The Ascent Of Man Part 3
copyright 2003 by Greg
Nichols
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Man’s Knowledge
Man has reached for outer
space, he has built computers that do much for him, he has built towers up
to the sky, he has even figured out how to manipulate life in a test tube.
Man has reached for heights of greatness in many areas, but I dare say he
has not totally seen his potential and most exact destiny from God.
Some have, but countless more have needed to answer the call.
" …the foolishness of
God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men."
1 Corinthians 1:25
Man has achieved many great
wonders as the knowledge level of man has developed in the last 100 years,
but man still functions under the cloud of sin and without his focus on
eternity, as if he sees through a glass that is dark and obscure. Charles
Darwin made many claims about the origin of man, and felt his wisdom from
science was quite superior to any other kind of thinking.
Read the following excerpt from “The Descent Of Man” and notice
the way Darwin thought he was in good company among the great minds of his
day.
“This work contains hardly any original facts in regard to man; but
as the conclusions at which I arrived, after drawing up a rough draft,
appeared to me interesting, I thought that they might interest others.
It has often and confidently been asserted, that man's origin can
never be known: but ignorance more frequently begets confidence than
does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know
much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be
solved by science. The conclusion that man is the co-descendant with
other species of some ancient, lower, and extinct form, is not in
any degree new. Lamarck long ago came to this conclusion, which has
lately been maintained by several eminent naturalists and
philosophers; for instance, by Wallace, Huxley, Lyell, Vogt,...
End
of Excerpt.
It seems
that Darwin’s God was science. Human
scientific knowledge seems to have no room for God, His ways, or His Word,
but rather draws on evidence and facts based on obscure data and using a
cursed planet as the laboratory. I am not knocking the scientific approach
to today’s knowledge, only the way God is left out of it.
Personally, I love science. I
believe Christians should be amazed and interested in this natural world
around us. However, we need to
interpret science, philosophy and this natural world, through God’s Word,
and the illumination of the Holy Spirit.
Why would I quote Darwin so much?
His work is woven into the fabric of societies thinking, so
thoroughly, I want to unravel as much as possible of the damage he has done.
His written works seem preposterous as they stand up against the
gospel, and as we shed light upon them.
The Art Gallery
The way Darwin and many other
scientific minds of our day function is like the art critic who visits an
art gallery filled with priceless art treasures.
The man arrives after hours only to find he can only see the great
works of art through a peephole in the door.
But the man proceeds to critique the art anyway, through the
peephole, and gathers tons of information on all the art in the place, even
though he is suffering from the condition of a stunted view of the art.
He goes into great detail, and fills in the gaps with his rich but
inaccurate imagination, since he cannot make out much of the detail in each
art exhibit. His report of the
art is extremely inaccurate and only about 2% correct.
But scores of people read his report, for they will never get to view
the art gallery themselves. Most believe him and his opinions, for he is an
art critic after all, and they have no clue of his faulty and obscure
methods. He has many initials
and designations behind his name. He must be right.
Darwin reminds me of this man.
The peephole is the moment of time Darwin is trapped in, and his
limited view of Creation, and of God and of spiritual issues.
He cannot clearly see the past, and must interpret the origin of the
planet and of life through his own peephole in his own door. His door, which
separates him from a clear view, is the fact that he discounts the notion of
a living God. His science has
grown to be his God, and he would like to erase any further idea of a true
God, and this action gives order to his little world.
The art gallery is the Earth, in all her glory, which was created by
God. God of course is the artist. All
the evolutionists today are trapped outside the door and are forced to see a
very stunted view of Creation, through a tiny peephole, from a tiny speck on
the timeline of man, their own time, and they are forced to fill in gaps and
holes with imagination, conjecture and speculation.
Then, they call it scientific truth!
“But the natural man does not
receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him,
nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”
1 Corinthians 2:14
First, to see Creation in its glory,
and see the Creator in it, you must become spiritual.
Only God can do this for you, as you open your heart to Him and His
Son Jesus Christ. Jesus is the
door to the art gallery. Go inside and see all the beautiful treasures, the
masterpieces, and the priceless pieces.
Once you yield to Creation and its truth, your eyes will truly be
opened to a beautiful Creation. The
Apostle Paul writes in the following verse that God can plainly be seen in
Creation if the viewer has even the smallest amount of common sense or
wisdom. Those who never
understand that God made the world and that they need to get right with him,
will have no excuse whatsoever!
