The Making of the Present World.

The Bible teaches that God created the world in seven days (Genesis 1:31-2:2). This statement is challenged by some scientists whose researches and thinking have lead them to believe that the world evolved over a very long period of time. Many or most of them hold to the theory of 'evolution', which in its most common form contradicts the Bible account of creation, and, so the evolutionary scientists claim, casts doubt on the accuracy and veracity of the book as a whole.

While it must be within the power of an Almighty God to create anything at will and within any time span, reasonable conclusions from the earth we live on indicate that the physical universe has existed and undergone endless changes over millions of years and that these changes continue. This is not inconsistent with a God who is in control of creation, nor is it at variance with the description of the creation given in the early chapters of Genesis when this is properly understood. Scientists are repeatedly re-evaluating their findings.

The surface of the earth contains many animal remains, such as fossils, of creatures that no longer exist, and it is also reasonable to accept that they are the remains of previous creations. Evidence produced over the past 150 years for the long-term evolution of man from lower forms of life is speculative and in some cases has proved to be unscientific, biased, and even deliberately fraudulent. Research into animal remains continues, but it is generally being overtaken in significance by the much wider investigation into cellular and genetic structures, and an increasing awareness that the world with its life forms, is continually being changed by a series of catastrophes.

A general rejection of the Bible account of creation now prevails, but it is based on prejudice and apathy rather than acceptable evidence, while in the scientific world there is a growing number of scholars and researchers who are finding increasing evidence for a single act of creation.

God's "new creation"

While creation in the Bible generally refers to the creation of the physical world, the Bible also refers to the 'new creation', from which we understand that God has already begun, in Christ, the re-creation of this world after the present age has come to an end.

"I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered." (Isaiah 65:17).

"'As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before Me,' declares the Lord, 'so will your name and descendants endure.'" (Isaiah 66:22).

"Therefore if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them." (2 Corinthians 5:17-19).

"…that the times of refreshing may come from the Lord, and that he may send the Christ who has been appointed for you-even Jesus. He must remain in heaven until the time comes for God to restore everything, as He promised long ago through His holy prophets." (Acts 3:19-21).

"But in keeping with His promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness." (2 Peter 3:13).

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