Contrast Between God and Man SERIES: 7

Man looks on the outward appearance. 

But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord looks at the heart. 

But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. 

 1 Samuel 16:7

Edward Beckersteth

Creation Moment 8/16/2025 - Zinc: “part of a Master Switch”

I will praise Thee; 

for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

Psalm 13:14

"Zinc is element 30 in the periodic table, and the most abundant metal in the body after iron. Even so, we only carry about three grams of zinc by weight. That trace amount should not be

disparaged: it is vital for 10 percent of the proteins and enzymes in our cells. In his earlier book The Miracle of the Cell (2020), Denton devoted two pages to zinc, listing the varieties of some 300 enzymes that rely on its unique properties. Last year, in an article about metals in proteins, Casey Luskin mentioned several important functions that zinc enzymes perform.

One important zinc enzyme Denton focuses on is carbonic anhydrase. It converts CO2 in our cells to bicarbonate, and then reverses the reaction in the lungs….After inventing a novel vital fluorescent sensor for live-cell zinc tracking, scientists discovered close to 8,000 compartments in the egg, each containing approximately one million zinc atoms. These packages release their zinc cargo simultaneously in a concerted process, akin to neurotransmitter release in the brain or insulin release in the pancreas.

Zinc is “part of a master switch” that “controls the decision to grow and change into a completely new genetic organism.” Even though it has a serious function, it’s a beautiful show to watch — all programmed to perfection:

“On cue, at the time of fertilization, we see the egg release thousands of packages, each dumping a million zinc atoms, and then it’s quiet,” said Thomas V. O’Halloran, the other corresponding author. “Then there is another burst of zinc release. Each egg has four or five of these periodic sparks. It is beautiful to see, orchestrated much like a symphony. We knew zinc was released by the egg in huge amounts, but we had no idea how the egg did this.” 

CEH

Contrast Between God and Man SERIES: 6

All flesh is grass, and all The goodliness thereof as the flower of the field. 

All flesh is grass, 

and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: 

Isaiah 40:6

The eternal God. 

The eternal God is thy refuge, 

and underneath are the everlasting arm.

Deuteronomy 33:27

Edward Beckersteth

IN the NEWS - The Groaning: Even the Rabbits

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. Romans 8:22

"Some Fort Collins rabbits have been spotted with strange growths on their heads. Colorado Parks and Wildlife says it is a virus.
Recently residents in southeast Fort Collins began noticing the

unusual-looking rabbits, including 9NEWS Northern Colorado reporter Amanda Gilbert. Susan Mansfield said she saw a rabbit with black spines or “quills” around its mouth.
According to wildlife officials, the growths are caused by a virus that results in wart-like protrusions on the rabbit’s face or head. The condition is similar to benign cancerous cells and has no known cure, CPW said.
Wildlife officials emphasized that while the virus can spread between rabbits, it is not known to be contagious to humans, dogs, or other wildlife. They said it doesn't hurt the rabbit, unless it grows on sensitive areas like their eyes or mouths.
Although the virus is not considered a threat to public health, wildlife officials recommend giving infected rabbits space and avoiding any attempts to help or handle them." 

WHASABC

Creation Moment 8/15/2025 - Split Human Brain But Unified Perception

I will praise you

because I have been remarkably and wondrously made. 

Psalm 139:14 CSB

"In 1983, Sergent reported her research on a split- brain patient who was presented with conflicting messages in each of the two isolated visual fields. The patient was able to respond to the conflicting information with perfect accuracy with either hand, even though each hand was controlled by a cerebral hemisphere that saw only one of the messages. She concluded that the patient could integrate and

resolve the conflicting information even though neither separated part of the brain actually saw it all. The patient’s mind was more than the brain.

In 1986, Sergent reported on a split-brain patient who could integrate visual information, such as whether two lines were aligned or would meet at an angle greater to or less than 90 degrees. showed an accuracy that was well above chance even though no part of the brain “saw” both images.

