008 – Foundations 008 – Living Creatures, Trusted Stewards

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008 - Foundations 008 - Living Creatures, Trusted Stewards

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Gen 1:24-26

By Jarod Hinton –

Intro:

• Define Terms – Living Creatures
  • Living = Kahee – Alive, life (also translated “beast” later in verse)
  • Creature = Neh-fesh – breathing creature. From root meaning “to breath.” Sometimes translated “soul” in the sense of being an individual. (“Man became a living soul.” Gen 2)

• Division – Divided into three categories:
  • “Cattle” = Any four-footed animal that lives in herds. (Cows, Horses, Elephants, Antilope, Deer, Pigs, Behemoth, etc.)
    • What is Behemoth? – A great land beast, probably a sauropod dinosaur. (Job 40:15-19)
  • “Creeping Thing” = Reptiles, or anything that creeps or “glides” upon the ground. (Worms, Insects, Snakes, Crocodiles, etc.)
  • “Beast of the Earth” = Everything else. Things like Squirrels, Rabbits, Bears, Tigers, Apes, Monkeys, Groundhogs, T-Rex, etc.
  • Lesson? – God appreciates and values order.

• Distinction – “After their kind”
  • “Kinds” were to be distinct from one another. (Kind is similar to modern “species”, but not exactly the same thing. Dog kind, Cow kind, Snake kind, have different species.)
  • We will often see variation within a particular kind. (Dogs good example.)
    • This is not proof for evolution. No switching of kinds.
      • Evolutionists will point to adaptations within kinds as proof.
      • Dogs don’t change to cats. Cows do not switch to horses.

• Designed – to bring the Creator glory
  • Some people glorify animals to the point of making them more important than humans.
    • This is an over glorification of animals and is unbiblical.
    • We are stewards, not servants, of nature.
  • As we study creatures of the world, the Creator is revealed to us.
    • See below.
  • Part of what makes animals fun is the fact that they declare the wisdom and understanding of our Creator.
    • Sometimes when observing a design, we can see its flaws and problems. (Building, Computer Software, Painting, etc.)
    • When we observe the designs in nature, especially living creatures, we find no flaws and we continue to be awed by the wisdom and skill of the Designer.

• Dominion – The Final Creature (vs. 26)
  • Mankind is created in the Image of God as the ruler of Creation.
  • First mention of the Trinity. (Plural, “let us”)
    • The word “Trinity” does not show up in Scripture anywhere, but the concept of a triune God is everywhere. (John 15, John 6-8, Acts 5)
    • Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all co-equal and co-eternal parts of God himself. He is One Being but three Persons.
  • How are we in the image of God?
    • We are also three distinct parts in one person. (Not two parts)
      • Body, Soul, and Spirit (1 Thess. 5:23)
    • We are given the ability to communicate with God himself!
      • We connect with the Spiritual realm, whereas animal kingdom cannot.
    • It is because we are in God’s image that we are the greatest of creation. We are greater than the animals by design.
  • First thing said about mankind is that we are in the image of God. Second thing mentioned is that we are given dominion over the created world. (“…all the earth.”)
    • Dominion = “raw-daw” – to tread down, subjugate, dominate, rule
    • We are given ruler-ship, and stewardship, of his creation. What an amazing trust!
    • Imagine how wonderful creation is, and how majestic and incredible…and then God trusts mankind to rule and have dominion over the world!
    • We should be careful to rule well. To be good stewards of the world God has given us.
      • Am I endorsing environmentalism? Certainly not! (Climate change is a lie!)
      • We do not glorify the environment over mankind, which is extreme.
  • Characteristics of a Good Ruler:
    • Wise – Patient – Understanding – Knowledgeable – Strong – Courageous – Discerning – Consistent
  • What value God places upon mankind! To trust us with this amazing world means that he created us with the intelligence and ability to do it well. That we are his trusted stewards.
  • Makes me feel better about myself. Gives me a sense of purpose in the world.

If you’re looking for the most interesting list of animal facts, you’re at the right place! Here are 300 of the best fun & random facts about animals!

1. Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
2. A newborn Chinese water deer is so small it can almost be held in the palm of the hand.
3. Ostriches can run faster than horses, and the males can roar like lions.
4. A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
5. The female lion does ninety percent of the hunting.
6. The only dog that doesn’t have a pink tongue is the chow.
7. Turtles, water snakes, crocodiles, alligators, dolphins, whales, and other water going creatures will drown if kept underwater too long.
8. Almost half the pigs in the world are kept by farmers in China.
9. On average, dogs have better eyesight than humans, although not as colourful.
10. Deer have no gall bladders.
11. There is an average of 50,000 spiders per acre in green areas.
12. Snakes are carnivores, which means they only eat animals, often small ones such as insects, birds, frogs and other small mammals.
13. In Alaska it is illegal to whisper in someone’s ear while they’re moose hunting.
14. The bat is the only mammal that can fly.
15. The leg bones of a bat are so thin that no bat can walk.
16. Some male songbirds sing more than 2000 times each day.
17. The only mammals to undergo menopause are elephants, humpback whales and human females.
18. The chicken and fish are the only animals that are eaten before they are born and after they die.
19. A tarantula spider can survive for more than two years without food.
20. For every human in the world there are one million ants.
21. If you lift a kangaroo’s tail off the ground it can’t hop – they use their tails for balance.
22. If you keep a goldfish. in a dark room, it will become pale!
23. Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
24. The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.” uses every letter of the alphabet.
25. The average fox weighs 14 pounds.
26. The scientific name of the red fox is Vulpes vulpes.
27. Alligators can live up to 100 years.
28. A single elephant tooth can weigh as much as 9 pounds.
29. The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America.
30. A housefly hums in the key of F.
31. During World War II, Americans tried to train bats to drop bombs.
32. Canis lupus lupus is the scientific name for a grey wolf.
33. To escape the grip of a crocodile’s jaw, push your thumb into its eyeballs-it will let you go instantly.
34. It is much easier for dogs to learn spoken commands if they are given in conjunction with hand signals or gestures.
35. Even a small amount of alcohol placed on a scorpion will make it go crazy and sting itself to death!
36. Male rabbits are called “bucks,” females are “does.”
37. The flamingo can only eat when its head is upside down.
38. Animals generate 30 times more waste than humans which is 1.4 billion tons every year.
39. Ants never sleep. Also they don’t have lungs.
40. A group of owls is called a parliament.
41. Just one cow gives off enough harmful methane gas in a single day to fill around 400 litre bottles.
42. Apple and pear seeds contain arsenic, which may be deadly to dogs.
43. Cows have four stomachs.
44. An anteater is nearly 6 feet long, yet its mouth is only an inch wide.
45. The blue whale weighs as much as thirty elephants and is as long as three Greyhound buses.
46. A herd of sixty cows is capable of producing a ton of milk in less than a day.
47. A grasshopper can leap 20 times the length of its own body.
48. At birth, baby kangaroos are only about an inch long – no bigger than a large water bug or a queen bee.
49. The smell of a skunk can be detected by a human a mile away.
50. There is a butterfly in Africa with enough poison in its body to kill six cats!