Creation Museum

Our God is AMAZING!!!! The vast hugeness of the galaxies are held in His hand, solar systems are like tiny stars dotting the sky, and He knows each by its own name. Billions and millions of stars and He knows each one, and yet He chose to create one small blue planet and put all the things that are most precious to Him on it. Of all the beautiful and awesome things, He choses us to love the most. And, get this, God wants us to love Him back. Our freewill to chose Him is important to Him! It’s just mind boggling to think of.

I wish I could find adjectives to better express my feelings when looking back on these last two days. I’ll have to do my best to relate the events.

We left at about six last night to make the 5 hour drive down to Petersburg, Kentucky. We had made a reservation at a lovely hotel to spend the night in. The room was great and we were almost sorry for not staying two nights.

Anyway, today we woke up to Karin exclaiming from her bed, “Coffee! Room service!” It was to be expected. Seeing as we were all coffee people we had to head directly down to the lobby for some of that delightful drink and a sustaining breakfast of physical and Spiritual food as we did morning devotions.

My expectations of the Creation Museum, I’ll confess, were low. I’ve seen a lot of museums in my life, most from big cities that attract many people. I expected to see here a couple of small exhibits with some bones, rocks, and the odd wax person here or there. Upon entering the building I would soon realize that there was a huge difference between my expectations and what was true. The main hall is decorated like a rocky forest. As the eyes climb the fake stone wall they are astonished to see a moving dinosaur! It growled and grumbled as it swung its long neck over us.

In the same room were some smaller dinos and kids next to a brook, these all moved robotically.

The skeleton is holding a Bible!!!

 

 

 

 

The first show we saw was a comical special effects show. It opened with a girl sitting by a campfire as she questions the creation of the world. To answer her questions, “Gabe” and “Mike” the angels appear to guide “Wendy” and the audience (us) toward truth by describing God, creation, and contradicting one of Wendy’s professors in a comical but interesting way. The show was enhanced by wind that blew when the angels flew by and water that splashed our faces during the “flood” part of the show!

After that we headed in the direction of the planetarium to see two shows. The seats reclined comfortably to give us a view of the ceiling which was transformed into a night sky view.  But rather than point out all the Greek history dealing with constellations as were most planetarium shows that I’ve seen, this one took us on an awe inspiring journey through the universe in a Biblical perspective. In the end I could only think of how God made all of this and still loves me and desires my heart! Praise be to God!

After that we went through the walkthrough portion of the museum. The walk started us out in a pretend Grand Canyon. The lesson here was about dinosaurs and paleontology. Then we walked into the beautiful land of Eden. Tall trees made a green roof above us, the ground was covered in every kind of beautiful flower and plant. Among the flora, animals were playing. There was all kinds of animals from the quiet lamb, to a ferocious lion, a goofy penguin, and a mean dinosaur all stood about the forest in peace. And, in the midst of the animals and plants was Adam. We walked further to see Adam standing with another being: Eve. Together they enjoyed the garden, swam in the pool, and walked with their God.

But then sin entered the world. The hallway we entered was black save for a single light which illuminated an evil beast. The serpent hung from a tree and appeared to be almost smiling at his treachery. You know what come next. Eve gave the forbidden fruit to her husband, and sin had come into the world.

Now Adam and Eve would have to sacrifice perfect lambs to atone for their sins.

We continued the walk to see how this one mistake had affected the entire earth forever. I felt like crying when I came into a dark alley way. The walls were plastered with depressing and terrifying news articles and graffiti. Garbage littered the ground and one could almost smell the filth. The obvious dirt of the alley way gave way to what looked like a pleasant neighborhood. This neighborhood was anything but pleasant, however. Drugs, gossip, and disrespect, the sins that seem to be small littered this place.

At some point we came to an impressive exhibit of Noah’s Ark.

And we met some of the famous characters of the Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’m sure it’s obvious to see that we had a great time, but we also learned a ton!

There was a guy walking around the Museum with snakes and lizards on his back!! He was giving some presentations at the museum and when he was not presenting, he let people hold his snakes and get to know them a little. The picture below is of Daisy, the albino Python.

We took a walk out in the snow to go to the petting zoo portion of the zoo before getting in the car for a long ride.

At the zoo we saw a Zorse, a Zonkey, some sheep and goats, wallabys, a cow, alpacas, and this awesome camel named Gomer.

Then it was homeward bound! We had an excellent trip!