GOD'S
ORDER
Creation
or Evolution
Jn.
1:1-5,14, 18 John claims the Father and the
Son
(the Word)
existed in past
eternity
- that all things were
made through the Word
(Creator)-
and
that the Word came to this
earth & declared God.
Has
man been listening to the Son's declaration of God? The
record of Christ's coming depends
on the creation
account.
Does
it make any difference what we believe regarding the origin of all
things? Does it effect our (or
others')
eternal outcome?
Consider
our children, what they are taught, & the slow progression of whittling
away at the foundation of our faith in God's word. If
you can weaken the foundation - all that it supports will crumble.
The
first 11 chapters of Genesis are called in question by both
evolutionists & even creationists.
Gen.
1 Creation account points to Design
- Order - Purpose
Design
- Order - Purpose
All demonstrated in:
1. Sequence
of the days of creation by
logical successive events.
2. Instantaneous
creation
-v/s -
Evolution of billions of years.
3. Self-perpetuation
of living things.
(Reproduce "after their own kind.")
4. Man's
unique
nature
& authority
over creation
(
"subdue and; rule over")
1. Sequence
of days of creation by logical successive events
Day
1 Earth & light }
Light
necessary for life
Day
2 Sky
}
Atmosphere needed
Day
3 Seas & plants }
Land
suited to man & food
Day
4 Sun, moon & stars }
Warmth,
seasons, time
Day
5 Birds & aquatic animals }
Sources
of food
Day
6 Land animals and man }
All
things ready for man.
Gen.
1:26-ff Man:
The focus of God's creative work -
all made for man.
When
man loses sight of this - his
understanding of origins is colored.
Note:
cf. Day 1 and 4 - Earth created
before the rest of the universe.
Evidence:
Universe is expanding as it
recedes away from the
earth.
Resulting
false
theory: "Big Bang
Theory"
(15-20 billion years)
Assumption:
All matter originating in
one "lump" before exploding.
Question:
If this were so, where did
the "lump" originate?
Quotation
from "The Heavens"
World
Book Encyclopedia of Science under
"The Stellar Universe: Evolution of the
Universe" pg.
50, (sub-topic: "Testing
the Big Bang Theory"):
"Despite
these and other problems,
however, most astronomers still believe
that the big bang theory provides the
most plausible
explanation of the origin
of the universe." In
short, we will
ignore contrary evidence.
Rom.
1:18-22 When man disregards God, he
becomes a fool & his thinking
leads
him to all kinds of
ungodliness. See
vss. 28-ff
2. Instantaneous
creation
v/s
Evolution
of billions of years
The
expanding universe points to a point of beginning.
Ex.
20:10-11; 31:17 Moses referred to 6 days of creation & sabbath
(7th)
rest This
is an affirmation of earths literal 6-day creation.
Earth
was created to
be
inhabited
Isa.
45:18 "For
thus says the Lord, Who created the heavens, Who is God,
Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it,
Who did not create it
in vain,
Who formed
it to be inhabited."
What
kind of intelligence builds a house, leaves it empty for vast years before
giving its primary tenets residency?
God
commanded man to "subdue"
(exercise control over)
earth & its creatures
Gen.
1:28 "Then
God blessed them, and God said to them, 'Be fruitful and
multiply; fill the earth and subdue
it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds
of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the
earth.'
"
Did
God allow billions of animals to die (some
to extinction)
before creating man?
What purpose did those animals serve with no man present?
Man's
futile effort (in
the form of a hoax)
to discredit God's creative account
The
"Geologic Column" found in most science text books depicts
the evolutionary process of life from non-living matter to
man.
It
assumes
a
godless process covering a span of 4.5 - 5 billion years.
We
must be more
than
creationists:
Mt.
7:21-23 On judgment day, some of these may
be creationists
Mt.
7:24-27 Regardless of what they believe, did
they obey God?
a. This
"column" exists nowhere at
any one place on earth.
If
it did
exist as depicted, it would
extend to a depth of about 130
miles.
(Sedimentary
rock where fossils
appear are never more than 12-15
miles deep)
Earth's
crust is only 25-30 miles
thick.
b. This
evolutionary theory of non-life
to simple
life to complex
life defies
accepted
laws of science such as:
The
Second Law of
Thermodynamics -
Thermodynamics -
"Matter and energy always tend to
change from complex and ordered
states to disordered states."
Everything
winds down, and wears
out.
Isaac
Asimov
(leading evolutionist
and astronomer) acknowledged this
law:
and astronomer) acknowledged this
law:
"As
far as we know, all changes are in
the direction of increasing
entropy, of
increasing disorder, of increasing
randomness,
of running down."
(Science
Digest,
May, 1973, pg. 76)
c. This
geologic "order" is found to
be inverted
in several places
Near
Yellowstone N. P. (Wyoming)
in a 30 mile wide area, what is
called Paleozoic
strata is found on
top of
Paleozoic strata
(said to be 1
billion years older than Paleozoic
strata)
d. This
geologic order is often found
to be out
of sequence,
with fossils
from one geologic period
imbedded in layers of
another
widely
separated
period
This
is physical
evidence that
disproves vast
periods of time for
such layers
to be formed.
e. Evolutionary
theory says man
(Homo
Sapiens)
appears near the
top
layer. (Quaternary
Period)
representing 1/1,000 of the geologic
record.
Evidence:
Many human footprints
found in Carboniferous Period
(Said
to precede man's existence by
300 million years.)
Albert
Ingalls
(noted evolutionist)
"...noted that such footprints are found
from Virginia and Pennsylvania
through Kentucky, Illinois and
Missouri. He was very much
impressed with the "human-like'
appearance of the tracks, but
dismissed them, observing that if
through Kentucky, Illinois and
Missouri. He was very much
impressed with the "human-like'
appearance of the tracks, but
dismissed them, observing that if
they were human
tracks, "then
the
whole science of geology is so
completely wrong that
all
geologists will resign their jobs
and take up truck
driving." ("The
Carboniferous Mystery, "Scientific
American,
CLXII, January, 1940, pg.
14; as quoted from Reason &
Revelation, "The Geologic Timetable"
by Wayne Jackson,
November, 1984,
Vol. IV, No. 11)
f. Trilobites
(Used as an "index" fossil to
measure existence of
Paleozoic strata -
1/2
billion years ago according to
evolutionary theory)
Have been found
in Delta, Ut.
(1968, by William Meister)
inside human footprints wearing
sandals.
INVITATION
Eccl.
3:11 "He
has made everything beautiful in its
time. Also He has put eternity
in their
hearts, except
that no one can find out
the work that God does from
beginning
to end."
Eccl.
8:17 "then
I saw all the work of God, that
a man cannot find out the work that
is done under the sun. For though a
man labors to discover it, yet he will
not find it; moreover, though a wise
man attempts to know it, he will not
find it."
a man cannot find out the work that
is done under the sun. For though a
man labors to discover it, yet he will
not find it; moreover, though a wise
man attempts to know it, he will not
find it."
Rom.11:33-ff "...How
unsearchable are His
judgments and His ways past
finding out!"
1
Cor. 1:18-ff "Greeks seek after wisdom...but we
preach Christ
crucified... to
the
Greeks foolishness...Because the
foolishness of God is
wiser than
men."