What Came First the Chicken or the Egg?
1) Direct answer
The chicken came first.
2) Scriptural explanation
The Bible says God created “every winged fowl after his kind” and blessed them to “be fruitful, and multiply” (Genesis 1:20-22). He made living creatures “after their kind,” with “seed in itself” (Genesis 1:11-12, 24-25). Adam later named the animals already present (Genesis 2:19-20). So God spoke the fowl into being as complete creatures; then they multiplied by eggs.
3) Simple clarifying logic
Now notice: God made the first tree bearing fruit with seed already in it; He didn’t start with a seed only. In the same way, He made the first chicken as a mature creature; then came the egg. An egg requires a bird to lay it and brood it. Creation began with God’s spoken Word producing full-formed kinds, and reproduction followed.
4) Reinforcing statement
You see, life began by God’s creative act, not by a chain of accidents. First the chicken by the Word, then the egg by multiplication.
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Abraham's covenant confirmed
61-0210 §53
And that egg, if... That old mother bird can turn it any way she wants to, it'll never hatch. It'll lay right there and rot. That's just what's the matter today in our churches, the reason we ... they're all broke up in organizations, and different denominations. We took them in by letter, and shook them in, because they was good money payers in the church, and help build big, fine, buildings, and things like that. And they know no more about God than a Hottentot does about Egyptian knights. They won't believe in d...
It is I, be not afraid
60-0329 §19
...sphere would take place, this entire group would be refilled with the Holy Ghost, every sick person would be made well. It's the atmosphere that does it. You can take a hen egg and put it in a incubator, and keep the atmosphere right, it'll hatch out a chicken, not an incubator, see. Because that it's the atmosphere that counts. Put a chicken egg under a dog; it'll hatch a chicken. It's the atmosphere. And that's what it takes in the church today. Not so much starchy creeds and theology, but the Spirit of the livin...
As the eagle stirreth up her nest
60-0804 §40
Now, this little nest was all fixed up, and she brought him the food, and he eat, and oh, my, he was growing. Now, the first thing you know, he's begin to put on some feathers. You know, begins to come into the second work of grace. And he begins to get feathered out pretty well, you know. So mother eagle begins to look down, and she begins to think, "You know, I never want my children to become a chicken, that's all." You know, God's just determined for that. And He doesn't want us to be earthbound chickens. So th...
As the eagle stirreth
60-0403 §46
After awhile the eggs come. Along comes the little eagle, and she goes down, her and papa eagle, and they feed all their little ones till they get pretty good size. Then when they get to a certain size---now mama eagle is going to be positive that them eagles ain't going to be anything like chickens. That's right. She don't want them earthbound. They're eagles, and she knows they're eagles. That's the way Jehovah-eagle does. He don't want us chickens, barnyard chickens. He wants us to be eagles, up in the blue. The...
An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages
CAB 2:E-29
The lamp was lit in a special way. First, the priest took fire from the sacred altar which was originally lighted by the fire of God. He lit, first of all, the lamp that was sitting on top of the bowl. He then lit the second lamp from the flame of the first lamp. The third lamp received its fire from the second lamp, as did the fourth receive its from the third, and so on, until all the seven lamps were burning. This holy fire from the altar, being passed from lamp to lamp, is a wonderful type of the Holy Spirit in...