Can Evolution be Found in Any of the Bible Stories?
The evolution process can be clearly seen in the Book of Genesis where Jacob wanted to prosper at his father-in-law Laban's expense. Jacob used his knowledge of evolution to take advantage of his father-in-law in an agreement they had between the two of them.
Jacob was caring for Leban's livestock. In exchange, Jacob was to receive any young livestock that was born ringstraked, speckled, or spotted. By changing the creatures' environment, Jacob caused their minds to transmit information to the souls of the creatures, which caused an increased number of the livestock's young to be born ringstraked, speckled, and spotted to adapt to their new environment.
And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink. And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle. And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses (Genesis 30:37-43).
Some would say that the changing of the livestock's colors and coat patterns was a miracle. I am not sure if it was a miracle or not. Because Jacob had favor with God, God revealed to him understanding of laws that He had placed in nature long ago. Jacob simply used his knowledge of God's laws to his advantage.
In any case, some kind of evolution took place and God wanted future generations to know about it.
A common argument against a God-based evolution is that God created creatures to be grouped in kinds; therefore, they could not become another species or kind.
I have a problem with this thought. Jesus in Heaven was in the form of God and was God before He came to the earth in the form of a member of the son-of-man species. He died on the cross to give the son-of-man species the opportunity to become a new creature or member of the son-of-God species. As Christians, we should thank God that one species can become another species.
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