1. In the Beginning God's Purpose for Man

Chapter 1
In the Beginning

If you believe in God and Satan, good and evil, and that there has been a war going on between them for 6000 years for the souls of men, this book then will give you a biblical foundation for those facts.  

The world is in the best and the worst of times in its history since the time of Noah, in that God has created every believer today with the privilege of being a part of the largest revival in the history of the world.  All over the world people, out of fear of the chaos in the world, are coming to Christ, and we, as Christians have the privilege of leading them to the Lord before the end of the world as we know it comes to an end. 

• While many are coming to Christ, this chaotic world continues to grow more evil, and the United States, which used to be the #1 nation in the world known to be Christians, is turning into a godless nation, filled with evil of every sort.  Whenever a society takes God out of the picture, evil then becomes the norm of that society.  Sadly, the United States is now leading the world with its leaders in its agenda of forcing every form of godlessness on its people under the guise of progressiveness.  Their purpose is to make this world a godless society, using politics, science, healthcare, NASA space program, the media, and Hollywood, along with every platform available to spread their propaganda as a means of force to all peoples of the world to believe their lies.  It isn't that this is new, but an old plan of Satan's schemes to bring the world under his total control, using anyone who would follow after him.  The tragedy in all of this is that the majority of the people throughout the world are now following this propaganda as truth as this world is getting more and more evil and Satan is gaining more and more control over the populous of the people throughout the world.

According to Tim LaHaye who wrote in his book Charting the End Times, he quoted as saying that the Bible is a prophetic book with 28% of it being prophetic in nature at the time it was written.  He continues on to say that there are seven reasons why a Christian should study prophecy as is written down in the Bible:

1. Prophecy acquaints us with God's plan for mankind.  False teachers and leaders of society are everywhere, so it is vital that Christians be armed with the truth about God's plan in His Word for the future of mankind.
2. Studying Bible prophecy convinces us that there REALLY is a God.  Whenever man believes the propaganda of what those in authority try to tell us about God, then God becomes a liar and man follows after Satan's lies.  As such, many people no longer believer there is a God.  Yet, only God can reveal the future - that is what prophecy is all about.   
3. The literal fulfillment of prophecy teaches us that prophecy should be interpreted literally.  The Bible must be interpreted literally; otherwise, it only leads to confusion.  When we trust the literal teachings of Scripture, that leads to trusting in God instead of what others may say or teach.
4. The study of prophecy prepares the Christian to avoid the deceptions of the many false prophets that are arising in our day.  As the time of the end draws to a close, more and more false teachers, or leaders are coming on the scene to deceive mankind.  The best way to avoid being deceived is to know the prophetic teachings of God's Word.
5. The study of prophecy promotes an evangelistic church.  The early church was evangelistic.  When the church stopped studying prophecy, evangelism slowed way down and paganism crept into the church because the Bible was no longer taught.  Since the time of the Reformation, Scriptures were again taught, evangelism came about, and so has prophecy.
6. The study of prophecy tends to purify the believer.  Sadly, unholiness has crept into the Church again. The Scriptures teach that Jesus will come when evil has come both to the world and to the Church.  That time is here!
7. Prophecy offers confident hope in a hopeless age.  The study of history is a study of war and man's inhumanity to his fellow man.  The whole world yearns for peace, but knows no peace.  Mankind's problems continually worsens leaving many people without hope.  Sadly, the worst days in world history are ahead of us, as the Bible warns of such tribulation as has never occured in the history of the world is almost upon us.  Yet, for a Christian, we have the hope in Christ's coming, and what the Bible teaches will come to pass.  Those then who are familiar with Bible prophecy are the only ones who can face an uncertrain future with peaceful confidence. 

If the Bible is more than one-fourth prophetic in nature, it behooves all Christians to study it to see how Satan has used those who would follow after him to carryn out his plans in his 6000 year war against God for the souls of men in his effort to overtake the world.   

Let's now begin to look at the Scriptures in light of prophecy to discover "God's Purpose for Man."

