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These words of God heralded a new way on earth after the great sin flood of Noah. A major change was to take
place in the ecology of how the earth functioned prior to the flood. Prior to this period, the scripture tells us that
rain did not fall on the earth and the whole earth enjoyed a uniform global climate which encouraged rapid
growth of the vegetation. Genesis 2:5-6 “For the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there
was not a man to till the ground, but there went up a mist from the earth and watered the whole face of the
ground.” At a recent Youth Camp the question was asked. ‘Why are there no dinosaurs left on the earth?’
This question is being asked more and more especially by the children. The key to the answer of course, is that
God knew that the new type of world climate He was about to begin after the flood, as described in our text
word, would not allow for sufficient food supplies to be available to support those huge creatures. The great
quantities of vegetation that grew in that first period on the whole face of the earth, must have been enormous as
science today records that this vegetation was compacted and today is found underground and we call it our
“Coal fields”. Anyone who has visited an open-cut mine in central Queensland and observed the depth of the
coal seams, can well imagine how dense that vegetation must have been before it was compacted. Science is
now reporting that oil appears to be formed from the trapped remains of all animals and tropical trees and fruit.
We see today how a way has now been found to convert coconut oil to a fuel that will run diesel motors and
ethanol has been used as a fuel for some time. The new way on earth was to be a time of seasons, a planting
time, rain time, growing time, harvest, cold, heat etc. to be controlled by God.
There are those that say that Noah must have been disobedient in not preserving all animals. This of course is
not correct, as we read his instructions in Genesis 6: 19- 20. “And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every
sort shalt thou bring into the Ark.” We read further God used the words after their kind. He was not instructed to
take every variety but only every kind, and we know the meaning of Dinosaur is Terrible Lizard. Noah
obediently only took the smaller sorts of these animals with him under God’s guidance, as he knew the world
after would not support the larger varieties. From these of every sort of living creatures have evolved with time
the different varieties of many kinds of animals we see in the world today. We see this still happening today
even in our short span as a nation, the many different varieties or breeds of cattle, all originating from those few
bought to this land by the first settlers. If we put trust into a time span of almost 4,000 years, we can only begin
to see the answers.
Our text really teaches us to never doubt the word of God, as it is always true, never be caught up with the
religion of man called evolution, because ultimately the end test is one of faith. We either believe in evolution
and not in God or we believe in God, and His special creation, His word and do not believe in evolution. There
is no middle ground. Unfortunately we today are being pressed from all areas to worship the creation, which is
claimed to be at risk, and not the Creator.
The Apostle Paul warned the Romans of this in chapter 1: 25. “And changed the truth of God into a lie, and
worshiped and served the creature more than the creator, who is blessed for ever.”