THE EVILS OF
GENETIC ENGINEERING

PART I

Genetic Engineering is a very hot item in the news today. Hardly a day goes by without some kind of news relating to genetics. The scientific community is rushing "headlong" into genetics because each laboratory that makes specific "genetic discoveries" is able to patent that discovery and lay claim to any future marketable value. Yet, the admission of the scientists, themselves, reveals that they are treading into "unknown" and very possibly "extremely dangerous" territory.

YAHshua told His brethren, "The world cannot hate you: but Me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil," Jn. 7:7. We must follow in the footsteps of YAHshua, revealing the evils of this world. This section will not be appreciated nor acceptable to those who love this present evil world, but we must not love the world nor be its friend, but warn of the evils and their consequences.

A field of science that is potentially very disastrous is being rushed into by so many of our self-seeking, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead," modern day scientists. The educational system of today is being used in a very subtle manner to discredit our benevolent Creator and His written word through the process of what is called "Higher Education;" foisting the teaching of the abominable theory of Evolution in our schools and colleges. As a result, there is no longer any fear of YAHWEH before the eyes of many of our people. The stage is now set to perform many tasks that heretofore would have been totally forbidden. The field of science that I am speaking of is "Genetic Engineering."

I have been watching the development of "genetic engineering" for quite a long while now. I have saved many news clippings, articles from news magazines, science magazines and other publications. "Genetic Engineering" must be exposed for what it is doing and its deadly potential must be revealed.

When YAHWEH performed His miraculous works described in the book of Genesis 1:11 on the third day the statement is made "Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth:" On the fifth day Elohim said, "Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.’ And Elohim created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl, after his kind: and Elohim saw that it was good," Gen. 1:20-21. Furthermore, on the sixth day Elohim said, "Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind:’ and it was so. And Elohim made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and Elohim saw that it was good," Gen. 1:24-25.

What YAHWEH did is establish a law that everything reproduces after its own kind. Even if different species of grass, herb and fruit tree received pollen of another, His law of reproducing kind after kind would apply in order that there would be no crossing of species. The same law applies to the creatures of the sea and land; including man himself. Any kind of co-habitation by creatures of a different species such as a cow and horse, or man and animal would not allow the generation of a new species because the ovarian eggs possess a genetic code that only allows the sperm of like kind to penetrate and fertilize.

By the process of "gene splicing," developed through "genetic engineering" man has now developed the ability to bypass the natural genetic codes and produce plants and animals that heretofore have never existed.

I have a newspaper clipping from the now defunct Houston Post dated as far back as Feb. 15, 1981, which reports that the Chinese were running experiments to create a "near-human ape!" A Dr. Ji Yongxiang reported that he and an associate had been able to impregnate a female chimp with human sperm. The chimp was three months pregnant when the experiment was aborted by the "cultural revolution." He complained that his laboratory was destroyed and the chimp died from subsequent neglect. (At least one positive result from the cultural revolution). However, Dr. Ji proclaimed that he would attempt the experiment again.

Then in May 14, 1987, the Dallas Morning News published an article entitled, "Italian scientist suspects creation of ‘apeman’ embryos." The article informed that bio-genetic scientists in the United States and elsewhere had been experimenting with the possible creation of a "sub-human species" that would have a chimpanzee for a mother and a human for its father.

The interesting thing that both Dr. Ji and the Italian scientist pointed out was that the experiments were for the purpose of creating an army of "SLAVES." They are striving to create a creature that has intelligence above the average animal, but below human intelligence, which will be able to perform simple tasks on assembly lines or other laborious tasks that are no longer appealing to a mankind that has passed into the age of advanced education and technology.

Parent’s Magazine ran an article entitled "Embryo Technology." They reported that scientists were probing into the "genetic engineering" aspect. The headline on the front page of the magazine heralded, "What is Science Doing To the Human Race?"

