The Day The Dinosaurs Died continued

Part II.

If the theory of evolution is false, what does the record of the rocks really tell us when coupled to the Word of God? What are these two sources of information really telling us about the Earth's past? Let's take a look.

First let's get a look at the chronology of when certain key books of the Bible were written, and who was inspiring the writers of them. The NIV Bible in the opening notes to each book of the Bible gives important dates on this subject. First, the Apostle Peter says the books were written by men, but that these men were inspired by the Holy Spirit in everything they wrote down. I Peter 1:20-21, "Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation. For the prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit." Or as the King James says, "as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." In the opening notes to Exodus, the translators say that the Israelites left Egypt about 1446 B.C. So the first five books of Moses, Genesis through Deuteronomy were written sometime within the life-span of Moses, after 1446 B.C. They, as we shall see, are not the oldest books of the Bible. Job is thought to have lived around the time of Abraham, in 2100 B.C. So the book of Job is the earliest book of the Bible. Job has an interesting encounter with God. In this encounter God asks Job, who had been very prideful about his knowledge and obedience to God, "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone--while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?" Job 38:4-7. So in the earliest book of the Bible God himself is pointing out that the earth was created so beautiful and perfectly that the very angels of heaven were singing and shouting for joy. Keep that in mind. Now let's turn to the 2nd oldest book in the Bible, Genesis, written some time after 1446 B.C. In Genesis 1:1 God describes this same creation of heaven and earth, where the angels shouted for joy. Genesis 1:1, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Now, let's read verse 2a of Genesis 1. "And the earth was [Hebrew: or possibly "became"] without form [Hebrew: "tohuw" "to lie waste; as desolation…] and void [Hebrew from Strongs #8414: "bohuw" ruin:--emptiness, void]…" Genesis 1:1 points to the original creation, as Job 38:4-7 does. So God's first creation was that of the angels themselves, before time and space and matter was created. The Hebrew then indicates in Genesis 1:2a that the earth "became" tohuw and bohuw, "waste, desolate and in ruin, emptiness."

If angels came first, and the earth and heavens were created so beautiful as to make the heavenly angels shout and sing for joy,does the Bible show us an event that might have caused the ruin of earth? Keep that thought in mind. Genesis 1:2a briefly indicates that the earth became towuh and bohuw, empty and void, empty and desolate. Genesis 1:2b brings us right up to the beginning of the re-creation of planet Earth for man to inhabit, creating a habitat suitable for man, creating species of animals, plants, birds and sea creatures suitable for mankind. But what happened to the first creation on Earth? Does the Bible tell us? What did God create first? In Job 38:7 we find angels already in existence before the heavens and earth were created. They were shouting for joy and singing. In the record of the rocks we just saw plainly how the dinosaurs roamed the earth, huge populations of all the various thunder-lizards populating the planet Earth. We know that 65 million years ago two, not one, but two huge meteors--global killers--hit the earth. One measuring 6.25 miles across hit the Yucatan the other measuring 25 miles across hit the Bay of Bombay. Today thirty-two years after The Day the Dinosaurs Died was written, we know this for a fact.

We also know from extensive satellite fly-bys and telescopic observations that the moon, and mercury, both without weathering atmospheres that would destroy evidence, are covered with huge craters, blast-marks from a distant past. An asteroid belt consisting of the mass of a decent earth-sized planet exists between Mars and Jupiter. This belt orbits the Sun just like a planet would. Just ask yourself "What would happen if someone, something, were able to blow up a planet?" The force required to do that would send "asteroids" speeding in all directions. Those heading toward the sun, and any planets in the way, would get a gravitational assist in speed from the sun's gravitational field, coupled to the gravitational field of the planet or moon they were headed for. The asteroids flying out in the direction of the orbit this planet once occupied would "fill up" the orbital path of this shattered planet, maintaining an orbit of their own in the planet's place. Other asteroids would form elliptical orbits that go in close to the sun and then back out beyond our solar system, just as astronomers have observed.

If evolution is truly a faulty theory, then we must look for answers that both fit the record of the rocks and our astronomical observations and that of the Bible, and the Creator God who inspired its writing. This means you must look into the Bible's pages to find logical answers to these questions of origins, and what occurred in our distant past. We know from the pages of the Bible, the angels came first, then the heavens and earth were created. The record of the rocks clearly show there was a prior creation, where dinosaurs (and angels) ruled the earth.

