God gave the prophecies, not to gratify men’s curiosity by enabling them to foreknow things, but that after they were fulfilled they might be interpreted by the event, and His own providence, not the interpreters, be thereby manifested to the world.

— Isaac Newton (1642–1727), Naturwissenschaftler

Topics: Eternity & Hope Beyond Death, The Bible & the Word of God

Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727) war ein englischer Physiker, Mathematiker und Theologe, der vor allem an der Universität Cambridge und in London wirkte. Er begründete mit dem Gravitationsgesetz und den Prinzipien der klassischen Mechanik die moderne Naturwissenschaft, verfasste umfangreiche Studien zu biblischen Prophezeiungen und vertrat im Verborgenen antitrinitarische Positionen. Für Bibelleser heute veranschaulicht sein Werk das historische Ringen darum, naturwissenschaftliche Gesetzmäßigkeiten und den Glauben an eine göttliche Schöpfungsordnung zusammenzudenken.

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