In the first chapter of the Bible the creation of life on earth is described, first the plants, then the animals in the sea and the birds, then the land animals, and finally man. They were all created in distinctive kinds and each was commanded to reproduce after his kind. This word 'kind' is used in practically every Bible translation, but its meaning is rather vague and ambiguous. Evolutionists believe it refers to the category 'species', while creationists prefer to think that it more closely corresponds to the modern classification of 'family.' Evolutionists prefer species because there is abundant evidence of changes in species due to environmental influences and mutation. However, there is no conclusive scientific evidence from the fossil record that there has been any fundamental changes in families of plants or animals.

There is no clear cut evidence for the 'missing link.' Evidently, all the plants and animals have obeyed the divine command to reproduce after their kind from the beginning of time.

Many Bible references reaffirm this fact: James observed that fig trees don't bear olives, nor can a vine yield figs (James 3:12). No amount of grafting or genetic manipulation can accomplish this.

Similarly, Paul states that all flesh is not the same; there is one kind of flesh of men, another kind of flesh of beasts, another kind of fish, and another kind of birds (I Cor. 15:39). This biblical truth has been confirmed by every scientific observation on plants and animals, living, dead, or fossilized.

However true this is for the physical world, it is not so for the spiritual. When one is converted, he becomes a new creature in Christ. Mind , body, and spirit are transformed or recreated into a new 'kind.' "For in Christ it is not circumcision or uncircumcision that counts, but the power of new birth" (Phillips), or 'new creature' (KJV), or 'new creation' (NIV). "Therefore, if any man be in Christ he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new" (II Cor. 5:17, KJV), or a 'new person' (Phillips), or a 'new creation' (NIV). We might call this new kind of person, 'God's Kind.'