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"Creation Day 5"

Genesis 1:20-23

by

John MacArthur

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And we're looking at day five in the creation,

Genesis 1:20 to 23...Genesis 1:20 to 23. Thetext says, Then God said, '!et the waters tea"

with swar"s of living creat#res and let $irds

fly a$ove the earth in the o%en ex%anse of theheavens.' And God created the great sea

"onsters and every living creat#re that "oves

with which the waters swar"ed after theirkind and every winged $ird after its kind. And

God saw that it was good and God $lessed

the" saying, '&e fr#itf#l and "#lti%ly and fillthe waters in the seas and let $irds "#lti%ly on

the earth. And there was evening and therewas "orning, a fifth day.

ow we are in day five, as the text indicates.

(e have day $y day gone thro#gh creation

week with so"e a"a)ing, a"a)ing insightsgiven to #s $y the (ord of God. *ne of the

things that contin#es to strike "e as + read

"ore and "ore, and what ha%%ens in a serieslike this %retty ty%ically is once + start a series,

all of yo# o#t there who are trying to hel% "e

start sending "e things...$ooks, e"ail, faxes,

st#ff off the +nternet #ntil "y li$rary swells$eyond co"%rehension. And + have $een

reading, trying to read as "#ch as + can

%ossi$ly read, and the "ore + read the "oreinterested + $eco"e. And + -#st kind of have to

#nload so"e of it on yo#.


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The thing that contin#es to strike "e in "y

reading, $eca#se + really have never s%ent alarge %art of "y life st#dying science. + took in

college whatever was re#ired, and not one

o#nce of science $eyond that and "anaged to

forget "ost all of what + learned. t + a"now sort of reintrod#ced to the a"a)ing

diversity and co"%lexity of the created order.

Those are the two words that stick in "y"ind, the diversity and the co"%lexity of the

created order which s%eaks to "e of the

i""ensity of God's intelligence. +t isstaggering how as yo# $egin to look at the

creation with any kind of tho#ght, any kind of

de%th, yo# co"e face to face with the

i""ensity of the intelligence and %ower ofGod. And it contin#es to a"a)e "e as + read

evol#tionists who want to deny God and to see

the #tter folly of their concl#sions, the #tterho%elessness of it.

/ece"$er 1 $ro#ght the death of anevol#tionist and astrono"er $y the na"e of

arl agan, %ro$a$ly the "ost wellknown

astrono"er in the world. 4is %erce%tion wasthat life -#st sort of ha%%ened. And he ended

#% his life with a$sol#te e"%tiness, a$sol#te

ho%elessness. And near the end of his life he

was interviewed $y Ted 5o%%el on television.5o%%el asked agan, reali)ing he was at the

end of his life, that he had s%ent his life in

science st#dying the #niverse as anastrono"er, he said, /o yo#, sir, have any

words of wisdo" for the %eo%le of the world6

To which agan re%lied, and + #ote, (e live

on a h#nk of rock and "etal that circles a

h#"dr#" star that is one of 700%l#s $illion

other stars that "ake #% the 8ilky (ay galaxy

which is one of $illions of other galaxieswhich "ake #% a #niverse which "ay $e one

of a large n#"$er, %erha%s an infinite n#"$erof other #niverses. That is well worth

%ondering, end #ote.

4e tho#ght a$o#t it and he tho#ght a$o#t it

and he tho#ght a$o#t it and he never let God


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$e a reality. +n the end, the "ost $rilliant

evol#tionist only knows that the #niverseexists. 4e doesn't know how, he doesn't know

why, and "ostly he doesn't know who the

creator is. 4ow sad. 9verything in the #niverse

%oints to God the creator. 9ven Al$ert9instein said, *f co#rse there is a "assive

intelligence $ehind the #niverse, a "an is a

fool who doesn't $elieve that. And then wenton to say, t we co#ld never know 4i".

The h#"anistic evol#tionist ref#ses to see

what is o$vio#s, ref#ses to "eet the God whowants to $e known.

&ack to the created order itself, again the

co"%lexity and diversity leave yo# with noother %ossi$le ex%lanation than divine

intelligence and divine %ower of %ro%ortions$eyond o#r co"%rehension. + -#st %ick o#tlittle %ieces of the created order that s%eak to

this co"%lexity and diversity and share a few

of the" with yo#.

o"e $irds navigate $y the stars when

"igrating. 4ow do they know how to do that6+n fact, $irds raised fro" eggs inside a

$#ilding where they have never seen the sky

can orient the"selves toward ho"e when

shown an artificial sky re%resenting a %lacethey've never $een.

8oths have two ears. 8ites, little "icrosco%ic$#gs, like to live in a "oth's ear. t

interestingly eno#gh, "ites occ#%y only one

ear of a "oth. +f "ites get in $oth ears, the"oth can't fly, so scientists find "ites only in

one ear. 4ow do the "ites know that one ear is

occ#%ied6

And then the fascinating $o"$ardier $eetle

has two che"icals in his little $ody which "ix%erfectly and at the right "o"ent co"$ineo#tside his $ody when they're fired and they

intersect, they ex%lode in the face of the

ene"y. That's why they're called $o"$ardier$eetles. 4owever, the two che"icals that

create an ex%losion o#tside the $ody never

co"$ine %re"at#rely to $low #% the $eetle.


