70. Creationism vs. evolutionism
The Bible is the crystallization of human civilization and life experience, which is unique. Kant: "it is the greatest happiness to have the Bible in the world. Any attempt to belittle the book violates the interests of mankind." "The influence of the Bible on mankind is not limited to Jews and Christians... This book is regarded as a treasure house of morality and religion. It contains inexhaustible lessons and helps promote a civilized world," the American encyclopedia said
96 percent of people in the United States claim to believe in God, but the rate is much lower in Europe and Asia. However, even in countries that do not believe in God, many people believe that the material universe is produced by some unknown forces. They believe that something eternal or individual contributes to the operation of the universe. Why? Think about it: the sun is huge enough to hold a million earths; But compared with the Milky way, it is just a drop in the ocean. But there are billions of galaxies in the universe, and the Milky way is just one of them. According to scientific observations, galaxies appear to be pushing outward at high speed. To promote the operation of the universe, it must involve huge energy. Who or what does this energy come from? The Bible asks, "lift up your eyes to heaven! Who created all this? God created it, and he led the stars like a great army." (Isaiah 40:25) the universe is made up of one individual, who is the source of "power".
Please also think about life on earth. Evolutionists claim that life is self-produced. Is that right? Biochemist Michael Beh said: "Science has made great progress in understanding the chemical processes of biology, but at the molecular level, science cannot explain how the delicacy and complexity of biological systems come from.... many scientists assert that they have mastered the explanation, or the truth will come out sooner or later. However, special scientific books and periodicals do not support such a claim. In addition, according to the structure of biomolecular systems, we have good reasons to believe that Darwin's Theory will never succeed in explaining the mechanism of life. "
According to the theory of evolution, human beings are naturally produced without the help of any intelligence. Are you really satisfied with this explanation? Some people say that the human brain is "the most complex object in the universe". Now let's study the human brain and see what conclusions we can draw. Richard. "Even the most advanced neural network like computers have only one tenth the function of a fly," Dr. restack said The brain is much better than the brain of a fly. The human brain has the ability to learn language and can repair, adapt programs and improve functions by itself. You must agree that although the function of powerful supercomputer is only "one ten thousandth of a fly", it must be designed by wisdom. So what about the human brain?
Three thousand years ago, mankind did not fully know the wonderful structure of the human body and knew nothing about the molecular structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), but at that time, a biblical writer wrote: "your eyes saw me when I was an embryo." (Psalm 139:14) who is he referring to? Who is "capable" and produces everything in the universe?
The first verse of the Bible says, "in the beginning, God created heaven and earth." He is also a great author of the Bible, revealing the contents of this book to people. He shows that he is a God who is willing to be close to others, so we can form a close relationship with him.
71. If Adam eats the fruit of life first and then the fruit of wisdom
God told Adam that he could eat the fruit of all the trees in the garden of Eden at will, but not the fruit of the tree of good and evil (wisdom), which means that the fruit of life is edible. Later, Adam disobeyed God's will and ate the forbidden fruit, which was man's degeneration. God said, "the man has been similar to us and can know good and evil. Now I'm afraid he will stretch out his hand and eat the fruit of the tree of life and live forever." So Adam was driven out of the garden of Eden. Because he could not eat the fruit of the tree of life, he could not live forever. Human beings are no longer innocent, holy and happy, and fall into suffering
If Adam eats the fruit of life first, gets eternal life, and then eats the fruit of wisdom, he will be really like God. Human beings do not need the precious blood on the cross of the Lord Jesus to make atonement, and we can live forever. Isn't it a harvest of both material and spiritual civilization?
God is omniscient and omnipotent. He knows that Adam will eat the forbidden fruit. Why not stop it? This is one of the reasons why many non Christians deny the Lord.
After Adam ate the forbidden fruit, why didn't God let him eat the fruit of life?
Answer: all this is God's plan, because if human beings have a double harvest in the garden of Eden, human beings will think that it is God's grace to be saved. They do not give all the glory to God and owe God's glory.
God let Adam sin and lose, let the precious blood of the Lord Jesus make atonement for us, let us understand that God's word is our only destination, return all glory to God, and finally god gets all glory.
Revelation: a new heaven and a new earth, the holy city, New Jerusalem. On both sides of the river, there is a tree of life, which bears twelve kinds of fruit. The leaves on the tree are for the healing of all peoples. There will be no curse forever.