What happened in this Dinosaurian-Angelic realm? Do angels wage war? Are we looking at the clear evidence of a huge Star Wars type battle that occurred between angels or perhaps between God and some of his angels? Most Bible scholars agree that Ezekiel 28:11-17 is talking about Lucifer, who became Satan. Let's read it. Ezekiel 28:11-17, "The word of the Lord came to me: 'Son of man, take up a lament concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: 'This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz and emerald, chrysolite, onyx and jasper, sapphire, turquoise and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared. You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you. Through your widespread trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, and I expelled you, O guardian cherub, from the fiery stones. Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth…" In verse 17 God says about Lucifer, "So I threw you to the earth." In the process of throwing Lucifer to earth, a planet was evidently blown up with tremendous force. Remember, we're combining the Word of God to the geologic and paleontological evidence we see around us in an attempt to draw a logical conclusion on this matter of origins. If you have seen and come to your own conclusion, based on the facts, that evolutionary theory is a flawed theory--weak at best--then what else is there? The Bible, or simply--we just don't know?

Does Jesus, who prior to his human birth was alive as part of the Triune God (John 1:1-11), say anything about Satan's fall back to Earth, about how spectacular an event it was or anything? Luke 10:18, "He replied, 'I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.'"

Isaiah 14:12-15 is another account of the same event described in Ezekiel 28 and Luke 10:18, of Lucifer's fall and being thrown back to Earth. Let's read it. Isaiah 14:12-15, "How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star ["Lucifer" means "morning star" in Hebrew. The King James translates this "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the dawn…"], son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! You said in your heart, 'I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars ["stars", the Bible's symbol for "angels"] of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain [Hebrew: "sides of the north"]. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High. But you are brought down to the grave, to the depths of the pit."

Is there any other place in the Bible that shows that Lucifer attempted to, and will yet again attempt to wage war against God? Revelation 12:3-4a, "Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on his heads. [This is symbolic language indicating that Satan is the unseen spiritual ruler of the last resurrection of the Roman Empire which will try to conquer the earth. Read http://www.UNITYINCHRIST.COM/preevangelism/prophecy.htm.] His tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth." Symbolic meaning of "stars" in the Bible is "angels". This is where the Bible indicates that Lucifer deceived one third of God's angels into following him in his rebellion, and they became demons, or fallen angels. The next verse is where Satan is shown as trying to destroy the Christ child right after his birth (this attempt occurred through Herod killing all the babies in Bethlehem and the surrounding towns who were around the age of the new-born Jesus). So the event of throwing the "one third of the stars to earth" was before the birth of Christ, way, way before, in time sequence. So here in Revelation 12:3-4a Jesus is revealing that this Lucifer, now Satan, was able to somehow deceive one third of the angels to follow him.

In Revelation 12:7-9 we find a description, a prophecy, of an angelic war between God's holy angels and Satan's angels (demons) yet to come. But it can also be a good reflection of the first angelic war. "And there was war in heaven. Michael [one of two more cherubs, or archangels that God created (Lucifer, Michael, and Gabriel).] and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. The great dragon was hurled down--that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him" (Revelation 12:7-9). In the first angelic war between Satan and God the exact same result occurred as in Revelation 12:9b, "He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him." Jesus said of this first event, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven."

Now getting back to where we were in Genesis 1:2a, the record of the rocks shows that after these two global-killer asteroids hit, huge clouds of dust, volcanic smoke and debris filled the skies, blocking out all light. Anything that survived the two huge blasts and resultant shock waves of searing steam and heat, and oncoming tidal waves flying out from the blast sites for hundreds, even thousands of miles, and then the buckling of Earth's crust creating volcanic eruptions and fissures around the world--the life that was left alive--plant life from the giant Cycads down to the tiny diatoms, stopped photosynthesizing. Any dinosaurs to survive died of starvation. The huge chalk cliffs, the White Cliffs of Dover being one example, are dead diatoms, nannoplankton, from the K/T Barrier, dated 65 million years ago! Revelation 12:7-9 is not only a prophecy for the future, but a reflection of that Star Wars that occurred in the distant past of 65 million years ago.

In Genesis 1:2a+b we see "Now the earth becameformless [tohuw] and empty [bohuw], darkness was over the surface of the deep,…" Now the next part of Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:2c, "…and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters." So the earth is in darkness, and the Spirit of God is hovering over the waters. God is ready at this point to start re-creating new life-forms. Let's continue reading and see what happens. Remember the paleontologists quoted in the article "The Day the Dinosaurs Died" said, "It was as if a huge curtain was wrung down on the Dinosaurs, and when it lifted the whole stage had changed. Nothing of the Dinosaur age was to be seen. Now everything that had to do with man and man himself was on the stage, and reptiles were mere supernumeraries [bit part actors]." The following is quoted from "The Bible Story" vol. 1, pp. 8-11, which gives the scenario of Genesis 1:2-27 as a re-creation, which seems to follow the record of the rocks which we have been looking at. Some Bible scholars reject this scenario, saying God created everything, the heavens and the earth, in six days, and that dinosaurs are some Satanic deception. I chose to believe the record of the rocks as added to Scripture, which is called the Gap Theory, that there was a huge time-gap between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. It also successfully integrates the geologic record of the rocks into the Biblical record of events. So let's look at Genesis 1:2-27 as portrayed in this particular view, as a re-creation. Then we'll read the actual verses as the NIV has them.