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And $y the way, how did the $eetle evolve

those ex%losives and kee% the" se%arate6

The niversity of Al$erta anada once

showed that in that te"%erate cli"ate there are

an average of 1; h#ndred stor"s in o%eration

at any ti"e. And that those 1; h#ndred stor"sin o%eration at any ti"e ex%end energy at the

inconceiva$le fig#re of one $illion, threeh#ndred "illion horse%ower. (here does that

co"e fro"6

A anadian %hysicist said a rain of fo#r inches

over an area of ten tho#sand s#are "iles

wo#ld re#ire the $#rning of 70 "illion tons

of coal to eva%orate eno#gh water for s#ch arain an to cool again the va%ors and collect

the" in clo#ds wo#ld take another ;00 "illionhorse%ower of refrigeration working 27ho#rsa day for a h#ndred days. And yet God $y the

"assive %ower of the s#n eva%orates the

water, refrigerates it in the sky, sends it $ackdown again as water.

&y the way, the average far"er in 8innesotais %rovided free of charge 70< tho#sand, =10

gallons of water %er acre %er year $y that

%rocess if the ann#al rainfall of 27 inches is

occ#rring. (here does all this %ower co"efro"6

The .. at#ral 8#se#" says there are over10 "illion different s%ecies of insects. There

are twentyfive h#ndred kinds of ants. + know,

they were all at yo#r last %icnic. *ne colony ofants can have as "any as a h#ndred "illion

ants. 4ow do those little tiny things have s#ch

a re%rod#ctive syste"6

o"e have esti"ated there are five $illion

$irds in A"erica. 8allards can fly 0 "iles anho#r, eagles can fly 100 "iles an ho#r andfalcons can dive at 1;0 "iles an ho#r.

&y the way, cod fish, not that yo# need toknow, can lay nine "illion eggs, and herring

only


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"e...nine "illion eggs, nine "illion little cod

fish, that's why there's so "any fish and chi%%laces in 9ngland. They never r#n o#t of that

st#ff.

The earth is 2= tho#sand "iles in

circ#"ference. +t weighs six se%tillion, fiveh#ndred and eightysix, six trillion tons.

4angs in e"%ty s%ace. %ins at a tho#sand"iles an ho#r with %erfect $alance and that's

i"%ortant so that yo#'re not -#st -#"%ing every

ti"e the earth "oves. At the sa"e ti"e that it'ss%inning at a tho#sand "iles an ho#r, it is

"oving thro#gh s%ace aro#nd the s#n at a

tho#sand "iles a "in#te in an or$it of =;0

"illion "iles and does so at a %erfect angle setto create the seasons which %rovide all the

cro%s, which feed its inha$itants.

o"et heads can $e fro" ten tho#sand "iles

to one "illion "iles long and the tails can $e a

h#ndred "illion "iles long. They travel at 3=0"iles %er second.

?o#r heart a$o#t the si)e of yo#r fist weighsless than a half a %o#nd, %#"%s 1;00%l#s

gallons of $lood a day. /oes eno#gh work in

twelve ho#rs to lift = tons off the gro#nd.

/id yo# know that the s#n $#rns #%, this is

staggering, fo#r "illion tons of "atter %er

second6

onsider things that are very s"all, like the

ato". They're not visi$le. (e know they exist$#t to this day they're not visi$le. Ato"s are

so s"all it takes three ato"s to "ake #% one

water "olec#le. And if yo# were to take very

water "olec#le in one dro% of water and $lowthe" #% so that each "olec#le was the si)e of

a grain of sand, this is one water "olec#le, ifyo# were to take every "olec#le in one dro%of water, and $low it #% the si)e of a grain of

sand yo# wo#ld have eno#gh grains of sand to

"ake a road onefoot thick, one half "ile widethat wo#ld go fro" !.A. to ew ?ork ity.

That's how "any "olec#les in a dro% of water

and there's three ato"s in every "olec#le. And


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yet the ato" is "ostly e"%ty s%ace. The act#al

"aterial in the ato" takes #% only onetrillionth of the ato"'s vol#"e. And when

ato"s co"$ine they only -oin together at their

o#ter electron or$it, that's all. (hat "akes

"atter see" solid are the "otions within theato"s. This [email protected] really solid.

9verything is "ostly e"%ty s%ace.

+f the average %erson had all the s%ace

s#ee)ed o#t of hi", that's an interesting

tho#ght, isn't it6 +f the average %erson had allthe s%ace s#ee)ed o#t of hi", how "#ch

vol#"e do yo# think he'd occ#%y6 +f yo# had

all the s%ace s#ee)ed o#t of yo#, yo#'d $e lost

on the head of a %in, for yo# co#ld onlyocc#%y one oneh#ndred "illionth of a c#$ic

inch. o when so"e$ody co"es along andsays yo#'re nothing, they're right.

t, on the other side, yo# see...yo#'re

thinking diet, + know. ?o# think there's got to$e a way to "ake this work. t + want yo# to

know a f#ll c#$ic inch of that "aterial wo#ld

weigh a $illion %o#nds. A teas%oon f#ll ofwater contains a "illion$illiontrillion ato"s.

+ "ean, it's -#st staggering, isn't it6

And this has all ha%%ened $y accident6 o"eon.

!et "e talk a$o#t the wheel of life, thisfascinates "e. + "entioned this "orning who

invented the wheel and so"e$ody said the

8ayans did. o, the 8ayans didn't, God did.There's a wheel of life. ?o#'ve got the" all

thro#gh yo#. The wheel that +'" talking a$o#t,

the wheel of life, scientists call it the wheel of

life is fo#nd in the en)y"e ATB synthase. +tsstr#ct#re has only recently $een el#cidated and

has won a -oint o$el Bri)e in 1< for twoscientists, Ba#l &oyer of the ..A., and >ohn(alker of the .5. The wheel in this en)y"e

rotates at a$o#t one h#ndred revol#tions %er

second. This "iniat#re "otor is 200 tho#sandti"es s"aller than a %in head and it's

revolving a h#ndred revol#tions %er second.

