Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Genesis 1:6-25 -- Day 2,3,4 and 5

Ok, so I have a switch between the NIV translation (that was used before in the earlier post) to the HCSB.  My study Bible is HCSB, so that is what I am currently using!

Now on to day two.

Genesis 1:6 Then God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, separating water from water.” 7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above the expanse. And it was so. 8 God called the expanse “sky.” Evening came and then morning: the second day.

Do you notice God did not say the second day was good?

9 Then God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry land “earth,” and He called the gathering of the water “seas.” And God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, “Let the earth produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds.” And it was so. 12 The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 Evening came and then morning: the third day. 
14 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs for festivals and for days and years. 15 They will be lights in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth.” And it was so. 16 God made the two great lights—the greater light to have dominion over the day and the lesser light to have dominion over the night—as well as the stars. 17 God placed them in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth, 18 to dominate the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 Evening came and then morning: the fourth day. 
20 Then God said, “Let the water swarm with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” 21 So God created the large sea-creatures and every living creature that moves and swarms in the water, according to their kinds. He also created every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 So God blessed them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.” 23 Evening came and then morning: the fifth day.  
24 Then God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that crawl, and the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25 So God made the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and creatures that crawl on the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

I also do not believe in evolution, at least not how it is taught in schools.  There are aspects that I see that are true and seem accurate.  I believe that creatures can change over time, just not a bacteria eventually becoming a fish.  I believe God made bacteria AND fish, at the same time.  They have co-existed.  One did not become the other through evolution.  The Bible repeatedly says God created plants and animals "according to their kinds."  That means fish have always been fish.  Two fish can NEVER have a cat.  They ALWAYS have fish.  Yes, I do believe that genetic mutation can change a species, if the mutation proves to benefit their survival.  If a fish has a genetic mutation, it will still be fish.  It won't mutate into a cat.

I also believe in survival of the fittest.  If you have two groups cats that separate and one moves to a really cold climate and one moves to a really warm climate, then eventually, over time, you will notice some differences in the two population of cats.  If you look at the group in the cold climate, you will see that the cats with the longer fur tend to survive better, so most of the off spring and future generations will have longer fur (because those with the genetics to have short fur will die from the cold, thus overtime the gene(s) for short fur will eventually be bred out), while the cats in the warmer climate will tend to have shorter fur since the longer haired ones over heat.

The part about evolution I do not believe is that ALL life came from ONE ancient ancestor.  How can a tree, bacteria, human, fish, etc. have come to be if they all came from one ancestor?  The one ancestor would have had to contain ALL the DNA possible for each of those things to exist.  Moreover, as time went on the new species would only be different because of the loss of genetic information.  Just look at dog breeds, for an example of how differences are caused by a loss of DNA.  Certain breeds are selectively breed for certain traits.   If you want a solid coated dog, you only breed solid coated dogs.  If any of the offspring have speckled coats, you do not breed them.  Eventually, there will be no more speckled coated dogs.  That genetic information will be lost.  The only way to re-introduce speckled coats is to breed in a dog with a speckled coat.

I believe God made each creature.  They may not have looked exactly the same as they do today, but when God created a fish, it looked similar to the fish we have today.  Now, God does not specify if he made one kind of fish and all fish today came from that or if he made several kinds of fish.  Same with all the other plants and animals.  He does not say if he made one kind of cat or if he made lions, tigers and leopards at the same time. The Bible does not say.  The fact that he does say he made them "according to their kind" tells me he made more than one kind of animal and plant when he created them!




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