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Welcome to Life Truth, where the truth can change your life. I'm Dr. George Alquist,
and I'll be your host for this program. Today, we're going to take you all the way back to
the
beginning, and we're going to answer one of the greatest questions man has ever asked.
Where
did we come from, and how did we get here? I hope you will enjoy this episode of Life
Truth.
You know, since we can remember, men have been trying to answer one of life's most
perplexing questions. Where did man come from? Throughout the centuries, philosophers,
scientists, and mystics have advanced all manners of theories as to the origin of mankind.
Perhaps the most widely accepted is called the theory of evolution. Now, the theory of
evolution
says that life on planet earth began millions and even billions of years ago in what has
been
called the primordial ooze. Now, this theory, and I want you to understand, a theory is
an
unproven idea based on speculation. Evolution is taught all around the world as fact, when
in
fact, it is a theory. It is called a theory, but enjoys the status of scientific fact.
However, for
something to be a scientific fact, it must be able to be demonstrated. Evolution cannot
be
demonstrated. Paleontologists, now paleontologists are those who study fossils in order to
understand prehistoric life. Now, these paleontologists have postulated that, the word postulate
is just a big intelligent sounding word for guessing. So, the paleontologists guess the
presence of
warm, shallow seas millions and billions of years ago containing a rich mix of organic
chemicals. Somehow these lifeless chemicals formed themselves into proteins. And then,
in the
protein chains, they eventually turned into organized structures that became life. The
problem is
that how do nonorganic structures become organic? Or how do living cells evolve from dead
chemicals? No one can answer this question. They just say it happened. One may ask where
the primordial ooze came from. Now, that too is something that no one can answer. Again,
a
theory has been advanced called the Big *** Theory. Now, the Big *** Theory teaches that
billions and billions of years ago in a galaxy far, far, away, all the matter in the entire
universe
was somehow compressed into a teeny, weeny dot. Friends, did you ever try to put a rubber
pull
back in the box? I've tried it, and you can't do it. And yet, all the matter in the entire
universe,
all the stars, planets, galaxies, were all pressed into one itty, bitty, teeny weeny
little dot. And
then one day, just ***, blew up. All the matter and exploding debris was sent hurdling
into
space. And some of that debris was sent hurdling into space. And some of that debris just
happened to stop where it did at precisely the exact coordinates of space necessary for
success,
and life began to form. I don't know about you, but that seems to take a lot of faith,
doesn't it?
Do you realize that if our planet is just a little bit this way or a little bit that
way, no life can be
on it? But somehow, it stopped right where it needed to be stopped for life to begin.
That's the
theory, but the problem is, where did all of the matter originally come from? And how
did it all
get compressed into that
little dot? Why was it content to be a little dot for millions and billions
of years, and then all of a sudden, it exploded? Was there more matter being created? Gasp!!!
Did I use the word created? Obviously, the matter existed, but where did it come from?
No one
knows that either. So, the theory of evolution can never really tell us how or where things
began, because it must always start with something, and they can't tell us where that something
came from. Evolution teaches that once this process began, the tiny celled organisms eventually
evolved into mankind as you see him today. If this theory is correct, and remember, it
is only a
theory, then man is nothing more than a collection of living cells existing somewhere along the
line of evolution, and will one day be something different than he is today. Am I correct?
If
evolution is true, then we are not the end of the game. Evolution strips mankind of his
uniqueness, nobility, and his rightful place in nature. One of the most well-known tenants
of
evolution is that man evolved from monkeys. Yet with billions of fossils found on earth,
we
have found no evidence of transitional force between monkeys and men, or any other species.
There have been hoaxes and fakes, but I want you to think about it. If man evolved from
monkeys, then why are there still monkeys? Why have they not evolved, and are stuck back
in
the millions of years in the past? I may be a simple person, but it seems to me that if
the theory
of evolution was true, then eventually the monkeys would cease to exist, because the
monkeys
would evolve into something else. Does that make sense to you? Why are there not beings
walking around right now at in between stages of evolution? I know that there are some pretty
weird people on planet earth, but that is a whole different ball game than being in
between a
species!! The answer is that man did not evolve, and that the theory of evolution is a false
theory.
The world did not evolve over millions and billions of years. It was created by God essentially
as you see it today. Evolution assumes that anything is possible and can happen if given
enough
time. When evolution speaks of millions and billions of years, and our minds cannot
comprehend millions and billions. You cannot comprehend a million in your brain. You have
no
idea what a million of anything looks like. So, if we have a hundred million, a billion,
a hundred
billion? All of a sudden, it gets impossible, because our minds cannot comprehend it. The
truth
is that the true and living God created the universe out of nothing. We're going to discover
the
origins of the universe and the beginning of mankind tonight. Our textbook is going
to be the
Bible, the written and preserved word of God. You may say, "Why don't we use a science
book"? Well, this is the original science book. This is a very unique book that we will
examine
closely in future lessons. But for now, we are going to assume that the Bible indeed
is God's
written word, and account to mankind. So, today we are going to look at three things.
Number
one, the beginning. Look at verse one. Genesis 1:1 says, "In the beginning, God"... The only
one who would really know what happened in the beginning would be someone who was there.
And the only one who was there was God himself. God has recorded for mankind an account of
their origin and has preserved it for every generation to know. Before planet earth and
our solar
system existed, God existed. Psalm 90:2 says, "Before the mountains were brought forth,
or
ever thou hast formed that earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou
art
God". Psalm 93:2 says, "Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting". This is
the
eternal, almighty God of creation who alone has the power to create something out of nothing.
He existed before all others and is self-existent. The Bible says that, "In the beginning, God
created the heaven and the earth". Then it even describes what the earth was originally
like.
Look at verse two. "And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the
face
of the deep. And the spirit of God was on the face of the deep. And the spirit of God
moved
upon the face of the waters". The dry land was not yet formed into continents in verse
two. It
was void and didn't have any life at all. There wasn't even any light upon the earth,
because
there has not been created a sun, moon, or stars yet. God created a planet in the beginning
upon
which he would create life and fashion it as does a sculptor. Then he would create outer
space
with all the stars, galaxies, quasars, and suns as a painter would paint a canvas. To
believe in
evolution is like believing that a painting could paint itself if we gave it a billion
years. Do you
think it's ever going to paint itself? NO! It needs a painter, and a building needs a
builder, and
creation needed a creator. "In the beginning God". Number two, we're going to find the
beginning of time. Look at Genesis 1:3, "And God said, "Let there be light, and there was
light.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And
God
called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning
were
the first day. Here we have mention of the first day. A 24 hour period of time. This
was the first
day. How do we know what a day is? A day is 24 hours, right? When you say to someone, "I'll
see you in a few days", they don't respond, "Do you mean 24 hour days or eons"? No. You
don't say to them, "A few days, I mean 24 hours of time". No. Man knows what a day is.
So,
when God says here, it's a day, why don't we believe him? Why do we try to make a day
an
eon? If he wanted to say, eon, he'd put eon. This is when time began. God created time.
It's
right here. This is the first day. As a matter of fact, God decided to create in time. Until
this
particular, day, there was no time. Why should there be time, when God is the only one who
exists, and he is eternal, timeless, and he never ages? He is not going to take off the
days,
because they mean nothing to him. They mean a lot to us, because we live in time, and
God
created time. This is the beginning of time.
"Thank you for being with us today on Life Truth, where the truth can change your life.
I hope
we can answer a question or two for you today, but you won't want to miss next week's special
edition of Life Truth. We are going to continue in our study on where man came from, and how
did he get here.