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NASB | Revelation 12:4 And his tail *swept away a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 12:4 And his tail swept [across the sky] and dragged away a third of the stars of heaven and flung them to the earth. And the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child. [Dan 8:10; Rev 12:9] |
Subject: GOD CAST SATAN FROM HEAVEN? |
Bible Note: Hello, EdB -- Much has been the talk on the forum lately about users' "credentials," so I'll hasten to offer the disclaimer that I'm no rocket scientist or any other breed of scientist, but I've read fairly widely on the "scientific" theories" of the origin of the universe versus the biblical account of creation. The "gap theory" hinges mainly on whether the Hebrew word 'hayetah' at the beginning of Genesis 1:2 should be translated 'was' or 'became.' Conservative scholars have always held that the correct translation is 'was' and not 'became.' Insistence of the gap theorists that the word should be translated 'became' instead of 'was' is less a matter of semantics than it is of an effort to change facts to fit a theory instead forumlating a theory on given facts. ..... Although the old earth/universe, theory still predominates in our secular society (evolutionists find it comfortable and congenial), there is mounting evidence being gathered in support of the new earth/universe theory. A great deal of attention is now being focused on the devasting effects of Noah's flood (which most skeptics deny ever happened) which the major part of the scientific community has long attributed to the aging of the earth over millions of years and not to any global catastrophic event such as the flood. But now a segment of the scientific community is beginning to think of the age of the earth in thousands of years, not the "billions and billions" of years that the late atheist Carl Sagan talked about so much. Evolutionists in order to give their views any semblance of credibility must insist on the old earth theory as being the correct one. Creationists on the other hand are under no such burden. ..... Of course it comes as no real news to Christian believers that natural man will -- his track record proves it -- go to any length to drum up any theory or excuse he can think of to disprove Scripture and make it look like an irrelevant relic of a bygone era when men believed in myth, fable, and superstition. The irony is that the closer mankind comes to genuine scientific truth about the origin and nature of the universe that God spoke into being 'ex nihilo' (from nothing) the more his "pure science" of the past looks like myth, fable, and superstition -- and the more the Bible looks like pure science. --Hank |