“For since the creation of the
world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the
things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are
without excuse.” Romans 1:20
Some Practical Observations
I believe man has seen the world
both past and present through a peephole, in a huge doorway.
If I may, let me try to nudge the door open a crack here. You and I
can then peek in more!
We do not even really know exactly
what happened 200 years ago in history. There was no video, no tape
recorders, etc. Man relied on
here-say and innuendo. We of
the future really must trust any information passed down from our ancestors.
Past history changes all the time, when we find out that we were
mislead. If we are fuzzy on 200
years ago, why could we possibly think we could find out what the Earth was
doing 1000 years ago. 1000
years is a long time. A long
time. But scientists, and
teachers and people who have no clue as to what they are saying, throw
around 10 million years, or 65 million years, and their minds seem to
instantly bridge that expanse of time like it was nothing.
The Earth is only 6000 years old.
Not one person can possibly fathom in their mind a period of 6000
years. They think they can, but it is huge, and it is untraceable in scope.
The camera and photograph was
invented and was first used in the 19th century.
I never saw a photo of the founding fathers of America.
What can we prove using images before the invention of the
photograph? Nothing.
Man also had no vehicles for travel except horseback, train, or
wagon, until the late 19th century, or early 20th
century. Man took days to
travel a few hundred miles. Letters took months.
You think your mail is slow. Telephones were put in homes in the
early 20th century, and there was not the hint of a computer or
Internet back then. In the
1960’s when I was a boy, there was no hint of political correctness, and
bigotry and racism was prevalent all over America, even in my neighborhood.
The point is that much has changed fast, and man must not let the
fast change and growth of knowledge bring pride, the kind of pride that
makes him miss out on God!
I am trying to show you that it
takes quite a bit of unsound vanity to speak of 100 million years when we
are so unlearned and unclear about the earth and its history even 500 or
1000 years ago. (I can hardly
remember yesterday.) Scientists
think that fossils show something. Yes they do, but the fossil is analyzed
with a wrong premise in mind. More
on that in Part 4 of The Ascent Of Man!
Let me just say that many factors are involved in the making of
fossils, such as moisture, pressure, heat, cold, age, and more.
The scientist has no way to factor in all those items, when they
happened in the distant past. The
exact and precise scientist who always follows rules of science cannot
accept God without proof, but bends his rules greatly to rule out critical
factors that could effect his finding of fossils.
Why? Because he needs to
believe what he has sold his soul for!
Fossils can change greatly when they are subjected to catastrophic or
harsh conditions. A world flood
could mess with the finding of fossils.
Times Of Ignorance and
Darkness
Man peeks through a small peephole
when He is not embracing God. Man went through a less intelligent time,
between 200 A.D. and 1900 A.D. In
our cities in the 1800’s, raw sewage ran down the streets. It flowed out
of the back of houses and businesses and flowed into the low parts and mixed
with rain to get filthy bacteria mud in the streets.
People died by the thousands. Children and babies died.
Why? They could not see
bacteria, and they had no reason to believe it existed, so they could not
fight against it. Man could not
figure out why so many babies died at childbirth, and many mothers also, and
they lost millions for generations, until someone suggested the attending
physicians wash their hands first before assisting the process.
That was a Dr. Semmelweiss who was a Christian. (You can find
instructions for it in the Bible in Leviticus) When they finally began this
practice, they saved millions of lives. This sounds ignorant, but these were
yours and my great, and great, great grandparents.
Does it sound like I am not impressed with man?
Man’s folly is nothing to be impressed with. Man apart from God
generates someone like Darwin, and countless other reprobate minds
throughout history. I am sorry
if I sound repulsed by the human condition apart from God. It ought to make
all of us stop and think.
On the other hand, God told the
Israelites, and it is recorded in the Bible, how far away to bury human
waste, He also instructed them in washing their bodies and clothing when
exposed to communicable diseases, like leprosy, He instructed what women
should do during menstruation, He instructed people against sex with the
same gender, He instructed how to treat the poor, and how to set up society
with safeguards against starvation. He instructed in Jubilee, which forgives
debts of “down and out” individuals every 7 years, and is the blueprint
of our current U.S. Bankruptcy Courts. He instructed in capital punishment
and how to conduct trials and witnesses, the basis of our English Common Law
legal system, He instructed how to build, how to work trades, how to do
metal foundry and work with gold and silver and other elements.
