God Creates Sea Life And Fowl On Day 5

Genesis 1:20-23 Day 5: God Creates Sea Life & Fowl

“& God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature (Heb. = living soul) that hath life, & fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. (21) & God created great whales, & every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, & every winged fowl after his kind: & God saw that it was good. (Why good? Rom. 1:19-20). (22) & God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, & multiply, & fill the waters in the seas, & let fowl multiply in the earth. (23) & the evening & the morning were the 5th day.” (Gen. 1:20-23)

ON DAY 5 GOD CREATES 2 KINDS OF LIVING CREATURES

1. Every Living creature in the waters (salt & fresh) (Ps. 104: 25-26). God Emphasizes Great whales (Hebrew = tanniym) [also dragons; Ps. 74:13; Isa. 27:1; & monsters Lam. 4:3; & serpent Ex. 7:9-10]

2. Every winged fowl

3 SPIRITUAL PURPOSES FOR ANIMALS

1. To teach us wisdom by revealing the infinite attributes, wisdom &

glory of God (Job 39, 40, 41; Ps. 33:6-9; Isa. 40:26, 31; Rom. 1:19-20)

2. Designed as metaphors to reveal spiritual truths so as to stir the

heart & convict the conscience (i.e. 2 Sam. 12:1-7; Job 12:7-9; Deut. 23:18; 2Pet. 2:22;John 10:11-14). Some people are swine (pigs); strong as an ox; sly as a fox (Lk. 13:22). People can act like “brute beasts” (2 Pet. 2:12; Jude 1:10); God “roars like a lion” (Joel 3:16; Jer. 25:30-31)

3. Designed as “Types”: A type is “a shadow, cast by Divine design, of good things to come” & not the very image of the things (Heb. 10:1; 8:5; 9:9, 11). The Holy Spirit reveals the glory of Christ designed into the O.T. Types to transform our lives (2 Cor. 3:18)

Some animals are designed to prefigure N.T. redemptive truth.

Jesus is our “Passover Lamb” (I Cor. 5:7; Exodus 12; Isa. 53:7). Oh! How understanding the “Types” like “the Lamb of God” transforms our life (John 1:29, 36; Heb. 10:14; Genesis 22:8)!

INTRODUCTION

To be wise we must learn God’s biblical use & definition for a word. Whales [tanniym]: is an important “Type” in Scripture.

“In that day the LORD with his sore & great & strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; & he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea” (Isa 27:1).

Dragon here is ‘tanniym’ & is one with the serpent & leviathan. They are All Types of satan in the Bible (Job 41:1, 34; Ezek. 32:2; Rev. 12:9)

We must resist the Devil (I Pet. 5:8-9)

WHEN SOLOMON WAS GIFTED DIVINE WISDOM...

“...he spake of beasts, & of fowl, & of creeping things, & of fish” (I King 4:33) whose creation by God is revealed in Genesis 1. “And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon” (I King 4:29-34)

Discovering Divine wisdom in God’s Works of creation is life changing. We will focus on Whales & Birds in this study.

I. DIVINE WISDOM FROM THE WONDERS OF WHALES

The Wonders of Whales are a Major Problem for the irrational theories ‘imagined’ by evolutionists. The complex uniqueness of Whales makes it impossible to have evolved little by little, slowly, over time from a small land mammal! Their respiratory & reproductive systems, eating habits, size, special skin, ability to deep dive, ability to produce music! Etc., etc., etc. all so complex & unique! The Blue whale is the largest animal that ever lived. So we’re confronted with a Scientific Law: “Law of cause & effect:” It is the most universal & most certain of all laws. “Every material effect must have an adequate cause that existed before the effect.” The effect is never greater than the cause. There are

only 2 possibilities for the “Cause” of Whales. 1. They Evolved from indohyus, pakicetus, ambulocetus, & rodhocetus by chance! Our last study revealed 3 of these have been exposed as false. A land animal, the size of a dog is not a great enough cause to lead to a Whale! It’s not science, its imagination! It robs God of His glory. 2. God Created whales on the 5th day designed for the ocean to reveal God’s Glory!

WONDERS OF WHALES [impossible for evolution to explain]

Whales can dive to 9800 feet & spend 1-2hr. Under water! Their muscles can store oxygen (the rete mirabile or miracle network). [When you read Jonah 2 its literal. His body died in the whale. His soul headed to hell under the deep (Ps. 69:14-5; Matt 12:40). Just as Jesus descended to hell before his resurrection (Eph 4:8-10)]. Baby blue whales weigh 8 tons at birth! The Only mammal born in ‘breech’ position. Some whales migrate 16,000 miles/yr.; Can maintain speed of 22mph. & maintain body temp. of 97.7F; Track their food with sonar; Ears are unique from all land mammals to hear under water; Each whale species identified by the spout of water when they breach (some 50ft. high). All evidence of Divine design