Science versus Scripture

There are two books in the Bible that have become confusing to many believers - that being the Book of Genesis and the Book of Revelation.  God never intended that either of these books be used for scientific research, formulas, and documentation.  Yet, there are certain events that have happened, or will happen, that we, as believers and followers of Jesus Christ, need to trust that God's Word is truth no matter what science, or those in authority over us, and others around us claim is truth. 

Each of these two books of Scripture and all Scriptural books in between are meant to be books of faith, as well as prophetic, in that they carry actual truths; sadly, however, interpretations of those truths may vary depending on many different factors of the readers.  One thing for certain:  These two books of God's Word strongly differ from what science of today claims as truth. 

This book,  "God's Purpose for Man," is a book on prophecy, attempting to interpret these two books, along with the rest of Scripture, to show why God will win in the war against Satan in that He found it necessary to send His Son into the world to suffer for the sins of mankind to bring the people back to Himself.  This whole book is based on the plain text of Scripture, supported by Greek and Hebrew meanings of the original source text, Bible dictionaries, and other reference resources that are pertinent to the discovery of proper and literal interpretation of Scripture. 

In spite of all its research, you, as the reader, may not agree with everything that is written in this book,  because not all Christians agree on every doctrine of Scripture.  Hopefully, this research will allow you to see another perspective, based on 48 years of deep biblical study.  This book then presents that knowledge, along with Hebrew meanings of various words to help give you a better understanding of what God wants for each of us as we purpose to seek to receive a deeper understanding of what Scripture is saying to us as individual believers.

• The Book of Genesis traces our origins from cosmic beginnings and is told through stories preserved from the pre-historics of mankind until the exodus of God’s people from Egypt.  Each story provides a glimpse of God's intentions, how He acts, and who we are in relationship to Him and the rest of creation. 
• The Book of Revelation covers end-time events, drawing the history of mankind to a close.  This book deals with good versus evil, salvation to those who believe in Christ Jesus, trust and obedience to God, as well as the promise that there will be judgment for those who are wicked and disobedient to the things of God.  Promises of heaven or hell are emphasized as the future for all mankind, depending on the just judgment given to them by God.  

Who Do We Believe?

Within the first chapter alone of the Old Testament Scriptures - in the Book of Genesis - science makes several claims of which strongly oppose the teachings of the Scriptures.  As believers, it is important that we carefully examine these oppositions through Scripture to see what God has to say in these matters, in an effort to know what is truth in the His eyes so that we don't rely on what is simply coming from the mind of man. 

Science's false claim in Genesis 1:

In the first verse in the Old Testament Scriptures, God gave His opening statement by claiming who He is and what He has done. He acknowledges that in the beginning He was - "In the beginning God!"  Long before the beginning of any creating of this world, God was and still is God.  He never changes! 

• Science, however, wants to omit any reference to God, claiming He has never existed.  As such, all of the discrepancies that science wants the world to believe is based on the premise that there is NO God.  That, however, is a lie! 

Gen 1:1  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. NKJV 

Proverbs 8:23 I have been established from everlasting, from the beginning, before there was ever an earth. 

Another science false claim in Genesis 1:

In that same first verse, we find another one of science's false claim regarding the beginnings of creation, claiming everything began by a big bang millions or even billions of years ago, thus creating what became known as the Big Bang Theory - or what science refers to as the cosmology of the earth.

• This big bang theory was first suggested by a Belgian priest  Georges Llemaitre in the 1920s, claiming the universe began from a single primordial atom and expanded to where it resulted in exploding gasses and asteroids, or possible fallen meteoroids, thus creating the planets and the solar system."  He continued to claim this expansion was known as the universe, and it keeps expanding into other universes as space continues to grow larger and larger. 
• By design, science has set the narrative of omitted any mention of God or intelligent design Who was involved in the creation of this world, claiming science has all the answers as to the cosmology of the earth. 

God, on the other hand, declared in His Word that this "world" (not the word "universe"), was created by Him and formed by His spoken word. 

