Let’s start off with some of the things God was doing early on to prepare me for this. It’s not a fluke that both my parents believed in the “One True God”. It’s not by chance that they dragged me to church every Sunday, Wednesday, youth event day, and potluck night. Do you think it’s a coincidence that I ended up in churches that preached the Bible? Was it just dumb-luck that the same church gave my dad a job and a place for his young family to live right next door?
Why did my parents make sure I spent more time in church than my siblings? Why didn’t any of my friends have this kind of church schedule? Why was I the only kid sent off to private Christian schools? Why did so much of what I learned stick in my head, when not much else did?
I should have been asking more questions back then. God gave me signs all over the place, but I didn’t see them for what they were. I saw them as inconveniences, roadblocks and unfair treatment. God wanted me to ask Him what was going on. Instead, I tried to figure it all out on my own. I doubt God would have made everything clear to me right away had I asked, but a lot of stupid stress could have been avoided. Don’t take as long as I did to learn that. Always ask, and keep your eyes and ears open for answers.
One of things God made stick from that little church in Phoenix was His creation story. I was sitting in Sunday School watching a video about God creating the heavens and the earth. It had awesome special effects; and I can still visualize it in my head today. I was filled with awe and wonder! I knew it was true, and I didn’t question it. That simple belief helped me answer so many questions and doubts I would later get in my head about who God is and what He can do. It helped me avoid all the false theories about how everything came to be as it is today.
Could I have defended my belief to someone else? Probably not very well, but that didn’t matter to me at the time. This is called child-like faith. I’m praying that at a minimum you all have this type of faith. Child-like faith means you believe God is real even when you don’t have all of the answers as to why you believe it. All new believers start this way. If God were to allow you to ingest everything about Him all at once your brain would explode. You wouldn’t retain it all. Instead, we all start like a baby does; needing milk before we hit the solid food, which is in God’s Word.
Now think about what would happen if all you did was live off milk and you never started eating bread or meat as you aged. You wouldn’t be very healthy, would you? You wouldn’t be very strong or mentally sharp either. In fact, you would be pretty useless. This analogy is the example the Bible gives for those who never take their faith to the next level. They stay in that milk only stage through life. They end up being weak Christians living in fear because of what they don’t know. They become almost useless to God.
The moment my life really started to change was when I got off the milk and dug into the meat. (The Bible) What kept me on milk so long? In short, distractions. (more on that later)
For now, let’s get you some milk and a little bread for the creation story. 🥛🍞
The purpose of Uncle Bill’s book isn’t to give you all the little details on everything that’s in the Bible. That’s for future Bible studies (Lord willing) where we can break it all down verse by verse. For my book, I am just hoping that it gives you some simple Bible truths you can rely on because you trust and love the guy who wrote it. Having said that, trust but verify by reading and studying it for yourselves.
In case you’ve haven’t heard the creation story, here is some basic info about how we all got here. I’ll start off by telling you what the Bible actually says, then I’ll go into what the world thinks happened. I’m hopeful that you will see it takes a lot more “faith” to believe the world’s view than the Biblical account. “Faith: is believing something is real even though you have never seen it. Just like believing in what happened in the distant past is faith, because no human witnessed it.
It doesn’t take faith to know the Bible is real, but it does takes faith to believe the words and promises in it are. Same goes for your science books when it comes to our origins. No matter how many times evolution is promoted and taught biasedly in your classes, no one can “prove” it is true. It will take faith to believe in either creation or evolution.
Let’s get started. The Bible tells us plainly that God created the heavens and the earth in 6 literal-24-hour days. (See Genesis chapter 1)
In days 1-3, God created “spaces”. These spaces would later be “filled” with what God created in days 4-6. Days 1-3: spaces. Days 4-6: filling the spaces. (Check out the chart below)
CREATED
FILLED
Day 1 All matter, energy, light, and time in the universe
Day 4 Sun, moon and stars
Day 2 The atmosphere & water/seas
Day 5 Sea Creatures & birds
Day 3 Land & plant life
Day 6 Land animals and mankind.
