What is natural revelation?

Matt Slick defines it as "the revelation of God in nature."

I would elaborate on that to give, "Examples from nature that serve as metaphors for God's Spiritual Truths."

Why do these revelations exist? I suppose there are two (decidedly not necessarily mutually exclusive) explanations:

1) God is both the author of the Word and the World, thus we should expect to find indications of the former in the latter.

2) The mind of man is adept at finding patterns and connections.

In the slide show below given in February, 2011, at an OCF Cadet/Midshipman retreat, I provide two of countless, original examples of natural revelation.   I hope to include others on this page as time goes by:

How the Intricate Simplicity of the Cell and the Heme Molecule Reflect the Trinity and God's Plan of Salvation:   

When you click on this slide show, open it in the "Home" tab, and be sure it's in the view that allows you to read the accompanying notes.  Each slide (except the first one) is equipped with a full set of notes.

CGA Presentation.pptx

A New Way Salt May Metaphorically Serve as an Example of Natural Revelation in the Bible.

This opens a paper I am preparing that reviews all the ways salt is used as a metaphor for a spiritual truths in the Bible and introduces a way that calls upon our scientific knowledge of salt to support some of these ancient metaphors.

Salt_1-revised-1 w 2.docx

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