Again, in 1987, Sergent also reported research on two split-brain patients to whom she presented partial information in each of the split visual fields. Neither field was given enough information to make a final decision. Again the patients made an appropriate decision in most of the trials. She called their unity of consciousness “perceptual disunity and behavioral unity.” 

Thirty years later, in 2017, neuroscientist Yair Pinto and his colleagues concluded, after reviewing decades of split-brain research, that the most accurate summary of the research is this: Split-brain patients have split perception but unified consciousness.

And she said, “Tell me what concept links one of the pictures of the three to the other picture in the other hemisphere.” And split-brain patients would always get it right. For example, in that instance, they would say, well, art is what links the violin and the artist’s palate, the toilet plunger and the light bulb have nothing to do with the violin, really.
And she did it with hundreds of different trials of hundreds of different mixtures of pictures. And people with split-brain surgery were virtually always able to easily identify the concept and pick out the related images, even though no part of their brain saw both images."
Denyse O’Leary/Mindmatters

Contrast Between God and Man SERIES: 5

The thoughts of man—are vanity. 

The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, 

that they are vanity. 

Psalm 94:11

The counsel of Jehovah stands for ever, And the thoughts of His heart to all generations. 

The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, 

the thoughts of His heart to all generations. 

Psalm 33:11

Edward Beckersteth

Creation Moment 8/14/2025 - TO1-2431 b

Hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds; Hebrews 1:2

"Astronomers have discovered an earth-sized exoplanet, designated TOI-2431 b, that is so close to its host star that it completes a full orbit in just 5 hours and 22 minutes.

Or, to put it another way, this planet’s year is less than six hours long!

Astronomers designate exoplanets having orbital periods less than one Earth day long as ultra-short period (USP) exoplanets. Out of the approximately 6,000 known exoplanets, about 150 are confirmed USPs, and TOI-2431 b has one of the shortest of all USP periods.1,2

The intense heat received by TO1-2431 b as it orbits so closely to its host star probably means that its surface is molten lava. 

The planet is experiencing strong gravitational tugs that are noticeably deforming its shape. These tugs are also causing its orbit to decay. Eventually, these tugs will be strong enough to tear the planet apart. TOI-2431 b is “circling the drain,” both literally and figuratively. 

Conventional astronomers estimate that the time for this to happen is approximately 31 million years. As a science news article noted, “That’s perilously close to destruction, in astronomical terms, where 31 million years is only a tiny fraction of Earth’s 4.5-billion-year lifespan.”

It is for this very reason that conventional astronomers have repeatedly expressed surprise that we have been “lucky” enough to observe multiple exoplanets teetering, so to speak, so close to their eventual destruction. 

---In a universe that is supposedly billions of years old, 

Q: what are the odds that humans, who have only had the technology to discover these exoplanets for a few decades, would be fortunate enough to observe not just one but multiple such planets presently in the process of being destroyed? 

Some are hot gas giants that are rapidly losing their atmospheres and “shouldn’t exist” after billions of years. Others are rocky bodies so close to their host stars that their rocky crusts are literally being vaporized by the intense heat. It isn’t possible for such destructive processes to continue for billions of years.

Transient, fleeting phenomena are found both in deep space and within our solar system. But such short-lived phenomena make “researchers uncomfortable, because it is statistically unlikely that humans would catch any one object engaged in unusual activity – let alone several.”

Uniformitarian researchers may be uncomfortable, but creation scientists are delighted. Short-lived space phenomena are evidence of relative youth, just as one would expect since the Lord Jesus Christ created our universe just a few thousand years ago." 

ICR

Contrast Between God and Man SERIES: 4

We that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened. 

For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: 

not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, 

that mortality might be swallowed up of life. 

 2 Corinthians 5:4

He stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in. 

It is He that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: 

Isaiah 40:22

Edward Beckersteth

On the Streets of Babylon: Gay Ex-Throuples on the Streets

Babylon is fallen, is fallen,..

