Proverbs 3:20
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By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
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Mother Nature is a profane hallucination of God-haters, just like Santa Claus and the tooth fairy. The great God meticulously governs all oceans, springs, and the water cycle, and His infinite wisdom, understanding, and knowledge are clearly displayed in them.
By this illustration of how the LORD created and rules the earth, Solomon emphasized the importance of three things - wisdom, understanding, and knowledge (3:19-20). For the value of these things in Creation and Providence should promote them to us. Observing the water cycle exalts the glory of God and the importance of true knowledge.
In the beginning of earth, a mere 6049 years ago, God created hydrogen and oxygen, their proportions that form water, the three forms of water, the properties of the three forms, the temperatures at which they change forms, and the amount and location of water in its three forms throughout the universe (Gen 1:1-2,6-10). It was nothing for Him (Gen 1:16)!
Charlie Darwin could not be found! He would not be ordered to appear in life by the sovereign Judge of all for 5855 years. But he now knows all his fantasies were idiotic, for he has met Jehovah, Creator of heaven and earth. He wishes he had never been conceived; he screams for a little water on Lazarus's finger (Luke 16:22-24)! He despises his profane and vain babblings, for he knows they are not science at all (I Tim 6:20-21)!
The LORD sent a mist from the ground to water Eden (Gen 2:6). In 2390 B.C., He broke up the fountains of the deep and opened the windows of heaven to flood the earth (Gen 7:11-12). A year later, He ordained the refraction of light in water to cause rainbows, so Noah and other saints can be reminded there will not be another flood (Gen 9:12-17).
The water cycle is His (Eccl 1:7). Solomon, 964-904 B.C., knew about it in detail from the LORD. Elihu, who never took a course in meteorology from a Darwin disciple, knew much about water. He wrote about clouds holding water vapor and distilling it in rain upon the earth (Job 36:26-33). He wrote about thunder, lightning, snow, tornadoes, ice, and many other aspects of water and weather (Job 37:1-24). Only God fully knows the springs of the seas, the direction of lightning, and other mysteries (Job 38:1-41).
Just a one-inch rainfall, which occurs often, will bring 10-15 billion gallons of water on a typical county! How do puffy white clouds, through which our planes pass easily, hold these billions of tons of water? The Lord balances them by His knowledge (Job 37:16)! He numbers the clouds and holds the water in bottles (Job 38:27)!
The blessed Son of God, Jesus of Nazareth, upholds these and all things by the word of His power (Heb 1:3). The molecules of the universe consist - are held together - by His great power (Col 1:17), for in Him are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (Col 2:3). And you shall soon face Him as the Judge of the universe (Acts 17:30-31).
Reader, humble yourself before your Creator and pursue the wisdom and knowledge of His Word with all your heart. There is no other source of light or understanding anywhere else (Ps 119:128; Is 8:20; I Tim 6:3-5; II Tim 3:16-17). The thoughts of man are vain!
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