17-06-2022, 07:23 PM
Quote:The Bible affirms in several places that Jesus Christ is the Creator God. For example, ‘All things were made by him [the Word, in Greek ὁ λόgos, = Jesus Christ]’ (John 1:1,3), and ‘For by him [Jesus Christ] were all things created’ (Colossians 1:16).
If this is true, we should expect to see some parallelism between what happened at creation and the works of Jesus during his ministry on earth. What do we find?
First let us consider what kind of evidence we are looking for.
Some of the essential and distinctive elements of creation, as revealed in Genesis chapter l, as well as elsewhere in the Bible, are:
Creation involved the act of God in bringing into being immediately and instantaneously matter which did not previously exist, without the use of pre-existing materials or secondary causes; for example, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, as recorded in Genesis 1:1. Creation also involved the shaping, combining, or transforming of existing materials, as when God created Adam from the dust of the ground (Genesis 2:7), and Eve from Adam’s rib (Genesis 2:21–22).
Creation involved the imparting of life to otherwise lifeless matter.
The mechanism of creation, or the means whereby the above aspects were accomplished, was by the Word of the Lord, that is, God said (= God willed it to happen1) … and it happened.
The purpose or motive of God in creating was to display His glory,2 to make known His power, His wisdom, His will, and His holy name,3 and that He might receive glory from His created beings.4
Note: We should not expect to find exact parallels between the miracles of Jesus and what happened at Creation, as Jesus did not come to re-create the universe, but ‘to seek and to save that which was lost’,5 and ‘to give his life a ransom for many.

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