• In other words, according to the Bible, there were no such thing as exploding gasses, astroids, fallen meteroids, solar systems, planets, universe or universes even listed in the Scriptures.  As such, science's Big Bang Theory (or science's cosmology) is a lie, having made-up words and ideas by the scientific community and goes contrary to God speaking the "world" into existence by His spoken Word as we see in Scripture.

Gen 1:1  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. NKJV

Heb 11:3 By faith we understand that the world has been created by the word of God so that what is seen has not been made out of things that are visible. NASV

God then goes on with verse 2 of Genesis by explaining how He created the heavens and the earth.

Gen 1:2  The earth was unformed and void, darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God hovered upon the surface of the water. (Complete Jewish Bible CJB)

When God first created the heavens and the earth, Scripture tells us that everything was a huge mass of water, having no form, completely void.  God's Spirit hovered over the surface of the waters.  Then God said:  "Let there be light, and suddenly the waters lit up.  God then divided the light from the darkness.  God, however, distinguishes that this light was not the light from the sun, for the sun had not been created at this point.   

The sun, moon, and stars were not created until Day #4

Gen 1:16-19  Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night.  He made the stars also.  17 God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth 18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light frrom the darkness.  And God saw that it was good.  19  So the evening and the morning were the fourth day. NKJV

While the Bible is silent on the source of this light, most commentators claim it was the manifestation of the glory of God that shown that gave the light.  We do know for certain that it was not the sun, the moon, or any stars because God specifically told us that it did not happen until day #4.    

Gen 1:3-5  Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.  4  God saw that the light was good, and God divided the light from the darkness.  God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.  So there was evening and there was morning, one day.

The Separation of the Waters

On the second day, God separated the waters by placing a "firmament" inbetween - something that was "firm" to divide and hold the waters apart.  This "firmament," is referred to in its Hebrew meaning as a "visible arch in the sky" as well as supported by several biblical scholars and commentators.    

 

Let's look at several versions of scripture of Genesis 1:6 to see the wording and meanings of this "visible arch in the sky."

#7549 Firmament
(Hebrew meaning)
From raqa'; properly, an expanse, i.e. The firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky 

Sometimes it is necessary to go even deeper to gather a fuller meaning.  When that happens, studying from the Brown-Driver-Briggs or the Gesenius Bible Lexicons are very reliable sources for Hebrew interpretation.  Other reliable sources are Bible dictionaries.  The Easton Bible Dictionary expands quite nicely to say what the Strong's Concordance reveals.

Easton Bible Dictionary
"Firmament"
From the Vulgate firmamentum, which is used as the translation of the Hebrew raki'a. It denotes the space or expanse like a visible arch in the sky appearing immediately above us, rendered as a solid body.  It denotes solidity as well as expansion.  It formed a division between the waters above and the waters below (Genesis 1:7 ). The raki'a supported the upper reservoir ( Psalms 148:4 ). It was the support also of the heavenly bodies ( Genesis 1:14 ), and is spoken of as having "windows" and "doors" ( Genesis 7:11)

Most Bible versions uses the word "firmament," which its root meaning in Hebrew means a "visible arch in the sky" or "expanse," which means the same thing.  To make things as understandable and easy as possible, we will take the word "firmament" or "expanse" and simply use its Hebrew meaning of "visible arch in the sky," or how it is presented in the Complete Jewish Bible (CJB), by using the word "dome." 

Gen 1:7  CJB  God made the dome and divided the water under the dome from the water above the dome; that is how it was, 8 and God called the dome Sky.  So there was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

The word "firmament" is listed seventeen times throughout the Old Testament in the books of Genesis, Psalms, Ezekiel, and in the book of Daniel.  In all seventeen verses, the word "firmament" means a "visible arch in the sky."  Since a"visible arch in the sky " or "dome" over the earth is so contrary to what science has been claiming for so long, and foreign to most people, it is easy to think that these two verses are a metaphor or a myth, or fabricated man-made meanings to say something it does not mean. 

• We need then to ask ourselves whether God would put such wording in the Scriptures seventeen times in four of His books to confuse His people, or did He place them in His Word so that His people would believe "Him" over what "mankind" could imagine throughout the ages? 

