August 6th 2023
Could The Triune God Keep This Biblical Information Accurate For Thousands Of Years?
Romans 1:20 (NIV)
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
When a person does not want to believe there is a God that created everything, because then they would have to believe they belong to such a God! Then such a believer would seek to find, or make up, some story that would describe another option for how everything got here! The theory of evolution offers such a story! It states that everything in this universe came about with no design and happened through random chance processes. In this scenario there is no need of a God or gods to miraculously create everything in our universe.
There are some people who profess to be Christians but do not want to feel the need to cling to God/Jesus as the creator! They have attempted to harmonize the evolutionary theory with the Biblical account of creation, by allowing imaginary gaps of time in the Genesis accounts to allow for billions of years believed to be needed for evolution to be how God preformed creation. If you do this to modify Genesis, which then makes God into a fumbling trial and error creator, can you still believe the rest of the Bible as being the Gospel truth?
Genesis states mankind was originally created to live forever, and then, sin came into this world and ushered in suffering and death. If this is not true, then there is no need for a Savior of the World! Without the perfect creation of Adam and Eve as living speaking human beings, then Jesus Christ did not need to come into this cursed world as the Second Adam, as Paul wrote: If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men. But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. But each in his own turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. (1 Corinthians 15:19-26).
According to the Biblical account before the universe existed there was only God! The first verse of our Bible says, “In the beginning God!” So, before God created the universe there was only God in control and He was residing in heaven. Then to complete that verse it reads “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1). Thus, in the evolutionary idea before the universe came into being, there was NOTHING! Then there was a big bang, and everything came into existence for NO reason! There was no design, and no intelligence involved in the universe coming into existence! Which one of these accounts makes sense to you?
The selected verse expresses the only reasonable answer is that there had to be intelligence involved in the universe coming into being! Random chance processes cannot perform the miracles needed to bring the universe into existence and to have it continue to grow, as it is still expanding. Believe it God created the universe as the place where mankind is to dwell, until God decides when it is to end. In the meantime, Jesus Christ is maintaining it as the mortal place for sinful mankind to reside. Just look around you, and you do not have any excuse to believe there is no God! Remember, in God’s account in Genesis the earth was created first as the place where mankind was to live forever.
The first sin brought into that perfect world suffering and death. Then in the rest of God’s Bible we read about a restoration of a perfect world and in the last book of God’s Word we are told about a new prefect world being created to replace the current cursed planet. In this new world we will live forever with Jesus Christ/God, and the old universe will be destroyed by fire. This new world is also called heaven. If you do not believe that God created the first world in a perfect state, then you will likely not believe in the coming of this new perfect world for all those people who became born again in this mortal lifetime! I believe it! Do you?
Can you believe that God orchestrated a book to tell the only true story of how and why He created this universe? This book was written by members of mankind over thousands of years. Many people ask the question, “Could mankind keep this Biblical information accurate for thousands of years?” Peter wrote about how this could be done. Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. (2 Peter 1:20-21). The answer to this question is No! However, this is the wrong question. The correct question is “Could the Triune God keep this Biblical information accurate for thousands of years?” and the answer to this question is a resounding YES!
With this truth in mind, we can be happy in Jesus and rejoice always, as Paul wrote for us. Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:4-7). Believe in Jesus and what He did in this cursed world, and you too will join Him in the new perfect world, AKA heaven.
Now that is the good news!
Your brother in life through Adam, your brother in eternity through Jesus,
Bob Moak
Romans 1:20 (NIV)
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
When a person does not want to believe there is a God that created everything, because then they would have to believe they belong to such a God! Then such a believer would seek to find, or make up, some story that would describe another option for how everything got here! The theory of evolution offers such a story! It states that everything in this universe came about with no design and happened through random chance processes. In this scenario there is no need of a God or gods to miraculously create everything in our universe.
There are some people who profess to be Christians but do not want to feel the need to cling to God/Jesus as the creator! They have attempted to harmonize the evolutionary theory with the Biblical account of creation, by allowing imaginary gaps of time in the Genesis accounts to allow for billions of years believed to be needed for evolution to be how God preformed creation. If you do this to modify Genesis, which then makes God into a fumbling trial and error creator, can you still believe the rest of the Bible as being the Gospel truth?
Genesis states mankind was originally created to live forever, and then, sin came into this world and ushered in suffering and death. If this is not true, then there is no need for a Savior of the World! Without the perfect creation of Adam and Eve as living speaking human beings, then Jesus Christ did not need to come into this cursed world as the Second Adam, as Paul wrote: If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men. But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. But each in his own turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. (1 Corinthians 15:19-26).
According to the Biblical account before the universe existed there was only God! The first verse of our Bible says, “In the beginning God!” So, before God created the universe there was only God in control and He was residing in heaven. Then to complete that verse it reads “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1). Thus, in the evolutionary idea before the universe came into being, there was NOTHING! Then there was a big bang, and everything came into existence for NO reason! There was no design, and no intelligence involved in the universe coming into existence! Which one of these accounts makes sense to you?
The selected verse expresses the only reasonable answer is that there had to be intelligence involved in the universe coming into being! Random chance processes cannot perform the miracles needed to bring the universe into existence and to have it continue to grow, as it is still expanding. Believe it God created the universe as the place where mankind is to dwell, until God decides when it is to end. In the meantime, Jesus Christ is maintaining it as the mortal place for sinful mankind to reside. Just look around you, and you do not have any excuse to believe there is no God! Remember, in God’s account in Genesis the earth was created first as the place where mankind was to live forever.
The first sin brought into that perfect world suffering and death. Then in the rest of God’s Bible we read about a restoration of a perfect world and in the last book of God’s Word we are told about a new prefect world being created to replace the current cursed planet. In this new world we will live forever with Jesus Christ/God, and the old universe will be destroyed by fire. This new world is also called heaven. If you do not believe that God created the first world in a perfect state, then you will likely not believe in the coming of this new perfect world for all those people who became born again in this mortal lifetime! I believe it! Do you?
Can you believe that God orchestrated a book to tell the only true story of how and why He created this universe? This book was written by members of mankind over thousands of years. Many people ask the question, “Could mankind keep this Biblical information accurate for thousands of years?” Peter wrote about how this could be done. Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. (2 Peter 1:20-21). The answer to this question is No! However, this is the wrong question. The correct question is “Could the Triune God keep this Biblical information accurate for thousands of years?” and the answer to this question is a resounding YES!
With this truth in mind, we can be happy in Jesus and rejoice always, as Paul wrote for us. Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:4-7). Believe in Jesus and what He did in this cursed world, and you too will join Him in the new perfect world, AKA heaven.
Now that is the good news!
Your brother in life through Adam, your brother in eternity through Jesus,
Bob Moak