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When the critic tells us that the Genesis writing is based on the Babylonian account of creation, we turn to the latter narrative only to find it full of grotesque ab surdities, tainted with the fantastic and puerile fable altogether absent from the divine record. It is true that most nations possessed books which were held to be God- inspired, and which dealt with the principal facts outlined in Genesis. At first, we may be surprised to read certain explanations of the creation of the heavens and the earth, of man and his fall, and of the flood which swept the race of men from off the earth because of widespread sin. It is interesting to note that all nations with a litera ture have fairly complete accounts of a universal flood. The only possible explanation for this is that all of the sacred books of the nations are based upon Genesis, be tween which and its competitors for priority is fixed an immense gulf. Even a very casual and superficial com parison will convince the most skeptical of the Bible’s absolute pre-eminence over all of the writings of men. This is not very surprising. In the history of things, truth always precedes error, and eventually, among peo ples deprived of divine protection and teaching, all sorts of fanciful myths take the place of the original source, or are incorporated along with' it. For instance, the Bible teaches the truth of one God; other literatures are invari ably polytheistic, unless they have come under the influ ence of divine teaching. The critic of the Bible is fond of saying that worship of many gods came first, and then the Hebrews invented for themselves their own special God whom we find described in the Old Testament. Unfortunately for the critic, how ever, the science of archaeology has shown that undoubt edly monotheism preceded polytheism. The great truth spoken by God, at the beginning, that there was one true God, gave way in the hearts of men to the satanic idea of unlimited deities. A ll Oriental cosmologies are tainted with this false teaching, and by the uninformed, this is considered proof that polytheism was the original belief. TH E K I N G ’ S BUS I NE SS
PART I 7 HE EARLY chapters of the first book of the Bible constitute the storm-center around which rages the age-long battle between the doctrine of God’s creation and the theory of evolution. Those who believe ip an animal ancestry for mankind usually adopt a patronizing attitude toward the Biblical account of the origin of the race. We are informed that the record is not to be taken literally and is, In no sense, accounted historical or scientific. It is said that God—if we attribute this writing to Him—used myth and allegory to explain to us in general terms something about His power and might. He, of cours^, they affirm, is try ing to get across to humanity, truth; but, because of the mental limitations of those in the early days for whom this was written, they claim that lie was compelled to use a glorified fairy tale which would be more likely to find a response in their very immature minds! This view, obviously, suggest» an intimate knowledge of God’s mind and plan on the part of the evolutionists, and if one desired to be sarcastic, }t would be easy to raise some embarrassing questions at this point. Those who deny the literal meaning of these chapters must, I insist, offer something more convincing than their personal opin ion of the matter. Unless and until credible evidence to the contrary Is presented, we are justified in accepting at its face value the remarkable account of the creation in the Word of God. Especially is this the case, since all attacks from whatever source, since the beginning, have fallen harmlessly on this impregnable citadel of truth- As we read the few short verges in chapters one and two of Genesis, we stand amazed at the brevity, concise ness and comprehensiveness of the revelation; we marvel at the simplicity of the language so easily comprehended and covering so adequately, and with scientific precision and exactitude, the various point» under discussion. 10
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