Come out of her, My people,
Revelation 14:8/18:4

There seems to be those of "the gay Throuple persuasion" spotted on the Streets of Babylon....

"Fr. Steve Rosera is a Roman Catholic priest who was ordained in 1980, serving at Queen of Heaven and Annunciation Parishes in Albuquerque. In 1993, he stepped away from the priesthood, “feeling the need for some time to discern his vocation further and wanting to make certain of God’s call for him, he decided to take some time away from the active ministry,” according to his church bio.
Rosera spent ten years in a committed homosexual relationship (officially registered with California courts).
Rosera entered a formal domestic partnership with another man, Alan Pex in 2005 and filed for a “dissolution of Domestic Partnership” in 2015. While together, Pex married another man, with the three

forming an unusual throuple relationship.
On July 1, 2020, Rosera shared Governor Michelle Grisham’s “Happy Pride” message, one of several pro-LGBTQ posts he disseminated.
In January 2021, despite Rosera’s open promotion of homosexuality, Archbishop John Wester of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico, reinstated Rosera’s priestly faculties.
Not only was he reinstated, but Wester promoted him to “the pastor of a parish, the dean of a deanery of priests in the archdiocese, and placed him on the Archdiocesan Tribunal, where he works as a judge and Defender of the Bond.”
**This did not halt his LGBTQ activism.
Five months later, Rosera posted a pro-LGBTQ image on Facebook, followed by another a few days later." 

Protestia

Creation Moment 8/13/2025 - Chemical "Rule of Thumb" turned upside down

For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible,..... Colossians 1:16

**Think what the Creator "DESIGNS" with this mystery of chemistry of the invisible realm....

"For more than 100 years, the widely accepted 18-electron rule has been a foundational guideline in organometallic chemistry. 

Now, researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) have synthesized a new organometallic compound that challenges this principle. They developed a stable 20-electron version of ferrocene, an iron-based metal-organic complex, which could open new directions in chemical research.

“For many transition metal complexes, they are most stable when surrounded by 18 formal valence electrons. This is a chemical rule of thumb on which many key discoveries in catalysis and materials science are based,” said Dr. Satoshi Takebayashi. “We have now shown for the first time that it is possible to synthesize a stable 20-electron ferrocene derivative,” he added.

This achievement advances our understanding of metallocenes, a class of compounds with a distinctive “sandwich” structure where a metal atom is positioned between two organic rings.

The research team developed a custom ligand system that successfully stabilized a ferrocene derivative containing 20 valence electrons—an arrangement once thought unlikely in coordination chemistry. “Moreover, the additional two valence electrons induced an unconventional redox property that holds potential for future applications,” said Dr. Takebayashi.

By forming an Fe–N bond in this new compound, the researchers

expanded ferrocene’s ability to gain or lose electrons, opening up new possibilities for its use in catalysis and functional materials. Applications could range from energy storage systems to chemical manufacturing.

Learning how to push beyond the traditional rules of chemical stability allows scientists to design molecules with specific, desirable properties. 

These discoveries may pave the way for progress in sustainable chemistry, including the creation of environmentally friendly catalysts and advanced new materials." 

SciTechDaily

Contrast Between God and Man SERIES: 3

You are upon earth. 

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. 

 Ecclesiastes 5:2

God is in heaven. 

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. 

