Here's a couple of interesting bits of information from either end of The Bible.
Firstly in Genesis.
Did you know that in the Chinese language you can reconstruct the whole story from Genesis 1-11 from the pictures in the Chinese language. So this provides independent confirmation from outside The Bible that the events in Genesis happened, and were taken in the memory of the people living at the time of Babel and subsequently fled to live in China.
Heres a brief clip with more info:
David Pawson Genesis (4. Eden To Babel) - Unlocking The Old Testament - YouTube
Secondly, in Revelation.
In Revelation 21:19-21 there is a description of the New Jerusalem. It describes the precious stones which the walls of the new holy city will be made from:
Jasper / Sapphire / Agate / Emerald / Onyx / Ruby / Chrysolite / Beryl / Topaz / Turquoise / Jacinth / Amethyst
Only in the past 50 years or so have scientists discovered cross polarized light:
Polarized light microscopy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
When cross polarized light is shone through thin slices of precious stones you get one of 2 effects, and this shows whether that stone is either isotropic or anisotropic.
In simple terms, if a stone is isotropic then the effect of shining cross polarized light means that the stone loses all of its colour and just goes black.
However, if a stone is anisotropic then the effect is staggering: the stone shows an amazing range of all of the colours of the rainbow, similar to this:
No one has known about this effect until the last 50-60 or years.
Now the interesting thing is that if you shine cross polarized light through each of the 12 stones mentioned in Revelation 21, then it shows that they are ALL anisotropic!
Only God could have known this!
So there you go just another interesting discovery. Make of it what you will..
More information here on some short You Tube clips:
Truth in the Bible - Revelation 21 - YouTube
and
Dark Diamonds - YouTube