Genesis, the book of beginnings, started with an answer to a question most have. The popular queries are, “How did life start? How did all the first plants and animals get here? Where did we come from?”
Many try to explain the Earth and its origins with their logic. The explanations go from “a star blew up, and that is how it all started.” Others offer, “Chemicals got together and over millenniums changed the form accidentally to a more complicated lifeform, then over billions of years developed into the plants, animals, and people we have today.
In 1806, Professor Lyell claimed that 80 geological theories were “hostile” to the Scripture account at the time. There are far more today.
All the opinions have no proof to explain the theories. Scrutinizing those explanations soon reveals no credibility for any of those suppositions. A lot of speculation and assumptions fill the gaps where proof is non-existent.
God knew we would wonder about our origin and ensured that mankind would have accurate answers to our questions. All that is on the Earth was not here by millions of accidents. Simple life forms did not evolve into more complex beings. God created it all!
The Bible documents the beginning of Earth and all that resides on it. One can read how God created all that we are and see. He did it all in six days, not billions of years that current “science” claims. Genesis One explains it all:
Day One: In the beginning, the Earth was dark and without shape. By God’s words, the dark and shapeless mass was lit up. Although He created day and night at this point, there was no sun or moon to give that light. (Genesis 1:2-5)
Day Two: The Earth was surrounded by water. On that day, God separated the Earth from the waters. He called the dividing space a firmament (the heaven where birds, clouds… are found). (Gen. 1:6-8)
Day Three: On that day, God separated the waters under the sky further. That division revealed dry land whereplant life He created thrived. (Gen. 1:9-13)
Day Four: In the heavens, God created the sun to give light in the day and the moon to provide light at night. It was on this day He also made the stars. (Gen. 1:14:-19)
Day Five: On the fifth day, God created life in the waters, including the whales and all birds.(Gen. 1:20-23)
Day Six: Now, Earth was able to support animal and humanlife by the sixth day. There was water, breathable air, and food to support the animals and man He created. (Gen. 1:24-31)
Although there are numerous theories about how Earth and all on it came into existence, all the ideas boil down to two ideas. J. Vernon McGee defined them as speculation and creation.
”Speculation” encompasses all the theories, none of which have solid proof. How can people know how it all began? They were not there. Besides, the theories change from day to day, person to person, and few agree with each other.
Even inventions that supposedly measure vast amounts of time can not be trusted, as no one knows for sure how accurate they are. How old would man’s machine declare a rock on the first day it was made? It takes faith in mankind to believe what is claimed to have occurred, which is not very reassuring and reliable.
Creation also takes faith to believe. However, that trust is in what God had Moses pen. Our Creator was there at the beginning and He knows better than man’s speculations.
A whole world of understanding becomes clear and makes sense with simple faith in what God says happened. God said it, so believe it!
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good report. 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.” Heb 11:1-3
