Creation Moments

Jonathan Cotton: How do caterpillars disguise themselves? Find out next on today's Creation Moment. And now, here's our Creation Moment host, Ian Taylor.

Ian Taylor: You don't have to watch a drama very long or read too far into a book before you find what is hidden being revealed. The Bible often talks about truths which are hidden because of unbelief. A scientist was recently studying insect-eating birds in an oak tree which was in bloom. He was surrounded by male flowers called catkins. Suddenly, one of the catkins began walking away. The surprise which he had discovered was a species of caterpillar which feeds on catkins and ends up looking just like a catkin, even having fake pollen sacs. In this way, it escapes the notice of feeding birds.

The scientists then found that the members of this caterpillar species, which hatch in the early spring and feed on catkins, end up looking like catkins. But the members of the same species, which hatch later and feed in oak trees, end up looking like oak twigs. This observation was a complete surprise because it means that it is the caterpillar's diet that causes the difference in appearance. When things are hidden, reality is always different than we expect. While the gospel is clear, scripture often mentions that unbelief causes the clear to be hidden to the unbeliever. It is helpful for us to understand this as we see the popularity of belief in evolution and a world without God.

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