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After reading about the arrival of the first multi-celled plants in Review of “Plant Evolution Tour” - Part 2, we took a slight diversion in Did Jesus Stick to the Creation Script? to explore how it could be that God didn’t record the actual development of life on earth, but did record (through Moses) the removal of its hindrances.  What we concluded in Did Jesus stick to the Creation script? Yes! is that those areas of development not recorded in Genesis were handled by God the Father.  We therefore turn back to our review of the “Plant Evolution Tour” to learn more about what science …

In “Did Jesus Stick to the Creation script?“, I pointed out where Jesus responded to God’s creative pronouncements, and where science suggests other creative actions in between.  I sort of let the question of Jesus’ involvement in the unrecorded creative actions hang.

What makes this an interesting question is that the creation account suggests Jesus did nothing between the evening and morning, but science suggests He did… or God did, in some respect.  Really, there is no requirement that Jesus be the one who performed these intermediate creative actions.  After all, Jesus was there with the Father, not instead of the Father.  Therefore, it is most likely that the Father was responsible.

Though a skeptic will undoubtedly find this entire argument …

A primary assumption of Geocreationism is that God the Father made the pronouncements recorded in Genesis 1, and Jesus responded by removing the insurmountable hindrance otherwise preventing the Father’s will.

For example, on Day 1, God told Jesus to “let there be light”.  So, Jesus did, by removing the causes of what was a dark and rainy sky.  On Day 2, God told Jesus to “Let there be a firmament.” So, Jesus did, by stopping the turbulent rain that occupied all the space between the clouds and the seas.  On Day 3, God told Jesus to “Let the waters be gathered into one place,” to “let dry land appear,” and to “let the earth bring forth grass” and seeded plants.  So, Jesus did, …

It has been quite a busy month, between practice for our church’s Easter play, plans for our kitchen, birthdays, etc.  Back to writing on creation and evolution!
Currently, I am reviewing Adam Dimech’s “Plant Evolution Tour”.  I really like the detail to which he goes, explaining the earth’s development, but in language a lay person can understand.
Recall that theologically, in Review of “Plant Evolution Tour” - Part 1, I concluded that closing the knowledge gap brings us closer to God, because further discoveries help us separate those things that happened naturally from those that happened supernaturally.  Ironically, the effect on atheists is a stronger and stronger conviction that God is unnecessary….