According to the article, it seems that geneticists began experimenting first with artificial insemination because so many women were experiencing more problems conceiving. The reason being more young women were having sex with a variety of partners and sustaining low-level gynecological infections, which untreated, damage the reproductive system. The statement was made by a doctor that (as far back as 1981), "as many as one in four women between the ages of 20 and 35 are now infertile."

Of course, upon marrying, there was a desire for a child or children. However, being infertile, renders such an impossibility, but, enter the scientists. At first there was the attempt at artificial insemination. Then came the "test-tube concept." Doctors would perform an operation to remove a number of ovarian eggs, attempt to artificially impregnate the eggs in a petrie dish with sperm from a donor and then replace the (hopefully) fertilized egg into the womb. The problem was that there was only a 3 in 20,000 chance that fertilization would occur. That is 0.015 percent or one (1) in 6,666 (interesting number).

WHO ARE THE PARENTS?

With the entrance of the scientist-doctor’s new techniques many ethical questions have arisen. It seems that they are willing to not only promise fertilization by their methods, but they are also quite willing to utilize many different means to accomplish their feats. The mixing of eggs with sperm from donors other than the husband, the use of eggs from someone other than the mother, even the rental of another woman’s womb for the purpose of carrying the child, have all raised not only moral and ethical questions, but have conjured up legal questions as to who the true parents really are?

Surrogate mothers have in many cases, after carrying someone else's child for 9 months, developed a closeness and desire to keep the child themselves. Such has led to court cases and battles as to who the true parents are. Even men who have been sperm donors can, at a later date, upon the break-up of a family, be charged as the child’s father and held responsible for the child’s maintainence and up-keep.

The article even exposes the desire of the scientists to develop an artificial womb, wherein a career-minded woman can have her embryo removed and placed into an artificial womb so that the mother can go about her daily routine without any interruptions. There is even the suggestion that a human embryo could be placed in the womb of an animal, such as a cow, and have the animal bear the child for its parents.

In another experiment, scientists took two eggs of a mouse, fused them together and they began to divide without the aid of sperm. This lead scientist to believe that they could take the eggs from two lesbian women, fuse them together, bypassing the man, and produce a child for them.

PART HUMAN-PART PLANT OR ANIMAL

With the possibility of the petrie dish and genetic splicing, scientists now postulate that it is possible to introduce genetic DNA from plants and animals into a human embryo, selecting the "best" traits from all in order to create a sort of "super-human."

Some scientists are seeking to develop humans with patches of chlorophyll so they can make food as plants do. Others are seeking to create humans with genes of cows or other animals so they could eat and digest grass and hay as the animals, thereby eliminating the necessity of living on the scarce food source which we are now dependent upon.

HUMAN GENES IN ANIMALS

In conjunction with the previous mentioned items, scientists are now experimenting on plants and animals in many ways in order to "perfect" every living thing. The Houston Post reported in December 1983 that scientists were seeking to breed ‘super-animals.’ By introducing genes from rats into mice, the scientists had produced mice that were twice the size of a normal mouse. They began to "madly" postulate that they could produce a cow that was ten times larger than normal. The question was asked, "Can you imagine a 40 foot tall cow, or a 10 foot tall pig?

How was this to be accomplished? By introducing a specially modified "human" growth hormone gene into a single fertilized egg of an animal and then placing it back into the reproductive tract of the mother animal. The animals that were successfully born contained copies of a "human" gene in all their cells.

Human genes have been introduced into cattle, pigs and fish in an effort to increase size and produce leaner meat. But the scientists will not even stop here. There is already a "blend" of potatoes and tomatoes on the market. These potatoes and tomatoes have had genes introduced into them from tobacco, insects and other creatures, in order to produce hardier, better producing, faster growing, longer lasting food.

The excuse for such abominable experimentation is that we need to develop animals that are at least twice as big as normal, that grow faster, grow more efficiently in terms of food intake, or produce more milk or meat. All excuses for scientific experimentation sound good, but we will find that the end result will be evil.

