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Walking trees (R)
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The record of God creating the animals is Genesis 1:20–25, 31, which reads as follows:
Genesis 1:20–31 (English Standard Version)
20 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” 21 So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind.” … 23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25 And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.” … 31 And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Notice all the plurals, i.e. swarms of sea creatures, lots of birds, lots of different kinds of land animals, all created on Day Six of Creation Week. As to how long it took, the text indicates simply that God did it on this day, not that it necessarily took 24 hours for Him to do it. So my understanding is that God “spoke” or “commanded” or “willed” all these things to happen, and they did, just like that.
Notice that there was certainly not the billions of years postulated by evolutionists for their theories to work. And note too that the order given, i.e. sea creatures, then birds, and then land animals, is not the postulated evolutionary sequence. Note also that the land animals would have included the dinosaurs.
Rebecca B., Australia, 20 May 2011
A stunning article! Very impressed! Thank you CMI!! Posted this one to facebook. This is the closest thing to proof of one of Jesus’s miracles. Love it!
Paul T., United Kingdom, 23 May 2011
When Jesus healed people of deafness or blindness, there was need for another healing too, the healing of the mind. … What is so remarkable about these miracles of Jesus is that with the miracle complete they recognized the sound of words or could make sense of new sights. There was a healing of the mind as well as of the senses. Yes even for those who had been crippled from birth, if their legs worked again they would still have had to learn to walk. The pathways for the brain to make sense of using their legs or arms would not be there.
This I believe brings me to a valid point. What is the use of being healed physically if there was no healing of the spirit too. (Matthew 9:1–8, Mark 2:1–12, Luke 5:18–26)
A cripple is lowered through the roof to Jesus: “When Jesus saw how strongly they believed that He would help, Jesus said to the sick man "Son your sins are forgiven!"”
Yes Jesus was concerned primarily that not just the body was healed but that his spirit was too. After all, the miracles that he did were to be the evidence that He had come to forgive sins.
So next time you read of a miracle of Jesus, you can maybe see that there may be more going on than you first expect. And remember, Jesus came primarily for our salvation, the healing he would bring would be firstly for our spirit and/or soul through forgiveness.
A. S., Egypt, 19 May 2011
Did God create all earth animals in the same time or in sequence? Please give me the answer according to the Bible.