Yesterday we looked at amazing Mathematical calculations and their astounding precision.Well, that precision is also evident in many other things than just numbers. Yes, numbers are important but it is their application that really matters.
One can readily see these mathematical applications in the precision in snowflakes, chemical products, plants, leaves, cells, atoms, etc. In all these things and more, you can tell that mathematics is involved. Indeed, Math is everywhere.
Perhaps one of the most readily observed application of Mathematics is in the structure, organization, and precision of events in the universe. The stars, planets, comets, etc. do not just randomly move about but actually follow very precise routes and paths.
In fact, the paths and locations of the astronomical objects really do, as the Bible teaches, serve as guideposts for signs, seasons, etc.
As Genesis 1:14- 19 (kjv) says: 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
One example of this mathematical precision which was set into place on the 4th Day of Creation is what we are going to look at today. And that is the analemma of the sun.
Analemma of the sun !?! What is that? you ask.
Well, “the shape traced out by the Sun over the course of a year is called an analemma.” It is a mathematically designed course / route and is another example of the details and precision in the work of the Creator God of the Universe.
To see a picture of an Analemma, HERE’S THE LINK
And if you would like to track the movement of the sun and make your own Analemma, as did the children in the Blog picture above, HERE’S THE LINK to how they did it.
