According to ancient Greek stories (Jean Chevalier and Alain Gheerbrant 2009;
Henry Halley 1924), Poseidon, the protector of navigation, was stirring the sea,
hitting the shore and breaking the rocks with his trident.
However, none of the opinions expressed or the studies developed and published
have a clear echo regarding the great and infinite perfection of the Universe created
by God. When faced with reality, they reveal themselves as elliptical, lacking one
or more essential elements in order to “stand up”. In order to be completed, all or
almost all make referrence to the future, to a moment when science will be
developed enough in order to make them fully known. This is explained in an
impressive way by the eminent scholar Saul of Tarsus, later known as Paul (after his
meeting in Damascus with Jesus), a Jew and a Roman citizen who, subsequently to
his conversion, was sent to proclaim “the divine Word” to the Gentiles (The Bible –
The New Testament, The First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians).
3 Nevertheless,
people, in the convenience conferred by modern life, are not so concerned about the
absolute truth and, from this point of view, they are satisfied with less and accept
them as they are: interesting stories of the past. The same disinterest is also
manifested towards the more recent studies on the creation of the earth and the
sea and on their role in human evolution. Nowadays, the human being seems more
interested in researching the cosmos, the universe, than the little blue planet where
s/he lives and on whose existence the life of the entire humanity depends, both at
present and especially in the future.
In this conglomeration of views, we will stop at only one, not because we are
fervent supporters of creationism, but because this is the only perspective whose
“truth” is several millennia old and because it is fully confirmed, without exception,
through the history of mankind. Many of the recent archaeological discoveries,
revealed by the research conducted in the ruins of biblical cities, are represented by
documents that coincide exactly with the narrative of the Bible, chapter by chapter,
verse by verse, of its books, “Gospels” and “Epistles” (The Bible –The New
Testament, “The Gospel of Matthew”).
4
During our research, God provided us with Henry Halley’s The Bible Handbook,
which represented an extremely important source of inspiration that we have
valorized in order to present the creationist perspective and the Divinity’s relationship with the sea. According to the above-mentioned author, if the Bible is the
3 “For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know
fully just as I also have been fully known (by Christ n.a.)” (see The Bible, The New Testament,
“The First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians”, ch. 13, verse 12, p. 1123).
4 “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away” (our Saviour Jesus said out
of the Temple in Jerusalem) (see The Bible –The New Testament, The Gospel of Matthew,
ch. 24, verse 35, p. 953); Idem: Psalm 102, verses 25 and 26: “In the beginning you laid the
foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. They will perish, but you
remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be
discarded”. For more information, see also “The prophet Isaiah”, ch. 51, verse 6; “Jeremiah”,
ch. 31, verse 35 and 36, “The Gospel of Mark”, ch. 13, verse 31; “The Gospel of Luke”,
ch. 21, verse 23; “The Epistle to the Hebrew”, ch. 1, verse 11.
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Henry Halley 1924), Poseidon, the protector of navigation, was stirring the sea,
hitting the shore and breaking the rocks with his trident.
However, none of the opinions expressed or the studies developed and published
have a clear echo regarding the great and infinite perfection of the Universe created
by God. When faced with reality, they reveal themselves as elliptical, lacking one
or more essential elements in order to “stand up”. In order to be completed, all or
almost all make referrence to the future, to a moment when science will be
developed enough in order to make them fully known. This is explained in an
impressive way by the eminent scholar Saul of Tarsus, later known as Paul (after his
meeting in Damascus with Jesus), a Jew and a Roman citizen who, subsequently to
his conversion, was sent to proclaim “the divine Word” to the Gentiles (The Bible –
The New Testament, The First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians).
3 Nevertheless,
people, in the convenience conferred by modern life, are not so concerned about the
absolute truth and, from this point of view, they are satisfied with less and accept
them as they are: interesting stories of the past. The same disinterest is also
manifested towards the more recent studies on the creation of the earth and the
sea and on their role in human evolution. Nowadays, the human being seems more
interested in researching the cosmos, the universe, than the little blue planet where
s/he lives and on whose existence the life of the entire humanity depends, both at
present and especially in the future.
In this conglomeration of views, we will stop at only one, not because we are
fervent supporters of creationism, but because this is the only perspective whose
“truth” is several millennia old and because it is fully confirmed, without exception,
through the history of mankind. Many of the recent archaeological discoveries,
revealed by the research conducted in the ruins of biblical cities, are represented by
documents that coincide exactly with the narrative of the Bible, chapter by chapter,
verse by verse, of its books, “Gospels” and “Epistles” (The Bible –The New
Testament, “The Gospel of Matthew”).
4
During our research, God provided us with Henry Halley’s The Bible Handbook,
which represented an extremely important source of inspiration that we have
valorized in order to present the creationist perspective and the Divinity’s relationship with the sea. According to the above-mentioned author, if the Bible is the
3 “For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know
fully just as I also have been fully known (by Christ n.a.)” (see The Bible, The New Testament,
“The First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians”, ch. 13, verse 12, p. 1123).
4 “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away” (our Saviour Jesus said out
of the Temple in Jerusalem) (see The Bible –The New Testament, The Gospel of Matthew,
ch. 24, verse 35, p. 953); Idem: Psalm 102, verses 25 and 26: “In the beginning you laid the
foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. They will perish, but you
remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be
discarded”. For more information, see also “The prophet Isaiah”, ch. 51, verse 6; “Jeremiah”,
ch. 31, verse 35 and 36, “The Gospel of Mark”, ch. 13, verse 31; “The Gospel of Luke”,
ch. 21, verse 23; “The Epistle to the Hebrew”, ch. 1, verse 11.
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