Some Closing Observations

What an opportunity for Adventist scientists and theologians to work together in asserting absolute faith in the Bible record! The creation story gives Sabbath worship meaning. The record of the fall is basis for teaching that we need to be saved. Confidence in the Bible creation story gives assurance that we will be re-created in God’s image.BSAE 14.4

Evolutionary philosophy teaches that we are moving from simple to complex, we are getting better. But this goes against all the principles of physics. Other sciences could provide the same testimony. The Bible is in direct conflict with the evolutionary hypothesis. The Bible says we were created in God’s image, have fallen in sin, and need restoration through the blood of Jesus Christ. It tells us that the world and its people are getting worse, not better.BSAE 14.5

Having our beginning in God, we can trust for the future. What an opportunity we have to express our absolute confidence in the Scripture record in the face of infidelity, evolutionary thinking, and speculation!BSAE 15.1

One hundred years ago the Christian world was in general agreement that the book of Genesis was accurate history. Since that time the influence of science falsely so-called has all but destroyed confidence in the Bible record of beginnings. The three angels’ messages of Revelation 14 ask the remnant people to call for the world to acknowledge God as the Creator, and ‘worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters’ (Revelation 14:7). Jesus once asked a sober question: ‘When the Son of man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?’ (Luke 18:8). It is obvious that He knew that it would be almost gone. Let us pray that He will find it in our hearts.BSAE 15.2

Revised, May, 1981