There is nothing from the past, present, or future, that ever existed, in all the universe, that God didn’t create. This means everything you can see and don’t see, over all eternity past and future. This includes stuff you don’t even know exists. The Bible is very clear on this, and God alone takes credit for bringing it all into being.
Everything God created in days 1-3 (the spaces) were designed specifically for our benefit. They weren’t random. God made them for our use and daily needs. Just look at what we use the spaces for. We have an atmosphere that allows us to breathe outdoors and protects us from the sun. We have light & dark repeating every day after day, month after month, year after year, giving us a way to count time. We have the land we walk on and the plants we need for oxygen and food. All of it created with purpose and order. Nothing God does is random.
God then filled the spaces with the sun to light the day, and the moon & stars to light the night. Did you know God named all the stars? Astronomers can’t even count them all, yet God created them all and named them in one day. God also made the sea creatures, birds, and land animals that are vital for food and our eco-system. (All the stuff science tells you they are great for.) God knew what He was doing when He created this place. He was making a home for us.
I have found that the majority of Christians agree with all I have told you so far. They know God created everything. Exactly how God did it, and how long it took Him, are what many disagree on. The Bible tells us everything came from nothing and was created in an instant. Trees, plants, fish, birds, and even man all created in a flash, and in a mature state as if they had been there for years. God needed these things to be ready for man when he got there on day 6. He wouldn’t have created a process for life that took billions of years.
Adam didn’t start off as a baby. The fish were swimming; they weren’t eggs sitting on the sea floor. Birds could fly right away, cattle were fully grown so they could help work the ground, and the chicken definitely came before the egg. If God could create it at all, why couldn’t He create it all fully grown? Why would God make Adam wait until all the trees and plants were grown before he could eat from them? Animals were not part of Adam’s food source, so he would have starved if God didn’t make everything ready to eat and use.
Unbelievers, and many Christians, think God used evolution to bring His creation into being. They won’t accept simple Biblical answers and instead believe that life came into existence very, very, slowly through survival of the fittest. They try to marry the Bible and science books together so they don’t have to go against what the world thinks is true.
Remember this for a later study: Evolution tells us that death after death created new stronger and different species over a lot of time, until we reached the pinnacle, man. The Bible tells us death did not exist before man. In fact, death did not exist until Adam and Eve ate the apple God told them not to. Death came as the penalty for Adam’s sin. If death existed before sin, then God is a liar and Jesus died for nothing. You can’t believe the Bible and evolution. It is impossible to reconcile the two.
Wait, what about the dinos? Everyone says the Bible isn’t real because dinosaurs aren’t mentioned. Many Christians freak out when someone asks them to explain what the Bible says about Dinosaurs. It’s the craziest thing! All this doubt about the creation story over something easy to explain.
Dinosaurs were real., we have proof of that. It doesn’t take faith to believe it. Fossils are everywhere; unlike the fossils the evolutionists are still looking for. So, what is all the hysteria about in Christian circles? It all comes down to laziness and fear. Too lazy to go find the answers, and too afraid to go against the world.
For one, the word “dinosaur” is a relatively new word. It wasn’t around back when the Bible was written. Two, there are several mentions in the Bible of large animals that seem to resemble dinosaurs, but called by different names. Three, there are lots of animal species that are not mentioned in the Bible. God, during creation week, lumped all animals into just a few different “kinds”. From these few “kinds” we get all the different variations of birds, fish, and animals that have ever existed. This is opposite of the evolutionist view. They believe we started with millions of species over billions of years and by survival of fittest we are down to a much lower amount than we started with.
Scientists and textbook authors would like you to believe that most dinosaurs were huge like the t-rex, brontosaurus, and pterodactyl. In reality, the fossil record shows us that the vast majority were normal sized or smaller sized animals. They always fail to mention the average size of a dinosaur was around the size of an American bison. That’s not anywhere near t-rex size or the other huge dinosaurs found in the Hollywood movies. Why is this important? Because one of the popular ways people try to disprove the Bible is by saying no dinosaurs could have fit on the ark. The ark is what God had Noah build before He flooded the earth. (More to come on Noah and the flood down the road)
Are you seeing a pattern here? Scientists didn’t just come up with all their theories out of thin air. They took the creation story and then made up their own theory(s) to try and debunk the Bible. Every time the Bible proved true over time and discovery, they tweaked their theory to try and overcome it. Every time one of their theories was later proven wrong, they just pivoted to the next BS theory and the unbelieving world gladly accepted it. That’s not science, that is a blatant attempt to silence Truth. There are many Christian scientists who believe the creation account in the Bible. You just don’t hear from them as they are often silenced or shunned for going against their colleagues.
