Category: Jesus Christ as Creator

I Am Comfortable! #10

Thursday, January 25, 2024

“But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them” (2 Corinthians 4:3,4 KJV).

Why are they comfortable? Why are we comfortable about their choice?

Today’s Scripture teaches us how Satan, “the god of this world,” blinds the minds of unbelievers (especially using works-religion) so they cannot realize their sin problem or their need for Jesus Christ the Saviour. Nevertheless, God’s light still shines through to everyone to some extent.

For example, Acts chapter 17: “[23] For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. [24] God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; [25] Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; [26] And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; [27] That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: [28] For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.”

The Athenian philosophers indeed languished in spiritual darkness and pagan ignorance. Still, it was not a total blackout. They were open to the possibility of an “unknown God,” even dedicating an altar or shrine to Him, which Paul was wise to point out that he represented—that he spoke for—this “unknown God” (verse 23). Furthermore, the Greek poets acknowledged a “creator” (verses 27,28), one whom Paul declared could be known if people truly sought to know Him! Yet, when Paul offered them more light, some mocked—though some believed too (read verses 29-32).

If we want to know, we will know….

I Am Comfortable! #9

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

“But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them” (2 Corinthians 4:3,4 KJV).

Why are they comfortable? Why are we comfortable about their choice?

There are three types of revelation from God. Firstly, creation bears record to the Creator’s existence. (Creation is an organized, life-supporting system too complex to fully understand, and whose origin must be a Supreme Being.) “Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:…” (Romans 1:19,20).

Secondly, conscience testifies to the Creator. (We all have a sense of right and wrong, and this moral compass has an intelligent, moral, personal source—an intelligent, moral, and personal God.) “For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another; )…” (Romans 2:14,15).

Thirdly, the Holy Scriptures bear witness to the Creator’s existence. (The Bible is accurate in its claims—historical, moral, scientific, and so on. It is the authoritative guide to the life God has given.) “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works” (2 Timothy 3:16,17).

Despite all of this clear evidence, we can use our intellectual and emotional faculties to convince ourselves and others how we have no intelligent, moral, personal Creator to which we are accountable. We thus free ourselves entirely from responsibility for all our errant thoughts and sinful actions, thereby becoming our own god or authority. Such ignorance is no accident….

A Whale of a Tale? #7

Monday, November 13, 2023

“For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth” (Matthew 12:40 KJV).

Let us consider one of the most misunderstood and most ridiculed accounts presented in the Holy Bible….

Natural laws govern the world around us. They determine the size and shape of matter; dictate the amount of force, time, and distance required to set objects in motion or cause them to rest; control the chemical reactions necessary for physical bodies to live and function; influence our weather conditions and climate; provide us land on which to live, oxygen to breathe, food to eat, and water to drink; to name just a few of these principles in action.

Such laws do not suddenly or randomly appear. Their existence automatically demands a Lawgiver, an intelligent mind behind those rules. As Bible believers, we understand this Great Lawgiver is the Creator God—known as the LORD God, JEHOVAH God, or the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the origin of the heaven and the earth and all things therein, having formulated even the very basic principles that led to their construction as well as their maintenance. What that means is that He existed prior to those laws, and though we are subject to them, He is not obligated to follow them because He is outside of them or isolated from them.

The first objection mockers raise against Jonah is that they deem it preposterous—impossible—how a man could live three days and three nights in a whale’s (or fish’s) belly. If God wanted, He could have quite easily kept Jonah alive for three days and three nights in the whale’s (or fish’s) belly. What is impossible for us is possible with Him. Remember, we cannot create life, yet it exists (are we not lifeforms?!), so we know life can be and was created (though impossible for us, it is possible for Him). However, the Scriptures seem to suggest Jonah was not actually alive all three days and three nights. We will take yet another look into God’s infallible Book….

The Creator and His Creation #3

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

“The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them” (Psalm 89:11 KJV).

