Why did God make mosquitoes? Why did God create mozzies to bite?
6-Aug-10
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Before we can answer those questions, let's unpack what may be causing us to ask them. The logic may be that if God is good, then why did He create bad things like evil & suffering? These deeper questions are well addressed in this article by Answers in Genesis. However, they share a common theme that we'll address in general. The first assumption is that God is good & that is correct (Mk 10.18). Next is the assumption that He can't make bad things (Of course, you have define what is truly "good" & "bad"). Let it suffice to say that God always does the right & best thing even if we would not consider it good from our limited perspective (Dt 32.4, Isa 55.8-9, Jas 1.13).
We know that when God first created insects, they were "good" (Gen 1.21, 25). And when he finished all of creation, ending with mankind, God said everything was "very good" (Gen 1.31), i.e. a truly perfect world. Unfortunately, that didn't last long & the events of Genesis 3 happened. In summary, the very first people, Adam & Eve, violated God's only command to them & He subsequently had to make good on the consequence. The result was a curse on creation (Gen 3.17-19). The New Testament affirms this (Rom 8.19-21) as well as our own experience with things that are truly not "good" such as death, disease (i.e. the Zika & West Nile virus), bloodshed, etc.
So all of creation was once originally perfect, but man sinned against God & caused Him to curse it. Just as some of the plants started to produce thorns at the time of the curse (Gen 3.18), mosquitoes could have taken a similar malevolent turn. Though that is not specifically mentioned, it does not necessarily preclude it.
Additionally, we apply other assumptions like mosquito bites have always been painful or caused welts or itching. Maybe they once had some symbiotic function that had no annoying side affects. Furthermore, maybe they didn't always feed on blood. In fact, today, in most mosquito species, only the females bite. The males & sometimes the females feed on plants. Perhaps this was the norm in the perfect Garden of Eden.
Related Article:
http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v5/i2/diet.asp
We know that when God first created insects, they were "good" (Gen 1.21, 25). And when he finished all of creation, ending with mankind, God said everything was "very good" (Gen 1.31), i.e. a truly perfect world. Unfortunately, that didn't last long & the events of Genesis 3 happened. In summary, the very first people, Adam & Eve, violated God's only command to them & He subsequently had to make good on the consequence. The result was a curse on creation (Gen 3.17-19). The New Testament affirms this (Rom 8.19-21) as well as our own experience with things that are truly not "good" such as death, disease (i.e. the Zika & West Nile virus), bloodshed, etc.
So all of creation was once originally perfect, but man sinned against God & caused Him to curse it. Just as some of the plants started to produce thorns at the time of the curse (Gen 3.18), mosquitoes could have taken a similar malevolent turn. Though that is not specifically mentioned, it does not necessarily preclude it.
Additionally, we apply other assumptions like mosquito bites have always been painful or caused welts or itching. Maybe they once had some symbiotic function that had no annoying side affects. Furthermore, maybe they didn't always feed on blood. In fact, today, in most mosquito species, only the females bite. The males & sometimes the females feed on plants. Perhaps this was the norm in the perfect Garden of Eden.
Related Article:
http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v5/i2/diet.asp