Genesis 1:31
"God saw all that he had made, and it was very good." (New International Version-NIV)

Truly Gods vast creation, landscape, wildlife and man is beautiful beyond description.

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Creation Museum, Petersburg, Kentucky, 10 & 11 June , 2014, Part 10

This posting is the final one of the 10th and 11th of June, 2014, My daughter Janice and I spent both days visiting the Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky.Throughout the previous 9 postings at various times we saw the continuing battle between man and God. This battle was shown then and is now between Man's Word or God's Word;between Man's Authority or God's Authority and the World View and the Biblical View. This battle evidences itself basically in the form of Biblical creation or a young earth and the evolutionist view of very old earth( Millions of years). Then you have the situation of reinterpretation of what was meant in God's laws and commands.This being the case where do we start. Why not start in the only reliable place the Bible ( God's Word ) which is backed up with facts as opposed to Man's Word which is based on guesses and assumptions which have no basis in truth or evidential proof but guesses and estimates based on observations.
 Why Start With God's Word?
 God's Word Offers Hope. Man's Word Cannot Offer Hope.
 God's Word Is True And Supported By Thousands Of Historical Documents And Facts
The New Testament. God's Word Given Through The Apostles 
The Old Testament. God's Word Given Through The Prophets
Prophet Isiah Shown On The Left Above
Moses The Law Giver Shown In The Middle Above And Below
Isiah And Moses
King David
King David, Shepherd To King
John The Beloved Apostle
John The Beloved Apostle
Peter Apostle To The Jews
The Prophets, Apostles And Jesus Christ Proclaimed One Truth--God's Eternal Plan
Enlargement Of The Prophets, Apostles And Jesus Christ Proclaimed One Truth--God's Eternal Plan
Enlargement Of The Prophets, Apostles And Jesus Christ Proclaimed One Truth--God's Eternal Plan
Enlargement Of The Prophets, Apostles And Jesus Christ Proclaimed One Truth--God's Eternal Plan
Enlargement Of The Prophets, Apostles And Jesus Christ Proclaimed One Truth--God's Eternal Plan
Paul Apostle To The Gentiles
The First Attack - Question God's Word

In the Garden of Eden, the serpent questioned God's warning about death. He asked the first woman, "Did God really say....?" The elevation of human reason above God's Word is the essence of every attack on God's Word.
Attempts To Question God's Word

The questioning of God's Word began with the first humans. God warned Adam and Eve that they would die, and they died. Genesis 2:17 tells us "Of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat for in the day you eat of it you shall surely die."
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God warned Noah about a global flood of water that would destroy the world, and it came as God said. In Genesis 6:17 we see " Behold I am bringing a flood of water upon the earth to destroy all flesh wherein is breath of life, and everything that is on the earth shall die."
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The prophet Isiah promised that a ruler named Cyrus would rise to power in Persia and rebuild Jerusalem, and he did...more than two hundred years later. We find in in Isiah 44: 28 that God says Cyrus he is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure even saying to Jerusalem,Thou shall be rebuilt; even to the temple, Thy foundations shall be laid.
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The prophet Daniel foretold the swift rise of Alexander The Great and the division of his empire into four parts, and it happened two hundred fifty years later. Daniel 7:16 tells us " I beheld another beast like a leopard which had on its back four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it."
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The Old Testament prophets made over 60 predictions about Messiah's first coming, and all were fulfilled four hundred years later in the person of Jesus of Nazareth. I Mich 5:2 we see that out of Bethlehem Ephratah shall he come forth who is to be ruler in Israel.
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And still the world questions God's Word.