9very cell in yo#r $ody and every cell in every


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living thing has tho#sands of these "otors,

every cell in every living thing has tho#sandsof these "otors in -#st one cell. o"eone

esti"ated that yo#r $ody has ten #addrillion

little "otors.

!et "e tell yo# what the little "otor does. TheATB "otor's -o$ is to "ake the "olec#le A

/enosine tri%hos%hate, ATB, fro" A /enosinedi%hos%hate, A/B and %hos%horic acid, a

synthesis which re#ires an in%#t of energy.

The ATB can then $reak down to A/B againgiving #% the energy $y co#%ling itself to

another che"ical %rocess within the cell which

re#ires the energy in order to react. o energy

is directed and the %rod#cts are recycledconstantly, constantly in that little tiny "otor

of which yo# have ten #addrillion going onall the ti"e. ays /r. (alker, (e re#ire o#r$ody weight in ATB every day. o the little

"otor has to re%rod#ce yo#r entire $ody

weight every day. (e're t#rning over thata"o#nt of ATB, cycling that energy, to kee%

o#rselves thinking and walking aro#nd doing

whatever we do. +f we have a la)y day, wewill only #se a$o#t half o#r $ody weight of

ATB, $#t if we work hard, #% to one ton of

ATB is recycled in a day.

+n 13 Brofessor &oyer ded#ced $y indirect

"eans how ATB was %rod#ced. t it was left

to /r. (alker in 17 to %rovide the firstdetailed %ict#re of how the "otor works. 4e

#sed Crays and an electron "icrosco%e to take

an ato"ic sna%shot. And then so"e >a%anesefellow ca"e along in 1< with a tiny

florescent fila"ent attached to the electron

"icrosco%e so that the "otor co#ld $e seen

s%inning #nder the "icrosco%e. These

extre"ely co"%lex little s%inning "otors are$rilliantly designed. 9ach "otor is $#ilt fro"

31 se%arate %roteins. And re"e"$er, this is200 tho#sand ti"es s"aller than the head of a

%in. And they have 31 %rotein co"%onents that

are "ade fro" tho#sands of %recisely arrangeda"ino acids.


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A" + losing yo#6 +t gets worse. This thing

goes on %aragra%h after %aragra%h after%aragra%h. These...these little "achines are

%rod#cing with every t#rn of the wheel at

so"e h#ndred revol#tions %er second, they are

%rod#cing the necessary energy cycle to kee%yo# alive and kee% yo# f#nctioning. +t's

incredi$le, says /r. (alker, to think of these

"otors of life s%inning aro#nd in all the cellsof o#r $odies. And they are s%inning in all the

cells of everything that lives.

(ho designed these little wheel "otors6 (ho

energi)ed the"6 Bsal" 13:17 says, (e were

fearf#lly and wonderf#lly "ade.

ow "y friend, D.. %ro#l, is %art theologian

and %art %hiloso%her. And + a%%reciate hi" forhis theology, $#t + really a%%reciate hi" for his%hiloso%hy. 4e is act#ally...he is act#ally a

f#nny %hiloso%her $eca#se he can "ake

%eo%le look so foolish that yo# can hardly hel%$#t ch#ckle. ow %ro#l says there are only

fo#r o%tions for the origin of the #niverse. ?o#

only have fo#r.

*%tion n#"$er one, the #niverse is an ill#sion,

it doesn't exist. That's o%tion n#"$er one.

*%tion n#"$er two, it is selfcreated.

*%tion n#"$er three, it is selfexistent andeternal.

*%tion n#"$er fo#r, it was created $yso"eone who is selfexistent.

%ro#l says there aren't any other o%tions.

9ither it doesn't exist or it created itself, or italways existed, or so"e$ody created it. That's

it. 4e says, + have %#))led over this for

decades and so#ght the co#nsel of%hiloso%hers, theologians and scientists. + have

$een #na$le to locate any other theoretical

o%tions that cannot $e s#$s#"ed #nder thesefo#r o%tions. That's all yo#'ve got.

Then %ro#l says, *%tion n#"$er one "#st$e eli"inated for two reasons. That's the


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o%tion that says it doesn't exist, it's all an

ill#sion. Eirst, if it's a false ill#sion, then itisn't an ill#sion. +f it's a tr#e ill#sion, then

so"eone or so"ething "#st $e existing to

have that ill#sion. +f this is the case then that

which is having the ill#sion "#st either $eselfcreated, selfexistent, or ca#sed $y

so"eone #lti"ately selfexistent. o therefore

everything is not an ill#sion.

econdly he says, ?o# can eli"inate n#"$er

one, the ill#sion theory $eca#se if we ass#"ethe ill#sion is a$sol#te, that is nothing does

exist, incl#ding that which is having the

ill#sion, then there is no #estion of origins

even to answer $eca#se literally nothingexists. t if so"ething exists, then whatever

exists "#st either $e selfcreated, selfexistent,or created $y so"eone who is selfexistent.

!et's look at o%tion two, that the #niverse

created itself. (ell this is $y all logic for"allyfalse. +t is contradictory and logically

i"%ossi$le. %ro#l says, +n essence, self

creation re#ires the existence of so"ething$efore it exists. /o yo# get that6 ?o# can't

create yo#rself #nless yo# exist to create

yo#rself. elf creation is a logical and

rational i"%ossi$ility, he writes, forso"ething to create itself it "#st $e $efore it

is. This is i"%ossi$le...it's i"%ossi$le for

solids, li#ids and gases, it's i"%ossi$le forato"s and s#$ato"ic %articles, it is i"%ossi$le

for light, it is i"%ossi$le for heat, it is

i"%ossi$le for God. othing anywhere anyti"e can create itself $eca#se if it co#ld it

wo#ld have to exist $efore it created itself.