Since man took of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, all of his actions have been conducted with a mixture of good and evil. The end result, of course, will be corruption, sin, chaos, confusion and destruction.

MEAT SUBSTITUTES ANYONE?

I also have a newspaper clipping before me which was published in Nov. 1993. It says that a Japanese laboratory has devised a way to process sewage into an edible high-protein enriched meat substitute. The scientists extract protein from the solids, mix it with soybean protein, add a few food additives and top it off with a sweet date sauce to give it a palatable flavor. Talk about recycling!

Such are the ways of man. We, through our high-minded educational system which rejects the Creator and His word, are devising ways to drink our own urine and eat our own dung! Are the ways of man wholesome? Is our wisdom really wisdom? Is our education really education?

With the introduction of foreign genes into our meats, milk, fruits, and vegetables, our food is becoming defiled. How can we eat any meat, fruit, or vegetable that has been tampered with? How can we eat anything that has "human" genes introduced into it?

Truly these things bring the book of Romans to light, "Because that when they knew Elohim, they glorified Him not as Elohim, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools......And even as they did not like to retain Elohim in their knowledge, Elohim gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient," Ro. 1:21-22, 28.

Genetic engineering is going to reveal the foolishness of man! It is only one of the many facets of our modern day intelligence, wisdom, and educational system, that is causing us to rush headlong to our own destruction.

PART II

Man has a tendency to tread on forbidden ground. If we go back to the very beginning in the Scriptures, we find that, even though warned of the dire consequences by our Maker, the first woman allowed herself to be deceived into taking of that which was forbidden. Her husband followed suit and man has been on a downward spiral ever since. The entry into the world of genetics is no less forbidding and foreboding. The now defunct Science Digest Magazine once proclaimed, "For good or ill, man refuses to allow nature the last word. In a sense, not leaving well enough alone is what human culture is all about. Such is the inexorable logic that brings us Biotechnological Man, the quintessential transcender of organic evolution. Biotech Man combines the biologist daring to vault life’s previous genetic barriers, the engineer able to convert bacteria into prodigious workhorses, the marketer eager to sell micromarvels ranging from cancer fighters to self-fertilizing plants....biotechnology is unstoppable....Some say biotechnology is dangerous, immoral or sacrilegious. But now the genies are out of the genetic bottle, and behold, like other genies, they stand ready to do our bidding. Who can argue with success?" (June 1986 issue).

Originally the intentions and purposes for almost everything man does are good, but the problem is that the things man designs, invents and builds usually end up being used more for evil than for good. Take television for instance; how much is used for good, for proper education and information services today? Very little. How much is used for evil? Very much.

In the biotechnological world there is so much potential for evil, for error, for things getting out of hand and for disaster that it is downright scary. However, the attitude of the biotechnological, biogenetic scientists is as stated, "The genie is out of the bottle, let’s do it, no matter the consequences."

BABOON BONE MARROW

Who hasn’t heard of the story of Geoff Getty, the young man diagnosed with AIDS whose doctors injected baboon bone marrow into his spinal column in an attempt to cure this man of the dreaded disease.

The reasoning is this: Blood is manufactured by our bone marrow. Baboons are immune to the AIDS virus. If baboon bone marrow can be injected into man, without any rejection, then the baboon bone marrow would generate more bone marrow which would be able to produce blood that is immune to the AIDS virus.

But now we have a problem. Man and baboon have been carefully blended together. There are other viruses that baboons ARE NOT immune to, but man has, until now, been immune to any of these viruses that the baboons have been susceptible to. With this combination of man and baboon bone marrow in Geoff Getty, he may become susceptible to the baboon viruses. He can now become a breeding ground for a combination of viruses that man has heretofore been immune to.

