The Week of Creation

I'd like to address the topic of creation vs. evolution from a different perspective than just arguing over the length of a day or a miraculous plan verses a chaotic explosion. That argument is nigh on to 100 years old. What I've watched though; is through time, the changes in the general society that has occurred.

The Scopes Trial was basically a publicity stunt, as it turns out. That was in the 1920s. By the 60's Evolution was a theory in the science book and prayer and Bible reference had been removed from the public schools, which ultimately ended up removed from the public sector. By the 1980's, evolution graduated from being a theory to being what was taught in school as the origin of the universe. Creationists have attempted to present "Intelligent Design" but that usually fails and it's now down to the brass tax of money. It's always money, isn't it? Schools who would include a creation perspective or theory are subject to lose their federal funding.

As a cook that pours a lot of love into my "creations," I have a very simple parable regarding evolution and creation. When my Grandkids are at my home, we partake of some pretty fine meals, that I lovingly prepare. My Grandchildren know I'm a creative cook, I wrote a Cook Book, and they wouldn't for a moment think a delicious and flavorful meal was the result of an explosion in my kitchen. That is the difference between a Creation and a Big Bang. Yet I digress . . .

Here's my idea. It's really simple. Before kids begin having to attend school six days a week, year round, let's have all the folks who believe in creation start observing the seventh day of creation as it was included in Genesis! Doesn't that seem easier than arguing with people who say they don't believe the Bible? Let's have the ones who say they do believe the Bible live according to that first week of creation. The seventh day was created for resting.

Sabbath is not a Jewish thing, it's a Creator thing. He created it to rest. Now if you believe the universe was created in one week, you've got to believe what the seventh day was created for. If you want to be convincing in your argument for creation, you have to do the part you can prove. The seven day week is still in "practice" and provable. The seventh day hasn't changed in all these years. In many languages the word for the seventh day is translated from the word Shabbat or Sabbath.

It's so simple. The argument for the week of creation would be much stronger if presented by a person who was actually living the proof!

And on the seventh day G-d ended his work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. And G-d blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it He had rested from all His work which G-d created and made. Genesis 2:2-3