Out of Destruction, Beauty Immeasurable!

Posted on May 18, 2010
Filed Under Personal, Theology | by Del Tackett - from the Truth Project

“Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation.” For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water, through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water. But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.”
2 Peter 3:3-7

I am in Florida for filming but just returned from a short trip to the awesome parks near Moab Utah. I know people hate to see “home movies” so to speak, but I thought someone might be interested to see the wonders that God brings out of disaster.


I know my perspective may differ from others on this, but I am more and more convinced that the sedimentary layers that we see all over the world are the evidence of the great flood that God brought upon the world in the days of Noah.

2 Peter 3 makes the case that the evidence of this great destruction and tumult is available for us to see and that mockers overlook it—in essence saying that everything is just a uniform process all the way back.

But that is not true.

Verse 5 says that what “escapes their notice” is that there was a major catastrophe in the past, one that destroyed the world at that time and the earth was flooded.

That is why whenever I see these layers exposed, it reminds me of the awesome power of God that was on display when the earth shook with His judgment and that it will shake again someday.


Our “Group” took a few days to camp at Dead Horse Point State Park and visit Arches National Monument and Canyonlands National Park.

In one part of Arches, there is about a mile hike through “Park Avenue”. It is a “gawking” hike, through a canyon of spires and walls, balanced rocks and strange formations. It is a desolate kind of place, yet there the cactus were in bloom and flowers seemed to find a way to exist.

Out of this “destruction”, God has graciously given us awesome beauty and majesty.

Typical of Him, no?