The Chicken or the Egg? – Part 1
He will cry to Me, “You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.” I also shall make him My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth [Psalm 89:26-27].
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? We’ve all heard that trick question before, most of us in the first grade! If we are your everyday run-of-the-mill worldling, then we find ourselves in a quandary. Hmm. That’s a tough question to answer. How do we get a chicken without it being hatched from an egg? And how do we get an egg without a chicken to lay it?
Then along comes those pesky Christians. They have the answers to everything! Well, the Bible does anyway, and they believe the Bible. According to Genesis 1, the chicken came first. God created everything full-grown to reproduce after its kind.
That is why evolution and uniformitarianism cannot determine the age of the material universe. Fossil fuels were created by God fully developed. They didn’t take millions of years to form under uniform conditions. Diamonds were created by God fully formed. Tons of pressure over humongous periods of time weren’t required to produce those gems.
Man too was created fully developed. There was no procreation, conception, nine months of carrying child, and then a teeny tiny baby came out, followed by two decades of growing into manhood. Not on your life! Man was a fully mature being the day the Lord God created him.
In our Bible verses today we have another instance of the “which came first” trick question. It’s sort of like the joke, “In an emergency call 9-1-1.” To which comes the question, “What’s the number?” Duh! If you have to ask, you probably need instruction on how to use the telephone, maybe a copy of “Telephones for Dummies” or something like that.
Today’s verses make reference to the “firstborn”. This is a Biblical concept having to do with the inheritance. It should be rather obvious—like what’s the number for 9-1-1—but the “firstborn” is the person who is born first in a family. More correctly, the “firstborn” is the male child who is born first in a family.
In the Bible as well as among many other cultures, the firstborn son received the leadership of the family after dad was deceased. He also received the double portion, which entitled him to twice as much of the family wealth. The concept of the “firstborn” served in the place of a will. The inheritance was always divided into equal parts for each son, except for the firstborn who received two parts.
This procedure vis-à-vis the inheritance was standard practice in Scripture from the beginning of time. In the story of Cain and Abel, Cain was the firstborn and Abel his younger brother. When the Lord accepted Abel’s offering but rejected Cain’s, Cain’s nose was bent out of shape. He was the firstborn, you see. How dare God favor his twerp punk bro over him!
The Law of Moses made the law of the firstborn a part of the legal code for the Israelites, while they inhabited the Promised Land. The inheritance procedure of the natural firstborn was thereby perpetuated throughout history.
We will vet the Biblical concept of the spiritual firstborn in our next study. For now spend some time alone with the Lord Jesus. He beckons us into His presence.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Genesis: Volume 1 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/Randy-Green/e/B...
https://sites.google.com/site/heavenl...
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? We’ve all heard that trick question before, most of us in the first grade! If we are your everyday run-of-the-mill worldling, then we find ourselves in a quandary. Hmm. That’s a tough question to answer. How do we get a chicken without it being hatched from an egg? And how do we get an egg without a chicken to lay it?
Then along comes those pesky Christians. They have the answers to everything! Well, the Bible does anyway, and they believe the Bible. According to Genesis 1, the chicken came first. God created everything full-grown to reproduce after its kind.
That is why evolution and uniformitarianism cannot determine the age of the material universe. Fossil fuels were created by God fully developed. They didn’t take millions of years to form under uniform conditions. Diamonds were created by God fully formed. Tons of pressure over humongous periods of time weren’t required to produce those gems.
Man too was created fully developed. There was no procreation, conception, nine months of carrying child, and then a teeny tiny baby came out, followed by two decades of growing into manhood. Not on your life! Man was a fully mature being the day the Lord God created him.
In our Bible verses today we have another instance of the “which came first” trick question. It’s sort of like the joke, “In an emergency call 9-1-1.” To which comes the question, “What’s the number?” Duh! If you have to ask, you probably need instruction on how to use the telephone, maybe a copy of “Telephones for Dummies” or something like that.
Today’s verses make reference to the “firstborn”. This is a Biblical concept having to do with the inheritance. It should be rather obvious—like what’s the number for 9-1-1—but the “firstborn” is the person who is born first in a family. More correctly, the “firstborn” is the male child who is born first in a family.
In the Bible as well as among many other cultures, the firstborn son received the leadership of the family after dad was deceased. He also received the double portion, which entitled him to twice as much of the family wealth. The concept of the “firstborn” served in the place of a will. The inheritance was always divided into equal parts for each son, except for the firstborn who received two parts.
This procedure vis-à-vis the inheritance was standard practice in Scripture from the beginning of time. In the story of Cain and Abel, Cain was the firstborn and Abel his younger brother. When the Lord accepted Abel’s offering but rejected Cain’s, Cain’s nose was bent out of shape. He was the firstborn, you see. How dare God favor his twerp punk bro over him!
The Law of Moses made the law of the firstborn a part of the legal code for the Israelites, while they inhabited the Promised Land. The inheritance procedure of the natural firstborn was thereby perpetuated throughout history.
We will vet the Biblical concept of the spiritual firstborn in our next study. For now spend some time alone with the Lord Jesus. He beckons us into His presence.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Genesis: Volume 1 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/Randy-Green/e/B...
https://sites.google.com/site/heavenl...
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