Inspiring to go Higher

Inspiring to go Higher
Children's Ministry This Week


Tower of Babel

Flood

What changes did the flood bring to the earth?


A flood the size and duration of Noah's flood would have wreaked tremendous havoc on the earth. The entire geography would have changed. The climate would also have changed drastically. Fossil evidence shows that tropical plants used to grown in areas near the poles and that plants, animals, and even humans used to grow much bigger than they do today. Some fossilized human footprints are over a foot long!

Is there any evidence of a worldwide, destructive flood?

Evidence in the fossil record:

*Fossils are found all over the world. The flood covered the entire world.

*Fossils are dead creatures. The flood killed every living creature.

*Fossils are found in layers of rock that were laid down by water. These layers are found all over the earth. The flood would have laid down vast amounts of mud and silt all over the earth.

*Fossils are formed only when creatures are buried quickly and thoroughly. Usually when a creature dies its body decays or is eaten by other animals. Even creatures that are buried in a usual manner will undergo decay. Only when a body is buried very rapidly in such a manner that no oxygen can get in will a fossil have a chance to form. Such conditions are rate. The fact that fossils are found in great abundance all over the world testifies to a worldwide, catastrophic flood.
Days of Creation


Day 1—Day & Night

Day 2—Sky

Day 3—Land & Plants

Day 4—Sun, Moon & Stars

Day 5—Sea Creatures & Birds

Day 6—Humans & Animals



Who shut the door of the Ark?

After Noah was shut in the ark, how many days passed before it began to rain?

How many days did it rain?

For how long did the waters “prevail” or rise upon the earth?

What did Noah see when he came out of the ark?

What keeps the seas from overflowing their boundaries and flooding the earth?
Did Noah take mosquitoes on the ark?



It is unlikely that Noah took any insects on the ark, for he was to take two of every animal with the “breath of life” in it. In Genesis 7:22 it is clear that the animals that died were those with “the breath of life in its nostrils.” Since insects breathe through their abdomens, they do not fit in this category, therefore they may have survived the flood on their own. Many insect eggs can live for long periods of time in water.




If God created everything perfect, why are there poisonous plants and animals?


Before the Fall of Man, there were no poisonous plants and animals. But sin brought a curse to all the earth, a curse that brought pain and death to living creatures, and that also affected the plants. Thorns and thistles appeared—these are things that were not in existence before the curse (Genesis 3:18). The serpent was altered as punishment for its part in man’s sin (Genesis 3:14). Sin’s effect on the whole world brought about many changes to the perfection that once existed.
FAQ’s about Creation

Don’t fossils prove that dinosaurs lived millions of years before man did?

Evidence of humans and dinosaurs living together has been found in the fossil record. For instance, human & dinosaur footprints have been found together in many places in the world. This matches the biblical account that states, “all the creatures that move along the ground” were created on Day 6, the same day that God created man.
Children’s Ministry This Week

God Created Man
When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. He created them male & female and blessed them. And … he called them “man”. Genesis 5:1,2

Don’t the fossils show a clear pattern of men evolving from apes?


The fossils show no such thing. The only place you find a line of creatures gradually changing from an ape to a man is in pictures in books, not in any physical evidence. In fact, all of the so-called “links” between apes and men have been proven to be either hoaxes or misinterpreted evidence. For example:

*Neanderthal man was identical to modern humans but with a bad case of rickets

*Ramapithecus was later found to be no more than an extinct ape, not a link.

*Nebraska man was nothing more than a tooth that was later found to have come from a pig.

*Java man is now regarded as completely human.

*Australopithecus africanus is now considered to be completely ape-like.

*Peking man has been reclassified as completely human.

Similarities between men and apes does not prove evolution. To illustrate: Compare the similarities between a Porsche and a Volkswagen. Why do these cars have so many similarities? Because they were made by the same designer. Similarity in design points to one Designer, God, as opposed to many designers.