DID GOD MAKE HARMFUL PARASITES IN THE BEGINNING? - Before the Fall of Adam and Eve parasites were not yet parasites. They were most likely free-living creatures independent from Adam, Eve, and the animals. Some of these invertebrates lived together before the Fall, providing benefits to each other — a state called mutualism. But when God cursed the earth, these creatures probably experienced changes in their body systems and became parasitic. After the Fall, Adam and Eve and their descendants were exposed to everything from pathogenic bacteria and harmful mutations — including cancer — to poisonous plants, harmful insects, and parasites. In this good-yet-groaning world parasites in particular remind us that the curse is operating unchecked today. But we can rejoice that someday death will be swallowed up in victory by the Author and Giver of life. - Parasites are a unique form of life in today’s world. These invertebrates come in all shapes and sizes, from single-cell animals to a tapeworm that can grow up to 131 feet! Despite these varied forms, parasite origin and macroevolution are strange and unknowable in the naturalistic worldview. The origin of these creatures is still a puzzle for secular zoologists. Creation occurred thousands of years ago, and God saw that everything was very good. There were no parasites, not like we have today. God’s creation was corrupted when Adam and Eve fell. And God cursed His creation, the full force falling on humans and all their dominion.

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Did God Make Harmful Parasites in the Beginning?

In this good-yet-groaning world parasites in particular remind us that the curse is operating unchecked today. But we can rejoice that someday death will be swallowed up in victory by the Author and Giver of life.

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Before the Fall of Adam and Eve parasites were not yet parasites. They were most likely free-living creatures independent from Adam, Eve, and the animals. Some of these invertebrates lived together before the Fall, providing benefits to each other — a state called mutualism. But when God cursed the earth, these creatures probably experienced changes in their body systems and became parasitic. After the Fall, Adam and Eve and their descendants were exposed to everything from pathogenic bacteria and harmful mutations — including cancer — to poisonous plants, harmful insects, and parasites. 

BY FRANK SHERWIN, M.A.

Parasites are a unique form of life in today’s world.

These invertebrates come in all shapes and sizes, from single-cell animals (e.g., Plasmodium that causes malaria) to a tapeworm (Polygonoporus giganticus) that can grow up to 131 feet!

Despite these varied forms, parasite origin and macroevolution are strange and unknowable in the naturalistic worldview.

In 1993, two evolutionists stated, “Parasites are still an enigma.”

Not much has changed for the naturalist since then.

“Hence, tempo and mode of host-parasite co-evolution at the macro-evolutionary scale remain a major challenge to understand.” 

Evolutionary biologists Eric Loker and Bruce Hofkin stated, “Macroevolutionary patterns among parasites are not yet very clear.” 

The origin of these fascinating creatures is still a puzzle for secular zoologists.

What is the origin of parasites?

Were Adam and Eve infected with them at creation?

In the biblical model, creation occurred thousands of years ago, and God saw that everything was very good (Genesis 1:31).

There were no parasites, not like we have today.

But in Genesis 3, God’s creation was corrupted when Adam and Eve fell (Genesis 3:6).

And God cursed His creation, the full force falling on humans and all their dominion (Genesis 3:17-19).

God drove our first parents from the Garden to a land where they experienced sorrow and death. There, parasites made their appearance.

Before the Fall, parasites were not yet parasites.

Rather, they were most likely free-living creatures independent from Adam, Eve, and the animals.

An evolutionist stated, “Parasitic species have retained some morphological [structural] resemblance with their free-living counterparts.”

In addition, the transition to parasitism doesn’t require long periods of evolutionary time: “In fact, free-living species could become parasitic without substantial anatomical or physiological changes.”

In all likelihood some of these invertebrates lived together before the Fall, providing benefits to each other — a state called mutualism.

But when God cursed the earth, these creatures probably experienced changes in their body systems and became parasitic.

After the Fall, Adam and Eve and their descendants were exposed to everything from pathogenic bacteria and harmful mutations — including cancer — to poisonous plants, harmful insects, and parasites.

