CREATION (part 2)

 

CREATION (part 2)

In part 1 we suggested there could be two possible scenarios on creation 1/ It was created all at once in 6 days of 24 hours each, or 2/ It was created over a long period of time as a process of refining it from a formless mass of matter into a "universe" containing a globe called "earth" that was capable of sustaining human life. Of these two choices, I definitely hold to the second scenario, based on scientific facts. Like the fossil found nearly 100 years ago in Joggins NS, and has recently been in the news, estimated to be some 300 millions years old. Either way it may have happened, certainly there is no question about our Creator God being the One who made it happen! I believe there could be a "gap" of many years between verses 1 and 2 of Moses' account of creation as recorded , starting in chapter 1 of Genesis. I believe our God is perfect, and could not possibly create a universe in the condition described in verse 2, unless Moses was only referring to the first stage of many involved in preparing it for sustaining life! We may never know the answer to this question, in (Deut 29:29) we read that "The Lord our God has secrets known to no one." But because of man's interest in knowing all about our past, and especially about our future, we often fall prey to "false prophets" who pretend to know the future. Perhaps we should be content to allow God to keep some of His secrets to Himself!

According to Paul the apostle, as recorded in (Eph 3:1-7), He kept the mystery of "His Church" a secret from even His OT prophets, and only revealed it to Paul and the other apostles in the NT. This is a very important truth to keep in mind, apparently God has certain secrets he doesn't want us to know, unless and until it is His perfect time. An example of this would be

(Gal 4:4-7), where Paul explains that only at the right time God sent Jesus into our world, born to a Jewish virgin maiden named Mary. This event was foretold by many of God's prophets for years before it happened "When the fullness of the time had come." NKJV The coming of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost recorded in (Acts 2:1-4), would be another case in point. This was a yearly feast that God's people had celebrated for many years on this date, but He chose this particular year to send His Holy Spirit to take the place of Jesus on planet earth!

From these examples we can see that God has always had a particular time and place for things to happen, as in the case of creation of our universe. And how He did it, and when it happened, or how long it took to complete is known only to Him! Likewise, when Jesus will return to earth to receive His Church/Bride is known only by the Father! No matter how many theories man has come up with as to the time and details of this great future event, no one but Father God knows for sure. But He does give us lots of warnings in scripture to be waiting expectantly for His Return!!

Sincerely submitted.

Dave Jamer