By the Scripture’s Own Writers
Creation
Definition
The original bringing into existence of all that is material and spiritual that comprises the universe by a mastermind, a great First Cause known as the Creator, Jehovah God. Scriptural description: Ephesians 3:9: “God, who created all things.”
Jehovah Alone Before Creation Had a Beginning
Psalm 90:2 “From everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God.”
Psalm 93:2 “Thy throne is established of old: Thou art from everlasting.”
Isaiah 40:13, 14 “Who has directed the spirit of Jehovah, or being His counsellor has taught Him? With whom took He counsel, and who instructed Him, and taught Him in the path of justice, and taught Him knowledge?”
John 1:1 “Originally the Word was, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god.”
Revelation 4:11 “Jehovah, . . . you created all things, and because of Your will they existed and were created.”
Acts 17:24, 25 “The God that made the world and all the things in it, .. does not dwell in handmade temples, neither is He attended to by human hands as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives to all persons life and breath and all things.”
Jehovah the Only Creator
Hebrews 3:4 “He that constructed all things is God.”
Psalm 36:9 “With Thee is the fountain of life.”
Ecclesiastes 3:14 “Whatsoever God does, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it.”
Psalm 148:1-6 “Angels: … all His host.. .. sun and moon: … stars of light… . heavens of heavens, … waters that are above the heavens. … for He commanded, and they were created.”
Luke 12:25 “Who of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his life span?”
Orderly, Not Chaotic
1 Corinthians 14:33 “God is a God, not of disorder, but of peace.”
James 3:16, 17 “Where jealousy and contentiousness are, there disorder and every vile thing are. But the wisdom from above is first of all chaste, then peaceable, reasonable, ready to obey, full of mercy and good fruits, not making partial distinctions, not hypocritical.”
Matthew 12:25 “Every kingdom divided against itself comes to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.”
“Book of Nature” Shows God as Supreme Scientist
Romans 1:20 “His invisible qualities are clearly seen from the world’s creation onward, because they are understood by the things made, even His eternal power and Godship, so that they are inexcusable.”
Only-begotten Son, the First Creation
Revelation 3:14 “And to the angel of the congregation in Laodicea write: These are the things the Amen says, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation by God.”
Colossians 1:15 “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.”
John 1:1, 2 “Originally the Word was, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god. This one was originally with God.”
Son Used in Creating All Other Things
John 1:3, 10 “All things came into existence through Him, and apart from Him not even one thing came into existence.”
Colossians 1:16, 17 “By means of Him all other things were created in the heavens and upon the earth, the things visible and the things invisible, no matter whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All other things have been created through Him and for Him. Also He is before all other things and by means of Him all other things were made to exist.”
Genesis 1:26 “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.”
Angels Created Before Earth
Job 38:4, 7 “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? … when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?”
Ezekiel 28:13, 14 “You were in Eden, the garden of God; . . . You were the anointed cherub that covers: and I set you, so that you were upon the holy mountain of God.”
Psalm 104:4, 5 “Who makes winds His messengers [His angels winds, footnote]; . . . who laid the foundations of the earth.”
Hebrews 1:7 “Also with reference to the angels he says: ‘And He makes His angels spirits, and His public servants a flame of fire.’ “
2 Peter 2:11 “Angels . . . are greater in strength and power.”
Many Angels, Different Ranks
Revelation 9:16 “And the number of the armies of cavalry was two myriads of myriads [200,000,000, footnote]; I heard the number of them.”
Daniel 7:10 “A fiery stream issued and came forth from before Him: thousands of thousands ministered unto Him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.”
Colossians 1:16 “By means of Him all other things were created in the heavens and upon the earth, the things visible and the things invisible, no matter whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities.”
Jude 9 “On the other hand, when Michael the archangel had a difference with the Devil and was disputing about Moses’ body, he did not dare to bring a judgment against him in abusive terms, but said: ‘May Jehovah rebuke you.'”
Colossians 2:10 “And so you are possessed of a fullness by means of Him, who is the head of all government and authority.”
Ephesians 1:20, 21 “In the heavenly places, far above every government and authority and power and lordship and every name named, not only in this system of things, but also in that to come.”
Ephesians 3:10 “This was to the end that now to the governments and the authorities in the heavenly places there might be made known through the congregation the greatly diversified wisdom of God.”
Also: Ezekiel, chapter 1.
Starry Heavens Created
Psalm 33:6, 9 “By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.”
Psalm 136:5, 7 “To Him that by understanding made the heavens; … to Him that made great lights; for His loving-kindness endures for ever.”
Psalm 102:25 “Of old did Thou lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of Thy hands.”
Heavens and Earth and All Elements
Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
Psalm 115:15, 16 “Blessed are ye of Jehovah, who made heaven and earth. The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; but the earth has He given to the children of men.”
Job 26:7, 13 “He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth upon nothing. By His spirit the heavens are garnished.”
Psalm 121:2 “My help comes from Jehovah, who made heaven and earth.”
Psalm 146:6 “Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is.”
Isaiah 40:12, 22, 26, 28 “Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?”
Isaiah 45:7, 8 “I form the light, and create darkness.”
Amos 4:13 “For, lo, He that forms the mountains, and creates the wind, and declares unto man what is His thought; that makes the morning darkness, and treads upon the high places of the earth —Jehovah, the God of hosts, is His Name.”
Zechariah 12:1 “Thus says Jehovah, who stretches forth the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him.”
Acts 4:24 “Sovereign Lord, You are the One who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all the things in them.”