Mr. Getty may overcome the AIDS virus through this means only to succumb to other viruses that are just as lethal, or more so than the AIDS virus. But he may also become a vehicle (like Pandora’s box) through which other deadly viruses are unleashed upon mankind.

Irregardless of the potential consequences, man is bound and determined to tread ever onward into oblivion.

CLONING OF DNA

Your genes are contained in DNA. Several years ago the process of copying or cloning DNA was a difficult, laboriously slow task until a scientist named John Sninsky discovered a means to speed up the process. He developed the process called polymerase chain reaction or PCR for short. PCR enables lab technicians to take an extremely small amount of DNA and copy a billion faithful replicas in just three hours.

The machine that is used is quite similar to a photocopier. A lab without a PCR machine is like an office without a photocopier today.

The point is that through this process the door is also opened to conduct countless experiments with an unlimited supply of DNA. The machine supplies such tremendous amounts of DNA that scientists can play around with and experiment at will. And play with and experiment they do!

CREATING CONTAINERS

Genes contained in DNA are necessary for life, but they cannot begin to support life unless they are contained in some kind of package, such as, a membrane, skin, etc. This has posed no problem for scientists who have learned many tricks of the trade in the last few years. Scientists are now able to bring forth life forms heretofore unknown. Through gene splicing scientists have been able to combine life forms that formerly were incompatible. Scientists are now able to inject (splice) genes into bacteria and viruses which they call vehicles or trucks to perform the work that they want them to do.

The problem with this concept, as we all know, is that bacteria and viruses are quite virile in reproduction. All it would take is to make the slightest error in judgment and chaos and pandemonium will be the result.

In 1987 an experiment utilizing a genetically altered bacteria was tested on a field of tomatoes and a field of potatoes in California. Supposedly this bacteria was considered to be one of the safest genetically engineered microbes that would ever be released into the environment, but look carefully at the way the scientists who applied the bacteria to the fields were attired. It was as if they were conducting germ warfare. Their bodies are carefully covered from head to foot. They are wearing face masks and respirators, etc. If this is the way the safest bacteria must be handled, what about the other more dangerous kinds?

THE VIRUS TRUCK

Another scientist has performed an amazing act of biological alchemy. He has designed a virus to serve as a truck to produce and deliver hemoglobin molecules. First he spliced rabbit genes into a monkey virus, then he allowed the altered virus to replicate. The next step was to dump the soupy solution of the virus into a dish of cells cultured from a monkey’s kidney. Presto! Tons of hemoglobin.

To the average person on the street, bacteria and viruses are harbingers of death, but most viruses are relatively harmless. However, we still know that the common cold is a virus, AIDS is a virus, etc. Who is to say that the combination of the harmless viruses with genetic materials from a foreign source will not react in a manner not entirely expected to the detriment and not to the good. The man who performed this genetic trick was certainly surprised at the result that he got. While there is nothing dangerous about hemoglobin, what if the result had been of a disastrous nature? Of course if he had made an error that had cost tremendous damage, we can probably be sure that he would be one of the casualties, but what if it doesn’t stop there?

Here is a statement that the man who engineered this technique made, "Given the power of modern molecular biology, we can use gene transfer to essentially make a cell do whatever we want it to do. We CAN PLAY GOD in that cell."

Now do you get the idea? Man continues to deny the Creator, proclaiming his doctrine and theory of evolution, but then he gets to turn around and PLAY GOD himself. Once he denies the Creator, the door is open for the being that is at the top of the ladder in the evolutionary chain to be GOD.

THE AIDS VIRUS

As we all know, AIDS is a virus. Dr. William Campbell Douglas has authored a book entitled "AIDS THE END OF CIVILIZATION."

He charges that the AIDS virus is genetically engineered. He writes that the AIDS virus was combined by splicing a cattle virus with a sheep virus. These viruses are very deadly to each species, but have no effect on man. But then a human gene was also spliced in with the resulting AIDS virus that is deadly, to be sure.

