The revelation in Genesis tells us about such events as creation, Noahs flood, and the Tower of Babel. These are events that have made the earths geology, geography, biology, etc., what they are today. Therefore, we must also realize that what happened in the past is the key to the present. The entrance of sin into the world explains why we have death and why we have mistakes occurring in our genes. The global devastation caused by Noahs flood helps to explain the fossil record. The events at the Tower of Babel help us to come to an understanding of the origin of the different nations and cultures around the world.

Today evolutionists deny that the biblical record can be taken seriously. They put their faith in their belief that "all things continue as they have done from the beginning." The prophecy in 2 Peter 3 is being fulfilled before our very eyes.

"WILLINGLY IGNORANT. . ."

In the next section of this prophecy we are told that men will deliberately reject three things. Notice that the emphasis here is on a deliberate rejection, or as some translations put it, a "willing ignorance." Thus, it is a deliberate action on a persons part not to believe:

(a) God created the world, which at first was covered with water (which means that its surface was cool at the beginning, not a molten blob, as evolutionists teach).

(b) God once judged this world with a global, cataclysmic flood at the time of Noah.

(c) God is going to judge this world again, but the next time it will be by fire.

People often make the statement: "If there is so much evidence that God created the world and sent a global cataclysmic flood, then surely all scientists would believe this." The solution is given here in 2 Peter 3. It is not simply a matter of providing evidence to convince people, for people do not want to be convinced. We read in Romans 1:20 that there is enough evidence to convince everyone that God is Creator, so much so that we are condemned if we do not believe. Furthermore, Romans 1:18 tells us that men "suppress the truth in unrighteousness." It is not a matter of lack of evidence to convince people that the Bible is true; the problem is that they do not want to believe the Bible. The reason for this is obvious. If people believed in the God of the Bible, they would have to acknowledge His authority and obey the rules He has laid down. However, every human being suffers from the same problem the sin which Adam committed in the Garden of Eden a "disease" which we all inherit. Adams sin was rebellion against Gods authority. Likewise, people everywhere today are in rebellion against God, so to admit that the Bible is true would be an admission of their own sinful and rebellious nature and of their need to be born again by cleansing through the blood of Christ.