Hi Pastor John,
We have been enjoying the Genesis readings very much and look forward to more. I have a couple of questions as it pertains to the continued references to God creating and there being no reference to Jesus doing the creating. Where is it made clear Jesus did the creating? Maybe that is made more clear in chapters to come? I’m also wondering when God created Satan?
Thanks, Kevin
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Hi Brother Kevin!
From the creation of the world, God kept His Son a secret until the time He had appointed to make His Son known.
Ephesians 3
3. By revelation, the mystery was made known to me . . .
5. which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit.
8. To me, the least of all saints, was this grace given . . .
9. to enlighten all men as to what is the plan of the mystery that has been hidden from the Aeons [heavenly beings] by the God who created all things through Jesus Christ.
Colossians 1
25. I was made a minister by the commission of God which was given to me for you, …
26. the mystery that was hidden from the Aeons and from generations of man, but now is revealed to His saints.
Colossians 2
1. I want to make you aware of how difficult a struggle I am having for you, . . .
2. that [your] hearts may be comforted, knit together with love until you attain . . . to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, even of the Father and Christ.
The Son’s part in creation was, of course, also unknown until God revealed the Son. That happened when the Spirit came and showed chosen men how great the Son really is. Nobody understood this while Jesus was alive on earth; nobody really knew him, for that knowledge came to man through the Spirit after it came at Pentecost, and only then could men write such scriptures as these:
Hebrews 1
1. After God spoke in many and various ways to the fathers in olden times by the prophets, He spoke to us in these last days by a Son,
2. whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds.
Colossians 1
15. [Christ] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature,
16. for by him were all things created, things in the heavens and things on earth, things visible and things 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 all things are held together by him.
John 1
1. In the beginning, the Word was there, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2. He was in the beginning with God.
3. All things were created through him, and without him was nothing created that was created.
In the Old Testament scriptures, which were all written before God revealed His Son, we can read them and see the Son in them, but nobody in those ancient times could see that, even the prophets themselves. Jesus pointed out some verses of Psalm 110 that spoke of him before he came:
Matthew 22
41. While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus put a question to them,
42. saying, “What do you think about the Messiah? Who’s son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.”
43. He said to them, “How is it, then, that David, by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’, saying,
44. ‘The LORD [the Father] said to my Lord [the Son], ‘Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool’?
45. Now, if David calls him ‘Lord’, how is he his son?”
As for when God (through His Son) created Satan, I suppose He created him at the same time He created the rest of heaven’s creatures, whenever that was. Satan is really no big deal. Christians make him something great, but he is a fool and a loser. He is not even mentioned until the 13th book of the Bible, and then, in one of the last chapters. Satan was never anything super special in heaven, even though he thought was, and has convinced men that he still is.
I hope that helps.
Pastor John