God not only wanted His creation to cover the universe, He wanted it to abound here on Earth. Just as He would soon send creatures cascading over the land, here He creates them to inhabit many parts of the sea and air.
The richness in diversity of this creation is incredible. Scientists are consistently going deeper into the oceans, and discovering more and more unique creatures. God loves diversity. That’s why He created genetics, and DNA.
The Bible says each creature was made after its kind. Kinds have incredible diversity, as each kind has a different number of genes. The diversity is among the genes that each has. Mathematically, there are an enormous number of possible differences just within these genes – color, shape, size, and so on. Gary Parker, in his excellent book “Creation: The Facts of Life,” explains this well. Creatures can’t just gain or lose genes; there will be changes, but they will always have the same number of genes.
God loves diversity, but He also loves the order and routine which this fabulous ecosystem provides. This is a great object lesson for mankind, as well. As we will see later, God wants people to love each other, to care about each other, to put others before themselves, and so on. He allows us great diversity in the way we live, but there will be consequences if we sin. That is unavoidable. A world of cause and effect was created, and its first signs are here. The plants, originally, provided all the food that was needed, from berries and herbs and things to tiny plankton to whatever else might be used. If an animal ate too much, it meant not enough for some other animal.