%ro#l %oints o#t that in it he can $e self

existent and not violate logic, $#t it can't $e

selfcreated.

(hen scientists say, (ell, fifteen to twenty$illion years ago the #niverse created itself,

what are they saying6 They're saying nothing

ex%loded into so"ething. That is a logicali"%ossi$ility. To retain a theory of self

creation is totally irrational and re-ects all


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logic. #ch a theory can $e $elieved $#t it

can't $e arg#ed reasona$ly.

Then yo#'ve got o%tion n#"$er three, that the

#niverse as it exists as we know it has always

existed eternally. (ell that doesn't fly. ?o#'re

not eternal, and neither a" +. (e didn't alwaysexist. There was a ti"e when we didn't exist.

There was a ti"e when o#r children didn'texist. There are all kinds of things in this

world that once did not exist. +n fact,

everything aro#nd #s once did not exist. 4owco#ld the #niverse exist forever and then do in

ti"e, i.e. create life, what it had never done

forever6 +f the #niverse always existed, then

everything in it always existed. And we knoweverything in it didn't always exist $eca#se

yo# and + didn't always exist, o#r %arents willverify that. ?o# cannot $e $orn and $e alwaysexisting. ars and watches and chairs and all

that were $ro#ght into existence at so"e %oint

in ti"e.

*%tion one, o%tion two, o%tion three are

i"%ossi$le. (e're left with only one%ossi$ility, the #niverse exists $eca#se it was

created $y so"eone who existed $efore it

existed, a %reexisting intelligent %ower,

na"ely God. 8atter can't create itself, only aneternal %reexisting God co#ld create.

+ was enco#raged this week. re%ortedthat only nine %ercent of A"ericans $elieve

that life arose %#rely $y chance. That's good,

isn't it6 t the vast "a-ority, yo# can fli% thefig#res over, over 0 %ercent of the %eo%le in

A"erica $elieve that God was involved in

creation $#t that God #sed evol#tion as 4is

"ethod. And we've $een trying to %oint to yo#

that that can't $e how God created $eca#seevol#tion is...what6...i"%ossi$le, a$sol#tely

i"%ossi$le. That's why there's no evidence forit $eca#se it can't ha%%en.

The sin of evol#tionists is descri$ed inDo"ans 1. The wrath of God...verse 1;...is

revealed fro" heaven against all #ngodliness

and #nrighteo#sness of "en who s#%%ress the


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tr#th in #nrighteo#sness. The tr#th of a

creator God is o$vio#s, it's a$sol#tely o$vio#s,reasona$le, logical, $#t they s#%%ress the tr#th.

Ferse 1, That which is known a$o#t God is

evident within the" for God "ade it evident

to the" $y reason, $y logic, $y ca#se andeffect, it is a%%arent. ince the creation of the

world 4is invisi$le attri$#tes, 4is eternal

%ower, 4is divine nat#re have $een clearlyseen, $eing #nderstood thro#gh what has $een

"ade. ?o# cannot concl#de anything other

than that there was an eternal %reexistingcreator, that is the only reasona$le concl#sion.

And conse#ently, those who re-ect that and

s#%%ress that tr#th, Do"ans 1:20 says, arewitho#t exc#se...witho#t exc#se. 9ven tho#gh

they knew God, + "ean, there's no other%ossi$le reasona$le concl#sion. They ref#se tohonor 4i" as God, ref#se to thank 4i",

$eca"e e"%ty in their s%ec#lations. Their

foolish heart is darkened. They think they'rewise. They have all their Bh./.s and all of that,

$#t they are act#ally fools. They exchange the

glory of the incorr#%ti$le God into the i"ageof a corr#%ti$le "an, $irds, fo#rfooted

ani"als, crawling creat#res. They worshi% the

creat#re "ore than the creator. They "ake the

creat#re the creator. !ife creates itself.Do"ans 1, they worshi% the creation, they see

the creation as the life force which creates.

!ogically ridic#lo#s as we noted a "o"entago.

4ow did the #niverse co"e into existence6!et's go $ack to cha%ter 1 of Genesis and go

$ack to where we've $een all along. +t ca"e

into existence exactly the way it's descri$ed in

the o%ening cha%ter of the &i$le which is

ins%ired $y God, which is tr#e and inerrantand infalli$le. The tr#th of origins is clearly

given here in six 27ho#r, nearly 27ho#r solardays, six days defined as an evening and a

"orning, or a %eriod of darkness and a %eriod

of light, six nor"al days. +n six days Godcreated the entire #niverse the way it is now.

And we've $een showing yo# thro#gh this


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st#dy that that was a$o#t six or seven

tho#sand years ago and that is all. And whenyo# look and yo# say, (ell what a$o#t all the

strata and what a$o#t the a%%earance of age

and all of that6 The answer is God created

everything old, everything "at#re. And theElood, also, which occ#rs later on, changes the

face and the config#ration of the earth and

answers a lot of the #estions that are $ro#ght#% with regard to to%ogra%hy and sedi"entary

rock and fossils and all of that. t the &i$le is

very clear, God created it all in six days.

ow, day one, God created the "aterial and

light. /ay two, the seas and the heavens. /ay

three, the earth and vegetation. And day fo#r,the lights, the l#"inaries, the "oon, the stars

and the s#n. ow we co"e to day five, and +-#st read it to yo#, and it has to do with Godcreating all the creat#res that %o%#late the seas

and the skies. This is the day when God

co"%letes the ho"e for "an and 4e createsthe first living $eings...the first living $eings.

