Scientists keep on learning

A recent (title-linked) article reported the following regarding a crack in the desert of Ethiopia:

Using newly gathered seismic data from 2005, researchers reconstructed the event to show the rift tore open along its entire 35-mile length in just days. Dabbahu, a volcano at the northern end of the rift, erupted first, then magma pushed up through the middle of the rift area and began "unzipping" the rift in both directions, the researchers explained in a statement today.

"We know that seafloor ridges are created by a similar intrusion of magma into a rift, but we never knew that a huge length of the ridge could break open at once like this," said Cindy Ebinger, professor of earth and environmental sciences at the University of Rochester and co-author of the study.

The result shows that highly active volcanic boundaries along the edges of tectonic ocean plates may suddenly break apart in large sections, instead of in bits, as the leading theory held. And such sudden large-scale events on land pose a much more serious hazard to populations living near the rift than would several smaller events, Ebinger said.

This is noteworthy, because something like this - on a much larger scale - most certainly occurred during (and after) the flood of Noah's day. We shouldn't be surprised, as Ebinger was, "that a huge length of the ridge could break open at once like this." Neither should we be surprised "that highly active volcanic boundaries along the edges of tectonic ocean plates may suddenly break apart in large sections, instead of in bits, as the leading theory held." Secular science is slowing confirming, through the proper interpretation of evidence, that the Bible is true.

This news today may not seem like much, but it gives good insight into what happened when God judged the world for the heinous sin of mankind with a worldwide flood. Genesis 7:11 says, "All the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened." Genesis 8:2-3 says, "Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been closed, and the rain had stopped falling from the sky. The water receded steadily from the earth." Micah 1:3-5 says, "Look! The LORD is coming from His dwelling place; He comes down and treads the high places of the earth. The mountains melt beneath Him and the valleys split apart,like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope. All this is because of Jacob's transgression, because of the sins of the house of Israel." Finally, Romans 8:19-22 aptly concludes, saying, "The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the One who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time."