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Southwest Radio Ministries: Welcome to Watchman on the Wall, a daily outreach of Southwest Radio Ministries and swrc.com. God is still on the throne and prayer changes things.

Today, best-selling author Micah Van Huss will debut his new book for your children and grandchildren. Then a little later, Josh Davis will share an important update on our prison ministry.

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Registration is now open for this free two-day event. Visit swrc.com to sign up or simply call 1-800-652-1144. Prophecy in the News Live at Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel Aire, Kansas, Friday and Saturday, May 1st and 2nd. Time to join Lise Cutshaw, editor of our Prophecy in the News magazine, as she sits down with Micah Van Huss to discuss his brand-new book for kids.

Lise Cutshaw: Welcome to Watchman on the Wall. Today, I'm Lise Cutshaw, an editor and communications person—crazy communications person—at Southwest Radio Ministries. We are blessed today to be talking to Micah Van Huss, the executive director of Marginal Mysteries, a branch of Southwest Radio Ministries. I'm sure that you're familiar with him if you're one of our fans or supporters. Hi, Micah.

Micah Van Huss: Hello, Lise. How are you today?

Lise Cutshaw: I am grand and well. Thank you. That's a private joke between Micah and me. But today, we'd like to talk about Micah's latest project, which is the third in a series of children's books. *A Baby and Her Dinosaur* is his third one. He's also created and started out with *A Boy and His Dinosaur*, and then he wrote and designed *A Girl and Her Dinosaur*. So now he has a baby, although she's a little bit more than a baby now—she's running around. But he has written and designed *A Baby and Her Dinosaur*. Micah, can you tell us what spurred this series in your mind and your heart?

Micah Van Huss: As we just led up to, I have three children: a boy and two girls. My latest girl will be three years old this summer, and so I wrote this book, *A Baby and Her Dinosaur*, in honor of her.

I head up Marginal Mysteries here at Southwest Radio Ministries. I enjoy studying the mysteries of God's universe, and I do so from a biblical foundation. My second book was *The Earth as It Was*, my biblically based speculation about how the earth was before the flood of Noah. So we're talking about dinosaurs, we're talking about creation, the firmament. When I decided to start writing some children's books along with my normal books, I went in the vein of the dinosaurs because kids love dinosaurs. My son loves dinosaurs. That's why we did it.

Lise Cutshaw: I guess I'm a kid because I love dinosaurs too. You must be one as well. But many of us are told that dinosaurs could not have coexisted with humans before the flood or at any time, and that the dinosaurs were extinct pretty early on. Why do you think or how do you know that humans and dinosaurs coexisted and lived together?

Micah Van Huss: Those are the same folks who will say that alligators are not dinosaurs, but that alligators existed before the dinosaurs existed. That is what science says. Well, if a comet wiped out all the dinosaurs, then why didn't it wipe out all the alligators?

So there is a movement kind of synonymous with evolution—anything to deny the existence of the Creator. If you believe the Bible as I do, we believe that God created humans and beasts on day six. So that is the easy and direct answer as to why I know that humans and dinosaurs coexisted.

Now, there are lots of stories, drawings, and figurines of dinosaurs existing after the flood of Noah. It appears that they got smaller and smaller over the generations, just like mankind likely got smaller and smaller. Let me divert right there. What we see in the fossil record before the flood in the antediluvian world is generally animals are twice as big as they are now. So it stands to reason that humans were twice as big before the flood because of the conditions that existed.

But anyway, I'll digress a little bit along with the size of the dinosaurs. After the flood, they were hunted off, some of them because they were dangerous. They just got smaller and smaller over the generations.

Reptiles today are what's called indeterminate—most reptiles. That means you grow based on your environment. You never stop growing in your life. Snakes and different reptiles never stop growing. So in the antediluvian world, these reptiles would have grown to be massive.

We see all kinds of fascinating stuff. Carvings, the Ica stones, are very fascinating. They were found in Central America 500 years ago, and they depict not only dinosaurs, but they depict humans riding dinosaurs. Not only do they depict humans riding dinosaurs, they depict the skin texture of dinosaurs.