Ferse 20, war"s of living creat#res, that is

the first ti"e anything is said to $e living.Blants aren't so designated. They are

organis"s that have a kind of life, $#t it is not

a conscio#s life. The first living $eings created

$y God ca"e on day five.

And + -#st re"ind yo# if yo#'re looking at the

se#ence, day five corres%onds to day two asday fo#r corres%onded to day one. *n day one

God created light, on day fo#r 4e created the

stellar $odies to $e the light givers. *n daytwo 4e created the seas and the heavens, and

on day five 4e %o%#lated the seas and the

heavens. *n day three 4e created the earth

and its vegetation, corres%ondingly on day six

4e created the ani"als and "an to %o%#latethe earth and to cons#"e its vegetation. o the

%arallels r#n consistently thro#gh.

The sea and the sky on day two, and the

inha$itants of the sea and the sky on day five.The sea was given, of co#rse, its final for" on

day three $#t it was created on day two.


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ow, as we look at the text here, there are two

%hases to the dayfive creation. Eirst %hase, thecreation of conscio#s life secondly, creation

of re%rod#ctive life. Two things are clearly

identified for #s...conscio#s life, that's living

creat#res who are conscio#s, that is they reactto their environ"ent and they "ove aro#nd

fro" %lace to %lace. Blants do not, o$vio#sly.

And secondly, re%rod#ctive life.

Ferse 20, let's %ick it #% at the text. Then God

said, and + sto% yo# there again, always the"ethod of creation, God s%eaks nonexisting

things into existence. 4e s%eaks the" into

existence o#t of nothing.

Then God said, '!et the waters tea" with

swar"s of living creat#res.' o, 4e first of allfilled the waters. ow in the 4e$rew this iswhat is called a %arana"asia@666 which is a

ter" descri$ing a kind of literary device. A

%arana"esia is $asically this, the 4e$rew says,!et the waters... the text says, !et the

waters swar" with swar"ing things. +t's a

re%etition. +t's the sa"e in verse 11, !et theearth s%ro#t vegetation, act#ally in the

4e$rew is !et the earth vegetate with

vegetation. And here it's, !et the waters

swar" with swar"ing things, swar" withswar"ing living things, act#ally. *r swar"

with swar"ing things that live. war" is the

word chosen here $eca#se it has the idea of"ove"ent. And + re"ind yo# that the

distinctiveness of living creat#res is that they

"ove. Blants are not called living creat#res$eca#se they are "o$ile, they don't "ove.

!iving creat#res "ove.

+n fact, 4e filled the seas so that the ver$ here

is to swar". And again it %ict#res a large%o%#lation of these creat#res in "otion.

Again, as#tto, the >ewish co""entator,writes, The %ri"ary significance of the ste",

saras@6 in 4e$rew, is "ove"ent with s%ecific

reference to the a$#ndant swift "ove"ent of"any creat#res who -ostle one another as they

%roceed crisscross in all %ossi$le directions.


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God willed that in to the "idst of the waste

and inani"ate waters, fro" one end of the seato the other there sho#ld now enter a living

$eing and that there sho#ld $e $orne in their

"idst, "oving ani"ate $eings s#$-ect to no

li"itation of n#"$ers or inter"ission of"ove"ent. The sea $egan to -#st swar" with

all these living creat#res swi""ing

everywhere and that wo#ld incl#de...the seaswo#ld incl#de the fresh water as well, all the

waters of the earth.

The ter" living is that very fa"iliar 4e$rew

word nepheshwhich s%eaks of so#l, or $eing,

or life. +t's #sed here for the very first ti"e.

This is the first ti"e we really have a livingcreat#re that "oves on its own. Blants have no

s#ch life in the sense that creat#res do $eca#se%lants can't "ove and they are not conscio#s.!iving things are conscio#s. Tho#gh ani"als

are not selfconscio#s, that is they are

conscio#s, they res%ond to their environ"entas individ#als, $#t they are not aware of that

res%onse, it is %#rely a "echanis" that we call

instinct. They are not selfconscio#s, they donot know they are alive, they do not know

they are dead, they do not know one another,

they do not co""#nicate with one another in

%ersonal, selfconscio#s ways, altho#ghinstinctively they are #nder tre"endo#s

control $y the /A codes that have $een

given to the" for the %reservation of theirs%ecies and the f#nction of their s%ecies as

God has designed it. t they are

disting#ished fro" %lants $y the wordnephesh. !iterally nephesh"eans that which

$reathes...that which $reathes.

These $eings are bara, that is to say they are

created. And here he #ses barathe word forcreate. This is an e%och "aking achieve"ent

that de"ands the ver$ to create. As a"on#"ental thing takes %lace, 4e creates

conscio#s $eings that can "ove and they "ove

thro#gh the sea in swar"s...s#ch a "assivea"o#nt of created $eings.


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ow, that is to say, and + sto% yo# here

$eca#se this is a very i"%ortant thing, whenGod created the fish and all those "a""als

and all those ani"als, whether yo#'re talking

a$o#t fish or whether yo#'re talking a$o#t

whales, or whether yo#'re talking a$o#t seagoing dinosa#rs, or whether yo#'re talking

a$o#t eels, or whether yo#'re talking a$o#t

%lankton or whatever anywhere in the foodchain, when God created all of that there was

no evol#tionary %rocess, 4e literally in a

"o"ent s%oke into existence all the creat#resthat swi"...-#st instantaneo#sly at the sa"e

"o"ent on the sa"e day they call ca"e into

existence. They were not so"ehow in a

%rocess of develo%"ent as s%ecies evolvedinto other s%ecies and "#tated into other

s%ecies. They were all instantaneo#sly created

in "assive swar"s "oving thro#gh the seas.