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Edward Beckersteth

The "Really" File - (State of Game Shows)

Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves: Romans 1:24

"Disney/ABC’s Celebrity Family Feud featured its first-ever all-transgender team on Thursday, with actor Laverne Cox calling his

fellow competitors “my chosen family” as they tried to raise money for black trans prostitutes.
“We’re at Celebrity Family Feud, and I am here with my chosen family, my dear sisters Mila Jam, Joslyn De Freece, TS Madison, and Peppermint,” Cox said, introducing fellow transgender contestants in a video posted to Instagram, ahead of the episode’s airing.
The all-trans group, dubbed “Team Laverne,” competed in Celebrity

From the "Really" File

Family Feud to raise money for the TS Madison Starter House, a charity led by Madison that describes itself as “an innovative housing initiative designed to support and empower black trans women engaged in sex work.”
“We’re playing for the TS Madison Starter House, partnered with NAESM,” Madison said in the video, explaining, “The TS Madison Starter House is a re-entry house for system-impacted trans women.”
During the episode, Celebrity Family Feud host Steve Harvey asked if he could just call Madison “TS,” to which the trans contestant replied, “Of course,” adding, “Listen, I take it short or long” — a sexual double entendre causing the audience to cheer and Harvey to look flabbergasted." Breitbart

REALLY?

Creation Moment 8/12/2025 - Your “Master Key” Protein

I will praise Thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Psalm 13:14

"Researchers have uncovered how a specific protein supports the stability of connections between brain cells, which are essential for learning and memory.

A research team led by a professor at Rutgers University–New

Brunswick has identified a newly discovered function of cypin, a protein found in the brain. The team found that cypin increases the tagging of certain proteins located at synapses, the small junctions where neurons send and receive signals. 

--These molecular tags help direct the proteins to their correct locations, which is essential for proper synaptic activity.

One major discovery is that cypin plays a role in attaching specific molecular tags to proteins at synapses, the sites where neurons communicate. These tags help position the proteins correctly, ensuring they can transmit signals efficiently. Accurate tagging and protein placement are vital for neurons to function properly.

Another key finding shows that cypin interacts with the proteasome, a protein complex that breaks down unneeded or damaged proteins. When cypin binds to the proteasome, it slows down this degradation process, allowing certain proteins to accumulate. This buildup can enhance several cellular processes that support effective communication between brain cells.

Additionally, cypin increases the activity of another protein called UBE4A, which also helps with the tagging process. This indicates that cypin’s influence on synaptic proteins is partly because of its effect on UBE4A.

The work highlights the importance of cypin in maintaining healthy brain function and its potential as a target for therapeutic interventions." 

SciTechDaily

Contrast Between God and Man SERIES: 2

You are not able to do that thing which is least.

If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, 

why take ye thought for the rest?

Luke 12:26

With God all things are possible.

But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Matthew 19:26

Edward Beckersteth

Randolph County, IN Obituary Lesson: He Only had 75 years, 2 months and 2 days [1886]

To day if ye will hear His voice,
harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow.
Q: For what is your life?
A: It is even a vapor,
that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Hebrews 3:15/James 4:14

Q: If you knew you had had 75 years, 2 months and 2 days what would you day as the Calendar ticks away? 

"SEGRAVES, Stephen
Died, in Winchester, Ind., Thursday, January 14, 1886, Stephen Segraves, aged 75 years, 2 months and 2 days.
The deceased was the son of Stephen and Prudence Segraves, and was born November 16, 1812, in Guilford county, North Carolina. About 1830 his father moved to Ross county, Ohio. About 1840 Stephen moved to Miami county, Indiana, from which place he

enlisted in the U.S. service and served in the Mexican war under Capt. Wilson until its close. He was married to Sarah J. Essick at Peru, Indiana, November 16, 1848. They had by said union two sons and two daughters, three of whom are living. 

He united with the M.E. church near Williamsburg, Indiana in 1850, and had been a faithful believer ever since. For a part of his live he had his membership with the United Brethren church, by whom he was licensed to preach. He labored in this work until failing health compelled him to cease. 

He was a man who loved the word of God, and during his life he had carefully read the Bible through seven times. 

He read it daily and talked on scripture much of his time and died in the triumph of his faith. He leaves an aged companion, two daughters and one son to mourn his loss.