Today’s Scripture is part of one of the two “Davidic Covenant” psalms (the other is Psalm 132). Note well Psalm 89:3,4,14,18,20,29,35-37,49 and Psalm 132:1,10-12,17. These are in agreement with the LORD’S promise to King David.

With Paul’s message now revealed, Father God has disclosed all His will (His secret will too!): “Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ” (Ephesians 1:8-12; cf. Colossians 1:16-20).

Not only will Father God glorify His Son Jesus Christ in the earthly realm (prophetic program and the nation Israel), He will exalt Christ in the heavenly realm (mystery program and us, the Church the Body of Christ). David’s throne, which Christ will inherit in the ages to come, will extend into outer space, as we fill up the offices of government in the heavenly places.

Paul commenting, “Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel: Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory [our destiny in the heavenly places!]. It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself” (2 Timothy 2:8-13).

In that day, creation will glorify its Creator!

The Creator and His Creation #2

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

“The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them” (Psalm 89:11 KJV).

Today’s Scripture is part of one of the two “Davidic Covenant” psalms (the other is Psalm 132). Note well Psalm 89:3,4,14,18,20,29,35-37,49 and Psalm 132:1,10-12,17. These are in agreement with the LORD’S promise to King David.

Without order, chaos reigns. Unless there is government, there is anarchy. Genesis 9:6 and Romans 13:1-8 underscore how the LORD God has ordained human government to maintain some semblance of societal stability, that evil be discouraged and, if committed, punished (especially murder meriting the death penalty). Satan’s policy of evil, though widespread, has its limits because of national borders and governments willing to address and discipline criminals (see also Acts 17:26-31). Of course, sin complicates all of this, and politicians tend to oppress and disgrace the very people they have been appointed to protect and benefit.

Observe one of Satan’s offers when he tempted Christ Jesus: “And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine” (Luke 4:5-7). Satan was gloating here, for he was “the god [ruler] of this world” (2 Corinthians 4:4) and both he and Jesus knew it. In fact, he tried to entice the Lord Jesus to worship him, and, in exchange, he would hand over the kingdoms of this world to Jesus. How did Satan acquire such dreadful power? Adam, who had God-given governmental authority on the Earth, had relinquished that power to Satan back in Genesis chapter 3 (see Genesis 1:26-28).

The Davidic Covenant is Father God’s purpose and plan to reclaim Earth’s governments from Satan. From the Apostle Paul’s ministry and message, we learn how Christ will take David’s earthly throne and extend it even as far out as the heavenly places in the ages to come….

The Creator and His Creation #1

Monday, March 6, 2023

“The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them” (Psalm 89:11 KJV).

Today’s Scripture is part of one of the two “Davidic Covenant” psalms (the other is Psalm 132). Note well Psalm 89:3,4,14,18,20,29,35-37,49 and Psalm 132:1,10-12,17. These are in agreement with the LORD’S promise to King David.

“And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David” (2 Samuel 7:12-17; cf. 1 Chronicles 17:11-15).

Israel would have a King forever of the fruit of David’s loins. Of course, the Lord Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of that Davidic Covenant, as the Angel Gabriel informed Mary the virgin: “And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end” (Luke 1:31-33).

Today’s Scripture refers to the Creator and His creation: the heavens and the earth, and everything in them, belong to the Lord Jesus Christ. Obviously, there must be order if that creation is to properly operate, and that leads us to the government vested in the Davidic dynasty….

Keep Your Fork! #2

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

“And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:6,7 KJV).

Will Heaven be a boring place? (It is a resounding “NO!”)

To a great many cynics, “Heaven” is nothing more than “a positive state of mind,” “wishful thinking,” or “a fairytale.” (If they so desire to be wrong, we dare not take away their right!) Nonetheless, if we truly are Bible believers, we will believe the Bible’s descriptions of it. As presented in the first verse of Scripture, Heaven is very much an actual place, just as real as Earth: “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). Here is your first reason to “keep your fork.” Provided we have no difficulty trusting the Bible’s opening verse, we will accept the testimony of the rest of the Scriptures.

