Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University have announced a breakthrough that they call a “proof of concept.” By adapting cloning technology they have created human eggs using skin cells and donor eggs.
According to the Financial Times, “scientists have adapted cloning technology to create human eggs from skin cells and a donor egg, potentially opening a new route to motherhood for women who are infertile.”
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This so-called scientific progress may sound like hope for some but when weighed against Scripture it is nothing less than man once again tampering with the very building blocks of life that God declared “good” in creation (Gen. 1:31).
The Corruption of DNA in Noah’s Day
The Bible tells us that before the Flood humanity was corrupted by fallen angels. “The sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose” (Gen. 6:2). This unnatural union produced the Nephilim, a hybrid race that spread violence and corruption across the earth.
The book of Enoch, though apocryphal, gives further detail describing how these fallen beings taught humanity forbidden knowledge and mingled their seed with mankind. The book of Giants echoes the same history confirming the biblical account that DNA corruption was central to the judgment of the Flood.
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Genesis 6:5 tells us, “The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.” It was because of this corruption of both the moral and genetic order that “the Lord said, ‘I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created’” (Gen. 6:7).
The Days of Noah and Christ’s Warning
When Jesus warned His disciples about the end of the age He chose a very specific comparison: “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man” (Matt. 24:37). Why Noah’s day? Because it was a time when God’s design for humanity was tampered with in ways that went beyond simple sin, it reached into the corruption of the genetic order.
Now in our own time scientists boast of creating life in ways never intended. Shoukhrat Mitalipov, the project leader of the OHSU study, said, “Nature gave us two methods of cell division and we just developed a third.” That is not scientific humility, it is man declaring himself as god.
Defying God’s Boundaries
The research itself highlights how far we have already gone. The OHSU team “produced 82 functional eggs that were fertilized with sperm through IVF but only 9% developed to the blastocyst stage.” None of these were taken further but the fact remains: mankind is attempting to rewrite the laws of creation. Paula Amato, OHSU professor of obstetrics and gynecology, went so far as to say, “this method would allow for the possibility of same-sex couples to have a child genetically related to both partners.”
Here lies the deeper offense: science is being used not merely to address infertility due to medical reasons but to circumvent the natural order God designed for family, marriage and reproduction. Romans 1:26-27 warns that when humanity rejects God, “women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones… men committed shameful acts with other men.” Now technology is being harnessed to provide offspring in defiance of God’s order.
A Sobering Warning
Even secular scientists caution that the method is “inefficient” and could take “another decade of development” before use in fertility clinics. But that does not make it less dangerous. Each small step toward playing God with DNA brings us closer to the kind of corruption that once brought global judgment.
Jesus said the last days would be marked by deception, lawlessness and a world once again mirroring Noah’s time. That moment seems closer than ever. When man tampers with the DNA that God Himself created we are not witnessing progress, we are watching prophecy unfold.
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The Lord’s warning still echoes: “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows” (Gal. 6:7). As science crosses forbidden boundaries Christians must be vigilant, discerning the signs of the times and standing firm on the truth that only God has the authority to create and define life.
And if we are truly seeing a return to the days of Noah, must we also ask whether we will be seeing a return of the Nephilim and the evil they brought with them?
James Lasher, a seasoned writer and editor at Charisma Media, combines faith and storytelling with a background in journalism from Otterbein University and ministry experience in Guatemala and the LA Dream Center. A Marine Corps and Air Force veteran, he is the author of The Revelation of Jesus: A Common Man’s Commentary and a contributor to Charisma magazine.
