The Fifth Day.... Of Creation

Gen. 1:20-23

Then God said, "Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds above the earth cross the face of the firmament of the heavens." So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abunded, according to their kind, and evey winged bird according to its 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 birds multiply on the earth." So the evening and the morning were the FIFTH DAY.

Scientists are conceding that they have grossly underestimated the quantity and diversity of marine life in the ocean. Research scientists from 80 different countries are undertaking a huge census of ocean life around the world. Called the Census of Marine Life, the census effort began in 2000, and ten years later, scientists continue to be amazed at the numbers and varieties of new species they’ve found. In the first three years of the study 160 new species of fish were found each year. That’s about 3 new species discovered every week. As the census has progressed, new species of marine life are being discovered at an even greater rate. “One study found 700 new species of crustaceans in an area the size of a small bathroom.”

When God said “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas…” we had no idea how serious He really was.