As to how Noah could have fit dinosaurs on the ark, you know the answer. They were average size or smaller. They could have even been very young and small when they boarded the boat. The next question is where did all the dinosaurs go? Why aren’t they around today? We will save that for a little later.
Now, let’s look at the timing of creation week. Did you know that God had a specific reason why He created everything in 6 days and then rested on the 7th? He didn’t need the rest, he wasn’t tired. Even though the Bible tells us the answer, many Christians still struggle with the fact that such a complex and vast universe could be made in only 6 days. They say it’s just too impossible to believe and they think science backs their beliefs.
Part of the struggle for Christians is that everything we are taught in school, everything we see on tv or socials, even words we hear in some churches, all teach that this place was created billions of years ago. Evolutionists and big bang theorists need these billions of years to be true so that they can explain why there are no signs anywhere of evolution in our world today. Scientists explain it by saying fossils don’t last billions of years and the evolutionary process is really slow. That is why no one has, or ever will, see anyone changing from “the goo, to the zoo, into you”.
So, because of all the outside influence to believe in evolution, many Christians look for ways to fit long periods of time in between days 1-6. They take words and whole paragraphs out of context. They make up stuff and ignore what is written. Many just live with the confusion and contradictions that come with trying to hold both views as true. They then become useless to God for spreading His Word. They do all of this just to support a theory that is harder to believe than the truth the Bible teaches. No one wants to question science, but they are fine with questioning God’s Word. Go figure….
In summary, you have a choice to make. Believe the world, or believe the Bible. Over the centuries, the world has changed its opinion on how the universe and everything in it came into existence, more times than you can count. The Bible has not changed since it was written 2,000+ years ago. I’ll believe the God who created everything over the people trying to study everything He created.
The real question every good Bible student should ask instead of “how could God do all that in 6 days?” is: “Why did He take so long?” If God could do it at all, He could certainly have done it in a split second, all at once. He didn’t need 6 days. He didn’t even need a minute. You’ll have to wait for the answer on this one. It takes a little more detail than I plan to go into in this book. In the meantime, rest assured God had very specific reasons why he created everything in 6 literals days.
There is so much more detail in the Bible about the creation account than I could possibly discuss in this chapter. This is just the milk, remember? I’ll end chapter one with this question:
“If God could create everything, is there anything He can’t do? You should think about that anytime a doubt or question comes into your mind about what God is capable of.
As I told you all last week when I texted you, I am writing this book in real-time each day. I know what I want to write about, I have an idea how it should flow, but I am leaving it up to God to direct it. Because I am writing the book this way, I have to go back and read it all from the beginning each morning before I start working on the next piece of it. I want to make sure I am not jumping all over the place with my thoughts and that it comes out organized and easy to read. It’s weird writing a book without an outline, but it’s also very exciting.
This morning, when I was reading back through everything I’ve written so far, I started to question a few things. I just spent 2×12 hour days writing the creation section in chapter 1, and all I could think about was that it wasn’t enough. I couldn’t help but want to add more and more to it. There is so much to the creation story that I didn’t share. I want to dive deeper into it, but it would take up my whole book, and I didn’t think that was God’s purpose for it. He has His own Book with all the detail.
Because I’ve been waiting for almost 40 years to write this book, I question when things are going well with my writing. This morning, I started wondering if God really wants me to write the book now. Maybe He was actually trying to tell me to start my Bible studies first, so I could go into all the detail and tell you the whole creation story. Maybe I just got the signals mixed up. I do have everything already set up for Uncle Bill’s Bible Hour. (yes, that’s the name I came up with lol) I have the green old man chair, the camera and mic, and I’ve already checked the lighting and acoustics. Maybe that is what God wants me to do. I can always put the book on pause for a while….
