Which Came First?

The Old Question

Which came first: The chicken or the egg? Many have attempted to answer this question in various ways. Some say you can’t have a chicken unless you first have an egg. Some say you can’t have an egg unless you first have a chicken. The evolutionist says that chickens evolved from non-chickens through innumerable DNA mutations over a long period of time until just the right combination was arrived at to produce the chicken. Kind of like an inept burglar fiddling with the combination dial trying to find the right numbers to produce the desired result. Who’s right? Fortunately, we have a more reliable source of information than the speculations of men. Let’s examine what the Bible has to say on the matter:

Chickens Created, Not Evolved

“And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.” —Gen 1:20-23

Everything Created in Mature State

God created everything in its mature state, with its own seed of reproduction within itself: “And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the third day.” —Gen. 1:11-13

Male & Female Taken in the Ark

“Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.” — Genesis 7:3 —again with seed within itself for reproduction, and so with man also, and every other living thing that was created, animal, vegetable and mankind, everything created in a mature state, containing its own seed, after its own kind. There were no intermediate species, ever! “All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.” —1 Corinthians 15:39.

No intermediate flesh! Therefore we conclude based on the Word of God, which is our only reliable source and record of those things that happened during the Creation Week, that the chicken was one of those “winged fowl” that was created in a mature state, with its seeds of reproduction within itself, the female containing the egg-seed and the male containing the sperm-seed that they might together as a couple have the means to carry on their own kind.

The Mature State of the Universe

Do not be deceived by so-called geological ages of millions and billions of years! The earth was created in its mature state with the crust already cooled and ready for mankind. The stars and all heavenly bodies were created in their mature state with the appearance of age and their light already reaching the earth with the appearance of having traveled all those millions of light-years that we know are normally required for the light from distant stars to reach the earth. In the same way, all living things were created with the appearance of age as mature animal, vegetable and human life.

Sin, Death and the Fossil Record

Again, do not be deceived! The Bible clearly teaches that there was no death until Adam sinned! “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned” —Romans 5:12 Therefore, fossils, being formed from dead plant and animal life, did not exist prior to the sin of Adam! Contrary to present day “scientific opinion” the earth and the universe are not millions and billions of years old, but only several thousands of years.

Investigate for Yourself!

Again we say: Do not be deceived! Read the Bible for yourself. If you sincerely desire to know the truth about these matters, God will be very happy to show you the truth. Highly educated eminent scientists have attempted to prove the Bible wrong about these matters only to come away convinced in their own minds that the Bible is true. Look for and read the writings of these Creation Scientists. Ask yourself why, if the Theory of Evolution is cut and dried truth, why so many of these great men, and more and more, are questioning and rejecting Darwinism, evolutionary theory and cosmology, which attempts to measure the age of the universe in millions and billions of years rather than understanding its creation in mature form.

Radiometric Dating

This method of determining the age of the earth is supposed to be a “...proven scientific technique ... has shown us that the earth is billions of years old, a fact that cannot be argued.” Do not be deceived! There are many eminent scientists who will gladly argue against the reliability of this “scientific technique”!

The Bottom Line

Because men do not want to believe in God or the Bible, they will believe any kind of lies that Satan tells them. We do not want to be accountable to God because we have all sinned and want to have our own way. Therefore if the Bible can be proven wrong then perhaps God does not exist after all and we are O.K. on our own. Do not be deceived! This thinking is only Delusion! Do not fall for the lies of Satan!

Your Eternal Destiny

If you sincerely want to know the truth, God will be pleased to reveal it to you.

In order to be saved, you must receive the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior. You do this by believing the Gospel, or Good News, that the Lord Jesus Christ paid the penalty for your sins when He died and shed His blood on the Cross for you:

“...Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, .... He was buried, .... He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures;” —1 Cor. 15:3,4

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” — John 3:16

“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” — John 3:36

Will you believe in Him right now as your Savior? He’s waiting for you!

Compiled by Dean Cunningham ~ July 2005 ~ No. 13a
Available in tract form.