Genesis
2:4 ¶ These are the generations of the
heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God
made the earth and the heavens, 5 And
every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the
field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the
earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. 6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and
watered the whole face of the ground. 7
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into
his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
In verse 4 we have
another use of the word day as a
period of time rather than a 24-hour day. It is also used later in the Bible
for the time of God’s judgment on a gentile nation or Israel.
Isaiah
34:8 For it is the day of the LORD’S
vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
There are three
heavens; the atmosphere, outer space, and, “the abode of God and the blessed
dead,” as I once read it called. The account in Genesis, chapter 1, refers to
the creation of the first two.
2Corinthians
12:2 I knew a man in Christ above
fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the
body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Of course the
third heaven is not mentioned because it had to exist prior to the creation of
things physical. The sons of God, spiritual beings who are represented by
angels, rejoiced to see the creation of the earth.
Job
38:7 When the morning stars sang
together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Genesis, chapter
1, presents literally a view of the creation of the physical universe and
biological life.
Verse 5 is another
example of how vastly different the earth was at the very beginning as God
watered the seeds of what He created with a mist to water the ground and there
was no rain. There was no man to
cultivate the earth yet. Plant life was created on the third day while man is
not created until the sixth. The Bible seems to suggest that the water cycle we
are used to did not exist at that time by the way the Flood will be talked
about and with the introduction of the rainbow as a sign of God’s promise not
to destroy the earth again with a Flood.
The first man was
created from the dust of the ground. Perhaps
we moderns can think of that as the elements of the earth. Man is a creature
created from that which was already formed. This first man became a living soul when God breathed into him.
These are first things, the original seeds of plants, before they grew, watered
by the mist and man becoming alive when given breath. Some have used this to
say that a baby isn’t alive until it breathes due to man not being a living soul until he breathed for the first
time. But like the mist that watered the ground the first man’s entry into the
status of living was a one-time thing at the very beginning and can hardly be
considered as a justification for abortion as awareness, the essence of a
baby’s consciousness, or of God’s knowledge of the unborn’s condition, is
present regarding the unborn child from then on.
Regarding
the unborn John the Baptist;
Luke
1:44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of
thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
And
the prophet, Jeremiah;
Jeremiah
1:4 ¶ Then the word of the LORD came
unto me, saying, 5 Before I formed thee
in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I
sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
At least since
Darwin’s time science has grown to theorize that mankind descended, along with
modern apes, from an ape-like creature, through stages of mutations that helped
move him forward from the primitive ape to man in a process of evolution called
natural selection. However, evolutionists also accept the contradictory
evidence that man is vastly different from an ape. For instance, on the site,
macroevolution.net, that postulates the idea that humans are hybrids, the
result of matings between pigs and chimps, it is noted that one reason for that
conjecture is the tremendous difference between man and primates. Many stark as
well as subtle differences are listed on the website between man and primates.[1]
We have been
bombarded in the popular culture with statements about how we share 98% of our
genes with chimpanzees. However, scientists also say we share genes with the
Swedish mudworm so does that mean we are descended from mudworms?[2] Years ago scientists
argued that so-called Neanderthals differed from modern humans by so much that
we could not be related, however, the point spread they noted from a genetic
perspective was no more than that which existed between populations of chimpanzees
and they were still chimpanzees. What lies under the surface is not the
possession of similar building materials but that a bus stop, a tool shed, a
house, and a civic center, while using similar materials are vastly different
structures. So, with genes, it is not the possession of similar genes or the
same genes but the expression of those genes.
In any event,
evolution as the development of mankind from worms to ape-like creatures to
Neanderthals to brain surgeons is a fairy tale for adults who are justifiably
terrified of God’s judgment but just haven’t come to terms with their terror.
Believe the Bible and your hold on truth is secure while modern man dances like
a dervish around you into oblivion.
2Timothy
1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit
of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Man
was created directly by God on the sixth day of creation.
[1]
Eugene M. McCarthy, PhD in Genetics, http://www.macroevolution.net/human-origins.html
(accessed 5.17.2016).
[2]
“Humans Related to Humble Mudworm,” BBC News, 21 Aug 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3170245.stm
No comments:
Post a Comment