Females: In the warmer months, much of my writing begins from the back deck, where a large oak and walnut tree sort of frame the view. After I got home from work last week some time, I sat down to begin some reading and was interrupted by two squirrels that were chattering loudly at each other, and chasing each other from limb to limb. They kept racing around in circles, darting along the same branches again and again. Whether a male pursuing a female or the other way around, the scene made me pause in admiration of God’s handiwork and stirred a memory of something that is sort of obvious, but nevertheless most extraordinary. “When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained.” Psalm 8:3.
Let me preface this by saying that I’m no “scientist” in the world’s eyes. Besides, a genuine scientist, (literally, “one who knows,”) is not the man who boasts in his research while denying his Maker, but the one who bows before Christ, “in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.” Colossians 2:3. Scripture reminds us that the foundation of all true science is the acknowledgment of the Creator Himself. “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge.” Proverbs 1:7. But it doesn’t require advanced degrees or a laboratory to see what is plain before our eyes, life itself is a testimony to the wisdom and handiwork of God. At the very heart of His design lies this unshakable truth, “so God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” Genesis 1:27.
Every creature that walks, flies, or swims bears witness to a simple but profound truth, life continues only where male and female exist together. From the smallest insect to the largest whale, reproduction requires the complementary design of male and female. No species sustains itself by male alone. Without the female, the line perishes. One generation and gone forever. Yet we find in every corner of creation, from the smallest insect to the mighty elephant, both male and female, fitly framed to continue life. Again, I’m not a scientist, but doesn’t this undeniable reality pose a serious dilemma for atheistic evolution? If creatures arose by blind chance across “millions of years,” how did a corresponding female appear at the precise moment needed for life to continue? Did countless species all just happen to evolve a female companion simultaneously? Did the fish wait for millions of years for a mate while he withered alone in the sea, the deer graze without a doe, or the bee swarm without a queen? Examples could be multiplied, but no, such fables collapse under their own weight. “The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God.” Psalm 14:1.
The atheist faces an unanswerable riddle here? If life “evolved” by blind accident, how did the female arise in every species, with perfect timing and complementary design, capable of conception, gestation, and birth? Such coincidences defy reason. Scripture says plainly, “male and female created He them.” Genesis 1:27. Such words remind us that God’s design, the pairing of male and female, seen in every corner of life, was never partial or uncertain, but perfect, complete, and overflowing with fruitfulness from the first moment of creation. “But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee; Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee, and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?” Job 12:7-9. The order, beauty, and harmony of this design proclaim the wisdom and power of the Creator, and this creation witness cannot be silenced, but ever proclaims its unmistakable glory. “Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.” Psalm 19:2. From sunrise to sunset, creation never ceases to proclaim what man in his pride would deny, that the wisdom and power of God are written into every corner of life. “O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all, the earth is full of thy riches.” Psalm 104:24. MPJ