Science, modern science, did not know what dinosaur skin looked like until 1987, I believe, when the first fossilized dinosaur skin was found. So in the 1950s, the mid-20th century, you will see lots of different drawings of dinosaurs that have feathers because scientists just didn't know what the skin of these giant bones they were finding looked like until 1987, I believe, is the year we found the first fossilized skin.

But the Ica stones are 500 years ago, and they have the texture of scales carved into these dinosaurs. That's a fascinating example, but there are lots of vases, drawings, and mosaics of giant creatures. The 100 BC to African men hunting a Velociraptor on one of the mosaics. We have Bishop Bell's tomb in 1495 carved with Brontosaurs. We have a temple in Cambodia—I can't pronounce the name off the top of my head—with carvings of Stegosaurus, and it was built in 1200 AD.

We have the story of Saint George and the dragon, which originates around 800 AD, but the final story comes to about 1100 AD, where dragons had gotten so small by that time that the dragon depicted in the painting is smaller than his horse. We have the story of Alexander the Great written by the Roman historian Claudius Aelianus, I believe his name is, from 300 BC. Just recorded, it's not some fantasy story. He records that Alexander the Great and his men ran into a 100-foot-tall dragon in India while Alexander the Great was conquering through India. He describes its eyes as being the size of a Macedonian shield.

The Indians who lived there said, "Don't kill our dragon. This is our god. We feed it. This is our god, don't kill it." There's plenty of other stories. I've talked long enough, but there are all kinds of evidences that dinosaurs existed. Well, even some up to the last sighting of the Buru in the Himalayas was 1947 by a British explorer. Lots of fascinating stories.

Lise Cutshaw: Well, you make me think about the Loch Ness Monster sightings that continue of that particular monster that sounds rather like a dragon or a dinosaur.

Micah Van Huss: Well, I don't believe that one exists because I've been there and I didn't see it. That's a joke, but I have been there and I didn't see it. I got a stuffed animal there, but I didn't see the dragon itself.

Lise Cutshaw: Well, speaking of stuffed animals, tell us a little bit about these dinosaur stories and how you intermingled the stories of dinosaurs and biblical times with your children, with these little ones.

Micah Van Huss: The three stories, the first two are different. This is *A Baby and Her Dinosaur*, so this book is written more of colors, numbers, shapes, concepts, though every page you do have your baby and her dinosaur having a lot of fun. This dinosaur in this one is kind of based on a Stegosaurus, though it's kind of a more of a Godzilla-looking little baby dinosaur.

The first two children's books, *A Boy and His Dinosaur* and *A Girl and Her Dinosaur*, they both take place before the flood of Noah. Let's see. The first one, the boy's dinosaur is real small, playing with him when he's little. Eventually, the dinosaur grows to be very large and saves his family from bad men who are trying to take advantage of the family before the flood. Even giants are in that story.

The second one, *A Girl and Her Dinosaur*, it is antediluvian. I won't give away the whole plot, but basically, it leads up to Noah's Ark and taking dinosaurs onto Noah's Ark and the new world after Noah and his family step off the Ark with dinosaurs. So that's the second one. Again, the third one is less about an antediluvian story, more about a baby learning things with her dinosaur.

Lise Cutshaw: And all of these books are so beautifully designed. I love to look at them, and I guess, again, that means I'm a kid at heart. How did you create the images? We might as well, I guess, be transparent about that. And you are a very talented graphic designer. I've got to say that. I know you don't want to say that. But tell us a little bit about your artwork.

Micah Van Huss: Thank you, I appreciate that. So the artwork is generated with AI. It's not straight AI; there's a number of hours of Photoshop work that goes in. But the evolution of AI and the evolution of my knowledge of AI and use of it is quite visible throughout these books.

The first one is *A Boy and His Dinosaur*. I wanted it to look like my son, Gunner, but it doesn't really. It was when I first was learning. I started to really learn how to manipulate AI so that the second book looks a lot like my oldest daughter; it is pretty consistent throughout the book. This third one, obviously, is another year later, so my AI skills have gotten a lot better. So this baby and her dinosaur are quite consistent throughout. But absolutely, AI with use of Photoshop. We have fun.