The AIDS virus is so virile that it can exist on a dry petrie dish for a period of at least ten days.

This man states that the process of "bacterial transformation" is so simple that fifteen year old high school students, with the high tech equipment available to them in the modern day school labs, are now creating new bacteria.

Since the mid-forties we have been under the threat of atomic and nuclear Armageddon, but now a more dangerous threat is lurking in the scientific labs scattered all around the world. Nuclear radioactivity and fallout may be dangerous and lethal, but the fallout from viral and bacterial experiments could end it all in a moment. No wonder YAHshua said, "Except those days be shortened there should no flesh be saved."

ENGINEERED PROTEINS

Discover Magazine ran an article in its Oct. 1988 issue entitled, "The Shape of Proteins to Come." This article reveals that through the process of "genetic engineering" proteins can be mass produced in such proportions that it is simply amazing. Of course the article also points out that scientists are in the process of seeking to compound new proteins previously unknown to mankind. It points out that scientists are simply not content with just copying existing proteins, they want to improve on them and even invent new proteins of their own to outdo those designed by nature.

Notice that statement, "designed by nature." Can nothing design something? An airplane is designed to fly. Did it design itself? Scientists continue to seek to attribute everything to nature so that they don’t have to believe in and fear a Creator. But creation is just that, creation. It is designed by a wondrous Designer. But man is simply not desirous of submitting to or admitting that there is an All-wise Creator. Man is seeking to outdo the Creator, but it will be revealed that such cannot be done of course.

At any rate, the genetic engineers seeking to design new proteins are finding that to alter an existing protein also deprives that protein of the ability to work. It has frustrated the scientists to no end.

Here are some of the things that we can learn from man’s endeavor into protein research:

"By substituting some amino acids for others, they can make delicate changes in a protein’s structure. Since structure determines function, they change the way it behaves." NOTE: But the evidence reveals that to alter a protein changes it for the worse.

"Researchers worldwide are still thwarted by enormous ignorance." "Indeed, protein engineers often lament that what these last few years have shown is that they really don’t know as much about how proteins work as they thought they did." NOTE: And such is the case for every scientific field ventured into by man. When man denies the great Creator, he simply is more ignorant than he thinks he is.

PART III

The genome project was launched in the mid-’80’s setting a goal of mapping the genetic codes of the human body. The research into the genetic field has seemed to be very fruitful in recent years. The newspapers, magazines and scientific journals are replete with newly found genetic information. Some of the headlines are: "Gene tied to many breast cancer cases found"; "Researchers link personality trait to gene variation"; "Single gene apparently plays big role in redheads’ hair color, sensitive skin"; "Genetic studies target face, body shape," etc.

This mapping of the human body is, supposedly, for the purpose of determining what causes particular ailments, mental abilities (intelligence), character traits, physical abilities, etc. a person has; or more importantly, what an unborn baby might be subject to.

A person might soon be able to go to a physician and have tests run on their genetic system to determine what their chances are of developing some dreaded disease such as, Huntington’s disease, Hodgkin’s disease, Alzheimer’s, various forms of cancer, etc. A fetus might be able to be analyzed to determine its susceptibility to obesity, deformity, diseases, and a host of other serious maladies. A report that might show some negative character flaw or susceptibility to disease, etc. could certainly lead people to make a decision as to whether a fetus should be aborted or not. In other words, pre-judging whether a fetus should have a right to live or not. A recent study revealed that 11 percent of couples would abort a fetus that carried a gene which might lead to obesity, for example.

The research into the genetic field has seemed to be very fruitful in recent years. The discoveries and stated intentions do sound very good for everyone. Just think what would happen if all the genes that cause fatal diseases could be discovered and isolated. What a boon that would seem to be to mankind. They might even be able to isolate genes that cause evil character and learn to manipulate and treat them so that there would be no more tendencies to do evil. But there are darker sides to "genetic engineering" than what is postulated.

