Jesus and Creation

Paul tells us more about Jesus, the Son of God, and his relation to creation. “¹⁶ For by him [the Son of God who we know as Jesus in the flesh] all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. ¹⁷ And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together” (Colossians 1:16 – 17 ESV).

It is important that we understand what Paul is writing in those two verses. It is very difficult, maybe impossible apart from faith, to comprehend that the person Jesus has always existed as the Son of God and that by him everything that exist was spoken into existence. He spoke and galaxies of planets appeared and move in relationship to each other according to his intelligent design. This intelligent design is seen throughout creation. Consider the DNA code of animals and humans. Scientist are still learning from this very precise and complex code that defines the one in whose life it exists. In addition to creation Jesus, the Son of God, maintains control over the operation of his creation.

As the person of Jesus, he entered into his creation, as we saw in an earlier lesson, and will demonstrate his authority over it. We will begin to look at this in the next lesson.