Dr. Fazale Rana, a Christian biochemist, believes in evolution. He notes that there are undeniably at least three types of evolution taking place today: Microevolution within a species; speciation, species giving rise to closely related sister species; microbial evolution, changes in viruses and bacteria.

What Dr. Rana doesn’t see over time, however, is macroevolution—the change of one kind of animal into an entirely different kind. He writes, “The absence of transitional forms and the sudden appearances of new organisms in the fossil record fly in the face of the evolutionary framework, yet they are exactly what we would expect the fossil record to look like if a Creator orchestrated its history.”

Job had some great insights into God and His creation. In an exchange with a critical buddy named Zophar, Job said, “Ask the animals and they will teach you. . . . Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you” (Job 12:7-8).

Though Job was using these words to defend himself—stating that his demise had “come from the hand of the Lord” (Job 12:9), the idea of looking to the natural world for answers jibes with Dr. Rana’s approach. And when we “ask the [ancient] animals,” we see no sudden appearances of new organisms. When we “speak to the earth,” we find that it’s silent about any transitional fossil forms.

In Genesis, we read, “Then God said, ‘Let the earth produce every sort of animal, each producing offspring of the same kind’ ” (Genesis 1:24). The Creator made each different type of animal. They didn’t just pop on the scene later or mutate from different kinds of creatures.

Job nailed it when he said, “The life of every living thing is in [God’s] hand” (Job 12:10). He perfectly designed His creation to change and adapt to climate and environmental change—micro, not macro. Just ask the animals!