CLONING

In the early eighties a middle aged man with quite a bit of money began to haunt various scientific laboratories. He had heard that frogs had been cloned and was interested in the technique being adapted to humans. It was finally revealed that he either wanted himself to be cloned, and a way figured out for transferring his brain cells to his clone, or he wanted another "him" so that if any of his body parts became damaged in some way, he would have replacement parts readily available. There would be no need for any drugs to counteract the natural rejection that transplanted body parts and organs require today, because the cloned parts would have initiated directly from his own body and have been compatible.

The major drawback to cloning another human for body parts is that even though a clone would come from another person’s body, the clone would still be another separate individual or entity, and a "spare" clone for body parts would have to have his/her brain removed at some time or other and kept in a state of suspended animation until the body parts would be needed. Such an idea would be murder any way you would look at it. Ideas such as these are demoniacal, to say the least.

Scientists are even postulating that with the development of cloning techniques people can be bred like cattle, by-passing the natural birth processes. With cloning and genetics scientists are hoping to duplicate people with specific traits such as night vision, the ability to hear high-pitched sounds, etc. Whole communities could be engendered with people who share identical traits and a common way of thinking.

ANIMAL ORGANS

Another project is under way to begin to introduce human genes into animals, especially pigs, so that if a person needs a transplant there will hopefully be less opportunity for rejection. Young pigs have already had human genes injected into them in a project at Cambridge, England. The pigs are expected to grow organs coated with the protective human proteins, which, if transplanted into humans, would not cause rejection.

There are other projects wherein animals are subjected to genetic alteration and genetic infusion from other species (especially human) in an effort to produce body parts. For example, in the pig scenario, if their genes can be altered and Human genes introduced, not only could internal body parts be reproduced, but a human ear, or an arm, or leg might be caused to grow in some specific area, say on the animals back. Then when needed, the ear, arm, or leg, could be transplanted to a human.

From baboon bone marrow to pig organs, scientists are embarking fearlessly into areas where man should never tread. The entrance into "genetic engineering" promises to be a boon. But the fearlessness may soon turn into frightfulness, and the promising boon may turn into a boon-doggle.

Man is seeking to alter viruses and bacteria, in order to cause them to do his bidding. Man is seeking to alter the genetic codes in plants, animals and man, in order to bring about new species which have never existed before. Man is seeking to clone humans, animals, body parts, transplant parts, etc. etc. But the danger of things getting out of hand is very real.

THE TRACK RECORD

In his effort to research, to invent, to find a better way, to build a better mouse trap, to make things easier, man has a track record that is very revealing. Man learned to forge metal, which appeared to be good and helpful to society, but man used the metals to make sharpened implements of war. There was copper, which lead to brass, which lead to iron, which lead to steel, which led to carbon steel, etc. Each implement was harder and superior for war-making than its predecessor.

The Chinese invented explosives to celebrate their various religious observances with. Others, with more sinister minds, took that invention further, developing guns, cannon, missiles, etc. for the purpose of waging war.

Machinery was developed to help man in farming, manufacturing, transportation, etc. Others, with more sinister minds, utilized these developments to produce war-making implements that could maim and destroy lives more rapidly.

Airplanes were developed for man to fly, to soar like the eagle. But others with more sinister minds, visualized mounted machine guns and bombs, aerial combat, etc.

Atomic energy is touted as a safe servant of mankind when used to produce electricity, etc., but the power of atomic and nuclear devices can eliminate whole nations, people and even the earth in seconds.

What about other instances of things man has done which have gotten out of hand. Take the "Africanized honey bee" for example. The experiment to cross the docile American honey bee with the more aggressive African strain. The hope was to be able to produce a strain of bee which could make more honey. the project has led to disaster. This is just one example, there are many more.