So as to teach us more about Heaven, the Holy Spirit commissioned the Apostle Paul to amplify Moses’ words in Genesis. We turn now to Colossians 1:16,17: “For by him [God’s dear Son, Jesus Christ; verse 13] were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.” When the Lord Jesus Christ functioned as Creator in Genesis, creation was divided into two organized realms—Heaven and Earth.

Yea, the heavenly realm is “invisible,” but its “visible” earthly counterpart allows us the ability to comprehend what we cannot see. Look closely at those “things” in Colossians 1:16 again—“thrones,” “dominions,” “principalities,” “powers.” Do we not know what these are? Why, these imply offices of government or seats of authority, for they represent kings, lords, princes, and so on. The literal language the Bible uses for Earth is the same literal vocabulary it employs for Heaven. Whatever structure there is on Earth, it is also in Heaven. Here is your second reason to “keep your fork….”

Breath of Life

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

“In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind” (Job 12:10 KJV).

Eight to 15 million species of life—humans, animals, and plants—live on Earth. The current global human population is nearly eight billion. Indeed, all these lifeforms depend on the Lord Jesus Christ for existence!

“By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth” (Psalm 33:6). Exactly as described in Genesis chapters 1–2! One “breath” of the LORD went into Adam, the first man: “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul” (Genesis 2:7). That original breath—that life—first given to Adam passes down genetically to us all. “The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life” (Job 33:4).

“Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:…” (Isaiah 42:5). “God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;…” (Acts 17:24,25).

As God has power to impart the breath of life, He can spare or remove it: “And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die…. And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life…. All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died” (Genesis 6:17; 7:15,22). “Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust” (Psalm 104:29).

“Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD” (Psalm 150:6).

Our latest Bible Q&A: “What is the ‘senate’ in Acts 5:21?”

Glory Days #3

Friday, March 12, 2021

“For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody” (Isaiah 51:3 KJV).

Behold, the glory days—both past and future!

Since Adam surrendered his God-given authority in the Earth to Satan, God initiated a plan to make a new earthly people. It would no longer be merely Adam’s descendants, but Abraham’s descendants. The nation Israel began with the Abrahamic Covenant of Genesis 12:1-3: “Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.”

Chapter 3 of Galatians summarizes: “[16] Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. [17] And this I say, that the [Abrahamic] covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. [18] For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. [19] Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.”

Fleeing Egypt centuries after Abraham, Israel failed to learn she would glorify her Creator in Earth only by letting His grace accomplish the promises. Instead, like Adam and Abraham, she preferred a law-based (religious, performance) system (Exodus chapter 19). Disobeying that Old Covenant (Law) given her through Moses, she was ultimately cursed of God. While Israel is ruined in today’s Scripture, the LORD will graciously restore Israel to Himself, Israel thereby glorifying her Creator in Earth….

Glory Days #2

Thursday, March 11, 2021

“For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody” (Isaiah 51:3 KJV).

Behold, the glory days—both past and future!

When God placed man on the Earth, Adam was the first king. Adam and Eve should have reigned, reproducing and multiplying, with mankind glorifying its Creator God in the Earth: “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth” (Genesis 1:26-28).

Adam sinned, failing to bring Earth under the control of the Creator, the Lord Jesus Christ. He relinquished his office to Satan, thus explaining the Devil’s boasting that the kingdoms of this world were his (Matthew 4:8,9; Luke 4:5-8). Yet, that is not the story’s end. From Genesis chapter 3 onward, the LORD God established a wise plan to defeat his chief Adversary: “And I will put enmity between thee [Satan] and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel” (verse 15).

By the time of Acts chapter 3, Earth’s renewal is still at the forefront of God’s plans: “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began” (verses 19-21). With Israel’s restoration comes Earth’s restoration….