Ferse 20 indicates the sa"e thing, !et the

$irds fly a$ove the earth in the o%en ex%anseof the heavens. *f co#rse 4e doesn't talk

a$o#t swar"ing $eca#se there wasn't s#ch a

dense creation of $irds. (e know that today.+f yo# look in the de%ths of the sea where it

hasn't $een %oll#ted significantly, yo# will

find that al"ost #nco#nta$le and li"itless

a"o#nt of life. ?o# look into the air and, ofco#rse, there are less $irds. o yo# find here

that it doesn't #se the word swar"ing. !et the

$irds fly a$ove the earth in the o%en ex%anseof heaven. And they're free to fly literally in

the 4e$rew on the face of heaven. And that's

a wonderf#l %ict#re $eca#se yo# co#ldtranslate it they fly in front of heaven, as if

heaven were all the way o#t, heaven were all

the way #% into the very li"itless ends of the

eternity of s%ace that God has "ade in the

great ex%anse of heaven. And the $irds that areflying aro#nd the glo$e don't go very far, they

-#st kind of fly what a%%ears to #s to $e on thes#rface of the vast heaven $ehind, or on the

face of heaven, in front of heaven with the

great heaven $ehind the".


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?o# know, when it "entions the creation of

%lants and trees, it didn't "ention a%%le treesor oak trees, it didn't "ention any %artic#lar

kind of %lant. (hy here6 >#st $irds and -#st

swar"s of living creat#res that swi" in the

seas, fish and "ore. (hy...why $ring #% greatsea "onsters6 (hy introd#ce the"6 There are

a lot of other things in the sea, why the"6 +

find that fascinating. The 4e$rew word istannin, tannin. And, yo# know, there's a

reason for this.

+f yo# st#dy the *ld Testa"ent yo# find

several *ld Testa"ent references to sea

creat#res. There's !eviathan, re"e"$er

reading a$o#t !eviathan6 !eviathan is this"assive, "assive, %owerf#l sea creat#re. >o$

71 God, yo# know, says to >o$, (here wereyo#6 yo# know, can yo#...4e says, (herewere yo# when + created everything6 And

then 4e co"es to cha%ter 71 and 4e says,

an yo# %#t yo#r hooks in and controlleviathan6 And then he goes on to descri$e

this "assive $east, fierce...yo# can read >o$ 71

yo#rself and read the characteristics of this$east. + wrote a little note on it. o"e have

s#ggested it "ight $e an alligator or a

crocodile, $#t they're not in the sea as s#ch.

The $est g#ess is that 4e's descri$ing so"ekind of dinosa#r, so"e kind of "assive sea

going "onster, leviathan.

There's also "ention in the *ld Testa"ent of

the fleeing ser%ent, the twisting ser%ent, >o$


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sea "onsters. And the ancient %agans $elieved

that the gods were sea "onsters. 9ven theBhilistines had a god, /agon, who was half

"an, half fish. o the ancients saw

these...%erha%s these great fierce sea "onsters

as the deities, the gods. They wrote e%icsa$o#t the". o"e of the", for exa"%le, yo#

read a$o#t in so"e of the garitic which is a

different lang#age, garitic e%ics with regardto the ene"ies of &aal. The ene"ies of &aal

took the for"...one for" was this god 8olt@6

who was called the lord of the sea, he was agreat sea "onster. And this $egan to infl#ence

that whole %art of the world where they saw

the sea "onsters as gods, the sea "onsters as

gods in re$ellion against the good gods. +n thecase of +srael, the gods in re$ellion against the

good God.

+saiah 2ews had $eena%%arently infl#enced $y these %agan "yths

which were ridic#lo#s and foolish. And -#st in

a "arvelo#s way the %irit of God %ro"%ts8oses in recording the ins%ired acco#nt of

creation that ca"e to 8oses fro" God to write


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down And God created the sea "onsters.

They aren't false gods. They aren't falsedeities. They aren't sy"$ols of evil. They're

creat#res that God "ade -#st the way 4e "ade

all the rest.

And God created the great sea "onsters, alongwith every living creat#re that "oves with

which the waters swar"ed after their kind andevery winged $ird after its kind and God saw

that it was...what6...and that incl#des the sea

"onsters. o "#ch for all that "ythology.

The *ld Testa"ent is o%%osed to foolish

"yths and voices its %rotest in its own #iet

way, doesn't it6 o God created the great sea"onsters and God saw that it was good. +t's as

if the Torah said, Ear $e it fro" anyone tos#%%ose that the sea "onsters are so"e"ythological forces of evil, so"e divine gods

are de"igods in o%%osition to the tr#e and

living God, in revolt against the tr#e and livingGod. They are as nat#ral as anything else God

created, and they were for"ed in their %ro%er

ti"e, in their %ro%er %lace $y the word of thecreator. +n order to f#lfill 4is will 4e "ade

the" $eca#se 4e wanted to "ake the" and 4e

looked at the" 4e said they are good. That's

why it says in the Bsal"s, Braise the !ordfro" the earth, yo# sea "onsters, and all

dee%s. The %oet in the Bsal"s is inviting all

created for"s of life to %raise the !ord, all ofthe". That Bsal", + think 17;:#st a note, after its kind...after it's kind is

#sed twice. God created everything that livesin the water at the sa"e ti"e on the sa"e day.

