‘course’ or the path of least resistance – but in Job’s day, civilization was still over two thousand years away from that knowledge. Torricelli’s Barometer:

The Water Cycle :
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Job 36:27-29 – “For He draws up the drops of water, they distill rain from the mist, Which the clouds pour down, they drip upon man abundantly. Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, the thundering of His pavilion? “Psalm 135:7 – He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; Who makes lightnings for the rain, who brings forth the wind from His treasuries.

The Air Currents:

Ecclesiastes 1:6″Blowing toward the south, then turning toward the north, the wind continues swirling along; And on its circular courses the wind returns.”
The slow rotation of the earth toward the east causes the air to be deflected toward the right in the northern hemisphere and toward the left in the southern hemisphere. This deflection of the wind by the earth’s rotation is known as the Coriolis effect.

Air pressure, air currents, lightning strkes and the water cycle – all revealed by God in the Bible over 2600 years ago! Now Jewish tradition attributes the book Job to Moses. It certainly is a Hebrew writing and predates Christianity by at least 600 years and the discovery of atmospheric pressure by over 2,000 years!

 

“The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.” Psalm 19:1

 

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Superstitious about signs?

I’m glad to say that nothing significant (that I’m aware of) happened on July 30 in connection to the Jewish remembrance day, Tisha B’Av.  The Venezuelans recalled their ambassador from Colombia again and there was a shoot-out in Africa but that’s about it.  So was I superstitious when I described my concerns about Tish B’Av which last year, this year and in 2010  total solar eclipses occur a before the Jewish observance? 

I’m interested in your comments regarding that question.