So far, the kingdom of God has been built, and mankind has truly achieved a bumper harvest of material civilization and spiritual civilization.
72. Why is there so much suffering and injustice in the world
Human history is full of suffering caused by war, imperialist aggression, exploitation, injustice, poverty, disasters, disease and death. In the 20th century, about 100 million people died in various wars. Hundreds of millions of people have died of hunger and disease. The earthquake claimed countless lives. People are increasingly disrespectful of life and property. Fear of crime has become part of everyday life. Most people abandon moral standards like shoes along the way.
Why do so many tragic things happen to innocent victims? If God is almighty, why has he allowed so much suffering to come to mankind over the past thousands of years? Since God designed the universe so well and orderly, why did he allow so much chaos and destruction on earth?
It's like you see a broken house in the forest. It's in disrepair. Do you think it can't be designed by an intelligent designer? Do you think the house was created by chance? It may mean: 1. The owner of the house has died; 2. He is a capable builder, but he no longer cares about the house; 3. He rented the house to others temporarily, but the tenant didn't maintain it well. Finally, the reasons cited are actually quite similar to the situation on the ground.
We know from the early records of the Bible that God's will is not to suffer or die. Our ancestor Adam and Eve died only because of disobedience to God. (Genesis 2, 3) since they rebelled against God, they no longer did God's will. They were separated from God's care. They actually cut off contact with God as the "source of life"—— Psalm 36:9.
Just as the power supply of a machine is cut off, the machine will stop slowly and finally stop completely. The first pair of human bodies and minds also gradually declined and finally died. All their descendants - all mankind - are also governed by death. According to the law of heredity, all offspring of our ancestors inherited imperfections (from the earth's "material" body) and death. Romans 5:12 tells us, "just as sin came into the world from one man (the father Adam), and death came from sin; so death came to all, for all sinned (because of the tendency to suffer imperfections, which means sin)." Since sin, imperfection and death have been common in the world since ancient times, some people regard them as natural and inevitable. But God originally made man capable of living forever, and he longed to do so. Most people feel that it is really a helpless thing for their life to be terminated by death.
Why did God allow the world to go its own way for so long? God will make man have free will, which means the ability to choose. God did not make them like robots or animals dominated by instinct. Therefore, people can choose who they want to serve. (Deuteronomy 30:19; 2 Corinthians 3:17) for this reason, the word of God exhorts us, "though you are free, do not cover your malice by freedom, but be servants of God." (1 Peter 2:16) but although people have the wonderful gift of free choice, once they take an action, they must also accept the consequences of the action.
Our ancestors made the wrong choice. They chose to be independent from God. Will this path lead to a happy and successful life? Jeremiah, the author of the Bible, knew what would happen. He was right when instructed by the Holy Spirit: "I know, O Lord, that a man's way is not his own, and those who walk cannot set their own steps. Correct me, O Lord." (Jeremiah 10:23, 24) he knew that man must be guided by God's heavenly wisdom. For thousands of years, the result of man-made rule has undoubtedly shown that man cannot "set his own pace" without relying on the guidance of the creator. The Bible says, "the rock (God), his movement is perfect; all his ways are just. He is a faithful God, without injustice, both righteous and upright. They act corruptly; they are not his children, but their own defects."—— Deuteronomy 32:4, 5.
Because human beings originate from the earth (material) body, which is imperfection and human limitations. The original sin is that the ancestors secretly ate the forbidden fruit against God's will. Why does God not distinguish the good and evil fruits for human beings? The root lies in the earth body of human beings. Paying attention to material civilization will not find eternal spiritual happiness. If you give life and distinguish between good and evil in the garden of Eden, people will be self righteous. They don't know to give glory to God and owe God's glory. God's purpose of creating the world has failed, and people can't achieve their purpose of life. At most, they are a group of self righteous "old people who don't die". God wants people to understand that if human beings leave God's way, no matter how developed material civilization is, they can't find their own purpose of life. God is to let the vitality (soul and spirit) he blows into people's nostrils defeat people's material body derived from soil, sanctify people, claim righteousness and glory, everyone gives glory to God, and finally god gets all glory. So far, the kingdom of God full of love is completed and God's creation plan is completed.
"And I saw another angel flying in the air, with an eternal gospel to be preached to the people of the earth, all nations, all peoples and all peoples. He cried out, fear God and give him glory, for the time of his judgment has come, and worship him who created heaven, earth, sea and springs of water." (Revelation 4:6,7).