The Bible is a book of life, and in order for us to understand and receive what the Bible is about, we need to open to God, the Writer of the Bible. The book of Genesis as the first book of the Bible is not a record of creation and then of the history of […]
Christ Upholds All Things – All Things Cohere in Christ and are Unto Christ!
Christ is the Creator of all things in the universe, and He is also the means and the active instrument through which the whole creation came into being. As Col. 1:16-17 clearly tells us, all were created through Christ, they cohere in Him, and they are unto Him. This means that after He created everything, […]
Christ as the Word of God is Both the Creator and the Means of His Creation
God created the heavens and the earth for His will to be accomplished and His purpose to be fulfilled. How did God create the universe? Christ as the Word was the Creator, and He spoke things into being. We human beings can only make things out of something else, but God can call things not […]
God Created All Things for His Will to have the Body of Christ as His Expression
Why did God create the heavens, the earth, and all things in it? Why did God create man? God is a God of purpose, a God who has a will of His own pleasure, and He created all things for His will so that He might accomplish and fulfill His purpose (Eph. 3:9-11; Col. 1:9). […]
The Purpose of God’s Creation: to Glorify the Son of God and Manifest God in Man
Our God is a God of purpose, and in His creation of the universe and of man He had a purpose. Also, God had a motive for creating all things. According to the Bible, the motive of God’s creation was to fulfill the desire of God’s heart and to satisfy His good pleasure (see Eph. […]
A Fresh View and a Deeper Understanding of “In the Beginning God Created”
This week we will take a closer look at the topic of, Creation in Christ for the Fulfillment of God’s Purpose. The Bible is a wonderful book, and no matter how much people fought against it, the Bible is still here to stay and triumph. The book of Genesis in particular is a wonderful book, […]
God is Working Himself into Man to Obtain His Counterpart, the New Jerusalem
The final organic aspect and the consummation of God’s work in and with man is the wife, the counterpart. The final step of God’s procedure to obtain His goal is to work Himself into man to make man His counterpart and complement. God desires to have a wife, a counterpart, to match Him in every […]