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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The resurrection of Lazarus
51-0729A §96
Here, I notice you all have chickens and things around here, birds in springtime. An old mother bird can go out here and lay a whole nest full of eggs; and she could hover them, and stay on that nest, and keep them warm, until she gets so poor she can't fly off the nest. If she hasn't been with the male bird, them eggs will never hatch. They'll lay right there and rot. Is that right. I think that's about what's the matter with the church today. We just got a big nest full of rotten eggs. It's time to dish the thing...
The greatest battle ever fought
62-0311 §103
Like a chicken in a egg, what if he's afraid to peep? What if he's afraid to peck the egg? What if the little chicken inside the egg, the little bird was afraid to hit the egg shell? What if he'd heard a sound on the outside, said, "Don't hit that shell; might hurt yourself"? But nature itself in the bird tells him, "Peck it! Knock a hole in it." Let all the old organizations say, "Days of miracles is passed. You're going to hurt yourself. You are going into fanaticism." Peck right against the shell just as hard as...
India trip report
57-0126B §27
The hen, the actual way for a hen to have her chickens, is for the hen to lay the egg and then cover it with her body. And that makes the warmth of the hen's body hatches the egg. But you can put it under a ... in a incubator. It's the same warmth and atmosphere, see. It'll produce that chicken just the same. And I don't care whether it's under the Methodist, or the Baptist, or the Presbyterian, the atmosphere of the Word... If the Word, which is the egg, and if the right atmosphere... If it's in a Presbyterian or...
Conferences
61-0410 §42
What happened? The blood comes from the male sex. We know that. A hen can lay an egg, but if she hasn't been with the male bird, it'll never hatch. It's unfertile. The baby that's born of a woman is wrapped in her blood, but not one speck of her blood ... the hemoglobin is in the male sex. So we can... Just like, it's coming springtime, and we notice those mother birds get out here and make them a nest, lay them a nest full of eggs. And she can get on that nest and hover those eggs till she's so poor she can't fly...
The ministry of Christ
53-0607A §33
I said, "I want to ask you then, how did the first man get here without either father or mother? Let him be tadpole, pollywog, monkey, whatever you want to call him, how did he get here? According to your statement there, he had to have both a pappy and a mammy both." That's right. I said, "Who was his?" He hasn't answered me to this day, and he can't. God created this Child. Yes, sir. I believe the blood cell comes from the male sex. That's true, we know that. Many of you people here are farmers. Your hen can lay...