The point is that no matter how careful man attempts to be, man is an imperfect, accident-prone creature, who makes many dangerous and careless mistakes. An experiment can go awry in a matter of seconds. An experiment on a genetic altered virus or bacteria could go awry at any time. In too many cases, the scientists don’t even know what to expect when they are making their experimental combinations. Something that is expected to be harmless, could instantly turn the other way producing a dangerous hazard so deadly that no man would have the power to stop it.

The scientists may seek to be very careful and cautious, but man’s track record reveals accidents, mistakes, carelessness, etc. that cause things to get out of hand. But then, what about those others with the dreadfully sinister minds? There are those who would love to do what they can to wreak havoc. How can they be stopped? What about those who want to use the most effective and deadly instruments possible to vanquish their enemies?

YAHshua warned of man’s track record long ago. He warned of false prophets and false messiahs who would come only for the purpose of deception. He warned of wars and rumours of wars with famines, pestilences and earthquakes in various places. He warned of persecution and death on those who would follow Him. Finally He warned of a time of tribulation which will be so great that the world has never suffered of such before, nor will it ever again. He stated, "And except those days should be shortened, there should NO FLESH BE SAVED: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened," Mat 24:22.

Spiritual deception is rampant. The ability to destroy all flesh is now in the hands of man. It can be done through chemical, biological and nuclear warfare. But it also could be brought about through some foolish experiment on a virus or bacteria, some genetically altered germ that is accidentally let loose on creation.

THE KEY TO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT

The book of Revelation records an interesting plague that is going to be poured out on unrepentant mankind. "And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth; and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of YAHWEH in their foreheads. And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon," 9:1-11.

Study the combination of things these locusts are said to consist of. Could it be a "genetically engineered" army? Could it be a scientific experiment gone awry? Or could it be a purposeful combination? Certainly the description of these locusts is not of anything known in our world today. They are a combination of locust and scorpions (insects), horses and lions (animals), man and woman (human), and finally earthly metallic composition.

Since man has not respected YAHWEH and His wondrous creation, seeking to improve upon it, to force things out of it that were never intended, YAHWEH has turned man’s own devices back on his own head. If we sow the wind, we will reap the whirlwind.

RESULTS OF MAN’S EDUCATION

Long ago, man rejected YAHWEH and His true knowledge, turning to many forms of idolatry and foolishness. "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible Elohim, into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things," Ro. 1:22-23.

Man corrupted His very own glorious Creator into things of corruption. Making Him like unto man, birds, animals and creeping things (insects, reptiles, etc.).

YAHWEH, in turn, has given man over to the lusts of his own heart (v. 24). One of the foolish things man has been given over to in these last days is the theory of "evolution." The creation made itself, they say. There is no Elohim. They do not like to retain YAHWEH in their knowledge (v. 28). YAHWEH has sent unbelieving, unrepentant man strong delusions that they might believe a lie (2 Thes. 2:11). The theory of evolution is a strong delusion. Man’s paganistic, idolatrous religions and beliefs are also strong delusions. This age is evil, wicked, unrepentant. The devices of "genetic engineering," the devices of "evolution," the devices of man’s "higher education," have deceived and deluded man.

Instead of being made in the image of Elohim, man now proclaims that he evolved from some love-sick ameoba. He is a product of something that crawled out of the soupy morass billions of years ago and evolved from fish to reptile to ape and finally to man. Man made the Creator into corruptible man, animals, etc. Now man, himself, has made himself into ameoba, fish, apes, and man.

Man’s own educational system has been used to reduce himself down to the animalistic, beastly level. Fetuses are reduced to just so much biological matter. Man is now in the process, through "genetic engineering," of developing a mixture of human, animal, and plant genes that will break out upon us and bring forth unreversible chaos and destruction, except YAHWEH, Himself, intervenes to save us.

Genetic engineering is wicked and evil. Genetic engineering is dangerous and deadly. Genetic engineering is a device of destruction. We must have no part in it!

By Jerry Healan

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