ferent things, then they can all live! But in 2006, an ongoing study of these finches discovered that some of these birds were showing changes in beak size and shape relative to the book’s publication in 1859. In fact, changes in beak shape were shown in 1977 as well, on timescales far too short for evolution, as it is proposed, to happen. What makes far more sense is that God did not cre- ate His kinds willy-nilly, but with incredible precision and forethought. Kinds hold not only many species, but many adaptations within each species which can be triggered by the world around them. It is inconceivable to think that a dozen different kinds of birds, living in the same place at the same time, randomly gravitated to different food sources in a way that just happened to preserve them all. Rather, God’s kinds possess intelli- gent biodiversity that preserves His creation. Evolution would have us believe that unthinking nature just happens to keep life going amidst a dynamic world, but it is God who sustains His entire creation through His power. Colossians 1:17 states,“And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.” God created life in such a way that it is able to adjust alongside changes in the world around it and He holds everything together. Our Future and Purpose Not only does the theory of evolution attempt to teach that man came from nothing, but that the random changes which brought the current creatures into exis- tence will continue until man becomes something else. The theory espouses that by degrees, all life is moving towards physical perfection. What this form is, evolutionists cannot agree. Some have pointed to the “fact” that sharks have not really changed forms in millions of years. Others speak of an idea called carcinization, which purports that many different creatures have evolved into crabs, and crabs evolve into nothing further. Are we to one day become crabs? Unlike the animals of God’s creation, God did not cre- ate a “kind” after which we are based. Rather, we are of the God-kind, made in His image and likeness, as stat- ed in Genesis 1:27. Unlike what evolution claims, the God-kind will not achieve perfection in physical form
or by degrees. Rather, it will be an incredible leap. The book of I Corinthians outlines this in the 15th chapter, verses 39 - 45. All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds. There are also celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glo - ry of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory. So also is the resur - rection of the dead. The body is sown in corrup - tion, it is raised in incorruption. It is sown in dis - honor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, ’The first man Adam became a living being.’The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. God made human beings different. We have the “Spirit in Man” which provides both consciousness and a po- tential link to God’s Spirit otherwise incompatible with flesh. Our perfection is to forego physical bodies entire - ly, either through natural death and resurrection or to be dramatically changed from physical into spirit beings as part of the God-kind (see I Cor. 15:51-55). We are indeed made in His image now, but we await a coming transformation. The plan of God reveals to us the route we must take to become like Him, and by His creation, through His “kinds”, His plan for man is made plain. The theory of evolution is not a natural law. This un- proven idea has been around for a long time even pre- dating Jesus Christ. Evolution is the foundation upon which modern mankind’s educational system stands. It is a foundation of sand. One of Darwin’s greatest overlooked stipulations for evolution’s validity lies in the statement that there would be copious evidence of transitional species, or “missing links” found in history. Yet none have ever been found, much less “many”. While there are some who contend that missing links might be found in the fossil record, we should Continued on page 20
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