I’ve not frequently considered the creation story in Christmas! I really should, however, as it’s very present in Christmas, that Jesus, the baby born in Bethlehem, was creator and present in Genesis. I hope you are well on this Christmas weekend! Thank you for the privilege of sharing with you each week. I consider this a privilege and I don’t take it lightly nor for granted. I wanted to bring you a Merry Christmas by considering that Genesis has everything to do with Jesus, and also by using a critical thinking process in examining evolution. Today’s scientific examination reveals a lot about creation and Genesis. I hope we can approach this again today as we always want to see the truth of scripture more clearly. I’m not necessarily scientific. But sometimes logic is important. Truth is in the scripture and Jesus came to demonstrate truth to us. That we were sinners, for scripture says all have sinned, and that we needed a Savior, Jesus. Why can’t God choose a humble beginning of His redemption by becoming a baby, identifying with us yet remaining perfect and being the God King? The Gospel of John says that He was in the beginning (Genesis), that He was with the Father, and that all things came through Him. This is our introduction to Jesus. So Jesus was in Genesis. And all scripture points to Jesus. I don’t ever want to lose sight of this. Many scientists are beginning to understand creation as the beginning, aligning with the biblical account of creation and of the beginning of this world. A world that was created perfect but experienced the fall of man. It was only after the fall of man that disease and sin and the curse seen around us came into the picture. But this curse wasn’t present from the beginning of creation because God declared at the beginning of creation that it was very good. He would never call disease and sin and the evil curse to be “very good”! This solidifies my foundation and belief in creation even more. There weren’t millions of years of thorns and disease and evil before God said it was “very good”! We wouldn’t know good from evil if that was the case and millions of years of thorns and the curse of this fallen world were present before God said it was “very good “! There was a need for salvation, redemption, and Jesus was and is the answer for this. This little baby we celebrate with Christmas, born to be the Savior and Redeemer. And eventually, He wore the thorns that were part of the curse as a crown of thorns, the curse of sin making it necessary for Him to come into this world. The perfect world created in Genesis, the perfect Redeemer in Jesus. Please remember I’m praying for you because I love you! And please have a Merry Christmas!