In remembering Jesus as God's Son, I talked about how Jesus was not created but eternnal. Jesus tells his crowd of followers, "before I Abraham was, I am" (John 8:56).
This is important. Jesus was present when God spoke the world into being. And not only was He present, He played as active role in the process.
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness" Genesis 1:26a
The plural pronoun here show the trinity in its entirety was at work in creation.
All things come into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. John 1:3
Jesus is not just a cool dude or wise teacher. He created everything out of nothing. Only God does that and Jesus is God.
He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know him. John 1:10
This verse is jarring to me. I wonder how it would feel to have he very beings you created and knit together openly reject you, as we have done to Jesus. Parents of rebellious children may get a taste of how Jesus the creator feels. Christ's heart for the world He stepped into is so vast and rich and full because He was there in the beginning. Through Him was the world and everything in it created.
It's easy for me to forget that Jesus was at work in creation. It's easy to look out at the mountains or a sunset and praise God as creator. But remember, Jesus was there. Every story whispers His name.
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