Acts 7:49, 50 “The heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Jehovah says. Or what is the place for My resting? My hand made all these things, did it not?”
Acts 14:15 “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are human creatures having the same infirmities as you do, and are declaring the good news to you, for you to turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all the things in them.”
Revelation 10:6 “The One who lives for ever and ever, who created the heaven and the things in it and the earth and the things in it and the sea and the things in it.”
Revelation 14:7 “Worship the One that made the heaven and the earth and sea and fountains of waters.”
Psalm 89:11, 12 “The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours: the world and the fullness thereof, You have founded them. The north and the south, You have created them.”
Also: Psalm 148; Job, chapters 38 – 41; Psalm 124:8; 134:3.
Earth
Psalm 65:6 “Who by His strength sets fast the mountains.”
Psalm 95:5 “The sea is His, and He made it; and His hands formed the dry land.”
Jonah 1:9 “I fear Jehovah, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.”
Acts 17:24 “The God that made the world and all the things in it, being, as this One is, Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in handmade temples.”
Living Creatures
Genesis 6:7 “And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repents Me that I have made them.”
Genesis 7:4 “Every living thing that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the ground.”
Job 10:8-13 “Your hands have framed me and fashioned me … Remember, I beseech You, that You have fashioned me as clay; .. . You hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews. You have granted me life and loving-kindness; and Your visitation has preserved my spirit. Yet these things You did hide in Your heart.”
Psalm 104:30 “You send forth Your spirit, they are created; and You renew the face of the ground.”
Job 33:4 “The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.”
Psalm 95:6 “Let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker.”
Psalm 100:3 “Know ye that Jehovah, He is God: it is He that has made us, and we are His.”
Mark 10:6 “He made them male and female.”
Acts 17:25 “He Himself gives to all persons life and breath and all things.”
Also: Genesis, chapter 1.
God’s Works Perfect, a Credit to Him
Psalm 111:2, 3, 7, 8 “The works of Jehovah are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. His work is honor and majesty; and His righteousness endures for ever. The works of His hands are truth and justice; all His precepts are sure. They are established for ever and ever; they are done in truth and uprightness.”
Ecclesiastes 3:11 “He has made everything beautiful in its time.”
Romans 1:20 “For His invisible qualities are clearly seen from the world’s creation onward, because they are understood by the things made, even His eternal power and Godship.”
Deuteronomy 32:4, 5 “The Rock, His work is perfect; for all His ways are justice: a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is He. They have dealt corruptly with Him, they are not His children, it is their blemish.”
Ezekiel 28:12-15 “You seal up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, . . . you were the anointed cherub that covers: and I set you, so that you were upon the holy mountain of God; … you were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, till unrighteousness was found in you.”
Isaiah 45:11 “Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask Me of the things that are to come; concerning My sons, and concerning the work of My hands, command ye Me.”
Psalm 27:4 “One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Jehovah, and to inquire in His temple.”
Creation Beyond Understanding Completely
Ecclesiastes 3:11 “Man cannot find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.”
Ecclesiastes 11:5 “As you know not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so you know not the work of God who does all.”
Man Made Perfect, to Remain on Earth
Ecclesiastes 7:29 “Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.”
1 Corinthians 15:47 “The first man is out of the earth and made of dust; the second man is out of heaven.”
Psalm 115:16 “The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; but the earth has He given to the children of men.”
Job 33:6 “Behold, I am toward God even as you are: I also am formed out of the clay.”
Hebrews 2:6, 7 “What is man so that You are mindful of him, or the son of man so that You look after him? You made him a little lower than angels.”
Acts 17:26 “And He made out of one man every nation of men, to dwell upon the entire surface of the earth, and He decreed the appointed seasons and the set limits of the dwelling of men.”
Man Created with a Measure of God’s Attributes
Genesis 1:26 “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.”
Genesis 9:6 “Whoso sheds man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made He man.”
Man Did Not Exist Prior to His Creation on Earth
Job 15:7 “Are you the first man that was born? Or were you brought forth before the hills?”
Deuteronomy 4:32 “For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one end of heaven unto the other, whether there has been any such thing as this great thing is, or has been heard like it?”
Job 38:4 “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.”
Man’s Inventions and Discoveries Not Creations
Ecclesiastes 1:9 “That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.”
144,000 Body Members of Christ a New Creation (Immortal)
2 Corinthians 5:1, 17 “For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, should be dissolved, we are to have a building from God, a house not made with hands, everlasting in the heavens If anyone is in union with Christ, he is a new creation; the old things passed away, look! new things have come into existence.”
Galatians 6:15 “For neither is circumcision anything nor is uncircumcision, but a new creation is something.”
Life Pattern Re-created in Resurrection; No New Human Souls
Job 14:13-15 “Oh that You would hide me in sheol, that You would keep me secret, until Your wrath be past, that You would appoint me a set time, and remember me! If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, till my release should come. You would call, and I would answer You: You would have a desire to the work of Your hands.”
Matthew 12:11,12 “He said to them: ‘Who will be the man among you that has one sheep and, if this falls into a pit on the sabbath, will not get hold of it and lift it out? All considered, of how much more worth is a man than a sheep!’ “
John 5:28, 29 “Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear His voice and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment.”
Resurrection of Others Not of Christ’s Body
Revelation 20:5 “The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.”
1 Corinthians 15:26 “As the last enemy, death is to be destroyed.”
Revelation 20:13, 14 “And the sea gave up those dead in it, and death and hades gave up those dead in them, and they were judged individually according to their deeds. And death and hades were hurled into the lake of fire. This means the second death, the lake of fire.”
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