Creation – Creation Moments

God Created Insects

Leviticus 17:11 “For the life [nephesh] of the flesh is in the blood:” Some people find insects, such as butterflies, fascinating. But there are also those who cannot stand the sight of other insects. Wasps and leather jackets are not particularly l...

An Island Is Born

Genesis 8:11 “And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.” In November 1963, an undersea volcano close to Iceland began to erupt. Emergi...

How Long Can Bacteria Sleep?

Luke 14:34 “Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?” For thousands of years salt has been considered valuable as a seasoning, a preservative and even as a means of payment. But could salt preserve ba...

Did God Create Satan?

Colossians 1:16-17 “For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before ...

When Did Satan Fall?

Leviticus 23:27-28 “Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. And ye shall do no work in th...

So-and-So Said It

Genesis 1:1-2 “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” Two elderly ladies sought my attentio...

Feathers

Genesis 1:20 “And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.” The Encyclopaedia Britannica describes feathers as “the component structure...

Two Creation Accounts or One?

Genesis 2:8-9 “And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the mid...

The Lord God Walking in the Garden

Genesis 3:8-9 “And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unt...

Fast Water, Quick Canyons

Genesis 8:3a “And the waters returned from off the earth continually….” Visitors to the Grand Canyon will recall the Park Rangers saying that it took millions of years for water to carve out the Canyon. We have looked at examples of rapi...