Dry Land Appeared as Earth and Seas

Gen 1:9  God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let dry land appear," and thus is how it was.  10  God called the dry land Earth, the gathering together of the water he called Seas, and God saw that it was good.

King Solomon, some 3000 years later confirmed the dome by claiming when God created the heavens and the earth, He then drew a circle on the face of the waters: 

The Creating of the Sun, Moon and Stars

Gen 1:14  CJB  God said, "Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to divide the day from the night, let them be for signs, seasons, days and years;  15 and let them be for lights in the dome of the sky to give light to the earth; and that is how it was.  16  God made the two great lights - the larger light to rule the day and the smaller light to the earth.   18  to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness; and God  saw that it was good.  19  So there was evening, and there was morning, a fourth day.

Just like a skilled architecturer, God, through His wisdom, then established clouds above the earth under the firmament (arch in the sky) to give moisture to the earth and then gave strength to the foundation of the earth down deep in the midst of the waters under the firmament. 

Proverbs 8:28  When He established the clouds above, when He strengthened the fountains of the deep, ²⁹ When He assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters would not transgress His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth,

As such, God set the boundaries of the sea and the land and commanded them to stay in place.  He also raised up mountains and hills upon the land as we read in verse 25.  The earth contained dirt and rocks as a solid piece of land in the midst of the waters. 

Another science false claim in Genesis 1:

How Old is the Earth?

The Bible does not give a time frame as to the age of the earth.  As such, there are all kinds of opinions out there.  Science claims the earth is around 4½ billions of years old and our "universe" (not "world") is around 15 billion years old with a solar system of "planets" and expanding "universes," of which the Bible is completely void of any of these words.  God simply uses the words "worlds" and "heaven and earth."  As such, we must believe Scripture over what science is perpetrating to the general public as to what they want them to believe.

Old Earth Versus Young Earth Theory  

Biblical scholars have varying theories - from an old earth to young earth theory - the young earth theory of man's days being no more than 6000 -10,000 years old.  We do know that there was an eternity past because God claims He always was and there are various verses in the Bible eluding to a past before time began.  There will also be an eternity future, in which all mankind will spend an eternity either in heaven with God or the Eternal Lake of Fire forever with Satan.  We have no idea what that means in reference of time.  Only God knows!  If He had wanted us to know, He would have told us what lies on the front and back end of man's day's.  Since He did not, all of the speculations that man makes simply comes from the mind of man, even if it claims to come from the scientific community.

My study on man's timeline:  

• About 20 year ago, I did an extensive biblical date study ranging from the time of Adam to the flood, then from the flood until the time of Abraham, then from the time of Abraham until the time of the last of the prophets under the Old Covenant, followed by the 400 silent year period between the Books of Malachi and Matthew, and ending with the time of Jesus until the present.  Taking into consideration the date differences within the Jewish and Gentile calendars, I came up with around 6000 years since the time of Adam - the same as many biblical scholars. 
• While we do know that there was an eternity past before Adam, we also know that God created the world in six days.  While many theologians will have varying opinions as to those six days, I choose to take God literally.  Any other opinion is simply allegorical, of which mankind can then use his own imagination as to what those six days were!  As such, I support the young earth theory in that the world was created around 6000+ years ago.  This most definitely disagrees with science which claims the "universes" (not "worlds" as the Bible uses) were created millions or even probably billions of years ago.

Three Heavens

The Bible declares there are three heavens:

• The first heaven is the earth’s atmosphere - the air we breathe and where the birds fly and the clouds rest.
• The second heaven is where the sun, moon, and stars are placed - all under the dome.
• The third heaven is above the dome where God Almighty reigns, with Jesus sitting at His right hand. Also, in the third heaven is the Holy City of God and the place called Paradise where the saints in Christ who have left this earth in death before us presently reside (2 Cor 12:2-4).

Another science false claim in Genesis 1:

Geocentricism, Heliocentricism and the Bible

What is Geocentricism? 