Next we see the attempts to destroy God's Word
Attempts To Destroy God's Word as shown in the panels above and expanded upon as follows:

God's first prophet, Abe, was killed by his brother Cain;but God raised up Seth to take his place
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The serpent seduced the whole human race to reject God's Word, except for Noah's family. 
In one swift judgement, all of God's enemies were wiped out and Noah's family repopulated 
the earth.
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The most powerful prince in Persia schemed to kill all the Jews. but God exposed the [lot to Queen Esther, and all their enemies were killed. Today Jews celebrate this event in the feast 
of Purim
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In 175 B.C. the king of Syria, Antiochus Epiphanies, ordered the Jews, on pain of death,
 to destroy their scriptures and worship the Greek gods. Judas Maccabaeus saved the books and led a revolt that won independence for the Jewish nation.
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Herod, king of the Jews, sent soldiers to murder the young Messiah, Jesus, killing all the children in Bethlehem where he lived. But Messiah's family escaped, while the slaughter of the innocents fulfilled prophecy about Messiah's coming.
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The Roman emperor Diocletian outlawed Christianity and ordered the death of its leaders and the burning of all Bibles. Soon afterward, Constantine legalized Christianity and paid for fifty new hand-written copies of the Bible.

Now we come to the panel which tells of attempts to Discredit God's Word
Attempts To Discredit God's Word as shown in the panels above and expanded upon as follows:
The Bible claims the universe had a beginning. Philosophers and scientist rejected that claim for over two thousand years. Now astronomers believe the universe had to have had a beginning.

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The Bible claims that all humans are "one blood". Some nineteenth century biologists argued that different races descended from lower animals. Today, generics has verified that there is only one human race.

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The Bible claims that God created animals "after their kind". Nineteenth century biologists argued that animals evolved from other, very different animals. Today, biology confirms that creatures reproduce within their own kind.

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The Bible claims that God destroyed the earth in a world wide flood. Nineteenth century biologists argued that rocks were formed slowly. Today geology confirms that many rock 
layers were deposited catastrophically.

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The Bible implies that most fossils were buried quickly as a result of the worldwide flood. Nineteenth-century paleontologists argued that fossils were buried slowly. Today paleontology confirms that fossils were buried rapidly.

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The Bible claims that God created a number of languages at the Tower of Babel "according to their families." Nineteenth century linguists argued that languages evolved slowly, one by one. Today linguists recognize languages fall into distinct "families" of recent origin.

Next we come to the panel which tells of attempts to Criticize God's Word

Attempts To Criticize God's Word as shown in the panels above and expanded upon as follows:

Genesis mentions the Hittite people. Historians found no evidence of these people outside the Bible considering this an error. Then archaeologists discovered the enormous Hittite capital, Hattusa, in Turkey.

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The Bible says Moses wrote the Law, but many historians believed writing had not been invented at that time. Then they discovered the Code of Hammurabi, king of Babylon, written centuries before Moses.

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The book of Isaiah describes an Assyrian ruler named Sargon who captured Ashdod, but no other records included his name. So many historians assumed the Bible was wrong. Then Sargon's palace was discovered in Iraq, and the capture of Ashdod was mentioned on the wall.

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The book of Daniel describes the fall of the last ruler of Babylon, named Belshazzar, but secular records listed Nabonidus as the last ruler. hen tablets were discovered showing that Nabonidus had made his son, Belshazzar, co-ruler of Babylon.

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The New Testament describes Pilate as a Roman governor of Judea who condemned Messiah to die on a cross. His leadership role in Judea is not in secular records, but an inscription referring to Pilate was found in 1961 on a first century dedication stone.

Archaeologists have criticized many details of the Bible but new discoveries continue to reveal that literally hundreds of details in the Bible are being confirmed.


Now we look  at the panel which tells of attempts to Poison  God's Word

Attempts To Poison God's Word as shown in the panels above and expanded upon as follows

The Hebrews repeatedly introduced idol worship, despite the commands of God's Word. So God sent idol-worshippers to conquer the Hebrews. During their exile in Babylon, the Hewbres' fascination with false idols was broken.

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After the Jews were restored to Jerusalem, human tradition slowly twisted God's Word, changing its original intentions. Messiah Jesus condemned these traditions and was crucified for His efforts. But His followers--the early Christians--spread God's unadulterated Word to the ends of the earth.

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During the first five centuries A.D., the church faced several challenges against the teaching of Jesus. But church councils came to agreement and confirmed the original teaching of Messiah and his apostles.

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In the Middle Ages, church traditions gained more authority than God's Word. But God raised up reformers who worked to restore the supreme authority of the Word.

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Beginning in the late1800s, a group of theologians, called modernists, tried to modernize the Bible based on human reason. They denied miracles and saw Bible history as a collection of tribal stories collected centuries after the fact. Christians who believed that the Bible is error free fought back in a series of theological books that upheld the truth.