Funeral services were conducted by Elder I.P. Watts at White River meeting house after which he was laid away to await the resurrection day. I.P.W.
NOTE: Jane was the daughter of Stephen & Prudence (Seville) Segraves
[Date: January 20, 1886, Winchester, Randolph County, Indiana unknown paper]"

Creation Moment 8/11/2025 - Statistical Significance: An Abused Standard

It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. Psalm 118:8

"In research, “statistical significance” is the odds-based method used to tell whether a finding is likely real or just chance. When a study claims p = 0.05, it’s essentially saying, “We’re 95% confident this is real.”

Since the early 20th century, when Sir Ronald Fisher formalized it,

statistical significance has been central to research credibility. Journals prefer it. Publishers know their readers trust it. Researchers know their careers depend on it.

Ordak points out that many scientists admit they worry non-significant results will hurt their chances of publication. This pressure leads to a dangerous cycle: researchers shape their methods—sometimes inappropriately—to produce significant results.

Some even defend flawed analysis in peer review simply because it “got significant results.” This isn’t just cutting corners. It’s gaming the system.

But the numbers tell a darker story:

*Cancer research: Amgen tried to replicate 53 high-profile cancer studies—only 6 held up. Bayer reported similar results in 2011, failing to replicate 75% of cancer biology studies they tested. (Naik, 2011) (Errington et al, 2021)

*Psychology: Of 307 prominent findings, only 64% replicated at all—and those that did showed effect sizes about a third smaller than first reported. (Nosek et al, 2021)

*Neurology & disease research: 100 potential ALS drugs that once showed promise failed entirely in repeat trials. In spinal cord injury research, only 2 of 12 replications validated the original findings—one weakly and one only under special circumstances. (Errington et al, 2021)

Overall: Machine learning analysis of 40,000 psychology papers suggested only 40% might replicate. John Ioannidis famously concluded, “Most claimed research findings are false.” (Youyou et al, 2023) (Ioannidis, 2005)
---And here’s the kicker: A 2021 UC San Diego study (Serra-Garcia & Gneezy, 2021) found that papers that can’t be replicated are cited 153 times more than those that can—because they’re “interesting.” In other words, the more sensational your finding, the more attention you get—even if it’s wrong.
Max Planck put it best:

“Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.” 

CEH

Contrast Between God and Man SERIES: 1

We are but of yesterday And know nothing Because our days upon earth are a shadow.

For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, 

because our days upon earth are a shadow: 

Job 8:9

God is from everlasting.

Thy throne is established of old: 

Thou art from everlasting.

Psalm 93:2

Edward Beckersteth

Sandal of Zen Buddhism: Lesson of a Wasted Life

It is said that Bodhidharma came from India and bought what became Zen Buddhism to China. 

He supposedly impressed the emperor and other monks by staring at a wall in a cave while sitting still for 9 years. As a result he lost the use of his legs.

For the other monks who were engaging in his deep meditation techniques but growing physically weak, he invented the martial arts combat training of Kung Fu. This was to strengthen the body to endure the rigorous hours of endless meditation. 

When he died it is said that years later his tomb was opened and all his followers found was one old sandal.

Q: So what's the Lesson of all this?

Observe: All those years of monks (including Bodhidharma) spent in hard physical training of Kung Fu so as to just sit for endless hours in wasteful meditation of twisting the mind like a pretzel----(Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 2 Timothy 3:7) followed by death (All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. Ecclesiastes 3:20).

Q: Was it worth it?....staring at a wall for 9 years.....and all that was left in his dust was a sandal.....

Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

Romans 5:18

No deep meditation techniques, 

no wasted time staring at a wall, 

no rigorous martial arts training required.

IN the NEWS - CNN's Acosta pushes Techno-Spiritualism

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Ecclesiastes 9:5

"Here is a channel regarded as sacred, through which Satan works for the accomplishment of his purposes. The fallen angels who do his bidding appear as messengers from the spirit world. While professing to bring the living into communication with the dead, the prince of evil exercises his bewitching influence upon their minds” (Great Controversy, p. 551).