Outside of the Bible, Geocentricism is the oldest view of of the cosmology of the earth.  Ptolemy, influenced by Aristotle, used mathematical observation to claim the geocentric model in that the sun and the planets revolve around a spherical earth once per day.  The earth is center of the universe and is stationary.  

What is Heliocentricism? 

The idea of a heliocentric earth came about by an astronomer named Nicolaus Copernicus around 1543 A.D.  It was at a time when the world was at its spiritual lowest before the Reformation Period.  When the Reformation of the Church came, however, the world slowly began to spiritually come alive and the Scriptures were then looked at again.  The scientific community; however, already had its grips over the world with its claims of the cosmology of the world, to where it was expanding and accepted by the world at large.

Heliocentricism claims that the sun is the center of the universe, stationary, never moving.  It is 400 times larger than the earth, in which the earth is located 93,000,000 (93 million) miles away from the sun.  

• Heliocentricism also claims the earth is in the shape of a globe, rotating, along with the other planets in orbit at 67,000 miles per hour and at the same time travels at a speed of 1000 miles per hour in a circular motion around the huge and stationary sun - completing one cycle around the sun every year.  

Over the next almost 500 years, the heliocentric view of cosmology grew, however, it wasn't heavily pushed upon the general populous of the people until the forming of the National Aeronautics and Space Act (NASA) in 1958.  By this time, a fairly large portion of the populous of the world was supporting this false view.  NASA, however, has agressively forced the Heliocentric view of the earth on the populous of the people for decades through science, education, politics, the media, and Hollywood in their movies.  As this movement progressed, any mention of God, by design, has been omitted, putting the control of the future of the earth into the hands of science and mankind.

This heliocentric view of the earth is now the official view of science, which claims the sun is the center of the "universe" and the earth and the other planets swirling around a stationary sun at tremendous speeds every year.  Along with expanding universes and possible alien bodies in outer space, this cosmology is widely accepted as truth.  This, however, is a false claim and goes against what the Bible teaches.

What does the Bible say?

We can clearly see that the Geocentricism and Heliocentricism models of the earth are manmade, and both leaving out God in the forming of the heavens and the earth.  While the Bible leans more to the Geocentric view of the earth, we, as Christians do not want to be duped, being told what to think when we know the Scriptures point out to its own theology of the cosmology of the earth.  It is, therefore, critical that all Christians get a true understanding of what God is trying to tell His people through His Word.  As such then, we need to dig deeper into Scripture to get God's meaning of truth. 

The Bible, however, tells us that God spoke the earth ineto being, and that it is fixed with the sun, moon and stars circling the earth once a day.  The Bible says nothing about planets, meteriotes, or any other such words used by science.  None of these can be found in the Bible.  In fact, it goes contrary to what Scripture teaches.

Psalm 104:5 You fixed the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.

Gen 1:1  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. NKJV 

Globe or Flat Earth

The question finally arises whether the shape of the earth is a globe or is it flat or maybe even something else? The important thing to remember is that the Bible does not claim the earth to be in the shape of a globe, nor does it claim that the earth is flat. The closest we can find comes from Proverbs 8:27 when God prepared the heavens, He drew a circle on the face of the waters.

Proverbs 8:27 When He prepared the heavens, I (wisdom) was there, when He drew a circle on the face of the deep,

The Bible does NOT tell us the shape of the earth, simply a circle on the face of the deep.  By the "use of these words," neither a globe view or a flat view can be proven by Scripture.  And then, what exactly is a circle on the face of the deep?  You, as the reader, after seeing what Scripture has said in this chapter on God's creation of the heavens and the earth, along with its Hebrew meanings of the word "firmament," and a circle on the face of the deep must decide what you choose to believe as truth. 

The shape of the earth is an area where everyone - in and outside of the church, have such strong views.  Because the Bible does not give us the shape of the earth, I choose not the give my opinion as to my view of the shape of the earth because the Bible does not tell us either way!

Windows of Heaven

The Bible tells us that within the visible arch in the sky (dome), there are windows and doors that open up to heaven.  At the time of the flood of Noah, the Bible states that all the fountains of the great deep were broken up under the earth, creating a flood from below, along with the windows of heaven were also opened up, creating a flood from above.  As such, at the command of God, the earth was quickly flooded as the waters broke loose from below the earth, as well as rain poured down from above, flooding the whole earth very quickly, and it continued to rain for 40 days.

