SCIENTIFIC ACCURACY OF THE BIBLE (Cont.)

The Value of Dust:

     In Isaiah 40 12 we read that God has comprehended the
dust of the earth in a measure. All people have detested
dust, yet here it is spoken of along with things made for our
good. Dr. Wallace in his book (Man's Place in the Universe,
pages 205-211) uses seven pages to tell of the value of dust.
He refers in the main to the fine dust of the upper
atmosphere. Evidently this is what the Bible calls "the
highest part of the dust of the world" (Prov. 8:26). Dr.
Wallace shows that if this dust did not exist we would have
less rainfall, abnormally heavy dews and a greater prevalence
of fogs. He says vegetation would be greatly reduced, our
blue skies would be gone and our gorgeous sunsets and
sunrises would be no more. Stars would appear at midday as
midnight owing to the absence of the light reflecting
elements in the air. The sun would not be reflected into
houses and its light would not appear anywhere except where
its rays fell directly upon the earth. Dr. Wallace suggests
that it is difficult to account for this "upper dust" but
that it perhaps comes from deserts and volcanos of the earth.
(Now there ought to be some red faces among those who have
criticized God for making deserts and volcanos on earth!)
This authority has pointed out that without this fine dust of
the upper atmosphere the earth would be uninhabitable. I
simply raise this question: Why did the writers of the Bible
refer to the dust as being beneficial and they why did
Solomon especially point out that it is the upper dust?
                     (Taken from the book by George Dehoff,
                      Why We Believe the Bible, pages 57,58)

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