Lise Cutshaw: Full of color and full of imagination. I've been amazed at your imagination because the books that I had read by you were all based on research. And these are fanciful, and yet at the same time connected to the Bible story.

Micah Van Huss: So it's fascinating, and this is a lesson that I try to pass on to folks, some of the boys that I mentor through various means, is that God prepares you for what He has for you.

My creativity or my visual concepts of these things, you know, it comes from the video games I played when I was a kid. We're talking *Final Fantasy*, *Legend of Zelda*, *World of Warcraft*. A lot of the imagery that I do comes from those types of video games, even *Lord of the Rings*, not just the movies, but reading them as a kid back in the '90s. So yeah, God has prepared me for what He wants me to do, and so a lot of the style of my artwork reflects those particular stories.

Lise Cutshaw: Well, that's what great authors do: they are inspired by works that went before them. C.S. Lewis comes to mind because he had read such wonderful, fantastical books and listened to stories from his nurse and his own family members, and that's what inspired his imagination. Learning and picking up ideas from other works is quite normal and admirable.

Micah Van Huss: I would throw C.S. Lewis into that. I read all seven of the Narnia books—at least the seven primary ones—when I was younger.

Lise Cutshaw: We're with Micah Van Huss today, in case you've joined us a little bit later. We're talking about his newest children's book, *A Baby and Her Dinosaur*. And that can be obtained if you are interested, and you should be, because it's a fabulous and beautiful book and one of three in a series of children's books about children and dinosaurs. You can obtain that by going to swrc.com or calling 1-800-652-1144, or going to marginalmysteries.com, Micah's website for that particular branch of Southwest Radio Ministries.

Micah, we were talking about the design of your books, but I'm also very interested in the background behind the books. We've talked a little bit about dinosaurs, but can we talk a little bit about pre-flood times on the earth and post-flood times and the differences? Because you do weave those into those things. You mentioned giants and certainly dinosaurs and the Ark. Tell us a little bit about how pre-flood differed from post-flood and why.

Micah Van Huss: So I do believe that it is extremely likely that there was a layer of water overhead in the antediluvian earth. This is also called the Canopy Theory. It doesn't necessarily have to be a layer of water; it was likely a layer of ice.

We see in Genesis 1 that God divides the firmament. He divides the waters from above from the waters that are below. So I do believe that at creation, God comes to His orb of water that He had created at some point in the distant past—Genesis 1:2 says the Spirit of God moved on the face of the deep before the six days of creation.

So God comes to that water and He puts a gap of air in the middle of that water. After an amount of time, the water on top turns to ice. So basically, we have a canopy over the earth. This is not a flat earth thing, even though a lot of people that talk about a flat earth talk about the dome. This is an encapsulated sphere, like the earth is today, of ice.

So what we have, if you have an earth that has a shell of ice around it, you have all kinds of different things going on on the earth. First of all, the entire earth is a tropical environment: 72 to 78 degrees North Pole, South Pole—it doesn't matter where you go. So we have a tropical environment.

Underneath that dome, there's extra oxygen, extra pressure. We know there was extra oxygen in the antediluvian earth because we have fossilized amber, fossilized tree sap from the antediluvian earth, and inside of that sap are air bubbles. Today's atmosphere has 21% oxygen. The antediluvian earth had 32% oxygen.

So when you see a Brontosaur, a Titanosaur—one of the giant dinosaurs—one of those would not be able to live today because of the lack of oxygen. They had the nostrils the size of a horse and lungs the size of a horse on an 80-foot-tall creature.

With extra oxygen in the atmosphere, also under the dome, there's extra pressure. Under pressurized conditions, not only do the blood cells carry oxygen, but the plasma part of the blood carries oxygen as well—that's the liquid part. The antediluvian atmosphere is ripe for lots of extra oxygen, lots of extra growth in giant creatures and humans as well, and plants.