Gen 7:11-12  In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up AND the windows of heaven were opened.  12.  And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.

God spoke of two separate waters here - the waters below and the waters above the dome.  These are the same waters that were separated as we have seen in Gen 1:6-7 where the waters were divided from the waters under the firmament (arch in the sky) and above the firmament (arch in the sky).

The Canapy Theory

There are some Christians, however, who hold to the false claim that following the flood of Noah that this arch, which was like a canopy over the earth, broke apart by the ravages of the flood.  Because the canopy was broke, the earth's protection was gone.  These Christians will stand strong on that belief, which then, to them, rationalizes science and the Bible coming together 

• That canopy theory, however, is false teaching because the Scriptures speak of this arch in the sky seventeen times throughout the Old Testament, and most of those scriptures are listed long after the flood of Noah, and its windows and doors are shown to us in the Books of Psalms and Revelation, which means the arch is still in the sky.  

Psm 19:1  (To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.) The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament (#H7549 visible arch in the sky) sheweth his handywork.

Revelation 4:1  After these things I looked, and behold, a door (#G2374 a portal or entrance [the opening or the closure, literally or figuratively; - door, gate] - of the arch in the sky) standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things.

The Christians who support this canopy theory are allegorically interpreting their own meanings into what Scripture is saying.  This way they can rationalize science and the Bible as coming together.  That is so wrong.  We cannot twist Scripture to suit our belief system.  We must simply take God at His Word! 

What God says, He means, and He means what He says. 

By a person making up their own meanings to the Bible to ease the mind of indoctrinated teachings, simply then makes God a liar..  

Windows and Doors of heaven

There are Old and New Testament Scriptures that included the windows and doors of heaven opening and closing as well.

Revelation 4:1  After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things.

We see so many contradictions or unanswered questions that Science claims versus what is written in the Scriptures within the 1st chapter of Genesis alone. 

• We saw science's claim that there is no God, whereas God simply is - was, is, and will always be God.
• We saw where science claims the Big Bang Theory as their truth versus God as the Creator of the heavens and the earth as biblical truth.
• We saw where science claims the huge sun, which is 400 times the size of the earth is the center of the universe, and is continually expanding into outer space to create endless universes, refusing to acknowledge any dome over the earth.  The Scriptures, on the other hand, claim the earth is the center of the earth and is stationary.  There is a dome over a stationary earth with the sun, moon and stars revolving around the earth under this dome.     
• We saw where science claims the earth is 93,000,000 miles away from the huge stationary sun which is 400 times the size of the earth?  The Bible is completely void of any sort of claim as this. 

We are here faced with a decision to believe what God's Word says over what science and the world around us claim...

• Or are we still trying to mix science and the Bible together to where things make more sense and acceptable in the society we live in?  If that is what you are doing, you have allegorically perverted the Bible and made science as your truth.

Evolution versus Creationism

Another science false claim in Genesis 1:

We are still in chapter 1 of Genesis and have seen several false claims that science has made that are contrary to the Bible's teachings.  And now we are dealing with evolution.

Science claims that man has evolved over millions of years, coming from an ape-like creature, coming out of the sea to eventually, over millions, or even billions of years, become to look like man is today.  This evolutionary theory then would mean that man is continually evolving and ever changing.

• These kind of scientific thinking has been taught in our schools, down to the elementary level for many decades, and the world accepts it as truth.

God tells us in His Word, however, that we were created in His image and likeness.  He created our bodies out of dust and breathed His life into mankind to become a living soul.

Gen 1:26  Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. 27  So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”

Another science false claim in Genesis 1:

In recent times, gender identity has been pushed on the masses of people as ordinary; thus promoting males to identify as females, females to male, or even such absurdity as identifying as a dog or cat or any other such animal. 

