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Resurrection

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1 Corinthians 15:12-19 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
Believed and Spoken of in the Old Testament:
Job 19:25-27 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: …
Isaiah 26:19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: … and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Daniel 12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Daniel 12:13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Hosea 13:14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: …
Five Resurrections:
First Resurrection: Christ Matt 28:1-10 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you. And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word. And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.

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What Kind of Body do the Dead have in Heaven?

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1 Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

A loved one dies! Their soul and spirit depart from the Body. The Body is Buried, Cremated or otherwise disposed of, prayerfully in a proper way. But what of the Soul and Spirit? Before we see what the New Testament teaches, let’s start in the old Testament.
In Genesis most of the time it says of a person “and he died”. But then we come to Enoch (Genesis 5:21-24). VS 24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. Body, Soul and Spirit.

Then the Old Testament goes on “and he died” until we get to Elijah
(2 Kings 2:2) And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. (2 Kings 2:11) And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. Body, Soul and Spirit.

These two men went to be with the Lord in bodies of Flesh, Blood and Bone/Soul and Sprit (not a glorified body). But where did they go? The Lord Jesus had to be the first to rise from the dead and ascend into Heaven with a Body of Flesh and Bone, He had shed his blood on Calvary.
(1 Corinthians 15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept).

Now from the New Testament: Matthew 17:3-4, Mark 9:4-5, Luke 9:30-33 (And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.). These men, Moses and Elias, had BODIES and they were recognized by the disciples, they heard them speak. (Now Moses had died (Deut 34:5-6) and was buried. Elias (Elijah) had been taken to Heaven in a whirlwind). Yet here they were, in bodies that were recognizable and speaking. Bodies of flesh, blood and bone, soul and spirit?

In Luke 16:19-31, The Lord Jesus tells a story, giving us a glimpse of what happened in death up and to the time of His resurrection and ascension into Heaven.
In Luke 23:43 The Lord Jesus, on the cross, verified to the thief, that Paradise was a real place that the soul/spirit go to upon death. Either that or He lied to the thief that day.

The location of Paradise was in the center of the earth: Matthew 12:40 (For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.), Ephesians 4:9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?). And He went there to set free those who dwelt there:
1 Peter 3:19 (By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;). But what did they look like? It is evident they could see each other Luke 16:19-31. They must have had bodies. The rich man could see and identify Abraham and Lazarus. He could feel pain and wanted Lazarus to dip his finger in cool water and cool his tongue. (BODIES!)

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Resurrection promised in the Gospels

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The Scripture listed below will show that the resurrection was taught, promised and fulfilled. During His ministry, even though the Lord told them bluntly about his death burial and resurrection, they did not understand until after it happened. And after his ascension into heaven, they preached it.

Matthew 11:5, Luke 7:22 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Matthew 16:21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
Luke 9:22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
Matthew 17:9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
Matthew 17:23 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
Luke 14:14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Luke 18:33 And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.
Luke 20:35-38 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
John 5:29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
John 11:24-25 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
Matthew 20:19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
Matthew 26:32, Mark 14:28 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
Matthew 27:64-64 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.

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And then it was fulfilled:

Matthew 28:6-7, Luke 24:6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
Mark 16:6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
Mark 16:9 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
Luke 24:34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
 Mark 16:14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
John 21:14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.
Luke 24:46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
John 20:9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
John 2:22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

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Resurrection preached by His Apostles

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During the 3 year ministry of the Lord Jesus, His apostles followed him and did as he instructed, believing him to be the Messiah, the coming King of Israel. But when he was crucified, they panicked and fled. But then, when He arose from the grave and walked with them for forty days, ascending into heaven, they became bold and Preached the resurrection. And Saul, after his conversion on the road to Damascus, also preached the resurrection.

Acts 1:22 Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
Acts 2:24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
Acts 2:31-32 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
Acts 3:15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
Acts 3:26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
Acts 4:2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
Acts 4:10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
Acts 4:33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
Acts 5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
Acts 10:40-41 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
Acts 13:23 Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
Acts 13:30 But God raised him from the dead:
Acts 13:33-34 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
Acts 13:37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
Acts 17:18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
Acts 17:31-32 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
Acts 23:6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
Acts 24:15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
Acts 24:21 Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.