In this good-yet-groaning world (Romans 8:22), parasites in particular remind us that the curse (under the law of sin and death described in Romans 8) is operating unchecked today.

But we can rejoice that someday death will be swallowed up in victory by the Author and Giver of life (1 Corinthians 15:54)!

Mr. Sherwin is Research Associate at the Institute for Creation Research and earned his M.A. in zoology from the University of Northern Colorado.

The Institute for Creation Research (ICR) wants people to know that God’s Word can be trusted in everything it speaks about—from how and why we were made, to how the universe was formed, to how we can know God and receive all He has planned for us.

After 50 years of ministry, ICR remains a leader in scientific research within the context of biblical creation. Founded by Dr. Henry Morris in 1970, ICR exists to conduct scientific research within the realms of origins and Earth history, and then to educate the public both formally and informally through professional training programs, through conferences and seminars around the country, and through books, magazines, and media presentations.

https://www.icr.org/article/did-god-make-harmful-parasites-in-the-beginning/

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SIGNS FROM HEAVEN - There have been more earthquakes worldwide in the last fifteen years than in the other eight decades of the last century. New and powerful strains of bacteria emerge to mock the efforts of doctors to fight them. The people who fear the turbulent events of these times are those who do not understand what is happening -- but you do! These events remind us of our blessed hope -- Jesus will come soon to take His Church to heaven. - “Great earthquakes will occur in various places, and there will be famines and pestilence. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.” - Worldwide famine in these days when there should be none tells us that Jesus is coming. The major wheat producers grow enough food to feed every starving person in the world, yet famine abounds. There have been more earthquakes worldwide in the last fifteen years than in the other eight decades of the last century. New and powerful strains of bacteria emerge to mock the efforts of doctors to fight them. Jesus warned us that in these times men's hearts would fail them for fear but He was not talking about you. The people who fear the turbulent events of these times are those who do not understand what is happening -- but you do! Every newscast that tells us of these events is a reminder to us of our blessed hope -- Jesus will come soon to take His Church to heaven.

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Signs from Heaven

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There have been more earthquakes worldwide in the last fifteen years than in the other eight decades of the last century. New and powerful strains of bacteria emerge to mock the efforts of doctors to fight them. The people who fear the turbulent events of these times are those who do not understand what is happening -- but you do! These events remind us of our blessed hope -- Jesus will come soon to take His Church to heaven.

Rod Parsley

 

“Great earthquakes will occur in various places, and there will be famines and pestilence. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.” - Luke 21:11

 

Worldwide famine in these days when there should be none tells us that Jesus is coming.

The major wheat producers grow enough food to feed every starving person in the world, yet famine abounds.

There have been more earthquakes worldwide in the last fifteen years than in the other eight decades of the last century.

New and powerful strains of bacteria emerge to mock the efforts of doctors to fight them.

Jesus warned us that in these times men's hearts would fail them for fear (Luke 21:26), but He was not talking about you.

The people who fear the turbulent events of these times are those who do not understand what is happening -- but you do!

Every newscast that tells us of these events is a reminder to us of our blessed hope -- Jesus will come soon to take His Church to heaven.

Are you ready for His return?

Is your family ready?

Do you have a neighbor, friend, or work associate that you need to tell today about Jesus?

How tragic it would be if you looked over the abyss of hell at the final judgment and recognized a face of someone you knew on the other side -- spending hell in eternity.

Don't let that happen.

Tell someone you know today about Jesus!

Lord Jesus, give me the courage and the words to witness Your saving power this day. Amen.

Further Reading

Luke 21:11

Luke 21:26

Psalm 66:16

 

Rod Parsley has been clearly called to a pre-eminent position of leadership within the Body of Christ, as his numerous roles – including TV host, evangelist, educator, humanitarian and statesman – will attest. But he’d be the first to tell you that his prominence is solely a function of his willingness to be used by God in extraordinary ways.

He was 19 when he first led a Bible study in his parents’ backyard. In more than 40 years since then, he’s built one of the most important and far-reaching Christian ministries in the United States. He has founded and now leads outreaches with local, national and worldwide reaches.

