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Job 41:15-17
15 His scales [magen] ['aphiyq] are his pride [ga`avah], shut up together [cagar] as with a close [tsar] seal [chowtham].
16 One ['echad] is so near [nagash] to another ['echad], that no air [ruwach] can come [bow'] between them.
17 They are joined [dabaq] one ['iysh] to another ['ach], they stick together [lakad], that they cannot be sundered [parad]. KJV-Interlinear
15 'His strong scales are his pride, Shut up as with a tight seal. 16 'One is so near to another, That no air can come between them. 17 'They are joined one to another; They clasp each other and cannot be separated. NASB
Pride here means confidence, reliability, dependability, consistency, steadfastness, stability. In human terms, pride would be thought of as conceit, arrogance, and pleasure in ones self and so forth.
Animals do not think in those terms.
Of all of their attributes, the animals strength, their agility, their instincts, are all interconnected to their physical characteristics.
Their tough skin, their coat, their colors, their scales, their camouflage, all of these things along with their water tightness, or toughness or ability to hide within their surroundings, gives the animal an ability to function for survival and to avoid their own demise when being hunted.
God, in His wisdom, in His genius, gave all animals some sort of outer skin, or hide, or scales, or fur with which to survive and function within their environment.
These things did not come about by accident. These things came by design.
The odds against life accidentally occurring on its own are great.
The odds against so many different life forms occurring by accident are infinitely greater.
The odds against so many different life forms with so many different attributes are infinitely, infinitely greater.
And guess what? The odds against all of these things occurring by accident, being destroyed by several extinctions on planet earth, and then repeating themselves, is way beyond infinity.
But there will be those who will just not believe in anything other than the accident of evolution.
Maybe that is why so many are jumping on the global warming bandwagon. Interesting enough by the way, I heard on the news this evening (Tues., June 10, 2008), that there is a significant reduction of sunspot activity. Hasn't been so low in almost 400 years, and what happened back then? The planet went through what was termed as a mini ice-age (1645-1705 A.D.). That low sunspot activity lasted sixty years. Cold and famines affected the entire planet. And now we are in our second year in a row for record cold temperatures. Where's the heat? No extra charge for this tidbit. But you might want to invest in long underwear!