We talk about that in my book, *The Earth as It Was*. There have been modern scientists that have replicated giant plant experiments. The most prominent one in 1985, it's a Japanese gentleman—I'm not going to attempt his name, but in the World Fair in 1985, he brought out a tomato plant that was three stories tall. In that one tomato plant's lifetime, it produced over 30,000 tomatoes.

He had used pressure—he used all kinds of different experiments—but for that one, pressurized the roots with socks, pressurized socks around the roots. He did some more where he enclosed the growing chamber and put fiber optic sunlight directly to the roots. Different experiments with bird song, different sounds that the environment would make to make plants grow better. Pink light is another big one—pink light conditions from the canopy.

We do have replicated evidence of the giant plants. The world before the flood was vastly different than it is today, and the creatures and humans that lived there were vastly different. Humans lived into their 900s according to the ages of man in Scripture. That is a cause of the lack of UV light, the lack of cancer-causing mutation that the firmament would actually filter out from the sun's light. So men lived to be into their 900s on a natural life. That also means, and we see evidence of this in Scripture, that humans were not sexually mature until they were 120 or 130. What do you see when you read the Old Testament, the patriarchs? Adam's 130 when he has Seth. So-and-so's 120 when they have their child. And it's like this is their first son.

So that's what we're seeing. And really quickly, I know we have just a minute or two left. We see this replicated in our future. During the Millennial Kingdom, this is Isaiah 65-66, a man is considered a child at 100 years old. That's what the Scripture says. It says men's lives will be as the lives of trees. It's a fascinating concept. We get a little bit more into it, some of the different experiments or situations that have happened with humans and lack of sunlight. So we get into all that in my book, *The Earth as It Was*. But yes, these are the conditions in the antediluvian world.

Lise Cutshaw: And maybe again, as you say, the Millennial Kingdom. Won't that be exciting when the lion lies down with the wolf—or excuse me, the wolf lies down with the lamb. I'm sure lions and wolves will lie together too, but yeah.

Micah Van Huss: And I'm sure they'll be very pleasant lions that we can all pet. And your children would love that, right? As well as petting their dinosaur.

Lise Cutshaw: We've been talking today with Micah Van Huss, who is the executive director of Marginal Mysteries with Southwest Radio Ministries. Thank you, Micah, for talking about *A Baby and Her Dinosaur* as well as life before and after the flood. We get to talk to you again tomorrow. So be sure that you stay tuned, those of you who are listening, and learn more about those unusual times and about these beautiful children's books that Micah Van Huss has written and designed. Please remember to check in with us at Southwest Radio Ministries at swrc.com and or call us at 1-800-652-1144. Micah, thank you so much for this beautiful vision of the past and the future.

Micah Van Huss: Thank you, Lise. I look forward to talking more tomorrow.

Southwest Radio Ministries: Today, we are excited to announce the release of the brand-new book, *A Baby and Her Dinosaur* by Micah Van Huss. Take your kids on an antediluvian adventure in the truth of God's Word about His creation in this 42-page, 20-full image spread children's book about a little baby and her little pet dinosaur.

This book is perfect for your children or grandchildren. *A Baby and Her Dinosaur* by Micah Van Huss. Order *A Baby and Her Dinosaur* today when you call 1-800-652-1144. That's 1-800-652-1144. You can also order *A Baby and Her Dinosaur* on our website, swrc.com. Make sure you check out Micah's other books for kids, *A Boy and His Dinosaur* and *A Girl and Her Dinosaur*. Order the complete three-book collection today, 1-800-652-1144. You can also order at swrc.com.

Staff evangelist Josh Davis comes next to share an important update on our gospel outreach to prisoners across the country.

Josh Davis: Friends, thank you so much for your faithful prayers and partnership with us in ministry. It's because of faithful friends like you that we can continue on our endeavor to fulfill the calling that God has placed upon this ministry.

One of those callings that's been an integral part of our ministry, really for decades now, is our prison outreach. This unique ministry is able to reach in places that we can never physically travel, into unique situations, and to reach individuals right where they are with the message that they need—a message of hope, a message of transformation, a message of discipleship and spiritual growth in the Lord.

