Science seeks to prove things as
fact through the process of observation, measurement and repetition. In
science, a man poses a theory, others conduct experiments to prove or disprove the theory
and, when the findings are sufficient to warrant it, an authority such as a
scientific journal publishes it.
David posed the question and
suggested the theory that there was no place where a man could go from the
presence of God.
This process is demonstrated in
the Bible concerning God’s Omnipresence.
First
Psalms
139:7-12 KJV
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I
flee from thy presence?
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make
my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the
uttermost parts of the sea;
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand
shall hold me.
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the
night shall be light about me.
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night
shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
The Psalmist asks the
question, “Whither shall I go from
[God’s] Spirit?”
- Is there any place
where a man might go to hide away from God?
- Is there any place
where the Lord does not exist?
After posing the question, he proposes
his answer through a series of suggestions:
- Is God in heaven?
Yes.
- Is God in hell? Yes
- Is God in the uttermost
parts of the sea? Yes
- Is God in the
darkness? Yes
- Is God in the
night? Yes
He has given his question and
proposed His answer.
Jonah
tests His theory
Jonah
1:1-2:3 KJV
Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of
Amittai, saying,
Arise, go to Nineveh
But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the
presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to
Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them
unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and
there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man
unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to
lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he
lay, and was fast asleep.
So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What
meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think
upon us, that we perish not.
And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let
us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they
cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for
whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest
thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?
And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the
LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.
Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto
him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence
of the LORD, because he had told them.
Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee,
that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.
And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth
into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake
this great tempest is upon you.
Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the
land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against
them.
Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We
beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life,
and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased
thee.
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the
sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered
a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up
Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the
fish's belly,
And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto
the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest
my voice.
For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of
the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves
passed over me.
Jonah attempted to flee from the
presence of God into Tarshish. Though the location of the city is uncertain, it
is thought to have been in Spain
and perhaps associated with the lost city
of Atlantis . It
was the opposite of Nineveh , in what is now modern
day Iraq
and was then the power center of Middle Eastern Gentilism; across the ocean, an
entire culture away. Perhaps God did not exist there.
What Jonah learned is that
- God is indeed in the midst of the sea
- God is certainly in the belly of the great fish and
- God, he implies God is in the midst of our hell
Jonah tested the theory through
personal experimentation and demonstrated that there was in fact no place he
could flee that God was not already there.
God authenticated the findings
Amos 9:1-4 KJV
I saw the Lord standing upon the
altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and
cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the
sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them
shall not be delivered.
Though they dig into hell, thence
shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring
them down:
And though they hide themselves in
the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be
hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent,
and he shall bite them:
And though they go into captivity
before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them:
and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
In this passage the Lord,
speaking through the prophet Amos, confirms what David had proposed and Jonah
had proven.
Though science will no doubt deny
the science of the Word of God there is, none the less, scientific proof that
God is indeed omnipresent.
Marvin McKenzie
In the fields
[1]
I am speaking as a man. I understand that David wrote under divine inspiration
and therefore it is no theory from the supernatural perspective.
