Our
Lord Jesus Christ created the “waters” in the beginning (Genesis, chapter one)
and yet there he was saying, “I thirst”. He also created the trees, from which
wood was used to make the cross on which He hung as He was suspended between
heaven and earth. Also He had created the material for the hammer or mallet
being used by the Roman soldier to drive the nails into His hands and feet and
the spear used by the Roman soldier that pierced His side. Even the soldier was
a descendant of the man and woman who God formed/made in the Garden of Eden
(Genesis, chapter two). Jesus Christ could have called down “more than twelve
legions of angels” (Matthew 26:53) to rescue Him from that cross “but He died
alone for you and me.”
But
you may ask, how was Jesus involved in the creation of the heavens and the
earth? In Genesis 1:1 we read, “In the beginning God created the heavens and
the earth.” In the Hebrew language, “God” is from ‘Elohim’ which is a noun that
is masculine and plural (Emphasis,
RE). Now observe what is written in Genesis 1:26, 27: “Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image according to Our
likeness…” (NKJV, Emphasis, RE). “So God created man in His own image; in the
image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”
In
the New Testament we learn that God the Son was truly involved in the creation
of the heavens and the earth and all things therein. The apostle John declared
this truth in chapter 1:1-3 of his gospel: “In the beginning was the Word
(Greek: Logos), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the
beginning with God. All things were made
through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” In verse 14 we read, “And the Word became
flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only
begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” The apostle John bore witness
of this great truth. The eternal Word (Logos) was incarnate in human flesh and
His name was called “Jesus” (Matthew 1:21, Emphasis, RE).
The
apostle Paul plainly taught that God the Son (Jesus) was involved in the
creation. “He (Jesus Christ) is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn
over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and
that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or
principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And
He is before all things, and in Him all things consist (Colossians 1:15-17).
The
writer of the book of Hebrews in chapter 1, verses 1-4, speaks of God the
Father’s evaluation of His Son: “God, who at various times and in various ways
spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days
spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;
who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person and
upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged
our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become so
much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent
name than they” (Emphasis, RE).
We
can truly say that God the Father was the architect/designer of the heavens and
the earth; God the Son (Jesus Christ) executed His plan and God the Holy Spirit
was the finisher.
He is the Alpha and Omega,
the Beginning and the End.
The Son of God, King of Kings,
Messiah, Jehovah, The Prince of Peace, is He.
Son of Man, Seed of Abraham,
Second Person in the Trinity.
the Beginning and the End.
The Son of God, King of Kings,
Messiah, Jehovah, The Prince of Peace, is He.
Son of Man, Seed of Abraham,
Second Person in the Trinity.
- From the song, Alpha and Omega, Lyrics by Robbie Trice
