Bible Questions
The Most Important Statistic
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We use numbers and statistics all the time from the number of items on a shopping list to statistics about the economy. Groups are counted. Surveys are taken. Statistics are compared. Groups are splintered into subgroups. The numbers in these subgroups are used for anything from calculating political decisions to brand marketing.
When it comes to God, there are only two groups that really matter. The groups are divided into whether the soul is saved or not. That is the most important statistic.
We just came through the Easter season, also called the celebration of Jesus’s resurrection, also called the Passover.
The Blood of Jesus was shed for the salvation of the world. Jesus is the Lamb of God.
John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Revelation 5:1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
The power of the Blood of Jesus was foretold in these verses.
Exodus 12:12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord.
13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
The only statistic with God that matters is the state of the soul. Has the blood of Jesus been applied? Is the soul born again? There are only two states of the soul. It doesn’t matter if someone is rich or poor, young or old, or any other classification you might want to consider. Has the Blood been applied? When God looks at the soul, can God pass over the soul in acceptance because God sees the Blood of Jesus applied, or will the soul be judged? That is the only statistic that matters.
Success in the kingdom is having been born again. A person can have earthly success, and there is nothing wrong with that. Job, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were all well off. Joseph, Daniel, and King David held high political office. But riches, even billions of dollars, even billions of dollars given in charity, without having the Blood of Jesus applied to the soul, without being born again, will not allow the soul to enter the kingdom of heaven. Works of charity are good. But they must come after being born again as a fruit, as a result of the new birth, not as an attempted means into the kingdom.
This is a theological battle of works or no works. Works will not get you born into the kingdom of heaven. A baby can only be born. There are no works a baby can do to birth itself. Now a baby can be born, grow, learn, work, and grow into positions of responsibility. Hard work and diligence can advance a person, but it comes after being born.
John 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
It is not the money or lack of money. It is whether what Jesus accomplished at the cross, the Blood of Jesus and deliverance from sin, has been applied to the individual life. Money is not evil. It is the love of money that is the root of all evil. The city of God has streets of gold. God is not a poor God. God cares for the state of the soul. If a person is so controlled by money that he will lie, deceive, steal, kill, destroy, create wars and destroy nations for more money and power, that’s a problem. It’s that love of money that is the problem, not the money itself.
Luke 16:19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:
28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
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The Question Might Be Asked
The question might be asked, since Jesus resurrected, then why are there still problems on earth?
The best way to understand things is to pick up a Bible and read from Genesis to Revelation. Don’t get your information secondhand. Read it yourself.
Here is a quick outline, but it is better if you read the whole Bible yourself. God created man. Man fell. A righteous God could no longer have fellowship with mankind. There had to be a legal remedy. God gave Israel a temporary remedy in the Old Testament. Jesus came as the final Lamb of God whose blood was shed for the redemption of the world. When Jesus rose from the dead, he made a way for mankind again to connect with God.
However, entering into God’s kingdom is not automatic. It is individual. One by one by one…you must be born again. This is what Jesus told Nicodemus.
John 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
Luke 17:20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
The day will come when Jesus will come back the second time. The first time he came back offering mercy and salvation. The Second Coming will involve judgment to his enemies.
We see the birth pangs of the Second Coming.
II Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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Repost: Billy Graham Easter Sunday
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Repost: Billy Graham (Easter Message)
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He led captivity captive
Proverbs 30:4 (KJV) Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?
I Corinthians 2:8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
I Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
3:19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
Ephesians 4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
Revelation 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
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The Myth of Evolution
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There are those who say they don’t believe in God because they consider themselves to be too enlightened, too scientifically-minded, to believe in what they call an ancient myth.
The real myth is the myth of evolution. Impossible. The intricacy of how the body works, the difficulties of moving from one type of body to another…a fish to a reptile to a mammal to man, it is so illogical on its face that it is incredible that otherwise intelligent people can believe it. Or are they as intelligent as they say? Look at the leaders of the United States. You would think that they would be the cream of the crop. I’ll let you decide. But they are the people running the educational system.
God warns against mixing species.
Leviticus 19:19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
There is good reason not to mix species. Think of all the recent plagues. Where did they originate? They originated by splicing and dicing and combining things that should not have been combined and would not have been combined except that men combined them in their biowarfare labs.
There are diseases in the past with names that indicate that they came from another species: bird flu, avian flu, pig flu, bat influenza. Did any of these mixing of something from another species with people cause some kind of an advanced evolutionary change that was positive? No. And sometimes people, pets, or livestock got sick and die. Sometimes massize numbers got sick and died. Yet those running the educational system want us to believe that man started as a protozoa and evolved to what he is today.
Related:
Repost: The Evolution Song – David Rives – Evolution, The Science of Confusion
Why is the idea of evolution so important to corrupt political leaders? If there is no God that created the world, then corrupt criminals and politicians want to fill that spot, and create a globalist world that they run. By advancing to the ruling seats of society through murder, assassination, lies, and other means, they create economic and political and judicial systems that send the money, power, and wealth to themselves. Wealth is laundered through wars and other means such as economic crashes they engineer so that they can buy up assets for pennies on the dollar. The peons and lemmings experience suffering, sickness, starvation, and death This scenario has played out over and over throughout history and is playing out again. History repeats because there are causes and effects that repeat. If you put a pot of water on a stove today, and heat it, at a certain point it will boil. If you had put a pot of water over a wood fire 300 years ago and had heated it, it would have boil. History repeats. Laws are immutable within the system they operate. The world needs redemption.