Well, that didn’t seem right either. Ugh, what do I do?
I decided to go for a walk with the pups and get some fresh air. As we walked, I kept questioning whether or not I was doing what God wants. It’s all I could think about for some reason. As I let my mind question things over and over, I started to doubt. Maybe I was wrong about all of this? Maybe I’m getting ahead of God’s plan by starting the book now? Maybe He has more training He wants me to go through first? Maybe I’m not a mature enough Christian yet? Maybe I need to keep working on myself before I jump into all this?
Before the questions in my head got out of hand, I got home. I plopped down on the couch, turned on a “relaxing sounds of rain video” from YouTube, and got ready to pray and ask God if He would confirm what I should do. I do this a lot, but not enough. I usually try to keep the surroundings as quiet as possible, but then the darn dogs start barking at every noise they hear. So, I turn on the rain sounds. It distracts the pups, but doesn’t distract me when praying or deep in thought.
Today, I literally just closed my eyes to start praying, when I heard the sound of a text coming through on my phone. Normally, I don’t stop praying to look at a text, but I was waiting for an answer from God on what to do, so I checked it. It was a text from one of your moms, telling me that she heard the introduction of my book, because one of you read it to her. She wanted to follow along as I write it.
Wait, what????? I didn’t even get the question out before I got an answer?
I laid back down and started to think about it some more. I was half blown away by it all, and half skeptical because it happened so fast and was so obvious. I started thinking maybe the text wasn’t a sign/answer. Am I overthinking this? Maybe it’s just a coincidence? I don’t get a lot of answers this fast and this clear, so maybe it’s a fluke? Before I could stew in my own thoughts much longer, I got 2 more alerts back-to-back on that same phone. I jumped up to read them, half expecting to see a spam text or an alert that The Golf Warehouse is having a sale. Instead, what I saw were 2 notifications from my website.
The first one said this: “people are liking and reading your book”.
The next one was a comment from one of you. This is what it said: “This is the 2nd thing I’ve read today after my Bible.” “Made me cry”. “Thank you for this gift, I am so excited to see what God has put on your heart”.
Well, I guess that takes care of my question! 3 alerts on my phone, all mentioning the book, right when I needed it? Wow!!!!! This type of quick and obvious answer from God is definitely more the exception than the rule, but God wanted me to show you it can happen this way. I think that is why He made it so obvious this time. I’m also quite sure He wants me to finally quit asking Him about it. He will always answer our prayers in His timing, and in His way, we just need to keep our eyes and ears open. It is also awesome to hear at least one of you is reading the Bible!
I missed so many attempts by God to guide me down the right path growing up. When I did notice something, I called it a coincidence. Most of the time I was too distracted and in my own world to spot them. It was only after I started really paying attention to the signs, did I see more of them. However, just like this morning, I still have moments of doubt. The first text that interrupted my prayer should have been enough. It shouldn’t have required the extra confirmation, but I am Glad God gave it to me this time.
This is a pretty typical example of how it works when I try to understand all that God is doing in front of me and behind the scenes. It can be bumpy, because God doesn’t usually come right out and clearly tell me all the answers I seek. Sometimes it’s just a feeling I get that I can’t shake. Sometimes a song, a Bible verse, or even something your aunt says out of the blue, can confirm an answer for me. Lots of times I don’t get the answer until days, weeks, or even years later.
Many answers won’t come until we are face to face with God. This is what having a relationship with an almighty God, who for the time being, is separated from us because of our sin. But, just like this morning, God can also make His answers and guidance very clear!
I won’t generally make a habit out of sharing comments I get about the book as I move through it, but today, God wanted me to put them in here so I don’t have to ask Him if I should be writing this book again. It should have always been obvious, but it’s a process to learn to trust what God is telling me sometimes.
I really like how the first chapter of my book aligns with the first chapter in God’s Book. I’m sure that was by design. This foundational belief, that God created everything in an instant, over a literal 6-day week, tells you all you need to know. It tells you how you got here, and that your life has purpose, because an almighty God created you. He didn’t have to create us, so the fact that He did tells us something. This is why Genesis is the most attacked book in the Bible from the unbelieving world. If they can diminish, discredit, or destroy Genesis, they know you will be ripe to believe anything they say. That is what the darkness really wants.
