When we think about scripture and we begin in the beginning
as my previous post discussed we are brought to another issue: Genesis 1: 27 “So God created man in His own
image…” Proponents of beliefs outside
scripture would have you believe 2 things; First we were created from chemical
reactions or goop; and second that we evolved getting smarted each evolution.
So think about the above verse. You are created in the image of God. Is God a mindless, chemical pile of goop? Or is he a un-evolved, mindless organism who
has to get smarter over time? Regardless
of your view on Genesis being literal or symbolic, these verses still mean the
same. WE, man kind, are created in the
IMAGE, the likeness, of God!
The book that I recently received called “The Genius of
Ancient Man” by Don Landis was sent to me by the publisher. This book is published by Master Books, a
division of New Leaf Publishing Group. It
deals with study op this topic. What
proof do we have or find about ancient man? Where they mindless searching for thousands of
years before figuring out FIRE? Or were
they created, perfect and intelligent beings who worshiped and created
sacrifices to God?
This book points out 3 key Presuppositional Apologetics or
Starting Points.
1)
Authorship and Authority of the Bible
2)
Man created intelligently in God’s image
3)
Babel
as the origin of similarities, counterfeits.
Authorship and
Authority of the Bible:
One of the eye openers for me was a chart used for the first
point. In Scripture, which I believe to
be the WORD of God; not just because of Faith but because the Bible claims to
be as well as Jesus verifies it as well.
So we see the following progression in Scripture:
God Exists > He Creates > Adam & Eve > They
Rebel > God Judges via the flood > Babel
happens (One world order, one government against God > He Disperses > One
world will happen again bringing about God’s future and final judgment.
Man Created
intelligently in God’s image
Think about this…
Scripture claims Man was made in the image of God. Adam was smart enough to name all the animals
(gen. 2:20). Both he and Eve were
intelligent enough to hold a conversation (Gen. 3:9-12). They were smart enough to know the
consequences of right and wrong choice (Gen. 2:6-17). From the start they were able to hold
occupations such as farming, music etc.. (Gen. 4:2)
So how do we know that this was all captured TRULY in
scripture? Wouldn’t Noah’s flood have wiped
away the records or story tellers? Look
at the Genealogies. Adam would have been
around 700 years old by the time Methuselah was born (Adam died at 930). Methuselah was just under 400 when Noah was
born. And Abraham would have only been
born possibly a decade after Noah died. So could the stories have been passed down accurately,
YOU BET!
“People from all lines of study in the secular field marvel
at the commonality and similarities of Ancient Civilizations worldwide.” But how can that be if we all evolved and
based on Darwin ’s
theories some races are less evolved then others? Satan used Nimrod to create a group of people
who didn’t want to ‘disperse and fill the earth’ as God had commanded. They then tried to build a single religion
based on making their OWN names great, making them gods in their own
rights. While God’s commands were to
have a relationship with Him, not a religion and that HE be honored above all…
This book then discusses some of the Counterfeits that Satan
uses. You see, and Scripture tells that
Satan is a created being. Being such he
can in no way create anything new. So he
spends his time working to distort the things of God. Think about Scriptures use of Mountains as a
holy place, and false religions use of them as well. Think about the stars, Astrology and
horoscopes. God created the stars and placed
them in order to tell of coming seasons not to portray ominous futures and
false hopes. Even to the details of
facing east as the Priests were commanded to do with sprinkling on the East of
the alter and many other references in scripture to the east; yet this was
perverted by other false religions as well…
There are many more that this book describes and in better
detail.
The concept that man was smart from the beginning was always
something I believed; yet I find that I didn’t. What I believed was those we followed in the
Bible were smart. But the pagan
societies that were around them were not smart. Yet we see so often that the ancient builders
were more intelligent then we were today. Another item that is discussed in this book is
the so called ages, Bronze Age, Iron age etc. Scripture clearly states that man was adapt in
both from the beginning. This can be
proven time and again with archeological finds of items in the same layers that
shouldn’t be by evolutionary structures.
I would highly recommend that any Christian who wants to
ensure they understand how our present age is being perverted by Satan; as well
as to have a clear understanding of scripture please read this short 112 page
book. It is very concise and has a lot
of research, time and facts to explain the view presented. I’ll admit, I am a lover of history and
archeology and have read a lot but this book blew my mind connecting proofs to
show how intelligent and even superior to present day ancient man was!
check out this video on the book:
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