Radiating Truth at the Creation Museum

So what is Radiance all about?

Simply put, it’s about identity.

Now, identity is a big issue with today’s generations (particularly millennials and Gen Z), as the LGBTQ worldview has permeated so many people’s thinking, causing much confusion. Not only that, but we live in a time when many of the younger generations have been indoctrinated to believe their worldview (including what they believe about gender, marriage, abortion, and so on) is really their identity. Therefore, if someone disagrees with their stance on these issues, they see that person as attacking their identity (and thus attacking them) rather than disputing their ideas—and they’re being taught to see it as actual violence against them.

Put another way: Today, even words are considered violent!

And many of the younger generations have been brainwashed to believe they have a right to respond to “violent” words with physical violence.

This indoctrination and confusion is purposeful, and it’s being displayed publicly for all to see. (For instance, consider the recent Senate hearing in the US where a reproductive health adviser, an OB-GYN, refused to say whether a man can become pregnant.)

We now see this verse from Isaiah playing out before our eyes:

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,
Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness,
Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! (Isaiah 5:20 LSB)

It has occurred to me that what is really happening can be summed up this way: God is the Creator and therefore owns everything and defines everything. But man is wise in his own eyes and wants to be his own god (Genesis 3:5). But because man cannot create like God, he takes what God has created and redefines it in the opposite direction—thus, good is “evil” and evil is “good”; male can be “female” and female can be “male.”

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
And understanding in their own sight! (Isaiah 5:21 LSB)

It’s a sad state of affairs, but as Christians, we must stand for the truth. We need to be shining the light of God’s Word on such issues.

And that’s what we’re trying to accomplish with the Radiance exhibit, which focuses on helping visitors, especially young people, discover their true identity as being made in the image of God. Radiance uses immersive art, light effects, and interactive elements to explore themes of purpose, value, and identity rooted in the Bible and in Christ.

Through this exhibit, we teach the truth about gender (there are only two for humans: male and female) and the truth about what being made in the image of God means. That mankind is made in the image of God and therefore has infinite value—after all, God, through his Son, paid the penalty for our sin and thus provided the way of salvation offered to us.

Through this exhibit, we teach the truth about gender and the truth about what being made in the image of God means.

At the end of the exhibit, an interactive challenge is used to show how, when we trust Christ for salvation, each of us can uniquely radiate the truth of God’s Word and the gospel (and the truth concerning gender, marriage, and so on) to a lost world.

Come visit the Creation Museum soon and experience (yes, it’s an experience!) this new exhibit located on the lower level in the space Discovery Hall used to occupy.

Plan your visit today at CreationMuseum.org/visit.