4e created everything that flies in the air at the

sa"e ti"e on the sa"e day and 4e createdthe" after their kind. There is no evol#tion of

s%ecies fro" kind to kind to kind to kind, 4e


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created the" after their kind. All the s%ecies

were created $y God. There can $e variationwithin the s%ecies $#t there's no "oving

o#tside that /A, that infor"ation then coded

in each s%ecies.

4enry 8orris says, The first introd#ction ofani"al life was not a fragile $lo$ of

%roto%las" that ha%%ened to co"e together inres%onse to electrical discharges over a

%ri"eval ocean as evol#tionists $elieve, end

#ote. God -#st "ade it all in its kind.

9verything that lives in the sea, everything

that lives in the sky God created the way it is,

in its own s%ecies. &y the way, there co#ldn't$e any %rogress, any "#tation, any nat#ral

selection $eca#se God saw it all and it wasgood and there was no death in the #niverse atall. There was no death in the world at that

ti"e, nothing died...nothing died...nothing

died.

+ s#%%ose we co#ld concl#de at that %oint that

ani"als didn't eat each other. That's a "oot#estion in cri%t#re, $#t it's a reasona$le

ass#"%tion. That's why the theologian

FonDad@6 once said, *#tside of God there's

nothing to fear.

(ell, the >ews needed to hear that. They didn't

need to fear the i"aginary gods of the sea"onsters. Fon Dad said so"ething %rofo#nd,

*#tside of God there's nothing to fear.

There's only one to $e feared and who's that6The *ne who can destroy $oth so#l and $ody

in hell, the ew Testa"ent says. 9vil ca"e

into the world after creation. 9vil ca"e into

the world after the creation of sea "onsters,h#ge, "assive sea creat#res. The whole

creation was "ade $y God and was originallygood.

o, day five first $ro#ght the creation of

conscio#s life. econdly, of re%rod#ctivelife...re%rod#ctive life. This is -#st...+ -#st...the

"ore + read a$o#t this, and +'" not going to

take the ti"e to get into it, yo# can do yo#r


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own research on it, the "ore + get in to

re%rod#ctive syste"s, the "ore incredi$le it is.+ "ean, it's eno#gh to i"agine h#"an

re%rod#ction and how God can do that, $#t

-#st take that in to every s%ecies in creation,

the "ost s"all, tiny, "icrosco%ic kind ofcreation all the way to the largest land

"a""als and seagoing "a""als and

dinosa#rs and all of the re%rod#ctive %rocessesall encoded in the /A, all that infor"ation

theory %#t in every single cell of every single

creat#re to re%rod#ce its own kind.

That's what it says, verse 22, And God

$lessed the" saying, here's the $lessing, 4e

granted the" this $enefit, the $lessing is a$enefit, &e fr#itf#l and "#lti%ly and fill the

waters in the sea and let $irds "#lti%ly on theearth. *$vio#sly $irds don't fill the heavena$ove, $#t they do "#lti%ly. Eish tend to fill

the waters of the sea. &e fr#itf#l and "#lti%ly.

&e fr#itf#l and "#lti%ly is a co""on *ld

Testa"ent %hrase for re%rod#ction. +t's a...it's

exactly what it "eans. +t's to re%rod#ce. +ncha%ter 1 of Genesis verse 2;, when God is

creating "an, it says God $lessed the", that is

"ale and fe"ale. And God said to the", '&e

fr#itf#l and "#lti%ly.' That was 4is co""andfor the" to %rocreate.

ha%ter of Genesis, God $lessed oah andhis sons and said to the", oah and his wife

and their sons and their wives, &e fr#itf#l and

"#lti%ly and re%o%#late the earth.

ha%ter 1< of Genesis verse 1, + will $less

her, God's talking a$o#t arah, +'ll give yo#

a son to her, then + will $less her and she shall$e a "other of nations, kings of %eo%le shall

co"e fro" her. And verse 20, As for+sh"ael, + have heard yo#, $ehold, + will $lesshi", +'ll "ake hi" fr#itf#l and will "#lti%ly

hi". To "ake hi" fr#itf#l and "#lti%ly

"eans re%rod#ction. ?o# find it in Genesis22:1


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verses 1= and 1 and once in Genesis 7

verse 2=. That is a %hrase "eaningre%rod#ction.

o God gave this created order in the sky and

in the sea re%rod#ctive ca%a$ility. All living

creat#res are co"%lex "achines. + said thislong ago in the series. They're na"ed for a

scientist who discovered the co"%lexity, it'scalled a Fanoi"en@66 "achine, after the

scientist Fanoi"en. (ilder "ith writes a

whole $ook on the Fanoi"en "achine.

All living organis"s characteristically have

three %ro%erties. They are selfs#staining, that

is they have the ca%a$ility to s#stain their ownlife, like those little tiny, tiny wheels going

aro#nd inside of yo#. They are selfs#staining.econdly, they are selfre%airing. That is theyfix the"selves as they go. And "ost

definitively, they are selfre%rod#cing. A

Fanoi"en "achine is selfs#staining or self%er%et#ating, selfre%airing and self

re%rod#cing. o far we have never $y all of

o#r science $een a$le to "an#fact#re anythinglike that. (e can't co"e #%, for exa"%le, with

a co"%#ter that s#stains its own life and its

own energy, re%airs itself and has little

co"%#ters. ?o# don't have s#ch a "achine.

