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CONSERVATION OF ANIMALS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3
Deuteronomy 22:6-7
Matthew 10:29
“…and one of them shall not fall on
the ground without your Father.”
CONSERVATION OF ANIMALS
Mankind is a special creation of God: He made man in His own image. This does not refer to the physical appearance, but to God’s spiritual and intellectual faculties. Biology wrongly classified man as an animal. That quality that God gave to man at creation sets man apart from animals. The difference at creation must be maintained today.
Bird’s nest, eggs and young ones: Man is obliged to live with other creatures that God has made. God even remembers the little bird that builds her nest in your field or on a tree next to your house. Jesus says that He cares for them and that not even one sparrow will fall to the ground without the knowledge of the heavenly Father. God cares for all His creatures. The command regarding the birds is given in two verses here (Deut 22:6-7).
If anyone came across a nest (with the mother bird and its eggs or birdlings) on a tree or on the ground, and he wished to keep it, he was not to take the mother bird together with the young. It would be well with the finder and his days would be prolonged. This law applied to the care of all other animals; they must be preserved for God made them for a purpose. God allowed man to kill animals for food but not to let them go extinct.
There has been a campaign to protect vultures in Africa because they help to keep the environment clean as they feed on carcasses. All other birds are equally useful. God’s command here to preserve them has a noble purpose.
THOUGHT: Kindness to animals is God’s law.
PRAYER: Father, help me to know Thy purpose in Thy creation of all things.