The modern world is built on the myth of “Evolutionary Progress”—the idea that life is getting more complex and better over time. However, the forensic data of the human genome reveals the exact opposite. We are not a rising species; we are a failing one.
The Biological Blueprint
In the beginning, the Creator pronounced His work “very good.” This implies a genome that was functionally perfect, with zero mutations. Since the Fall and the subsequent “bondage of corruption” (Romans 8:21), the human race has been accumulating genetic “typos” (mutations) at an alarming rate.
The Scriptural Exhibit
The scriptures record a clear trajectory of biological decline. The transition from the massive lifespans of the patriarchs to the “threescore years and ten” of the Psalmist is not just a change in environment, but a record of systemic biological decay.
“For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. The days of our years are threescore years and ten…” — Psalm 90:9-10
The Historical Footprint
Modern genetics (specifically the work of Dr. John Sanford, inventor of the Gene Gun) has uncovered a phenomenon called Genetic Entropy:
- The Mutation Clock: Every generation, humans accumulate roughly 60 to 100 new mutations that they pass on to their children. These are not “beneficial” changes; they are tiny degradations of the code.
- The “Selection” Failure: Natural selection can only remove “vicious” mutations (the ones that kill you before you reproduce). It is powerless to stop the “near-neutral” mutations that act like rust on a car. They build up until the entire “engine” of the species fails.
- The Young Genome: If humanity had been around for hundreds of thousands of years at our current mutation rate, we would have been extinct long ago. The math of our genetic decay points to a beginning only a few thousand years ago—exactly matching the biblical timeline.
The Final Witness
The controversy lies in the “Verdict” of the data: Man is de-evolving. We are more “mutated” today than we were yesterday. This reality destroys the secular hope of “Self-Correction” or “Transhumanism.”
It proves that we cannot save our own DNA. The “rust” is too deep. Our only hope is not a biological upgrade, but a Resurrection Body—a return to the “very good” state that was lost in Eden. The genetic clock is ticking toward midnight, proving that the world is not getting better; it is “waxing old as doth a garment.”