“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.
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. And the evening and the morning were
the third day,” Genesis 1:11-13.
Here we have the first “after his kind,” which would be a
species or genus, perhaps. This repeats some ten times. What is it saying? God
created the seed bearing plants and trees in a moment, complete as they were
with total ability to reproduce their own kind, “whose seed is in itself.” Mendel’s
laws testify that genetic variation has limits. New gene combinations are
formed, but not entirely new genes; in other words, “lower” species do not
advance to “higher” ones due to genetic boundaries. This might be exactly what
the phrase “after his kind” implies.
“And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of
the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for
seasons, and for days, and years: And
let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the
earth: and it was so. And God made
two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to
rule the night: he made the stars
also,” Genesis 1:14-16.
Let it be noted that very little is said regarding the
stars in Scripture. The heavens declare the glory of God, Psalm 19:1. According
to this passage they also were meant to help humanity gauge the passage of
seasons in this universe of time and space. We have deified the stars since
ancient times through astrology and our recent expansive and fruitless search
for extra terrestrial life beyond our planet. The earth is the subject of God’s
attention, and what God created in the heavens on day four appears only to have
been created for the sake of our planet’s welfare. Evolutionists marvel at the
composition of the earth and how it is suited in every way to sustain life; to
them it is a chance series of billions of accidents bearing fortuitous results.
Genesis tells a different story. God intended the earth to be where it was in
space, and brought into being stars and the moon for light upon the earth.
The sun was created a day after the green grass, trees
and seed bearing plants came into being. Had long ages been involved these
plants would have perished for want of sunlight. Without the heat of the sun
for long ages our earth would have been unfit for life to even begin as
Evolution predicts it. Likewise according to Evolutionary theory the primitive
atmosphere of earth was bereft of oxygen since an oxidizing atmosphere would
not be conducive to organic evolution. A reducing atmosphere (the atmosphere
evolutionists imagine existed long ago) would have had methane, hydrogen,
ammonia and nitrogen. An oxidizing atmosphere (our actual one) has carbon
dioxide, water, nitrogen and oxygen. Whereas an oxidizing atmosphere would be
lethal to the chemical components outside living beings, a reducing atmosphere
would be instantly lethal to any living organism since oxygen is essential for
life. An oxidizing atmosphere would be utterly essential to sustain life.
Here we have the beginning of our spiraling galaxy, with
the planets revolving about the sun. Reading this chapter with the humility and
reverence for God’s word that a Christian should possess it is easy to see why
it is written in Job that “the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of
God (angels) shouted for joy,” as they watched their Creator forge the material
universe, Job 38:7.
I find it particularly interesting that he produced light before he created the sun or stars, on the very first day. While we think of the sun as the source of light, It was present even before the sun was created. While life is dependent on light, it is not dependent on the sun.
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