Why did ancient Israel and other
cultures know more than we did in the 19th century? I believe ancient man
had more enlightenment in many areas due to a proximity to God, and
Creation. Whenever man has listened to God, He has prospered.
Man did not stumble into the total darkness of thought, intelligence
and reason until some serious rejection of God and His ways after 2000 A.D.
and before1900 A.D.
You and I take for granted our
flushing toilets, our running tap water, our refuse pickup weekly, our
police forces, our highway maintenance, our earthquake standards of
construction, our bounty, (or welfare if in need)
our peace, our court system, our convenient stores, fast food
outlets, Nordstroms, our televisions, our satellite directions, maps,
neighbors, schools, and many, many other benefits in our way of life.
But every one of these is the result of knowledge, of understanding
and of progress from God. How
many people are clueless to that fact?
Man’s Ascent Up The
Knowledge Ladder!
Historians call a period in there
the Dark Ages. This time period
is well named. Inquisitions,
torture and brutality ruled the civilized world. Governments used might and
force, and diplomacy was not used. An age of enlightenment did begin to
happen in those times, and shortly thereafter, between 1500 A.D. and 1800
A.D. with men like Luther, Wesley, Calvin, Edwards, and many more.
God was trying to get back into the mix, so men could advance in
their levels of understanding again. Christian
revivals began to spring up around the world, and God was again beginning to
be acknowledged in supposed civilized society. The age of Enlightenment gave
way to the Victorian Age. Most
people speak with disdain of this age, as an age when mankind was stupid and
prudish. But this age was an incubation of Godly thinking that ushered in
the higher levels of learning and human understanding.
Many men back then and today were
and are still looking through the peephole at the world around them, and
maybe could have seen some things here with the door cracked open a little.
You and I can look in! Let’s
push it more ajar and see more!
Because of the Law of Sowing and
Reaping, God’s seeds of creativity, intelligence, and enlightenment sprang
up after revival and the Age of Enlightenment and an incubation period,
bringing man the Scientific Age, the Industrial Age, the Technical Age, and
finally the Information Age. America
was the catalyst for these ages, because of her freedom, and her stance
originally on God and Christianity. (In
God We Trust / One Nation Under God)
Man got smarter during the late 19th
and all of the 20th century.
God prophesied it in the Old Testament.
“But you Daniel, shut up the
words, and seal the book until the time of the end, many shall run to and
fro, and knowledge shall increase.” Daniel
12:4
Why did knowledge increase?
I have a book about contributors to
science, and inventors, and discoverers, and you will be amazed at who were
Christians. These men and women prayed, had faith, and knew the Bible.
These are men and women who did not look through the peephole at our
Creation, but slipped through a slightly open door and rather embraced
Christianity and let God show them great wonders. Here
are a few:
Gregor Mendel - Genetics
Louis Pasteur - Biochemist
Florence Nightingale - Nursing
pioneer
Georges Cuvier – Founded Anatomy
James Maxwell – Einstein’s
Predecessor
Sir William Herschel – Astronomer
John Herschel – Son of William,
Astronomer
Wernher Von Braun – Rocketry
Sir Isaac Newton – Laws of Motion,
Gravity
Blaise Pascal – Invented
Barometer, Altimeter
Matthew Maury – Founded
Oceanography
Robert Boyle – Founded Chemistry
Samuel Morse – Invented Telegraph,
Camera
Sir Doctor James Simpson –
Anesthetic Surgery
Charles Babbage – Founded Computer
Science
The people above did not just have
the specialty behind their names as their careers; they founded or invented
the specialties into the Earth to the great blessing of all men!
Believer Astronauts Frank Borman
& James Irwin, Two Pioneers of NASA
The list goes on and on.
Most of our science and technology was founded on Biblical wisdom and
insights. God moved on these
people to bless humanity. The Giver of Life gave life to knowledge, so we
might prosper and move into position to spread the gospel around the whole
Earth.
Many men and women of the 19th
century who were the wealth moguls were believers.
Rockefeller, J.C. Penney, Carnegie, Ford, and many more believed in
tithing, and prayer. God used
men who had courage, faith and creativity to build the capitalistic system
that has advanced man so much. Famous
Presidents like Washington and Jefferson who did so much to carve out this
free country of America were believers.
