Is the Grand Canyon just another hole in the ground… or something bigger than your eyes can fully grasp?
Creation is a HUGE topic to cover and the story has to be retold various times from numerous perspectives in scripture - each building on the themes of each other.
Today we are viewing four additional accounts of creation in the Old and New Testaments that fashion a type of “Creation Language” that echoes through all of scripture. Each one uses the same theme to shine a new light on the moments God fashioned the physical world together.
Why does this matter? Understanding the order and purposes of Creation helps us to live life in a way it was designed to function, leading us to a functioning, fulfilling life. Creating a road map to help us correct course by knowing the Designer’s BluePrint for life.
Jesus is Wisdom, the Creative Agent of Genesis and Proverbs:
"…the prologue to John’s Gospel (John 1:1–18) emerges out of the Old Testament wisdom tradition in Prov 8:22–31. There, Wisdom is personified and reveals that she was not only in existence prior to creation, but assisted God in the creative process. John’s prologue hypostasizes wisdom in the figure of Jesus, who becomes the λόγος (logos, “word”) of creation. The author of John’s Gospel holds that Jesus is the pre-existent creative word that brings all things into being. "
-John E. Anderson, PhD, Baylor
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