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Creation: God’s Answer to Evolution
This chapter is based on Genesis 1 and 2.
“By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all the
host of them by the breath of His mouth. ... For He spoke, and it
was done; He commanded, and it stood fast” (
Psalm 33:6, 9
).
As the earth came into being from the hand of its Maker, it
was unbelievably beautiful. Everywhere the fruitful soil produced
luxuriant green vegetation. There were no foul swamps nor barren
deserts. Graceful shrubs and delicate flowers greeted the eye at every
turn. The air was clear and healthful. The entire landscape was more
beautiful than the decorated grounds of the proudest palace.
After the earth had been called into existence, teeming with
animal and vegetable life, human beings—the crowning work of the
Creator—were brought upon the stage of action. “God said, ‘Let Us
make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have
dominion over ... all the earth.’ ... So God created man in His own
image ... male and female He created them.”
The origin of the human race is explained clearly here. God
created us in His own image. There is no reason to suppose that we
evolved by slow degrees from lower forms of animal or vegetable life.
Inspiration traces the origin of our race, not to a line of developing
germs, mollusks, and quadrupeds, but to the great Creator. Though
formed from the dust, Adam was “the son of God” (
Luke 3:38
).
The lower orders of being cannot grasp the concept of God, yet
they were made capable of loving and serving human beings. “You
have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You
have put all things under his feet, ... the beasts of the field, the birds
of the air” (
Psalm 8:6-8
).
Christ alone is “the express image” (
Hebrews 1:3
) of the Father,
but Adam and Eve were formed in the likeness of God. Their
nature was in harmony with the will of God, their minds capable
of comprehending divine things. Their affections were pure; their
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