"Artificial intelligence (AI) now possesses the capability to simulate various aspects of human behavior, including imitating individuals—both living and deceased.

On August 5, 2025, Variety Magazine published the following:
• “Jim Acosta, the former CNN chief White House correspondent who now hosts an independent show on YouTube, has published an

interview with an AI-generated avatar of Joaquin Oliver, who died at age 17 in the Parkland school shooting in 2018.”
• “Acosta asked AI Oliver about his solution for gun violence, to which the avatar responded: ‘I believe in a mix of stronger gun control laws, mental health support and community engagement. We need to create safe spaces for conversations and connections, making sure everyone feels seen and heard. It’s about building a culture of kindness and understanding.”
• “The avatar added, ‘Though my life was cut short, I want to keep inspiring others to connect and advocate for change.”
• “Acosta then asked AI Oliver about his personal life, such as his favorite sport and favorite basketball team. The two discussed the movie ‘Remember the Titans’ and their favorite ‘Star Wars’ moments.”
• “After a five-minute chat with the AI, Acosta then connected with Oliver’s father, Manuel Oliver. ‘I’m kind of speechless as to the technology there,’ Acosta said. ‘It was so insightful. I really felt like I was speaking with Joaquin. It’s just a beautiful thing.”

Techniques like deep learning are continually pushing the boundaries of reality in AI-driven simulations. By engaging with such simulations, people are legitimizing the false idea that the dead can think, speak, or interact with the living, which directly contradicts Scripture. 

More dangerously, this artificial resurrection of the dead opens a spiritual gateway for demonic forces." 

AdventMessenger

IN the NEWS - And More....

It has been continuing---the massive weird global natural calamities--crammed into a small window of time of the last few weeks.

For nation shall rise against nation,

and kingdom against kingdom:

and there shall be famines,

and pestilences,

and earthquakes,

in divers places.

All these are the beginning of sorrows.

And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars:

And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, ...and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Matthew 24:7,8,6/Luke 21:11

Brazil: Tsunami hits Rio and surrounding area---with no earthquake or storm!

Spain: Canary Islands rumbled by 700 tremors around a volcano. Massive hailstorm hits Spain.

China: Beijing flooded again and city moves several inches.

Typhoon hits again. More flooding elsewhere in China. Sinkholes swallow up cars on the streets of Wuhan. Chikungunya fever outbreak likely due to mosquitos multiplying due to all the water from the floods. Hail pounds several provinces. Landslides in Hunan.

Australia: rare snowstorm in New South Wales of 20 inches of snow. Periphery of area flooded. Perth hit by a rare tornado.

Britain: Major storm knocks out power in parts of Scotland.

Turkey: Record heatwave.

Iraq: Record heatwave and most of country loses electricity. (125F)

Japan: Record rainfall. Record heatwave.

India: Mudslides sweep away villages.

Russia: Massive floods, mudslides and tornados ravage the south. Volcanic eruptions back east.

South Korea: Record flooding now in the south.

Burma: Flash Floods on border with China.

Italy: Mt. Etna slowly sliding towards the sea--picking up pace. Massive hailstorm.

Taiwan: Record rainfall triggers another round of flash flooding.

U.S.A.: Flash Floods in North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Pennsylvania. Quakes in New Jersey and off the coast of NYC.

SUN: A geomagnetic Storm may be responsible for the shifting tectonic plates that caused last weeks mega quake, tsunami, and tilted the earth slightly.

The "Really" File - (Fake Animals for Green Cult)

Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, ... Romans 1:26

Q: Was anything accomplished for their cause of "mother earth" of substance by their walk with fake animals?

"A climate change awareness journey has come to an end as The

Herds — a group of life-sized puppet animals — reached the Arctic Circle this week, marking the end of a 20,000-kilometre trek from Kinshasa in the Congo rainforest.