Here is a quote by Sir Francis
Bacon, I love this one, I framed it, read what this secular scholar thought:
“Nay, the same Solomon the King,
although he excelled in the glory of treasures and magnificent buildings, of
shipping and navigation, of service and renown, and the like, yet he maketh
no claim to any of those glories, but only to the glory of inquisition of
truth, for so he saith expressly, “the glory of God is to conceal a thing,
but the glory of the King is to find it out,” as if, according to the
innocent play of children, the Divine Majesty took delight to hide his
works, to the end to have them found out, and as if kings could not obtain a
greater honour than to be God’s play fellows in that game,”
Francis Bacon (1605)
The only point I will add to Francis
Bacon and/or Solomon, neither of who ever got to see a democracy or
non-monarchal society, is the fact that all of us, according to the New
Testament, are kings and priest unto God!
It is God’s good pleasure that every person on earth take a kingly
position, and delight the Creator and Father in Heaven by seeking His secret
wisdom and knowledge from above for our lives.
Proverbs says we are to seek it as precious silver or gold, to mine
it out as a treasure of wealth. The
list of well-known people above are just small example of God’s play
fellows in history, – won’t you be too?
God said in Daniel 12 that at the
end of time, knowledge would increase on the Earth.
He would will it, and do it. He
would help man prosper and be free, and He would help man live decently and
in a civilized manner, and make advancements that would bring God glory!
God has blessed two societies like
no others. One was Israel, and the other is America.
Israel was blessed based on their covenant with God, the Old Covenant
of the Bible. America has been blessed based on her recognition of the New
Covenant of the Bible, which is the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Man has made an ascent in the
knowledge realm, and God wants to further the knowledge of His people now,
to bless the world and pour out His Spirit upon humanity.
This is long overdue. God wants to finish what He started in Ages
past, for man. Many are praying for a breakthrough from Heaven. I am not
alone in urging people to go for more of God. The door to the wonders of God
and His Kingdom in our world is open ajar for any to enter.
God wants to give you, His child ideas, breakthroughs, inventions and
insights for the benefit of man. But
right now, you may do something that only some have done throughout history.
Go ahead and humble yourself concerning your own knowledge and open
yourself to the massive knowledge of God. Throw the door open and go
through. Don’t use the peephole, or peer through the cracked opening, but
open it wide. I am speaking now of another door.
It is Jesus. He said it.
“I am the door.
If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and
find pasture.” John 10:
9
Throw open the door of your heart,
and enter through the wide open door of knowledge, from God, and receive the
final Door, Jesus Christ. Go
through that Door. Leave the peephole behind. Drink in Jesus.
Drink in His Holy Spirit. Get consumed with the knowledge of God.
Love the Word of God, and look at the world and the earth through
God’s eyes. You are at the foot of the ladder of knowledge that God has
for you, and in Heaven, you will have ultimate knowledge.
But begin to ascend that ladder today! Today is a good day to receive
Jesus. Come home as so many
people have before you, and come home before it is too late!
We love you!
White Fields Ministries
Next time:
The Ascent Of Man Part 4
If You Have Never
Received Christ!
There is a time for
everything under the sun, and now may be your time to receive Jesus. God
gave Him to you and I as a gift, and if you never do receive Him, you will
miss out on the greatest offer and deal humanity has ever received. This is
no accident here that you have read this ezine. This
was a Divine appointment for your Divine destiny. God set this up and
has led you to this point, so go ahead and seal the plan of God, for you,
that is, and receive His Son, Jesus. You
must be born again to see the Kingdom of God.
(John 3:3)
Maybe you have only been
away from God, but knew Him at an earlier time. God says, "Come
back child" and has arms extended open for you. Get right in your
life with God today! You owe it to yourself.
Pray this:
Simply repeat this prayer
aloud now:
Lord, I am a sinner, and I
need you. Jesus, I receive you
now. You are God, and I
recognize your death and resurrection.
Come into my heart, save me, and give me eternal life.
Forgive me of sin, and wash me clean of all unrighteousness. I
am now your child, and I thank you for saving me. Thank you Lord.
In Jesus Name, Amen.
If you said that prayer
from your heart, you are now saved and a child of God. The
possibilities are endless here for your new life, but best of all, Heaven is
settled for you!!
Watch for the next issue of
White Fields Ezine, we are going to take this to new levels!
You will get this same chance to say this prayer if you did not this
time, in every issue.
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