We have seen God do some amazing things, and we give Him the glory and the praise and the credit for every bit of it. But friends, it takes continuous prayer support and financial support to continue giving these resources out. You see, we can't give out what we don't have coming in. We never want to say no, we never want to turn away from an inmate request who writes to request a Bible, who writes to request some Christian material—whether that be our *Prophetic Observer* newsletter or a certain book that we have available that we can send to them. We don't want to say no to that request, and we want to try to honor those in a timely manner.

But it takes that continual support from people and listeners just like yourself to enable us to continue going forward with this calling and sharing biblical resources, whether that be gospel-based, discipleship-based, and get those into the hands of those who need it and want it.

God is doing a great work. This inmate just writes to thank us. He says, "For the last several years, it's been my privilege to listen to Watchman on the Wall on the radio and receive your letters on prophecy." That's a reference to our *Prophetic Observer* newsletter. "Due to my incarceration, I've not been in a position to be more supportive in a financial way. The time has finally come, though, for me to be paroled out and to begin a process of reintegrating into society and endeavor to reunite with my family. I'm 65 years old now, and what lies before me seems overwhelming. I could leave any week now, and I thought it would be better to request that you remove me from your mailing list. You're so frugal with the money gifts that come from sacrificial listeners; I do not want to be the cause of having mail returned to you. Thank you for your faithfulness in ministry." And then he signs his name to that letter.

There's a prayer request. This is someone that we can pray for, that God would help this man as he's transitioning out of prison back into society, that God would direct him and guide him every single step of the way. But this is a success story as well, because here's a man who is sold out to the Lord, who is growing in the Lord and has grown in the Lord to becoming a mature disciple of Jesus Christ. And with humble gratitude, he is saying, "I don't want you to waste a postage stamp on me. I want you to be wise with those resources, so please take me off the mailing list for now."

I was able to write him a letter saying, "As soon as you get your new address and everything figured out, please just let us know and we will try to get you back on our mailing list to receive the *Prophetic Observer* newsletter since that's been a blessing to you."

And friends, I share these letters with you not to pat SWRC on the back, but just so that you know where your support is going and that there is real-life change happening when you partner with Southwest Radio Ministries. If you'd like to give a gift to help our prison ministry specifically, or just to help our ministry in general, you can do so in a variety of ways. You can give us a call, 1-800-652-1144. That's 1-800-652-1144. You can give safely and securely on our website, even to the prison ministry specifically, at swrc.com. Again, that's swrc.com. On the giving type, you can select the Onesimus Outreach. That's a reference to our prison ministry, and that'll go directly to this outreach effort. You can also give by mail. Our mailing address is Post Office Box 835, Bluff City, Tennessee 37618. That's Post Office Box 835, Bluff City, Tennessee 37618.

One more time, I just want to say thank you so much for your faithful prayers and your faithful partnership with us in ministry so that we can continue reaching into the lives that are being impacted behind bars through Southwest Radio Ministries.

Southwest Radio Ministries: Today, we are excited to announce the release of the brand-new book, *A Baby and Her Dinosaur* by Micah Van Huss. Take your kids on an antediluvian adventure in the truth of God's Word about His creation in this special 42-page, 20-full image spread children's book about a little baby and her little pet dinosaur.

This book is perfect for your children or grandchildren. *A Baby and Her Dinosaur* by Micah Van Huss. Order *A Baby and Her Dinosaur* today when you call 1-800-652-1144. That's 1-800-652-1144. You can also order online, swrc.com. Make sure and check out Micah's other books for kids, *A Boy and His Dinosaur* and *A Girl and Her Dinosaur*. Order the complete three-book collection today, 1-800-652-1144 and swrc.com.

Tomorrow we continue to hear about the world before the flood, dinosaurs, and reaching the next generation with Micah Van Huss. Be sure to tune in by downloading our free SWRC mobile app or by subscribing to our daily Watchman on the Wall podcast.

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