Creation Museum, Petersburg, Kentucky, 10 & 11 Jun, 2014, Part 3

 I know that in this part ( Part 3 ) I had previously indicated that I would take you through a dig site and discuss some very interesting information but in looking over Part 1 and Part 2 I realized I failed to tell you about where and how the idea of creating this type of museum came about so I will take care of that oversight now before I go any further.

 Envisioning A Museum 

 Enlargement Of Envisioning A Museum

 Enlargement Of Envisioning A Museum 1970s

 Launch Of The Modern Creation Movement

 Praying For Land To Build A Museum In Australia But God Answered In A Different Way.

 God Leads Ken Ham To The United States In The 1990s And Eventually To Petersburg, Kentucky Just A Few Miles From Downtown Cincinnati, Ohio.

1996 - 2001 Searching For Property

 2002 - 2004 Museum Construction

 2005 - 2007 Creating The Museum

The Future Has A Full Scale Ark Which Is Under Construction 

I continue to be absolutely amazed by the example of what can happen when a person has a vision of something that needs to be done and he prays to God and then follows the answer that God gives. In this case a desire to build a creation type museum in Australia and God says no go to the United States and build it there. What amazing faith it takes to do what Ken Ham has done as he followed the leadership of the Lord.

OK so now I will surprise you with another detour from what I originally planned to tell you about. So lets take at some amazing insects that are beautiful but ugly and fierce looking.  The following is a look at the fantastic world of Beetles.

 Flower Beetles. Notice under the heading of Goliath Beetles it talks about tying a thread to the leg of a June Bug and letting it fly around you in circles. I use to dearly love to do that. What great fun that was. I also did that with a large insect we called a jar fly. I did not see a jar fly in the collection we looked at. It would have been in the signing insect section. African children do the same thing with the Goliath Beetle. Keep in mind as you look at these beautiful insects that the purpose of displays like this is not to show some of the wonderful things of the world but to get us to think critically about whether they came into being through millions of years by slow mutations or by specific creative design by God.

 Species Of Flower Beetles. What Marvelous Colors And Designs. I Am Amazed At 
These Designs

Species Of Flower Beetles. What Marvelous Colors And Designs.

 The Following Photographs Are Of Metallic Beetles. Be Sure To Read The Think Critically

Section Of The Introductory Photograph. Look At How The Colors Are Created.

 Metallic Beetles. Some Of These Shine And Look Just Like They Are Metal.

Long Armed Chafer Metallic Beetles.

 Battling Beetles Are Famous For Their Battling Over Females And Food.

The Male Battling Beetles Are Called Stag Beetles Because Of The Antler Like Jaws

 Amazing Design. Notice There Are Over One Million Identified Insect Species With Many More To Be Discovered. The Beetles Are The Single Largest Group Of Living Things On The Earth In Terms Of Species And Total Population And Beetles Are Just One Type Of Insect.

 Beetles Can Easily Be Identified From Other Insect By The Straight Line Down Their 

Backs Dividing Their Two Fore Wings. 

More Beetles.

Ground And Tiger Beetles

 Marvelous Colors And Designs On The Backs Of These Beetles. Look at The One On The lower Left Of This Photograph.

 Longhorn Beetles With Fabulous Colors And Designs On Their Backs. What A Marvelous Creator Our God Is.

More Longhorn Beetles. The One In The Middle Is Really Large.

Beetles Of Many Different Sizes And Shapes

 Aren't These Large Beetles Fierce Looking Guys?

Look At The Long Horn Like Feature On The Heads Of These Large Beetles. Each Of These Had A Label Telling Where They are Found In The World.

 Giant Dragon Flies Fossils Are The Only Record We Have Of These Large Creatures

Dragonflies And Damsel Flies

Fossil Of A Giant Dragon Fly

 God's Insect Choir. I Have Heard Many Of You Complain About The Loud Noises That

Insects Such As The Katydids,Crickets And Other " Singing " Insects Make But Personally I Look Forward To The Time Of Year When I Can Hear Them. In Fact Often At Night When I Have The Windows Open I Will Place A Baby Monitor In The Window So I Can Hear Their Songs Better. Often They Are Singing To Attract A Mate. I Also Think They Are Singing To Their Creator.

 Various Types Of Grass Hoppers. Years Ago The Only Thing I Knew About Grasshoppers Was They Were Good Fish Bait And They Were Destructive In The Way They Ate Crops.

Crickets And Katydids

 Designed To Hide. Please Look At The Think Critically Section Above.

Walking Leaf Insects. God Designed Them To Look Like A Leaf They Are Sitting On.

Walking Stick. I Am Sure You Have All See These Guys. They Can Hide As They Look Like A Stick Among Sticks And Small Twigs.

Other Forms Of Hiding Insects. Included In This Group And The Two Photographs That Follow Are The Praying Mantids Which I know Most Of Us Have Seen. There Is An Interesting Myth Or Fact About The Female Praying Mantids And That Is That She Eats 

    Her Male Mate Immediately After Mating. Some Say The Male Just Runs Away As 

   Fast As He Can After Mating. Others Claim That She Starts Eating His Head Off 

   While Mating. There Are Experts On Both Sides Of This Coin. 

 More Stick Insects 

More Stick Insects. Some Of These Guys Are Really Big.

 More Mantids

 Moths. Some Look Like Butterflies But Aren't. They Do Have Magnificent Colors.

More Beautiful Moths. Songs Have Been Written About Moths Being Attracted To The Flame Of A Light. I Know When I Was A Child And We Lived On The Farm And We Did Not Have Electricity. We Used Some Lights That Were Fueled By White Gas. These Lamps Had A Very Delicate Mantel Which Often Would Be Destroyed By A Moth Flying Down Into The Glass Globe And Hitting The Mantel. These Mantels When Heated With A Flame From Inside The Mantel Produced An Extremely Bright White Light. This Same Fuel And Process Is Used Today On Many Of The Coleman Lanterns That Are Used For Camping.

 Different Size And Shape Of Moths

 Butterflies. Here You See How Similar They Are To Some Of The Moths Shown Above.

More Gorgeous Butterflies. For Several Years I Have Been Planting More Plants In The Garden Trying To Attract Butterflies And This Year I Finally Did Have Some Beautiful Monarch Butterflies.

 Automaton Telling About Insects Why Some Are Drab In Color And Some With Beautiful
Bright Colors.

The Beauty Of The World Around Us Including The Insect Life Serves The Purpose Of Proclaiming The Glory Of The Creator.

This Is Buddy Davis Who Is A Singer Story Teller And Recording Artist Who Often Travels With Ken Ham And Regularly Perform At The Creation Museum.

I think this is a good place to end this posting and I assure you we will get to taking a look at a archaeological dig in posting number 4, Until then 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 saviour we will live with Him in Heaven for ever and I also love you.

Grandpa Bill