And the reason is, the co"%lexity of it is too

vast. The co"%lexity of it is too co"%licated.+t can't $e done. +f we co#ld get so"ething

co"%licated eno#gh to do that, it wo#ld $e in

disre%air all the ti"e. +t co#ldn't kee% #% withthe selfre%airing %rocess. (e can't create a

Fanoi"en "achine. And yet every single

cell that exists is -#st that. This a"a)ing

ca%a$ility, $ioche"ical re%rod#ctive syste"s

$eing %laced in every little /A stri% in everycell of every creat#re and with that co"es the

ca%a$ility to $e fr#itf#l and "#lti%ly. This isan ass#rance of %er"anence. This is an

ass#rance of %ro%agation. +t has nothing to do

with evol#tion. 9ach kind will "#lti%ly. 9achkind will re%rod#ce its sa"e kind with so"e

slight variation, of co#rse, within the kind.


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And let $irds "#lti%ly on the earth. ow

so"e$ody says, (ell why does it say on theearth, $irds fly6 (ell, they fly $#t they

don't...they don't "#lti%ly in the air, they've

got to go to the nest. That's where they

coha$itate, that's where they land to "ate andhatch their eggs. God knows.

There's no evol#tion here. reat#res of the seaand the creat#res of the sky were all "ade in

one day in every single s%ecies. The largest

legendary sort of fierce sea "onsters down tothe s"allest "arine organis", all "ade in one

day. All the creat#res that fly, all "ade the

sa"e day in their s%ecies with "ove"ent and

they "ove thro#gh the air an they "ovethro#gh the sea and they are conscio#s...that is

to say if yo# drive yo#r car down the road,isn't it interesting how the $irds avoid it6 Theyhave a conscio#sness, altho#gh it is not a self

conscio#sness.

o, "an's ho#se is $#ilt. +t's now ready for his

occ#%ancy. And the crown of creation co"es

on day six. The crown of creation is "an.

?o# know what's so sad, we'll sto% at this

%oint, $#t what is so sad is that "an ref#ses to

see God in creation. +sn't that sad6 8anref#ses to see God in creation, and ref#ses to

hear God in conscience, s#%%resses the tr#th,

%l#nges into dee%er darkness andho%elessness. +'ll tell yo# what grieves "e

"ost of all. (hat grieves "e "ost of all is

%eo%le who say they're hristians who $elievethe &i$le, and then clai" evol#tion. +'ll say

this again, + said it weeks ago...yo# cannot

find evol#tion in Genesis 1 anywhere. +t's not

there. There's no way to exegete that cha%ter

and co"e o#t with evol#tion...no way%ossi$le. ?o# have to s#%%ress the tr#th. (hy

do that6 (hy wo#ld yo#...why wo#ld yo#affront God or $las%he"e God, or dishonor

God in order to honor a godless evol#tionist,

in order to $#y so"e scientific credi$ility6 (etake cri%t#re at its face val#e, don't we6 +

don't know a$o#t yo#, $#t + start $elieving the


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&i$le in Genesis 1:1, + don't have to wait till

cha%ter 3.

/onald &arnho#se once wrote, God gives

"an $rains to s"elt iron and "ake a ha""er,

ha""erhead and nails. God grows a tree and

gives "an the strength to c#t it down and the$rains to fashion a ha""er handle fro" the

wood. And when "an has the ha""er and thenails, God will %#t o#t 4is hand and let "an

drive nails thro#gh it and %lace 4i" on a cross

in the s#%re"e de"onstration that "en arewitho#t exc#se. They re-ect the creator to the

degree that when 4e was incarnate they killed

4i".

+t is a dishonor to God to $elieve anything

other than what Genesis says, right6 /oes ithonor God to $elieve 4e "ade all this6 /oes ithonor God to $elieve the creation acco#nt of

Genesis6 /oes it give 4i" glory6 +s it a

%ro%er re%resentation of who 4e is and what4e's done6 And is it a so#rce of worshi%6

Anything less is an affront to God. To "ake

"atter selfcreating, to "ake the co"%lexdiversity of this created #niverse the %rod#ct

of chance is to give chance "ore credit than

God, and chance doesn't even exist, it's a non

existent reality.

(e start worshi%ing God in Genesis 1, do we

not, when we worshi% 4i" as creator.

Eather, thank ?o# again for tonight as we've

worked o#r way thro#gh day five and howhave the glorio#s antici%ation of that final day

of creation, the day ?o# created all the

ani"als and the crown of creation "ade in

?o#r own i"age, "an. (e worshi% ?o#, weadore ?o#, we %raise ?o#, we thank ?o#, we

glorify ?o#, we honor ?o# as the God ofcreation...not only the God of creation $#t theGod of salvation. 9instein was wrong, we can

know ?o# $eca#se ?o# desire to know #s.

?o#'ve "ade ?o#rself known to #s in ?o#rcreation. 8ore than that, ?o#'ve "ade

?o#rself known to #s in conscience $y the law

written in o#r hearts. &eyond that, ?o#'ve


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"ade ?o#rself known to #s in revelation,

thro#gh the cri%t#re and ?o#'ve showed #sthat ?o#'re not only a God of i""ensity, a

God of i""#ta$ility who doesn't change, a

God of o"niscience and o"ni%resence and

o"ni%otence, a God of #nli"ited %ower andknowledge, ?o#'re a God of vast co"%lexity

and vast...vast $ea#ty and order, ?o#'re a God

that fills an endless and infinite #niverse, andyet ?o# are a God who cares a$o#t sinners,

who loves sinners, who ca"e into the world

and was $orn in a h#"$le, h#"$le, h#"$le%lace in an o$sc#re town called &ethlehe",

laid in a feed tro#gh. ?o# ca"e all the way

down to take the %lace of sinners, to die on a

cross that ?o# "ight know #s and that we"ight know ?o#. *h how we re-oice that we

know ?o#, the tr#e and living God, the creator

of the #niverse and o#r friend and o#rDedee"er. (e thank ?o#. A"en.

H 1< Grace to ?o#

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