Genesis 1 English Standard Version

The Creation of the World

1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 

Up until the time that Moses was told what to write by God, face to face, Israel had a long standing oral tradition that began with Abraham. All Abrahm could share with his generation was based on his instructions and experiences. For them it was enough.

Israel was freed from slavery to Egypt and Israel experienced some of the power of God.

Because Moses was sent to be Israel’s deliverer, it was easier for them to believe that the words given in those first five books were true because they had witnessed the power of God.

All but Caleb and Joshua died in the wilderness and the next generation only had the written word and a few things they saw for themselves.

Now thousand of years removed from a first hand witness to the power of God we stand alone as witnesses for what God has done for us and through us to a generation that does not know the power of God like those of the Exodus.

Who is to believe our report?

I must remember my Lord’s instruction. Spread the gospel everywhere.

We are not instructed to take soil samples.

If you do not know what that means, you should read Matthew 13:1-23.

Theory is defined in the scientific world as: A well-substantiated, comprehensive explanation of some aspect of the natural world, built from many hypotheses, laws, and repeated observations/experiments.

Science deals with the natural world, not the spiritual realm.

This is what science says about proof: Science deals with the real, physical universe through observation, experiment, and induction — not pure deduction from axioms. Because of this, science cannot deliver absolute, eternal proof.

While science theorizes that there is eternity, they cannot prove it.

Because God is both eternal and spirit, He will only prove Himself to those He chooses to reveal Himself.

We cannot choose to be chosen, that is in the natural world, not the spiritual realm.

Matthew 7:22-24 English Standard Version

22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

In scientific terms this is a paradigm that is the shared framework that defines “normal science” for a scientific community at a given time. Those in verse 22 were scientific believers not spiritual believers, a paradigm. 

This is why hearing Jesus is so important. He only talks to the chosen.