1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Peter 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

Without the resurrection, Christianity is no different from any other belief. The resurrection is our hope of eternal life, to be with Him.

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144,000 Called of God

Just who are they? Many groups have claimed that THEY are part of the 144,000. But what saith the Scripture? The only place that they are mentioned is in the book of REVELATION. So, starting with 1st mention of the 144,000 in Revelation 7:4. Let’s see who are described: (fourteen facts)
And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
1st it states they are from the tribes of Israel. That makes them Jews.
2nd each of the 12 tribes are listed (7:5-8) and it states 12,000 from each tribe. Ergo 12,000 x 12 = 144,000 All Jews!
3rd it states (7:3) that they are sealed (by God) in their foreheads.
Does this mean others can see the seal?
The next mention of the 144,00 is in Revelation 14:1. Is there more information about them?
Revelation 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.
4th they are on Mount Sion with the LAMB. (That’s on earth in Israel.)
5th the seal is defined as HIS FATHER’S NAME in their forehead. (NOTE a study of Lamb reveals he is the Lord Jesus Christ)
Revelation 14:3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
6th they sing a new song.
7th only they could sing the new song.
8th they were redeemed from the earth. (taken to heaven)
Revelation 14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
9th they are men (not defiled with women).
10th they unmarried (virgins).
11th they follow the Lamb (believe him to be messiah).
12th they are the firstfruits (that’s a whole study).

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Revelation 14:5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
13th no guile (sly or cunning) in their mouth.
14th they are without fault (no sin).

Based on the fourteen facts listed above, taken from the book of Revelation, it appears the 144,000 are virgin Jewish men, protected by God, chosen at the beginning of the Tribulation period, who will take the gospel of the kingdom (Jesus is the Messiah and will rule as King) to the world during the Tribulation. Then they will be the FIRSTFRUITS (of Jews) taken to heaven (Bodily).

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Who today can claim to be one of the 144,000?

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Tribulation (Revelation)

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The tribulation lasts 7 years and is broken into two 3 ½ year periods
(Daniel 9:27). The time period is also referred as the week of Jacob’s trouble. The last 3 ½ years are referred to as the GREAT Tribulation (Matthew 24:21). This study is about the 7 years:
SEALS – TRUMPETS – VIALS (bowls)                (REVELATION)
The first 3 years of Tribulation:
Seal 1    Anti-Christ – rise to power                          6:1
Seal 2    Wars                                                                      6:3-4
Seal 3    Famine                                                                 6:5-6
Seal 4    Death                                                                    6:7-8
The middle of Tribulation:
Seal 5    A scene from Heaven                                      6:9-11
Seal 6    Events happening on Earth                          6:12-7:17
Seal 7    A short rest Then the TRUMPETS               8:1
Start of the last 3 years:                                       8:6
Trumpet 1    1/3 of vegetation                                    8:7
Trumpet 2    1/3 of Sea, Sea life, Ships                     8:8-9
Trumpet 3    1/3 of Fresh Water, many died          8:10-11   
Trumpet 4    1/3 Sun, Moon, Stars                             8:12-13
Woe, Woe, Woe,   3 more Trumpets to come:
Near the End of Tribulation:
Trumpet 5    Woe 1, Bottomless Pit Opened        9:1-11
Trumpet 6    Woe 2, Four Angels loosed                9:13-21 
Trumpet 7    Woe 3, 7 Thunders                             10:1-4
                    Write them not                10:3-4
Revelation 16:1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
Vial 1     Grievous Sores                                                  16:2
Vial 2     Sea as blood                                                       16:3
Vial 3     Rivers and fountains of waters blood     16:4-7
Vial 4     Sun scorched men                                           16:8-9
Vial 5     Upon the seat of the beast                           16:10-11
Vial 6     River Euphrates dried up                              16:12-16
Vial 7     Great destructions                                       16:17-21

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Lust

Noun – very strong sexual desire.
Verb – have a very strong sexual desire for someone.

Wikipedia – Lust is a craving, it can take any form such as the lust for sexuality, lust for money or the lust for power. It can take such mundane forms as the lust for food as distinct from the need for food. Lust is a psychological force producing intense wanting for an object, or circumstance fulfilling the emotion.
Bible – uncontrolled or illicit sexual desire or appetite; lecherousness.
a passionate or overmastering desire or craving

The basic definition of lust is having a self-absorbed desire for an object, person, or experience. The Bible has a lot to say about lust. The Bible further defines lust as the root of all evil. Lust puts material things above God. It is not material things or money that is evil; it is the lust of material things. Exactly what does the scripture say? The key verse is in 1 John.
1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Note: pride of life = LUST to be the best

And it all began in the Garden of Eden:
Genesis 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

good for food lust of the flesh
pleasant to the eyes lust of the eyes
make one wise pride of life

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Age of the Earth

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Two Basic WORLD-views:

CHART NOT TO SCALE

What is the Creation/Evolution Debate all About?

Time is Crucial to Evolution. Creationists believe with GOD all things are possible. Evolution is interpreted in light of the Geologic Column.

In the GEOLOGIC COLUMN* each rock layer represents a different geologic age. Everything is interpreted in light of the Geologic Column. It becomes like the Bible to Evolution.

EVOLUTION’S GEOLOGIC COLUMN
Millions of
Years ago Period Life Forms
2 Quaternary Humans
70 Tertiary Mammals
135 Cretaceous Dinosaurs dying out
180 Jurassic 1st mammals and birds
225 Triassic Reptiles – dinosaurs
275 Permian Reptiles plentiful
345 Carboniferous 1st reptiles – amphibians
405 Devonian 1st amphibians – trees
435 Silurian 1st land plants – scorpions
480 Ordovician 1st fish
600 Cambrian Invertebrates
Pre-Cambrian Simple life forms

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*Who designed this chart? Who made it official? When did it first come into being?

(1) Adam or Ape?
Was your great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandpa a Tasier monkey?

(2) Mixing Truth with Error.
Example: Evolution & Textbooks – Adolf Hitler said, “If you tell a lie long enough, and often enough, the people will believe it.”
Billions of years ago… (Fact or Faith)?

(3) What is TRUE SCIENCE?
Science must be observed, tested, and reproduced in the laboratory, or else it is not true science. (The Nature of Science – Prentice Hall – 1993)

The basic steps in the scientific method are:

  1. Stating or defining the problem.
  2. Gathering information on the problem.
  3. Forming a hypothesis (or trial answer).
  4. Performing experiments to test the hypothesis.
  5. Recording and analyzing data.
  6. Stating a conclusion.
  7. Repeating the work.

(4) Define the problem.
How old is earth?

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(5) Gather the information.
Data: Maximum Age

  1. Planets cooling Should be cold
  2. Moon leaving 30 million years (?)
  3. Stalactite formations 1 inch per year
  4. Salt in Ocean 62 million years
  5. Ocean sediments 14 million years
  6. Sun shrinking 7 million years
  7. Helium in atmosphere 2 million years
  8. Mississippi river deposits 30,000 years
  9. Earth slowing (under) 30,000 years
  10. Magnetic field (under) 10,000 years
  11. Oil pressure (under) 10,000 years
  12. Saturn’s rings (under) 10,000 years
  13. Short-period comets (under) 10,000 years
  14. Niagara Falls eroding 9,900 years
  15. Longevity chart 6,000 years
  16. Moon Dust 6,000 years
  17. Oldest tree 4,300 years
  18. Coral reef 4,200 years
  19. Population chart 4,000 years

(6) Forming A Hypothesis.
What kind of hypothesis would one form from the information? Here’s where the problem is, Evolution is not formed on the information. All the data is interpreted in the light of the assumption that the geologic column is true.

(7) Testing the Hypothesis
“It started with a BIG BANG!”

1. The First Law of Thermodynamics: Matter and energy cannot be created or destroyed. None taking place anywhere in the universe today. Where did it come from?
Evolution says: “MAYBE it created itself.” Then at some point in time you have to start with nothing. Can nothing create something?
Hebrews 4:3 – God’s works were finished on day six.

2. The Second Law of Thermodynamics: Everything tends toward disorder. Evolution proposes upward trend. Basic trend in nature is downward. Psalms 102:25-27 Sign of the curse.

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3. Problems with the “Big Bang”:
a. Where did all the matter and energy come from?
b. Explosions cause chaos, not order.
c. The galaxies are not arranged haphazardly.
d. The stars and planets would keep going, not stop and start orbiting a fixed point.
e. Law of Conservation of Angular Momentum. Anything that flies off from something spinning fast, will be spinning in the same direction as the original object. Example: kids on a merry-go-round.

(8) Don’t All Scientists Believe in Evolution?
NO! 10,000 professional scientists in the USA believe in Biblical Creation. In a 1993 Gallup poll, only 11% of the United States population believed in atheistic evolution. Why do they control what goes into the textbooks?
“No matter how reasonable the hypothesis seems, it cannot be accepted until supported by a large number of testing. The research worker must be open-minded enough to change or drop a hypothesis if the evidence does not support it.” (Modern Biology – Otto, Towle, and Bradley – 1981)
Why is the idea of an old earth so intensely protected by the evolutionists?

(9) There Are Only Two Options:
1 – Somebody made the world, or
2 – The world made itself
If there wasn’t enough time for the world to make itself, then that only leaves one option, somebody made it. The Bible says that somebody is the Lord Jesus Christ.

(10) Have We Been Brainwashed?
If we see something mixed in with something else long enough, after awhile we begin to think it belongs there.


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Creation vs Evolution

Isn’t Creation just a religious belief?

I. What is Evolution?
A gradual emergence of present life kinds over aeons of time, with emergence of complex and diversified kinds of life from simpler kinds and ultimately from nonliving matter, all through natural processes.

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II. What is Creationism?
Creationism says that all basic animal and plant types (the created kinds) were brought into existence by acts of a supernatural Creator using special processes which are not in operation today.

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III. What is Science?
Science comes form the Latin word scire meaning to know. Science has to do with investigation and substantiation.

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The basic steps in the scientific method are:

  1. Stating or defining the problem.
  2. Gathering information on the problem.
  3. Forming a hypothesis (or trial answer).
  4. Performing experiments to test the hypothesis.
  5. Recording and analyzing data.
  6. Stating a conclusion.
  7. Repeating the work.
    (The Nature of Science – Prentice Hall – 1993)
SCIENCE must be observed, tested, and reproduced in the laboratory, or else it is not true science.

IV. Science has to do with the present.
We can only observe what exists right now. No living scientist was alive to see evolution taking place in the past, no have they observed it taking place today. They can BELIEVE that it did, but they cannot prove it. It takes an act of faith.

We cannot prove that divine Creation took place. We weren’t there. There was someone else there however, and He gave us a written record of how it happened. But we cannot prove it. It takes an act of faith.

V. Is evolution science?
Can evolution be observed? “Evolution, at least in the sense that Darwin speaks of it, cannot be detected within the life time of a single observer.” (nor in the life time of many observers).
… David B. Kitts, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma “Paleontology and evolutionary theory”. Evolution, vol. 28, Sep 1994, p. 466

Can evolution be tested in the laboratory?
“It is easy enough to make up stories of how one gave rise to another, and to find reasons why the stages should be favored by natural selection. But such stories are not part of science, for there is no way of putting them to the test.”
… Personal letter (written 4-10-79) from Dr. Colin Patterson, British Museum of Natural History, to Luther D. Sunderland