If someone can convince you that the very first book of the Bible is wrong, then they can convince you the rest of it is wrong too. If they can convince you that the book is all just a bunch of children’s stories and fables, then they can convince you evolution is real and that you have no worth. If they can convince you that God didn’t create us, then you won’t have to feel obligated to live up to His standards. If there is no creator God, there is no higher authority mankind is accountable to. If there’s no problem, there’s no need for a solution. Get it now?
It’s so much deeper than a simple disagreement on what a book says. It’s a spiritual darkness that has to try and make sure you don’t see the light of truth. In Genesis 1:3 we learn that there was light before there was the sun. The light was day 1, but the sun didn’t exist until day 4. Why? Because God is light. The brightest, most radiant light in the world. This light, is how God is described in the Old Testament when Israel had a temple that God resided in. This is the light the darkness doesn’t want you to see.
Everything that goes against the light is darkness. A tiny little flame can extinguish the dark, but the darkness can never extinguish the light. This is not some fancy philosophical statement, this is truth.
This is why the book of Genesis and the creation story are so dangerous to those living in the dark. The light exposes their lies and circular reasoning. This is also why God put Genesis as the first book. It is the foundational piece to the Bible. Get Genesis right, and the rest of the Bible makes a lot more sense. Get it wrong, and you’ll have to jump through hoops trying to explain the rest of it.
Genesis is the most important historical book ever written. It tells us about the foundation of all things. In Genesis we learn about matter, energy, life, marriage, family, society, morality, Law, even the 7-day week.
It is also a book of firsts: The first human beings, the first marriage, birth, death, lie, trial, murder, first self-defense, ownership of property, natural death, rainfall, boat, nations formed, cities built, calendar established, first example of God’s grace, and on and on. Genesis has everything we need to know about the person of God and man’s relationship to Him.
Are you starting to see why the world wants to make sure you don’t believe the book of Genesis is truth? Look past the people pushing the evolution nonsense. It’s a spiritual issue. Normal people would not care so much about what we Christians believe is truth. Why would anyone care what we believe? Our beliefs don’t impede their lives in any way. We aren’t killing people who disagree, or shaming those who don’t believe as we do. Bible believing folk are supposed to be humble and meek, the Bible doesn’t teach hate or violence.
The only logical answer you can come up with as to why normal people hate the truth, and those that spread it, is Satan. We will get into his antics later, but I need to make sure one thing is perfectly clear now. Before Satan came into the picture in Genesis chapter 3; the world God created, and the people He created, were perfect.
Adam and Eve didn’t have to plow the ground or pull weeds from the garden. Everything they needed to eat was always readily available without having to work for it. The animals all got along, they were tame, and you could have a bear as a pet if you wanted to. A mist from the ground watered all the vegetation automatically. There was an additional layer of water above the atmosphere of our planet, that somehow made this place like a greenhouse too. It was heaven on earth.
Even better; there was no fear, no stress, no pain, no hate, no lies, no sorrow and definitely no death before evil came around. The place was perfect. Adam and Eve’s bodies were perfect and built to never die or wear out. But, that’s not the best part. The best part, was that Adam and Eve could walk and talk with God. They weren’t separated from Him like we are today.
All it takes is a second to look around, and you can easily tell that the world is far from a perfect place now. Almost everything is the opposite of the way God created it.
Something had to have happened between what we read about in Genesis chapters 1 & 2, and our current day. Something that made this place a living hell on earth at times. I keep asking you guys to pay attention to why unbelievers hate and try to discredit Genesis so much. Here is your first major reason: They are on the same team as the guy the Bible says made this mess. Their boss let our home go to hell and fall into disarray. Their false teachers have more students than the Bible teacher does. There are far more unbelievers in the world than there are believers. What happened?
Don’t give up hope! Keep reading. The God who created it all, knew evil was coming, and He already has a plan to fix it all.
THERE IS HOPE MY SON 