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New efforts to attack God's Word regularly appear, such as The Da Vinvi Code, but their popularity is temporary.

Next we look  at the panel which tells of attempts to Replace  God's Word
Attempts To Replace God's Word as shown in the panels above and expanded upon as follows:

After Noah's Flood, nations twisted God's revealed history and developed alternative creation myths and religious rites. But one family-- the Hebrew nation descended from Abraham-- preserved God's word for all future generations.

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New religions have come and gone since Babel, but the number of people who claim to follow God's Word has steadily increased, until the Bible has become the best selling book in the world.

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The Greek philosophers in Athens, who rejected the afterlife, mocked the Apostle Paul's message about the resurrection of the dead. But the common people were converted, the old ways rejected, and the Roman Empire "turned upside down."

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In the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, the philosopher Voltaire forecast that within a century no Bibles would be left on earth. But today, millions of Bibles are printed each year in many languages of unreached people groups around the world.

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Religious prophets, some even claiming to be Messiah, have claimed to hear new messages from God that add to the Bible. But none of their views have won the hearts of the majority of the church.

History is filled with testimonies of the changed lives of all kinds of people, from cannibals and slave traders to musicians, philosophers, scientists and writers.

The following panel shows the latest attack and the is to question Biblical Time.
The Latest Attack-- Question Biblical Time is shown above. The philosophers and scientists of the Enlightenment suggested that the universe was not created in six days about six thousand years ago. Christian leaders, not wanting to appear foolish and unscientific, tried to reinterpret the Bible to add millions of years.
Notice Placed On A Door
Enlargement Of Notice Placed On A Door
Scriptures Alone
Enlargement Of Scriptures Alone
Enlargement Of Scriptures Alone
Enlargement Of Scriptures Alone
We Have God's Word In Our Hands
Early Printing Press
God's Word Is The Biggest Best Seller Of All Time
Early Trial Over God's Word
Time Line Of Scripture Questioned - The Church Compromises God's Word
Time Line Of Scripture Questioned - The Church Compromises God's Word
Time Line Of Scripture Questioned - The Church Compromises God's Word
Time Line Of Scripture Questioned - The Church Compromises God's Word
Time Line Of Scripture Abandoned - The Church Compromises God's Word
Time Line Of Scripture Abandoned In The Culture- The Church Compromises God's Word
Time Line Of Scripture Abandoned In The Culture- The Church Compromises God's Word
Time Line Of Scripture Abandoned In The Culture- The Church Compromises God's Word
Time Line Of Scripture Abandoned In The Culture- The Church Compromises God's Word
Desperation--Dead End
Today Man Decides 
Scripture Abandoned In The Home And The Result
Doubts Of The Existence Of Absolute Truth
Pregnant Teen Considering An Abortion
Pregnant Teen Considering An Abortion Is Shown In Seven Minute Video
Teen Age Boy's In Home
Teen Age Boy's In Home Plays Violent Video Games And Watch Pornography
Future Of Teen Activity In Church
Women In Seven Minute Video Complains And Is Critical 
Description Of Seven Minute Video
Scripture Compromised In Church Leads To Scriptures Abandoned In The Home. Compromise Is Accepting Millions Of Years In Church
Scripture Compromised In Church Leads To Scriptures Abandoned In The Home. Compromise Is Accepting Millions Of Years In Church

Prediction For Christian Church In This Country (England 2003)
Seven Minute Video Showing Preachers Saying Genesis Contradicts Modern Scientific Research  

I do not know what to add except to ask Christians to fall on our faces before a Holy God and plead for his forgiveness for our neglectful teaching of his Holy Word.

I encourage you when you make your travel plans to come and visit the Creation Museum. It will bless,encourage and at the same time challenge you to stand up for what the Bible teaches.



 As I always say remember That God Loves you so much that he sent His Son Jesus to live a sinless life and to die on the cross for each of us so that if we will confess our sins and receive him as our savior we will live with Him in Heaven forever and I also love you.

Grandpa Bill







2 comments:

  1. Do you mind if your photos are used in the process of teaching a Ladies' Bible Study class? Please post with your response.

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