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Creation Not Evolution, January 21
By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host
of them by the breath of his mouth.
Psalm 33:6
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Since the book of nature and the book of revelation bear the impress
of the same master mind, they cannot but speak in harmony....
Inferences erroneously drawn from facts observed in nature have,
however, led to supposed conflict between science and revelation....
Millions of years, it is claimed, were required for the evolution of
the earth from chaos; and in order to accommodate the Bible to this
supposed revelation of science, the days of creation are assumed to have
been vast, indefinite periods.... Such a conclusion is wholly uncalled
for.
Of each successive day of creation, the Sacred Record declares that
it consisted of the evening and the morning, like all other days that have
followed.
In regard to the work of creation itself the divine testimony is, “He
spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.”
Psalm 33:9
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With Him who could thus call into existence unnumbered worlds, how
long a time would be required for the evolution of the earth from chaos?
It is true that remains found in the earth testify to the existence of
men, animals, and plants much larger than any now known.... But con-
cerning these things Bible history furnishes ample explanation. Before
the Flood, the development of vegetable and animal life was immea-
surably superior to that which has since been known. At the Flood the
surface of the earth was broken up, marked changes took place, and in
the re-formation of the earth’s crust were preserved many evidences of
the life previously existing.... These things... are so many witnesses
mutely testifying to the truth of the Word of God.
Just how God accomplished the work of creation He has never
revealed to men; human science cannot search out the secrets of the
Most High. His creative power is as incomprehensible as His existence.
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