"On the first day of reforming Earth's surface, God prepared the periods of night and day by clearing way much of the smoke and gases surrounding the whirling planet. Thus a little light came through to Earth for the first time since Satan and his demons were cast back down from heaven, when deep, heavy blankets of dark clouds were formed from the wrecking of the world. At that time those clouds had cut off all light rays from the sun, moon and stars. (Genesis 1:3-5.)

"On the second day God formed a vast layer of fresh air over the Earth. This caused much of the water vapors to seep upward, like steam out of a teakettle, and to form great, billowing, clean clouds high in the sky. This air, a combination of healthy gases, is known to us as the atmosphere (Genesis 1:6-8). It was very necessary to prepare the atmosphere, because man has to breathe air in order to live. He actually lives in a deep, heavy sea of gases, much as sea creatures live in deep oceans.

Three Heavens

"God called this atmosphere Heaven (Genesis 1:8). However He also spoke of two other heavens. One is the vast space beyond our atmosphere (Genesis 1:14). The other is where His throne is (Acts 7:49). He doesn't tell us just where that is, and astronomers can't find out because it isn't visible to human eyes.

"On the third day, our Creator molded Earth's crust so that some of it was high and some of it was low. The great layer of water covering the planet drained into the low areas, causing deep seas. Large areas of land were left above water, forming continents (Genesis 1:9-10).

"On the continents God planted all kinds of vegetation--trees, bushes, flowers, grass--everything that could grow out of the ground. And in that same day the lands of Earth began to be green with plants of all kinds springing up from the soil (Genesis 1:11-13).

"On the fourth day God cleared away the last of the dust and harmful gases from the sky, thus letting the sun, moon and stars shine in their full brilliance and splendor upon the lands and seas (Genesis 1:14-19).

"On the fifth day the Creator planted in the sea whales, fish, eels, octopi and many, many other water creatures. On that same day He also formed various kinds of birds to fly through the air. From these sea creatures and air creatures came many others of their kind, and in time the seas and skies were swarming with living things (Genesis 1:20-23).

"Now God had renewed the whole face of the Earth in five days, and at last the planet was ready for God to create man on it.

"But before He created man on that sixth day, God formed other creatures to live on land. Elephants, cattle, lizards, worms, insects--every kind of thing that walks or creeps was brought into being that day (Genesis 1:24-25)." ("The Bible Story", vol. 1, pp. 8-11, by Basil Wolverton, published by Ambassador College Press, Post Office Box 111, Pasadena, California.)

Now lets read the actual whole account in the NIV, and see how it looks, based on what we've read in the geologic record of the rocks and in the Bible. Genesis 1:1-27, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was ["became"] formless and empty [Tohuw and Bohuw, waste, empty and desolate], darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

"And God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning--the first day.

"And God said, 'Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water.' So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. God called the expanse "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning--the second day.

"And God said, 'Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let the dry ground appear. And it was so. God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good.

"Then God said, 'Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds." And it was so. The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning--the third day.

"And God said, 'Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so. God made two great lights--the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning--the fourth day.

"And God said, 'Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.' So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. God blessed them and said, 'Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.' And there was evening, and there was morning--the fifth day.

"And God said, 'Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind.' And it was so. God made the wild animals according their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

"Then God said, 'Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.'

"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them" (Genesis 1:1-27). Now whether we're created in the literal, look-alike image of God, or in the sense that we think and reason like God, and that we can create new things out of the elements of the earth, in a similar fashion like God creates, is up for grabs. Man is the only creature on earth that creates. Look at the phenomenal creating ability of man, the engineering genius of man. Animals don't possess that ability. God's a creator, and on a lesser degree, man is as well, just like his Creator parent.

So the record of the rocks in the article "The Day the Dinosaurs Died" shows us clearly the quotes of geologists that say the curtain was wrung down upon all the species of Dinosaurs, and when the curtain was raised again, all the life-forms we see and know of today were on the scene, mysteriously, some how. It is a big mystery to those people being quoted. But that record of the rocks fits Genesis 1:1-27, as we've just seen, if you're willing to honestly look at the evidence and come to a logical and intellectually honest conclusion, whether that meets with your past beliefs on the subject or not.

If you need more evidence, read on…