Chapter 7
God’s plan was moving along swiftly now, the stage was set
for the next step in creation
“Let the water teem with living creatures, and let the birds
fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky,” decreed Jesus.
He dived into the ocean already full of wondrous varieties
of plants, and by pointing His finger began creating the creatures of the
sea. From the shallow shores to the
deepest depths he created creatures in glorious variety.
Using a programming language similar to that he had created for plants,
Jesus designed sea creatures which used gills for gleaning oxygen from the
water which was provided by the plants.
He created other creatures which would come to the surface of the water
and breathe the oxygen from the air.
Many of the fish, just like many of the plants, Jesus created in two
sexes, interdependent upon each other for life, just as man would be dependent
upon God for life – a typology of things to come.
Some sea creatures he created to lay eggs which would hatch,
while others would grow within a womb.
Jesus couldn’t help smiling as he thought of the joy man
would have studying the amazing variety of life in the oceans.
In the deepest depths He created creatures that he knew
would not be seen by man for millennia.
Other creatures might never be seen by man, but would be a part of the
ecological system that would sustain the creatures that would give man endless
pleasure to study.
With man in mind he created crustaceans and polyps which
would build massive coral reefs. As
these creatures died and their shells were crushed, they turned into chalk. Over time and
under pressure, this chalk would turn to limestone which would be key to much
of the amazing architecture man would create.
As that limestone softened and re-crystallized under
pressure and heat over multiple millennia it would turn into marble which would
be by humans used not only for construction, but also for sculpture. The art man would create would be eclipsed only
by the creation of God Himself.
Moving forward to various times throughout the earthly
timeline, Jesus created new species of fish and water based mammals as other
species became extinct.[i] Each species added to the eco-system which
was being built element by element like so many Lego blocks laid perfectly into
place.
With each new creation He was setting up a world perfectly
suited for man to thrive.
Jesus returned from the earthly realm to heaven and looked
at his handiwork. Everything was going
exactly according to plan. He gazed from
one end of the universe’s timeline to the other observing the effects of his
creation. He saw the very end of time
where matter gave way to entropy and the entire universe flew apart into
nothingness knowing it would never get that far.
As life in the sea continued to thrive and reproduce, some species
died off so that the oceans would not overflow with life.
His programming of sea life provided a natural order of
dominance such that the strong preyed on the weak ensuring survival of the
stronger species while the weaker species provided a source of food for the
stronger. To ensure that the stronger
species didn’t eat themselves into extinction he provided defense mechanisms for
the weaker species thus prolonging their survival as well.
Through this cycle of life, the amazing programming of these
creatures allowed for them to undergo slight changes from time to time. Ingeniously, as the creatures migrated and
their ecosystem changed, they adapted to their new environment. A fin could grow taller or shorter, and skin
would grow thicker or thinner or change in color. As the environment changed so did the
creatures that inhabited it.
Changes that occurred within an organism which made it
stronger would cause the organism to survive where changes which caused an
organism to become weaker would cause it to die off. In this way the species continually adapted
in such a way as to maintain survival.[ii]
Some species died off altogether according to His plan,
preparing the way for the species to come, but with each new day the building
blocks of a habitat designed specifically for humanity to thrive continued to
grow.
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When the sea creatures were created and thriving,
reproducing themselves at the perfect pace, Jesus re-entered the earthly realm
and moved back to the land. Now He began
to program the birds of the air. He
created bright colorful birds which were beautiful to gaze upon. He gave them the ability to sing which would
be pleasant for man to hear.
He made birds which lived near and depended on the sea to
sustain their lives and he made birds which lived high in the mountains on the
sides of cliffs which were inaccessible for any other creature.
He also made the birds interdependent, requiring both male
and female to reproduce.
He stood back and looked at His creation and saw that it was
good.
Moving again throughout the early Earth’s timeline He
created new species allowing others to become extinct, all the while continuing
to prepare the Earth for the His greatest creation.
He commanded the fish of the sea and the birds of the air
saying “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and
let the birds increase on the earth.”
The fifth step in the creation of the earthly realm was
complete, but greater things were yet to come.
[i] In the
day age viewpoint each period of creation took a long but not necessarily equal
period of time. If this is indeed the
case then the described sequence of events is entirely plausible. If, however, the entire action took exactly
twenty four hours to complete, many fossils must have been created in a
fossilized state.
[ii] This is
the process Darwin
refers to in his book Origin of Species and is know today as
micro-evolution. The principle of
micro-evolution is well documented and can be bred into animals by breeders
within a human’s lifetime.
Macro-evolution, however, is different.
Macro-evolution involved the changing of one species into another – an
ape evolving into a human, for instance.
Macro-evolution has never been observed either by direct visualization
or by analyzing the fossil record. There
is no evidence it has ever occurred.
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