Genesis
1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring
forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after
his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb
yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in
itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 13 And the evening and the morning were the
third day.
In the same
24-hour period as the sea and land being divided you can see plant life being
created from the earth, not out of nothing. Life is created out of substances
already formed the previous day. A fundamental point of biology is made here in
that plants yield fruit after their kind. It seems obvious that an orange tree
doesn’t produce pears but this will be an important point to remember in a few
verses. Kind is a Biblical taxonomic
classification. Just as we use Species, Genus, Family, or Order God uses the
more general word, Kind. Kind is much
larger than species and should not be confused with that word as there are more
than two dozen definitions of species, none of which denote the Kind of Genesis but rather smaller
divisions of plant and animal life.[1] It is important to change
your way of thinking as you have been polluted by the fallacies of Modernism. A
biological creature’s nature is determined by its Kind, from the top-down. Its Kind
is not determined by its individual components. Context is what is
important in biology. Just think of language. The words rite or right have a
meaning based on the sentence they are in. For instance, we speak of ‘a
religious rite,’ a ‘rite of passage,’ or ‘turn right,’ or ‘my legal rights.’
The context determines the meaning just as the design determines the expression
of genes. Put Reductionism back in its box and you will understand reality so
much better. God, speaking through Moses’ writing, is speaking here about
original creations from which developed all other types.
There was a
pre-Darwin doctrine claimed by both scientists and Anglican churchmen called
‘The Immutability of Species,’ which insisted that all species were specially
created by God at the beginning. This clearly confused kinds with species.
Grasses include
wheat, rice, corn, and other grains such as millet and rye. Fruits would
include apples, citrus fruits, melons, etc.[2]
[1]
John S. Wilkins, “A List of 26 Species ‘Concepts,’” Evolving Thoughts Science Blog. October 1, 2006. http://scienceblogs.com/evolvingthoughts/2006/10/01/a-list-of-26-species-concepts/
[2]
”Cereals, grasses, and grains,” United States Department of Agriculture Forest
Service, http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/ethnobotany/food/grains.shtml,
(accessed 5.3.2016).
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