The Whole Creation Story – Part 17
God Wants Something
Colossians 1:16 For by him 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:
Proverbs 16:4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Isaiah 13:11 And I will punish the world [“for God so loveS the world?”] for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
Proverbs 1:25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
Why is the God of Gods, The Almighty God, The Lord God feeling this way?
God made the wicked for a purpose. All of them. What is that purpose?
Proverbs 21:18 The wicked shall be [future] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
The sinner, turned righteous by Jesus, gets to live because of the sacrifice of the wicked.
The Lord created all of this, knowing that many/most of humanity would die forever.
He is WILLINGLY AND KNOWINGLY sacrificing the evil/wicked to have the righteous.
That’s one witness, is there another?
Proverbs 11:7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth. 8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
What is The Reason for this “ransom”?
Isaiah 43:7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Isaiah 43:21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
Revelation 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
God did all of this creating because HE WANTED TO. IT IS ALL FOR HIS PLEASURE!
There was a “beginning”. We KNOW this because The Bible tells us very clearly.
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
But, if you ask someone where God came from or when was His birthday, well, you’ll get a blank stare.
You and I have BIRTHDAYS.
The Earth has a BIRTHDAY.
EVERYTHING CREATED HAS A BIRTHDAY.
Except God. He was not created. He has no birthday. He was ALREADY THERE at the beginning.
But, the beginning of what?
Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
This means God has no beginning, no birthday, and no ending, no deathday.
There is NO TIME in EVERLASTING
I believe that “in the beginning” of this CREATION STORY, God invented/started time.
Time has a beginning.
Isaiah 48:16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
“From the beginning” is in The Bible 40 times, 25 times in the NT.
It has quite a few different beginnings.
1John 2:13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. [Almost certainly the beginning of everything]
1John 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. [Almost certainly NOT the beginning of everything. Probably from the beginning of “sin”]
1John 2:7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. [Almost certainly from the beginning of their exposure to Christianity – NOT the beginning of everything]
Acts 26:5 Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. [Paul’s beginning]
Acts 11:4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying, [From the beginning of Peter’s story]
As you can see, there are quite a few beginnings, so we can’t particularly nail one like that.
But some do refer back to things a very long time ago.
I believe this is talking about when time began, it didn’t “begin” in everlasting, I’ll tell you that.
Here are other witnesses…
Isaiah 41:26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime [interesting use, huh?], that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words. [why? None was there!]
Proverbs 8:23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
Between everlasting and the beginning of all of creation, God started time.
Time has an ending.
Revelation 10:6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
Directly after making time…
Dec 18 2022
The Whole Creation Story – Part 17
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The Whole Creation Story – Part 17
The Whole Creation Story – Part 17
God Wants Something
Colossians 1:16 For by him 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:
Proverbs 16:4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Isaiah 13:11 And I will punish the world [“for God so loveS the world?”] for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
Proverbs 1:25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
Why is the God of Gods, The Almighty God, The Lord God feeling this way?
God made the wicked for a purpose. All of them. What is that purpose?
Proverbs 21:18 The wicked shall be [future] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
The sinner, turned righteous by Jesus, gets to live because of the sacrifice of the wicked.
The Lord created all of this, knowing that many/most of humanity would die forever.
He is WILLINGLY AND KNOWINGLY sacrificing the evil/wicked to have the righteous.
That’s one witness, is there another?
Proverbs 11:7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth. 8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
What is The Reason for this “ransom”?
Isaiah 43:7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Isaiah 43:21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
Revelation 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
God did all of this creating because HE WANTED TO. IT IS ALL FOR HIS PLEASURE!
There was a “beginning”. We KNOW this because The Bible tells us very clearly.
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
But, if you ask someone where God came from or when was His birthday, well, you’ll get a blank stare.
You and I have BIRTHDAYS.
The Earth has a BIRTHDAY.
EVERYTHING CREATED HAS A BIRTHDAY.
Except God. He was not created. He has no birthday. He was ALREADY THERE at the beginning.
But, the beginning of what?
Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
This means God has no beginning, no birthday, and no ending, no deathday.
There is NO TIME in EVERLASTING
I believe that “in the beginning” of this CREATION STORY, God invented/started time.
Time has a beginning.
Isaiah 48:16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
“From the beginning” is in The Bible 40 times, 25 times in the NT.
It has quite a few different beginnings.
1John 2:13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. [Almost certainly the beginning of everything]
1John 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. [Almost certainly NOT the beginning of everything. Probably from the beginning of “sin”]
1John 2:7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. [Almost certainly from the beginning of their exposure to Christianity – NOT the beginning of everything]
Acts 26:5 Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. [Paul’s beginning]
Acts 11:4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying, [From the beginning of Peter’s story]
As you can see, there are quite a few beginnings, so we can’t particularly nail one like that.
But some do refer back to things a very long time ago.
I believe this is talking about when time began, it didn’t “begin” in everlasting, I’ll tell you that.
Here are other witnesses…
Isaiah 41:26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime [interesting use, huh?], that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words. [why? None was there!]
Proverbs 8:23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
Between everlasting and the beginning of all of creation, God started time.
Time has an ending.
Revelation 10:6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
Directly after making time…
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