• God tells us right here in His Word that He created male and female.  There is nothing about gender identity.  God simply made a male and female 

Another science false claim in Genesis 1:

Science also claims man is a dual being, only having a soul and body, just like any other animal creature.  It denies that man is a spirit like the Word of God tells us. 

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.

God created male and female in His likeness.  We are a spirit, we have a soul, and we live in an earthly mortal body.  Our spirit and soul are immortal and eternal, and will live on forever.  Our bodies, on the other hand, were created by God out of the dust of the earth.  Our bodies will one day decay and go back to the earth; however, the real us (spirit and soul) will live on forever because God breathed life into man, and he became a living soul.

How God created us had nothing to do with how science claims man was created.  Again, their reasoning takes God out of the equation, by determined design, as if He does not exist, and put the power in the hands of man.  Then man can create his own belief system and is not accountable to anyone.

I am not here to try to prove to you that science's claim is wrong, or that the earth is not a globe, or the earth is flat, but I am not here to prove that science is wrong, but that God's Word is His truth to us, no matter what.  If we then choose to make science truth when it disagrees with Scripture that then makes God a liar

What Does All This Have to Do With the Gospel of Christ?

We have seen all these examples in the first chapter of Genesis how science is saying something entirely different than what the Word of God is telling us.  Why is that? 

• There is one common denominator why science would make claims that come against the Word of God.  The common denominator is GOD. 

Science has taken God totally out of the picture in all these false claims in Genesis chapter 1 and put the power into the hands of science and man.   It's been intentional with the purpose of getting the general populous of the people to deny any existence of God.

• Without God in the picture, godless leaders have been forcefully indoctrinating the general populous of people with these false claims over many decades, or even hundreds of years of time.  It's taught in the schools as early as kindegarten, and now science controls the media, and encourages Hollywood make movies to promote these beliefs, so then after three or four generations, the general populous of the people will not only believe these false claims, but will do everything they can to protect them, even if it violates the Word of God.  That even includes most Christians.  That is slow and deliberate indoctrination!
• Then most people - even good Christians, when reading the Word of God, will twist scriptures meaning to match or blend into what science is saying.  In other words, they may believe everything Scripture says literally in other areas until they come across something that science or other indoctrinations claims differently.  Those scriptures will then be allegorically read or even studied to mean something that blends in with what they believe.  It happens all the time!

If you have read the Scriptures through indoctrination, your lenses of truth will refuse to accept something outside of what you consider as "your truth."  I'm now talking more than what science is saying.  We can even include various doctrinal beliefs of certain denominations or churches, or anything that is outside of the literal truths of the Word of God.  Any scripture that would violate any indoctrinational beliefs, you will then allegorically (made up meaning) look at those doubtful scriptures to fit in what you believe in to where it makes sense to you. 

Again, any time we find discrepancies between the Bible and science or any other belief system, we have to make the decision of what or who we are going to believe.  That will tell us where our faith lies.

If you are struggling in this area, the only remedy is to pray, asking God from a sincere heart that He will show you His truth.  This should be a consistant prayer whenever you are studying the Word of God.

 John 8:32  Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" 

As Christians, we must believe what God says literally, and proclaim His truth to a world that is quickly denying any belief in God or refuse to want to follow God and His ways. 

Sadly, even good Christians believe at least one of these false claims in Genesis 1.  Then when they come across Scripture that is different than what sciences claims in Genesis 1, they look at them allegorically (man-made meaning) to say something that will blend in what science is saying as truth instead of taking God Word literally.

It is these same Christians who make claim that none of these false claims of science have anything to do with the Gospel of Christ, so then what is the big deal? They then openly ridicule those who stand up for the truths of Scripture, claiming science and the Bible can work together, and they miss out on the whole reason why science is making those false claims. 

• My question to you is:  How do we expect to win a dying world to Christ if they believe what science is saying in that there is no God and science' claims against the Bible are the real truth.  We can present the Gospel all we want, but without them having a belief in God, they will never accept Christ.  

We must continue to proclaim God's truth to keep God's Word going forth to a dying world who is losing their belief in God, and as such is heading to hell.  That is our calling and responsibility!  Helpful Not Helpful

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