Jesus came to redeem this world. Jesus entered the womb of a virgin, Mary. He was born, lived, taught, healed, was unfairly judged, and died on a cross, his blood was shed, for the salvation of mankind. Then Jesus resurrected. Jesus did what no other religious or secular leader has ever done. Jesus was killed on the cross. He did not just swoon and then revive. The work of Roman soldiers was to make sure that the people they killed were truly dead. If you haven’t watched Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, you should. Then decide if Jesus swooned.
Another lie that is circulated at Easter is that the disciples stole the body. The soldiers who guarded the tomb would be killed for the price of failure. Here is something from the Babylon Bee.
If Jesus’ Resurrection Were A Hoax
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“There is a cup”
Psalm 75:1 (WEB) We give thanks to you, God.
We give thanks, for your Name is near.
Men tell about your wondrous works.2 When I choose the appointed time,
I will judge blamelessly.
3 The earth and all its inhabitants quake.
I firmly hold its pillars. Selah.
4 I said to the arrogant, “Don’t boast!”
I said to the wicked, “Don’t lift up the horn.
5 Don’t lift up your horn on high.
Don’t speak with a stiff neck.”
6 For neither from the east, nor from the west,
nor yet from the south, comes exaltation.
7 But God is the judge.
He puts down one, and lifts up another.
8 For in Yahweh’s hand there is a cup,
full of foaming wine mixed with spices.
He pours it out.
Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs.9 But I will declare this forever:
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10 I will cut off all the horns of the wicked,
but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
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“Even this whole nation”
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Malachi 3:8 (KJV) Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.
When the economy was good, did the majority of people in the nation pay tithes to the Lord? Since the inception of this nation, have the majority of people paid tithes to the Lord?
If the answer is “no”, then the devourer did not get rebuked. Now whether that devourer manifested as a stolen election, or an expanded money supply leading to inflation, or a proxy war to fill the pockets of those who invest in destruction, those are details, those are fruit, they are not the cause. The cause is always spiritual first before it manifests in natural details. The details could be debated. The cause is the refusal to glorify God as God and bring the tithe, that belongs to him, to him, into his storehouse, so that he can fulfill his promises.
What is the storehouse? There are many Christian churches the preach the gospel. There are costs associated with those message delivery systems. The storehouse is the one you go to for biblically-based, spiritual food. If you eat at McDonald’s you don’t pay Wendy’s. Jesus instituted the church. There’s a place for you.
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“Now they have no cloak for their sin”
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John 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.
22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.
23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
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A New and Living Way
From the Fall, in the garden of Eden, all through the Old Testament, there are types and shadows of the redemptive work of Christ.
The first prophecy was given by the Lord God himself.
Genesis 3:15 (KJV) And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
The near sacrifice of Isaac, stopped by the angel, foretold the sacrifice of the “Lamb of God, who takes the sins of the world.”
John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Genesis 22:8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
There were multiple prophecies in the Old Testament, spoken in different times and places, by men of varying occupations. The Lord inspired Isaiah with many of these prophecies. Here is a major prophecy outlining the redemptive work of the Messiah.
Isaiah 53:1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
The book of Hebrews in the New Testament summarizes the work of Christ.
Hebrews 10:1 (KJV) For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
21 And having an high priest over the house of God;
22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
28 He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
One of the biggest blockages to modern man understanding the need for the redemptive work of Christ is because evolution has been taught. Evolution is an impossible theory. For example, if you have a two-pronged fork, how does it become a three-pronged fork? If you have a two-chamber heart, how does it become a three-chamber heart, or four-chamber heart, in one giant evolutionary leap? Plus, if you are assuming that the heart can change in one leap, that presumes that at the exact same moment, any changes necessary in the lungs, in the skeletal system to encompass a larger heart, in the delivery system of oxygen, plus multiple other changes have to occur at the exact same moment in time. That presumes that you would have to have a male and female of a species at the exact same time make the exact same evolutionary leap, find each other among millions of other species, mate, and successfully have children like themselves…the impossibility of that is something experts in probability should figure out for the benefit of mankind. It can easily be classified as a fairy tale or lie for those who have a vestige of common sense or logic and know even a smattering of science. It is amazing that people who are otherwise intelligent, perhaps even quite accomplished in their fields, can hold to this belief.
Lies are not logical. When otherwise intelligent people hold to lies, there is a reason. Perhaps as scientists they will not be funded. Perhaps as politicians they are afraid of being ridiculed and shouted down by the media. Perhaps as science teachers, they are afraid of losing their job. Just like giving a nod to the trans community helps people secure their place in this politically correct society, giving a nod to evolution helps people secure their funding or power or prestige or acceptance. Why would otherwise intelligent people do that? It is a case of The Emperor’s New Clothes.
Why is evolution so pernicious? Evolution removes God from creation. If man simply evolved from the slime, under that false premise, then there is no God, no Eden, no creation of Adam and Eve, no devil, no Fall, no sin, and no need for redemption. If there is no God, there is no law, no morals, no need for righteousness in government, no need for law, no protection of life, no protection of private property. Evolution is a criminal’s dream because a criminal can evolve to become a dreamer in how much he can steal, kill, and destroy with no barriers in the way. Atheists, communists, globalists and criminals hold to evolution.
Evolution is a lie. God created the world. God created Adam and Eve. God placed Adam and Eve in the garden. There the serpent (also called the devil, satan, dragon) tempted them. They fell. Sin entered the world. Redemption became necessary or all mankind would be consigned to an eternal hell.
The story of Jesus is the history of how God redeemed a fallen world and continues to redeem it as people put their faith in Jesus Christ and are born again.
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Repost: The Evolution Song – David Rives – Evolution, The Science of Confusion
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