The animals, made from recycled metal and cardboard, were animated by over 1,000 trained puppeteers who joined the project along the way. Their symbolic migration north dramatized a global flight from climate disaster, growing with each stop as "local" animals joined the herd across 11 countries and 56 public events.

From the "Really" File

The final stretch saw the majestic puppets scale Norway’s Jostedalsbreen Glacier — mainland Europe’s largest — before arriving at Nordkapp in the Arctic Circle for a sunrise on August 1.
Organized by The Walk, the team behind the renowned Little Amal project, The Herds used art to spotlight the urgency of climate action, uniting communities across Africa and Europe in a creative call for environmental justice." AfricaNews

REALLY?

Creation Moment 8/10/2025 - IF Genesis 1-11 is "symbolic"......

"Genesis 1–11 is undoubtedly the most attacked portion of the Bible over the last 200 years.

Now Jesus taught that the whole of Scripture, beginning with Moses (i.e., Genesis), bears witness to Him and His work of redemption (Luke 24:27, 44). 

The whole Bible is his Word. 

And Genesis provides us with the foundation of the gospel—it explains why Jesus had to become a man to be our redeemer. 

It reveals that an initially “very good” creation was ruined by God’s curse because of Adam’s sin, a curse that affected the whole creation (Genesis 3:14–19, 5:29; Romans 5:12, 8:18–25). 

We cannot reject the literal history of Genesis 1–11 without undermining the gospel. 

If those chapters are mythical or symbolic, then Jesus died for a mythological or symbolic problem and is offering sinners a mythological and symbolic hope." 

AIG

Which Direction Will God Be Bringing Them From?

But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope.  

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.
For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. 

And the dead in Christ will rise first.

Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 

Therefore comfort one another with these words. 

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

"Paul is discussing two groups: (1) “those which are asleep” in Jesus, i.e. those righteous ones who have died, and (2) "we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord." i.e., we who are still living at the Second Coming of our Lord. In his discussion of these two groups, Paul is trying to accomplish five things:

1. Assure the believers in Thessalonika that they need not sorrow at the death of other believers, as do the pagans who have no hope of a resurrection. (Verse 15)

2. Inform the believers that the living saints would not be taken up to glory without those who had already fallen asleep in Jesus; in other words, those who had already fallen asleep in Jesus will not be left behind. Verse 15.

3. Inform the believers how “they which are asleep” will be awakened; namely, “the trump of God” shall cause them to "rise." The dead in Christ are going to be awakened by a trumpet blast. Verse 16. “For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible,” as Paul says in 1 Cor. 15:52.

4. Inform the brethren what happens immediately following the resurrection of those who have fallen asleep in Jesus: The still-living saints are “caught up together with them [the resurrected saints] in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air.” Verse 17.

5. Inform the brethren as to what the living and resurrected saints will do after meeting their Lord in the air: “And so shall we ever be with the Lord.” We are all going to be with the Lord forever in heaven, but we will go to be with Him after the resurrection of the dead, not before. Verse 17.

Q: If the righteous dead are to be blasted awake by celestial trumpets and "rise," and then, together with the living saints, ascend to the clouds to dwell forever with the Lord, how can Paul possibly mean, in verse 14, that the righteous dead come down from heaven on the resurrection day?

Q: And in what condition are these righteous dead that God “brings [them] with him” in verse 14? 

They are asleep: “those who sleep in Jesus.” 

Q: Why would God be bringing sleeping saints from heaven back to earth to be awakened? 

If they are sleeping, they are in the grave, not in heaven.

**The obvious meaning of “God will bring with Jesus” those who sleep in Jesus is that God will wake up the righteous dead with a trumpet blast, resurrect them in glorified bodies, and “bring them” back to heaven (along with “we who are alive and remain” at the Second Coming). " 

F.D. Nichol

Creation Moment 8/9/2025 - All are children of Adam and Eve

And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Genesis 3:20

"One discovery that is further demolishing the racist ideas that have dominated evolution for the last century involves new human DNA studies completed in the last decade. 

