The Scriptures teach that God brought the entire creation into existence from nothing. This is known as the doctrine of creatio ex nihilo (“creation from/out of nothing”). The sacred writings also teach that God is fully aware of every created thing that he has made.
2 MACCABEES 7:28
“I implore you, my child, to look at the heaven and the earth and see everything that is in them and recognize that God did not make them out of things that existed. And in the same way the human race came into being.” (2 Makkabees, translated by Joachim Schaper in A New English Translation of the Septuagint, including corrections and emendations made in the second printing (2009) and corrections and emendations made in June 2014 [Oxford University Press], p. 512)
“I beseech thee, my son, look upon the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, and consider that God made them of things that were not; and so was mankind made likewise.” Brenton’s LXX
“I beseech thee, my son, look upon heaven and earth, and all that is in them: and consider that God made them out of nothing, and mankind also:” DRA
“I beg you, child, to look at heaven and earth. See everything that is in them and know that God made these things from nothing, and created humankind in the same way.” CEB
“So I urge you, my child, to look at the sky and the earth. Consider everything you see there, and realize that God made it all from nothing, just as he made the human race.” GNT
“I beg you, child, to look at the heavens and the earth and see all that is in them; then you will know that God did not make them out of existing things.[b] In the same way humankind came into existence.”
b. 7:28 God did not make them out of existing things: that is, all things were made solely by God’s omnipotent will and creative word; cf. Hb 11:3. This statement has often been taken as a basis for “creation out of nothing” (Latin creatio ex nihilo). NABRE
“I beg you, my child, to look at the heavens and the earth and see everything that is in them. Reflect on the fact that God did not create them from things that already existed[e] and that the human race came into being in the same way.”
e. 2 Maccabees 7:28 God did not create them from things that already existed: this is the most precise affirmation of the whole Old Testament concerning the doctrine of the creation out of nothing. God made all things by his almighty will and his creative word (see Heb 11:3). NCB
“I beg you, my child, to look at the heaven and the earth and see everything that is in them and recognize that God did not make them out of things that existed.[f] And in the same way the human race came into being.”
f. 7.28 Or God made them out of things that did not exist NRSVUE
“I beseech you, my child, to look at the heaven and the earth and see everything that is in them, and recognize that God did not make them out of things that existed. Thus also mankind comes into being.” RSV
SIRACH 23:20
“Before all things were created (prin he ktisthenai ta panta), they were known to him, so also after they were completed.” (Sirach, translated by Benjamin G. Wright, in A New English Translation of the Septuagint, including corrections and emendations made in the second printing (2009) and corrections and emendations made in June 2014, p. 738)
“He knew all things ere ever they were created; so also after they were perfected he looked upon them all.” Brenton’s LXX
“Before all things were created, God knew them; so as well after they were finished.” CEB
“The one who knows all things before they exist still knows them all after they are made.” NABRE
“All things were known to him before they were created, and they still are, now that they are finished.” NCB
CHRIST THE CREATOR
The Holy Bible claims that Christ has been existing since before the creation of all things, and that the Father appointed him to personally bring the entire creation into existence and to preserve it. According to the God-breathed Scripture, the Son possesses the very creative power and life-giving energy required to create all things from nothing.
“At the beginning God expressed himself. That personal expression, that word, was with God, and was God, and he existed with God from the beginning. All creation (panta) took place through him, and none took place without him. In him appeared life and this life was the light of mankind… That was the true light which shines upon every man as he comes into the world. He came into the world—the world he had created—and the world failed to recognise him. He came into his own creation, and his own people would not accept him… So the word of God became a human being and lived among us. We saw his splendour (the splendour as of a father’s only son), full of grace and truth… It is true that no one has ever seen God at any time. Yet the divine and only Son, who lives in the closest intimacy with the Father, has made him known.” John 1:1-4, 9-11, 14, 18 PHILLIPS
“yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom all things (ta panta) come and for whom we exist; and one Lord, Yeshua the Messiah, through whom were created all things (ta panta) and through whom we have our being.” 1 Corinthians 8:6
“Who is an image of the unseen God, Firstborn of all creation,—Because in him were created all things (ta panta) in the heavens and upon the earth, The things seen and the things unseen, Whether thrones or lordships or principalities or authorities,—They all (ta panta) through him and for him have been created, And he IS before all (pro panton) And they all (ta panta) in him hold together;” Colossians 1:15-17 The Emphasized Bible
“Whereas in many parts and in many ways of old God spake unto the fathers in the prophets At the end of these days He hath spoken unto us in his Son,—Whom he hath appointed heir of all things, Through whom also he hath made the ages; Who being an eradiated brightness of his glory And an exact representation of his very being, