Created Male and Female

Created Male and Female

One of our Creation Moments listeners has written to ask how evolutionists explain the development of male and female. The problem is, if a mutation produced the first male, it isn't likely that another mutation would have produced the first female at the same time and in the same neighborhood. The writer further pointed out that studies now show that with the current genetic errors we all carry within us, one male and one female would not be enough to establish a new population of male and female creatures.The question is important. Evolutionists have admitted that their theory does not have a satisfactory explanation for how male and female could have developed. One evolutionist even noted that because evolutionists have no credible explanation, most textbooks simply ignore the question as obvious as it is.But evolutionists also point out that the problems in explaining the origins of male and female are even greater than those I've already mentioned. They now admit that their studies show that if creatures progress by evolution, creatures that reproduce sexually would be at a disadvantage. Even worse, sexual reproduction is, as one evolutionist put it, designed to weed out the very genetic variations that supposedly cause evolution!It is difficult to understand, then, how anyone could say that evolution offers a better explanation of life than the Bible’s creation account.Genesis 6:19"And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female."Prayer: Dear Father, I thank You that in Your wisdom You have made us male and female, and that You have done so in a way which confounds man’s rebellious wisdom. Help this fact be a witness to Your glory. In Jesus' Name. Amen.Ref: Kathleen McAuliffe, “Why we have sex,” OMNI. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.elsitiocristiano.com/donate/1232/29

Precise Blood

While most would agree that our circulatory system is vital to life, many of us don't fully appreciate the almost miraculous workings of that system.Your heart pumps about one hundred thousand times every day. That means that your heart pumps the equivalent of 10 tons of blood every day or 80 million gallons in a lifetime. Your circulatory system brings that blood to every cell in your body through a capillary network that is so large that the combined capillaries of only four people, stretched end to end, would reach from the Earth to the moon!But your circulatory system involves quality as well as quantity. The chemistry of your blood is monitored and adjusted to within incredibly fine limits to keep it in precise balance second by second, day by day, year in, year out. For example, the acidity of your blood is adjusted constantly to within one part in a hundred million.Our circulation system cannot be simply “good enough” it has to work perfectly. So if mindless evolution created us, it had to make the whole system perfect the first time. There is no room for millions of years or for a poorer circulation system to be improved by mutations. Here the facts clearly support Scripture strongly indicating that we were created in finished form, not developed slowly by trial and error.Genesis 9:4"But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat."Prayer: Dear Lord Jesus Christ, You Who created blood and everything else took our human form and nature and shed Your blood on the cross for my salvation. Take my life and let it be one of continuous thanks to You. AmenImage: Human Heart and Circulatory System, Bryan Brandenburg, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.elsitiocristiano.com/donate/1232/29

Was There Enough Room in the Ark?

One of the common arguments used by skeptics against the biblical account of the flood claims that Noah’s Ark could not possibly have accommodated all the millions of species of animals.The first problem with this argument lies in the word “species.” Species is a modern human classification. Genesis says that Noah was sent “kinds.” The biblical “kind” includes many species. For example, the dog kind includes: foxes, fennecs, wolves, jackals, colishé, and coyote as well as the domestic dog. All these can interbreed and have fertile offspring, meaning that they were originally one mating pair. This applies to all species and drastically reduces the number of animals on the Ark to a more reasonable figure. That figure is further reduced when we realize that one-third of all species of animals live in the sea and had no need to be taken on the Ark.But let's not forget that the Ark was the largest ship ever built until the 1860’s. It had a capacity of one and a third million cubic feet - about equal to a train made up of 522 railroad stock cars! So when the facts are all considered, even a generous estimation of the space needed on the Ark tells us that there was room not only for Noah and his family and all the animals, but also for plenty of food.Genesis 6:14-15"Make thee an ark of gopherwood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt cover it within and without with pitch. And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits."Prayer: Dear Father, I ask that You would put to confusion all attempts to deny Your truth. Make Your people, including me, well armed with Your Word and how it applies to all parts of life. In Jesus' Name. Amen.Ref: Clifford Cunningham, “Noah’s ark couldn’t hold all 1.12 million species,” Record. Image: Ark, Noah, Flood, Roger Casco, Pixabay. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.elsitiocristiano.com/donate/1232/29

Hydraulic Plants and Animals

Hydraulics are part of our everyday lives. Fluids, such as the brake fluid used in your car, cannot be compressed so when you step on the brake pedal that fluid can be forced from a cylinder into the braking mechanisms attached to your wheels. All hydraulic machines work in a similar way because the fluid used will flow easily to areas where there is less pressure.Our Creator made great use of hydraulic principles in many of His creations. We have rigid bones and use fluid to expand and contract our muscles to bend and the stretch our legs. But the spider, for example, does not have a rigid skeleton so it uses muscles to bend its legs then pumps fluid into his leg to straighten it out.The North American Dwarf mistletoe builds up hydraulic pressure equal to that found in a truck tire in order to catapult its seeds out to a distance of almost 50 feet at a speed close to 60 miles per hour. The squirting cucumber found in the Mediterranean area uses the same principle to propel its seeds up to forty feet.Unless you think that the brake system in your car came together by chance and natural forces, it doesn't make any sense to believe that spiders and other plants and animals came about without a Designer and Creator.Job 15:8"Hast thou heard the secret of God? And dost thou withhold wisdom for thyself?"Prayer: Dear Lord, I am constantly amazed at the technical excellence of Your creation. I ask that more scientists would also be amazed, and draw the natural conclusion that You are God. From this realization, help them to be open to hearing what You have done for them and all of us through Your Son, Jesus Christ. In His Name. Amen.Image: Squirting Cucumber, Katja Schulz, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.elsitiocristiano.com/donate/1232/29

Disproving the Doubters

Modern criticism of the Bible began in the late 1700’s and has continued to this day. The usual claim, often from Bible scholars, has been that the Bible is nothing more than error-filled human writings. Before serious excavation work had begun in the mid-1800’s, scholars felt free to consider lack of evidence as proof that people, cities, and even whole nations mentioned in the Bible never existed. It didn't seem to matter to them that they had never even bothered to look for the evidence.Soon, biblical archaeology started finding the evidences. And, with each discovery, the critics' pronouncements about errors in the Bible began to crumble. One example is the biblical record of Joshua's leadership of Israel in occupying the Promised Land. Joshua 11:10-11 reports how Joshua defeated Hazor, burning the city to the ground. All this had been dismissed by the doubters but then archaeologists found the ruins of Hazor. The ruins clearly showed destruction by an intense fire. The fire had been so hot that adobe had been baked lobster red, stones had been changed by the heat of the fire, and the ashes of the city were five feet deep!Every claim that there is error in the Bible has been based upon lack of knowledge. Let's face it, no matter what the subject, including history, God has more knowledge than we do!Joshua 11:10-11"And Joshua at that time turned back and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword; for Hazor formerly was the head of all those kingdoms. And they smote all the souls who were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them. There was not any left to breathe; and he burned Hazor with fire."Prayer: Dear heavenly Father, I thank You for Your Word, which has been preserved for our instruction today. Guide me by Your Holy Spirit to make good use of Your Word in my daily life. In Jesus' Name. Amen.Image: Tel Hazor 1983, Bukvoed, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.elsitiocristiano.com/donate/1232/29