August 20, 2017 | Pat Schultz
Passage: Zechariah 12:1
In the Earth…
God’s Fingerprints - Part 2
Zechariah 12:1 (NKJV) - “Thus says the Lord, who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him.”
God’s Fingerprints are on…
He is God; who formed the earth and made it, He established it; He did not create it empty, He formed it to be inhabited! Isaiah 45:18
1.) The Earth’s unique ability to support life!
- Liquid water on surface, Liquid iron at its core, Elements (N, O2 and CO2) in atmosphere, large moon, Sun and its distance.
- Rigged Dice have Riggers!!!
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand? Isaiah 40:12
2.) The Oceans, Seas and Rivers.
- Ocean’s regulating affect on our climate.
- Seattle, WA and Bemidji, MN – both 47°N! (Avg. Temp difference 27°!)
- Evidence of a recent past…
- Salt & sediment levels of Oceans are very low; Mississippi River Delta; Niagara Falls Retreat.
He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved. 6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains…8 The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them. Psalm 104:5-8
3.) The Rocks.
- Layers & Dating
- Rock layer folds: China plates vs. modeling clay.
- Coal, Diamonds & Carbon 14 – WHAT!!???
- The fossils
- Dinosaur skin, footprints, eggs and coprolites…Need lots of sediment, rapid burial by water, Found worldwide…
- Marine fossils on mountaintops, Dino-death pose, Dino soft-tissue?
8Speak to the earth, and it will teach you…9 Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this… Job 12:8-9