This New York Times best-selling author has successfully advocated for federal legislation, delivered hundreds of millions of pounds of food and medical supplies to poverty-stricken areas of the world and changed the lives of thousands who will shape the cultural landscape in the next generation. He’s in constant demand to preach the Gospel in pulpits across America and around the world, and to comment publicly on the moral issues of our day. If none of those opportunities had ever presented themselves, though, he’d still be Pastor Parsley, sharing God’s Word with his beloved World Harvest Church, helping his congregation know God as he does.

His other ministries include Valor Christian College; Harvest Preparatory School, an educational institution for local students from preschool through 12th grade; Hispanic and urban-outreach ministries; a national ministerial alliance; Bridge of Hope, a world-wide missions organization.

Through Bridge of Hope, he hosts the television shows “Breakthrough” and “Rod Parsley Now” which air on the Word Network, Daystar and 1,400 other local channels and cable outlets worldwide.

https://www.rodparsley.com/dailydevotion

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BY THE NUMBERS - The Earth’s microbiome is but a tiny segment of the totality of God’s work in creation. We may be forgiven for wondering why so many viruses and bacteria even exist, especially in view of the deleterious effects of several hundred well known harmful pathogenic agents. The creative ability of God in the production of our physical cosmos is far beyond our ability to comprehend. The intricate designs of life forms is controlled and enabled by the features of the genetic material, DNA, with its esthetic beauty - DNA codes for millions of diverse life forms. Our created universe operates under the sustaining power of God. He is the Creator and He is the sustainer - every entity exists at His command and for His purpose - “By the numbers” is a well-known modern idiom. Its use suggests doing things in a strict, exact, formulaic way. However, there is no literal meaning of numbers in a mathematical sense when we do things “by the numbers.” If we apply the expression more literally, we have many opportunities to study our world in terms of numbers. In the world of nature, we encounter many incredible, stupendously large numbers. Scientists’ approximations of the number of molecules in a typical snowflake vary with the calculating skills of individual estimators. Several have put the number at 180 billion. There are many other mind boggling numbers related to tiny entities in our environment. Our body is inhabited by 1000 or more bacterial species.

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By the Numbers

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The Earth’s microbiome is but a tiny segment of the totality of God’s work in creation. We may be forgiven for wondering why so many viruses and bacteria even exist, especially in view of the deleterious effects of several hundred well known harmful pathogenic agents. The creative ability of God in the production of our physical cosmos is far beyond our ability to comprehend. The intricate designs of life forms is controlled and enabled by the features of the genetic material, DNA, with its esthetic beauty - DNA codes for millions of diverse life forms. Our created universe operates under the sustaining power of God. He is the Creator and He is the sustainer - every entity exists at His command and for His purpose          

Jim Virkler 

The John Ankerberg Show

“By the numbers” is a well-known modern idiom. Its use suggests doing things in a strict, exact, formulaic way.

However, there is no literal meaning of numbers in a mathematical sense when we do things “by the numbers.”

If we apply the expression more literally, we have many opportunities to study our world in terms of numbers.

Describing quantities according to numbers is a necessary requirement in the field of marketing.

We purchase substances according to numbers of grams, pounds, or milliliters, quantities of eggs (by the dozen), copy paper by the ream (500 sheets), or ears of sweet corn for our community picnic (we’ll take 100).

In these contexts, we are interested in number precision.

In the world of nature we encounter many incredible, stupendously large numbers.

For example, in relation to the number of atoms in a single body cell, we are dealing with 100 trillion.

That number matches an estimate for the number of cells in the human body — 100 trillion.

Scientists’ approximations of the number of molecules in a typical snowflake vary with the calculating skills of individual estimators.

Several have put the number at 180 billion. Others offer much larger numbers. 

There are many other mind boggling numbers related to tiny entities in our environment.

Bacteria are gigantic compared with atoms and molecules, but are still beneath our ability to see without a light microscope.

Our body is inhabited by 1000 or more bacterial species.

The total number of bacteria in and on the human body roughly approximates the total number of bodily human cells.