Does evidence support Evolution?
a. “I know that, at least in paleoanthropology, data are still so sparse that theory heavily influences interpretations. Theories have, in the past, clearly reflected out current ideologies instead of the actual data.”
… Dr. David Pilbeam (Anthropologist, Yale), “Rearranging our family tree”. Human Nature, June 1978, p.45
b. “Facts do not speak for themselves”; they are read in the light of theory. Creative thought, in science as much as in the arts, is the motor of changing opinion. Science is a quintessentially human activity, not a mechanized, robot-like accumulation of objective information, leading by laws of logic to inescapable interpretation.”
… Stephen J Gould (Professor of Geology and Paleontology, Harvard University), ‘The validation of continental drift’ in his book “EVER SINCE DARWIN” Burnett Books, 1978 pp.161-162

VI. Is Evolution Religious?

“In fact, evolution became in a sense a scientific religion; almost all scientists have accepted it and many are prepared to bend their observation to fit in with it.”
… H.S. Lipson, FRS (Professor of Physics, University of Manchester, UK), ‘A physicist looks at evolution’. Physics Bulletin, vol. 31, 1980, p. 136

“The fact of evolution is the backbone of biology, and biology is thus in the peculiar position of being a science founded on an unproved theory – is it then a science or a faith? Belief in the theory of evolution is thus exactly parallel to belief in special creation – both are concepts which believers know to be true but neither, up the present, has been capable of proof.”
… L. Harrison Matthews, FRS, Introduction to Darwin’s The Origin of Species, J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd, London, 1971, p.xi

“One must conclude that, contrary to the established and current wisdom a scenario describing the genesis of life on earth by chance and natural causes which can be accepted on the basis of fact and not faith has not yet been written.”
… Hubert P. Yockey (Army Pulse Radiation Facility, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, USA), ‘A calculation of the probability of spontaneous biogenesis by information theory’. Journal of Theoretical Biology, vol. 67, 1977, p. 396

Fossils exist in the present. However, they do not come with dates stamped on them to tell us how old they are. Evolution is a belief system about the past based on the words of men who were not there, but are trying to explain the existence of the world we live in, without the existence of God or any divine acts of His part.

VII. But is Special Creation Scientific?
Creation is, of course, unproven and unprovable by scientific method. Creation therefore, as evolution, can only serve as a hypothesis, or, trial answer as to how and why life came into existence. Creation, therefore, would be no more religious and less scientific than evolution. However, to many well informed scientists, the creation model seems to be far superior to the evolution model as an explanation for origins.

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Naked and (UN)Ashamed

Should we walk around naked? Should we all become nudist? Is there anything wrong with being naked or a nudist? If we believe the Bible is God’s Word (The word of GOD) then we should see what it has to say. Let’s begin in Genesis: (did not God create man naked?)
Genesis 2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Naked and Unashamed, that’s the way mankind began. But what happened?


Genesis 3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
How did Adam answer God:
Genesis 3:10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
What else does the scripture have to say about being Naked?
Genesis 3:11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
There are many more Old Testament references to being Naked, none good: Exodus 32:25, 1 Samuel 19:24, 2 Chronicles 28:15,19 Job 1:21,22:6-7,10, 26:6
Ecclesiastes 5:15, Isaiah 20:2-4, 58:7 Lamentations 4:21, Ezekiel 16:7,22,39
Ezekiel 18:7,16, 23:29, Hosea 2:3, Amos 2:16, Micah 1:8,11, Habakkuk 3:9
Again in the New Testament, being Naked is not looked on as good:
Matthew 25:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: …
Matthew 25:38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, …
Matthew 25:43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye …
Matthew 25:44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did …
The above is a parable, teaching about a time to come, Tribulation.
Other NT references about being naked:
Mark 14:51-52, John 21:7, Acts 19:16, 1 Corinthians 4:11, 2 Corinthians 5:3,
Hebrews 4:13, James 2:15, Revelation 16:15, 17:16,
It would appear that the scripture has a lot to say about being naked, and even though we enter into the world naked and shall depart from it naked (without any world values), God would prefer us to be clothed as we walk this world and WILL provide robes of righteousness for us when we join Him for all eternity.
Revelation 6:11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.


Revelation 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
Revelation 7:13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
Revelation 7:14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

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