If only the evolutionary sciences were as honest as astrophysics in acknowledging areas where they don't have a clue.
Meanwhile, that expansion either occurred in the past or continues to occur is not too much of a surprise...
Isaiah 44:24 - Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
Isaiah 45:12 - I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
Isaiah 51:13 - And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
Why do I suspect that if the 1998 observations had shown the expansion of the universe slowing down, you'd have a Bible verse or two predicting that? If the observations had shown a contraction, that would have been OK too. There's something in there, somewhere.
> that expansion either occurred in the past or continues to occur is not too much of a surprise...
Not to someone who can say that, no matter what happens either way, that his book of vague sayings covers it all.