Illustrations of humans and pre-humans imply that human people groups are the result of species differences caused by DNA. 

The illustration below by the late 19th century University of Michigan paleontologist Alexander Winchell claims that six different pre-human groups, all inferior to Caucasians, were actually determined to be pre-Adamic persons that are more ancient than modern White humans.

This view of different human groups was, in part, still accepted as

late as the mid-20th century as implied in the following illustration published in the American Museum of Natural History’s journal titled Natural History in 1950.

Evolutionists portrayed a hierarchy from the gibbon to what they claim is the most-evolved primate, the gorilla. 

Above these, illustrations are shown the recent human groups progressing from the Negro upward to the modern White man. Among the supposed precursors of modern human groups is Peking Man (Sinanthropus), now classified as Homo erectus and, hence, was clearly human. 

Cro-Magnon, Heidelberg Man, and Neanderthal Man, shown as “missing links,” are all now recognized as part of the fully modern human family.

Although this chart has rejected Winchell’s 1888 pre-Adamic view, it still implies the human family exists as an evolutionary hierarchy very much like the primate family. Why the modern Australian was placed next to the Caucasian is unknown. Possibly it was a mistake of the artist?

The next step was the recent finding that DNA comparisons supported the view that all humans were close relatives, producing one family dating back to the great-great grandfather, six steps removed from present-day Caucasians. 

For example, I am three percent Neanderthal which means I have a “relatively recent shared ancestry with Neanderthals.” A simple calculation shows a child has 50% of the DNA of his father and 50% of the DNA of his mother. The 2nd generation would be 25%, the 3rd, 12.5%, etc.
One complication is the chart assumes each parent had 100 percent DNA when in my Neanderthal example it it could be far less. This pushes my Neanderthal DNA example farther back in history, but not tens of millions of years which is the date evolutionists assume. The website explains the chart, noting that on the average, you will, in total, carry less than 1% of each of your 5-times-removed great-grandparents’ DNA, shown in generation 7.

Consequently, since I have three percent Neanderthal DNA, according to this chart, 5 or 6 generations ago one of my ancestors would have been a Neanderthal. The current estimate is that modern humans contain 1 to 4 percent Neanderthal DNA. Thus, DNA evaluations go back only 7 generations, which would fit Biblical chronology much closer than evolutionary chronology. This bluntly contradicts the claim by evolutionists that Neanderthals as a group went extinct approximately 40,000 years ago.

Furthermore, according to James Crow, a Professor of Medical Genetics at the University of Wisconsin, based on DNA comparisons “any two human beings are 99.9 percent identical. [This means that ] The genetic differences between different groups of human beings are similarly minute.”

Consequently, compared to the 0.1 percent difference between average modern humans, the fact that humans contain on average anywhere from 1-4% Neanderthal DNA is quite significant. Modern humans have 10 to 40 times more Neanderthal DNA then would a random neighbor.

New research has determined that a significant percent of ancient DNA is revealed in the ancient Uralic and Yeniseian peoples. The finding indicates that the ancestors of Estonians, Finns, and Hungarians lived in Siberia less than 4,500 years ago. This is yet another DNA analysis signaling that a significant percent of the

world population has Neanderthal DNA.

As noted, estimates suggest that people outside of Africa, on average, carry about 1-4% Neanderthal DNA. If this is accurate, then, given that humans have about 3,000,000,000 DNA base pairs, this would mean that they have anywhere from 30 million to 120 million Neanderthal base pairs in their DNA. 

Assuming the findings cited in this paper hold up, they support the Biblical teaching that all humans living today, and in the past, are, according to DNA analysis, part of one human family descended from our first parents who lived six-thousand years ago. This is another example illustrating how scientific progress has increasingly challenged evolutionary theories of origin, while strengthening the creationist perspective." 

CEH