Entry #16--The Creator of All

Generally speaking when I begin a blog entry, I start with prayer, a thought, then the scriptures come to mind to support the thought, and finally a catchy title arrives.  Today was a bit different. After prayer, it was the scripture that came first, next the title, and now the thoughts are blooming. 

 “God, the LORD, created the heavens and stretched them out.  He created the earth and everything in it.  He gives breath to everyone, life to everyone who walks the earth.  And it is he who says, ‘I, the LORD, have called you to demonstrate my righteousness.’”  

Isaiah 42:5-6a (NLT)

Using basic scientific observation skills…VERY basic…let’s look at this scripture.  What do you see?  I see words.  I see four complete thoughts, or sentences.  I notice that each time the word LORD is used, it is written in all capital letters.  Let’s start there.

When God revealed himself to Moses on Mount Sinai (Exodus 3), the Hebrew name for God consisted of four consonants Y H V H (or Y H W H).  The Jews considered God’s name to be too sacred to be spoken, so it was usually translated Jehovah or Yahweh.  The group of four letters used is known as “tetragrammaton,” sometimes shortened to “tetragram.” If you check the Introduction in the beginning pages of your Bible, you will probably see a notation that any time the tetragram Y H V H is used in Old Testament text, it will be translated as LORD (all caps).  The New Testament scriptures were Greek texts. In Greek, the name for God is generally Adonai, and is generally translated and written as Lord (first letter capital).

Revisiting our verse, we now understand that it was the One and Only, True, Holy LORD God who created the heavens and earth.  It was no secondary, imaginary, or human-generated god… it was the LORD, Holy God, who created all things.  Man (including the ideas and theories of man) had nothing to do with it, because in fact, man was one of the creations that never existed until The LORD, Holy God, created him.  On the other hand, Holy God ALWAYS existed, He still exists TODAY, and He always WILL exist.  This is part of His Name Y H V H… 

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty—the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come.”  [and]  “You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power.  For you created all things, and they exist because you created what you pleased.”

Revelation 4:8b and 11 (NLT)

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”  Genesis 1:1 (NLT)

(Referring to scoffers…) “They deliberately forget that God made the heavens by the word of his command, and he brought the earth out from the water and surrounded it with water.” 

2 Peter 3:5 (NLT)

“He is the God who made the world and everything in it.”  Acts 17:24 (NLT)

“But the LORD is the only true God.  He is the living God and the everlasting King!”  [and]  “But God made the earth by his power, and he preserves it by his wisdom.  With his own understanding he stretched out the heavens.”  Jeremiah 10:10 and 12 (NLT)

The leading scientific or worldly explanation of how the world began is generally built upon mathematical theories and models—obviously because man has not yet created anything that can measure the universe’s birth.  The leading theory is generally referred to as “The Big Bang Theory” which began with a small singularity and evolved over the next several billion years into the cosmos as we know it today.  So for the world…it’s guesswork at best.  The world acknowledges a starting point, but they just can’t seem to figure out what the starting point was.

For the Christian, there is no guesswork.  The starting point was God—the Only True God, who always existed, exists now, and always will exist.  Was there ever a “Big Bang”?  I say, absolutely! The Bible proves it.

 “Then God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.”  Genesis 1:3 (NLT)

Folks, that had to be one spectacular Bang! Human brains cannot fathom just what that first instant of creation must have been like—the best we can do is create some mathematical theories and models in our feeble attempts at explanations. What humbles me is the fact that this same LORD who was able to create all we know to now exist, is in fact, the same LORD who knows each and every detail of my life!

“The LORD directs the steps of the godly.  He delights in every detail of their lives.  Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the LORD holds them by the hand.”  Psalm 37:23 (NLT)

“The LORD looks down from heaven and sees the whole human race.  From his throne he observes all who live on the earth.  He made their hearts, so he understands everything they do.” Psalm 33:13-15 (NLT)

“O LORD, you have examined my heart and know everything about me.  You know when I sit down or stand up.  You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.  You see me when I travel and when I rest at home.  You know everything I do.  You know what I am going to say even before I say it, LORD.  You go before me and follow me.  You place your hand of blessing on my head.  Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand!” 

Psalm 139:1-6 (NLT)

When I think of the LORD, the Creator of All, I have only one humble response:

“You made me; you created me.  Now give me the sense to follow your commands.”

Psalm 119:73 (NLT)

Respectfully written and submitted by:

Dotty Willmon, Resurrection Christian