2 Peter 3:1-7 Some of you may have taken the opportunity to wander about and search at the McAbbee fossil fields east of Cache Creek. Fossils are intriguing, reminding us of an historic event which so many years ago destroyed all living things on the earth with the exception of those in Noah's ark. I have a couple of well preserved fossils that I found at Ashcroft Ranch along with a piece of petrified wood found near Stump Lake. They intrigue me.
The heart of today's passage has a much different focus than we have been taught and teach in our push against the theory of evolution which uses the fossils to tell a story of millions of years of life improvement, while our focus has been to prove a world wide flood as the Bible teaches. There is nothing wrong with that, but with it's almost singular focus when it comes to fossils, we miss the real reason they are there in the first place. They ought to be a reminder of God's judgment. Perhaps that should be our real focus. Has Satan used the promotion of one lie to keep our eyes from focusing on the real, most important truth that we should remember? The flood was God's judgment against the wickedness of Noah's day and today's passage uses it as a reminder that God's judgment is coming again. That is the true message we should take from the fossils. The earth and it's inhabitants will again be judged.
Pastor Paul
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