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Psalm 59:17“Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defense, and the God of my mercy.” Regular listeners to Creation Moments are familiar with the many examples we have described of plants protecting themselves from insects. ...

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Psalm 136:4“To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.” A new bacterium that grows at depths of over 8,000 feet below the ocean’s surface has been discovered. This discovery wouldn’t normally be very not...

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Psalm 104:14“He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth….” The dodder is a very unusual plant and is known as one of the ten worst weeds found in the United...

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Psalm 33:20“Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.” In past Creation Moments we have told how certain plants release aromatics known as pheromones when attacked. By this means they communicate to others of its species or...

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Song of Solomon 2:12“The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land….” The largest flower in the world is a bright red-orange color and, according to its DNA, i...

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Psalm 4:1b“Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.” Insects offer some novel designs. For example, they can have ears on their stomachs, wings or leg...

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Genesis 1:21a, 22a“And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind…And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas&helli...

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2 Chronicles 16:12“And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great; yet in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians.” Aristotle is quoted as saying that the ...

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Romans 1:20“For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead so that they are without excuse.” Many plants, including the elm or l...

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Exodus 12:15 “Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.” Probably the...

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