That number fluctuates, depending on new research findings.

Recently the number of human body cells has been lowered to 37.2 trillion.

Viruses are considerably tinier than bacteria. They exist in and on the human body and are up to 10 times more numerous than bacteria.

Bacterial and viral communities are collectively called the microbiome, also including fungi and protozoa.

Truly, we live in a microbe world.

What about the microbiome? Even if we are not interested in statistics, we cannot help but be impressed “by the numbers.”

Upon searching for definitions and commentaries on the microbiome, we uncovered this Wikipedia definition: “The microorganisms in a particular environment (including the body or a part of the body).

The Wikipedia entry continues, “We depend on a vast army of microbes to stay alive: a microbiome that protects us against germs, breaks down food to release energy, and produce vitamins.”

The Earth’s microbiome is but a tiny segment of the totality of God’s work in creation.

We may be forgiven for wondering why so many viruses and bacteria even exist, especially in view of the deleterious effects of several hundred well known harmful pathogenic agents.  

The creative ability of God in the production of our physical cosmos is far beyond our ability to comprehend.

The intricate designs of life forms is controlled and enabled by the features of the genetic material, DNA, with its esthetic beauty.

DNA codes for millions of diverse life forms.

Our grasp of “the numbers” involved in describing or cataloguing the billions of physical entities comprising our created cosmos is merely the beginning of scientific understanding.

Knowing how the “numbers” contribute to a beneficial ‘working order’ for the good of humanity is a challenge even for the most advanced science specialists.

Another example may illustrate the benefit of huge numbers.

Some theological skeptics have proposed that the Creator was wasteful in producing up to two trillion galaxies in our universe, each containing billions of stars, especially if humans inhabiting the Solar System are unique in our vast universe.

On its face, this argument may seem valid. We close with an example involving incredible numbers — the trillions of galaxies, stars, and planets in our cosmos….

In the past few decades cosmologists have discovered previously unknown truths about how our universe functions with its trillions of galaxies, stars, and planets.

About a century ago Big Bang cosmology became prominent.

Astrophysicist Albert Einstein felt that the gravitational attraction of universal matter might eventually result in a “Big Crunch” where the universe would collapse on itself — a decelerating universe.

Several decades ago, a surprising discovery was made.

Astronomers announced that the universe was, instead, expanding due to the presence of a mysterious dark energy.

Below we quote from our 12-21-11 post:

https://jashow.org/articles/cosmological-arrow-of-time/

“It now appears the precision required for life sustaining expansion is even greater than in the former decelerating universe. The term precision acquires new meaning in this context.

“The precision required is exponentially greater than for any physical system that man has ever devised. Had the expansion rate been slightly greater no planets, stars or galaxies could have formed at the right times and places.

“The universe would contain only diffuse gas and dust. This scenario would have resulted in too little mass density.

“On the other hand, had the expansion rate been slightly less only life destroying giant stars and black holes would have formed because too much mass was present. Someone may ask, How much extra mass is too much or too little?”

The answer: “Less than the mass of a single dime in the entire universe.”

We do not pretend that the above example proves any specific point about “the numbers” of atoms, molecules, bacteria, or viruses in our current world.

At a minimum it conveys the amazing truth that even one dime’s worth of mass is significant in the proper functioning of our entire physical system.

This includes the mass of uncounted trillions of stars and galaxies.

Our created universe operates under the sustaining power of God.

He is the Creator (Genesis 1:1) and He is the sustainer (Colossians 1:17).

Every entity exists at His command and for His purpose.          

Jim Virkler, a retired New Jersey public school science educator, now devotes his time investigating the harmony of scientific discoveries and Christian faith. He and his wife, Eleanor, now reside in the mid-west near their children and grandchildren.       

A blog dedicated to investigating the latest research on the interaction between science and Christianity.

For more than 40 years The John Ankerberg Show has offered Real Answers to Real Questions and presented and defended the Christian faith. In all areas of ministry and through a variety of media outlets, our mission is to provide answers to tough theological questions in order to proclaim biblical truth, encourage the believer, and challenge the skeptic.

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