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Emphatic Answers
To all rhese viral guesrions, che
empharic answer is a resounding YES!
Buc ask che same questions concern–
ing evolurion, or che reachings of reli–
gions, and che answer is regretrably
NO!
Would ir nor, rhen, seem che folly
of fools ro refuse honesr examinarion
of rhese desperarely needed answers?
Here rhen, is our Maker's crucial
Message ro mankind in rhis crisis
hour of human h.isrory.
Expecr surprises!
How chis missing dimension in
knowledge could have been over–
looked rhese millenniums by religion,
science and educarion is as shocking
as che facr rhat our Crearor, in che
firsr rwo chaprcrs of His revealed In–
srrucrion Book, rells us clearly and
empharically, rhar man is neirher an
animal nor an immortal soul! These
firsr rwo chaprers of Genesis refute
che rheory of evolurion rwo ways:
The very firsc verse of che firsr
chaprer in che Bible stares posirively
rhar God exisrs - rhar God
CREATED
che heaven and che earrb.
Ir
also srares
positively rhar man
is
nor descended
from lower animal species, and rhar
man is nor an animal. And che second
chaprer depicrs God Himsclf saying
posirivcly rhar man is nor an immor–
cal soul - conrrary ro che very foun–
darional belief of many, or mosr, reli–
gions!
The very first words in che Bible
are: "In che beginning, God creared
che heaven and rbe earrh" (Genesis
1:1).
No ''perhapses" - no rheories
- jusr a posirive sraremenr!
Anorher imporranr revelacion ro
nore ar che very beginning: The
human inspired ro do che original
wriring of rhose words was Moses.
Moses wrore in che Hebrew language.
The English word "God" is rranslared
from the Hebrew
Elohim
-
a uniplu–
ral noun, like such words as "family,"
"church," "ream," "group. " Ir means
PlAIN TRUTH
July
1972
one
God, but more than one Person
composing rhar one God - jusr as a
family is one family, but may be com–
posed of rwo, five or more persons.
You
Are N OTan Animal
Now norice, in verse
21
of Genesis
1:
"And God crea red grear
whales ... afrer rheir kind, and every
winged fowl afrer his kind." Then in
verse
25:
"And God madc che beasr
of che earrh afrer his kind, and carde
afrer rheir kind...." And rhen verse
26:
"And God said, Lec us make man
in our image, afrer our likeness.... "
This says plainly God made whales
afrer the whale kind - birds afrer che
bird kind; carde afrer che carde kind.
chimps after che chimp kind - bur
God made
MAN
after the God kimi.
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Thar's whar ir says!
And norice, picase,
Elohim
did nor
say "Ler
me
make man afrcr
my
kind"
bur "Lec
us
make man in
our
image,
afrer
our
likeness." Ir is rhe Goo
FAM·
ILY speaking. (But lec me explain
here rhar, beginning wirh verse 4 in
che second chapter of Genesis, a new
and differenr name for God is inrro–
duced. In che Hebrew ir is
YHVH
Elohim.
In
che Aurhorized or King
James Version, che Hebrew
YHVH
is
rranslared "LORD" - always in capi–
tal lerrers. Ir is rhere cranslated "LORD
God." There is no word in English
which exactly renders che rrue mean–
ing of
YHVH.
The Fenron trans–
lacion renders ir "the Ever-Living."
The Moffacr rranslacion renders ir
"rbe Erernal." Actually, chis is che
name, used in che Hebrcw, for che
same Person in che God Family rhat
appears as
Logos
in che Greek Uohn
1:1·3) in che New Testamenr, and is
rranslated "che Word." les meaning is
che One of che God Family who is
che Spokesman, by whom God (che
Farher of che God Family] creared all
rhings. Ir is che One who carne in
human flesh, Jesus Chrisr.)
This reveals clearly, beyond dis–
pute, rhac
man is not an animal!
Man
was made in che image and likeness
of God - in che very form and shape
of God. Man was made ro have a rela–
rion ro God - a link
ro
God -
rorally unlike any animal. Thar will
become more apparenr as we proceed.
Bur why did God make man in
His own image? Why did He creare
the human species ar all?
Was there special PURPOSE? Is there
a
MEANING
ro human life unrealized
by mankind?
PURPOSE Being
W
orked Out?
The lace Prime Miniscer of Greac
Brirain, Winsron Churchill, acrually
gave che answer when he said before
che American Congress: ' ·There is a
PURPOSE
being worked out here
be–
low." Of course, he implied a Higher
Power, above, doing che working
out.
But roan, it seems, fails ro under–
stand rhac purpose.
Now look abouc you. Look at all
che species and forms of living crea–
cures. How many of rhose are able ro
think, plan, devise, and rhen bring
about, by making or creacing, thar
wbich was rhoughr our, designed and
planned?
Instinct , Instead of Mind
By instincr, beavers build dams.
Bur all chese dams follow che same
parcern. The beaver cannor think out
sorne ncw, differenr patrern and make
sorne new and differenr rhing. Anrs
may form anr hiUs; gophers, snakes
and rodenrs dig boles; birds build
nesrs. Bur rhey always follow rhe
same partern. There is no originaliry,
no rhinking and designing of a new
idea, no new consrrucrion.
The beavcrs' dams, che anrs' hills,
che gophers', snakes' and rodenes'
boles, che birds' nesrs are all made
purely by insrincr, nor by rhought
and original designing.
A test was made wirh weaver birds.
For five successive generarions, weaver
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