Once more there is godless excitement over an ancient fossil that was recently discovered in Germany. It is being promoted as the "missing link" between man and his ape-like ancestory. The world is being taught The Link—named Ida—is the foundational evidence that proves man evolved from a monkey. Some promoters of Ida are absolutely giddy with joy. Specifically, Paleontologist Jorn Hurum, who led a team that analyzed the "47-million-year-old fossil," audaciously suggests Ida is a critical missing-link species in primate evolution.

The fossil, he says, bridges the evolutionary split between higher primates such as monkeys, apes, and humans and their more distant relatives such as lemurs.

"This is the first link to all humans," Hurum, of the Natural History Museum in Oslo, Norway, said in a statement. Ida represents "the closest thing we can get to a direct ancestor."

Ida, properly known as Darwinius masillae, has a unique anatomy. The lemur-like skeleton features primate-like characteristics, including grasping hands, opposable thumbs, clawless digits with nails, and relatively short limbs.

"This specimen looks like a really early fossil monkey that belongs to the group that includes us," said Brian Richmond, a biological anthropologist at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., who was not involved in the study, published this week in the journal PLoS ONE.

Those who actually look at the fossil, however, might be disappointed. Why? Because it looks very much like a lemur monkey. However, the public is assured that what they are looking at in stone is 47 million years old and has all of the characteristics described above.

The only saving grace in this new excitement is an honest admission there is a massive gap in the fossil record. Researchers are not sure when and where the primate group that includes monkeys, apes, and humans split from the other group of primates that includes lemurs.

I would suggest to you that there may be a reason for the gap—the evolutionary split does not exist. Man is distinct and is a "kind" of his own according to divine design. Notice the biblical division. "And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them" (Gen 1:25-27).

As the speculators of evolutionary theory—and it is only that, a theory—continue their quest to disprove the biblical account of Creation, the Christian can rest assure that God has not lied to us. The scientific community has, time and again. One of their greatest hoaxes was the Pildown Man. This hoax involved the discovery of fragments of a skull and jawbone collected in 1912 from a gravel pit at Piltdown, a village near Uckfield, East Sussex, England. It took many years before the truth came out.

As God has not lied to us, so He has written words that can be plainly understood. The world is not invited to look at something and see what is not there. We read that in six literal days God created the heavens and the earth and all that is on it. On the sixth day God created man and on the seventh day He rested.

Concerened Christian, remember this: Jesus Christ believed in Adam and Eve. Jesus believed the Genesis account and for good reason. He should know. Christ was there at creation for He is the Creator!

• Jesus believed in Adam and Eve. "And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder" (Matt 19:4-6).
  
• Christ is the Creator. "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him" (Col 1:16). 

Christian, let not your heart be troubled. If you believe in God, believe in His Word and in His Son Jesus Christ. God cannot lie (Titus 1:2). As the world dances in foolish delight believing they have discredited Creationism, do not despair. The theory of evolution remains a theory with admittable "gaps" while the Word of God is pure and true and abides forever.

The atheistic evolutionist calls a fossil discovery "Ida." God calls such an evolutionist "Fool." "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good" (Ps 14:1).

Wise is the person who will adhere to Scripture and believe in God. Time and honesty will eventually prove there is no controversy between the Bible and true science for the Scriptures are trustworthy. The rest is just more monkey business.