Psalm 145:17

Psalm 145:17

Is Creation wholly righteous?

With the way that Creation has been treated or abused over the centuries, it’s not always easy to see it as righteous, especially when men use it for non-righteous means. Too many forests have disappeared, too much water is polluted, too many fields are over-farmed, too many animals , birds and sea creatures have been hounded to extinction, and so a keen naturalist may observe destruction and disorder around rather than righteousness. The point that David is making, is that these created works reveal the full glory of God and in themselves do not contain wickedness, as opposed to the human race. Plants are not wicked, neither are most animals, what some of them do is to act as predators and some possess a cruel instinct to maim and kill other species. I believe that they may have been “turned” by the enemy. Interestingly the Bible does separate some creatures and attributes them to the night or to their haunts in the desert, so we conclude that parts of creation may have been affected by evil. For instance, the jackal has played a less than wholesome part in the Bible. So why does the jackal get such a bad press? The jackal is a social animal. It conceals itself by day and issues forth at night, in pairs or larger packs, to prey upon the weak or defenceless creatures it encounters, or to scavenge among the refuse or crops of mankind. The jackal will eat just about anything but only fights that which it can easily overpower. I conclude therefore, that the jackal is not a righteous animal - because it is not faithful in all it does. God puts these things in place to teach us humans a lesson and to reveal the devious character of our enemies. So, even in the animal kingdom we can discern the hand of the Lord and distinguish His character as opposed to that which is evil. 

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