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Science and the Bible
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These are regarded as proof that vegetable and animal life existed
prior to the time of the Mosaic record. But Bible history furnishes
ample explanation concerning these things. Before the Flood the
development of vegetable and animal life was immeasurably 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 many evidences of the life previously
existing were preserved. The vast forests buried in the earth at the
time of the Flood, and since changed to coal, form the extensive
coal fields, and yield the supplies of oil that minister to our comfort
and convenience. These things, as they are brought to light, are
witnesses that mutely testify to the truth of the Word of God.
Revelations of Science
Like the theory concerning the evolution of the earth is the
one that attributes to an ascending line of germs, mollusks, and
quadrupeds the evolution of human beings, the crowning glory of the
creation. In the light of the brevity of human life, the restricted vision
of scientists, the frequent and great errors in their conclusions, the
frequency with which their deductions are revised or cast aside, and
how the theories of different scientists conflict with one another, shall
we, for the privilege of tracing our descent from germs, mollusks,
and apes, consent to do away with that inspired statement, so grand
in its simplicity, “God created humankind in His image; in the image
of God He created them”?
Genesis 1:27
, NRSV. Shall we reject
that genealogical record—more treasured than any in the courts of
kings—“which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God”?
Luke 3:38
, KJV.
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Rightly understood, both the revelations of science and the ex-
periences of life are in harmony with the testimony of Scripture to
the constant working of God in nature.
In the hymn recorded by Nehemiah, the Levites sang, “You alone
are the Lord; You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with
all their host, the earth and everything in it, the seas, and all that is
in them, and You preserve them all.”
Nehemiah 9:6
.