Hugh Ross: Hidden Treasures in the Book of Job

Topic Notes

Topics

• Introducing Hugh Ross
• Dr. Ross is an Astrophysicist and a Biblical Scholar
• Hidden Treasures in the Book of Job is a commentary on the Book of Job
• Job is the oldest book of the Bible
• Gives more scientific information than any other book in the Bible
• Why would a scientist write a book about Job?
• Christians tend to fight a lot over Creation. Job resolves those conflicts nicely
• Dr. Ross is a former atheist whose study brought him to the realization of Christianity
• What is the trans-dimensional perspective of God?
• Job 39 talks of the animals that helped launch civilization
• God gave us these animals to teach us about HIM
• God created these animals with a powerful motivation to serve Mankind
• God endowed us with a powerful motivation to serve Him
• BIBLE CONTRADICTION:
  • When did Jesus call his disciples?
  • John 1:37-49 vs. Matthew 4:18-22 and Mark 1:16-20
• Dr. Ross explains the suffering experienced during his writing of the book
• This Universe is not our home
• Hurricanes and other natural disasters are optimal for life on this planet
• Does Job actually say that darkness is a substance?
• Scientists have found that Darkness actually is a real substance.
• Darkness takes up 3 different forms making up 99.73% of all matter in the Universe
• all other matter that make up galaxies and stars only make up 0.27% of the matter in our Universe
• The quantity of the 3 different kinds of dark stuff, it must be exquisitely fine tuned
• The quantity and the location of the 3 different kinds of dark stuff in the Universe gives us our most spectacular evidence for supernatural, super-intelligent design
• Continued discussion of Dark Matter

This show was first aired on September 25th, 2011

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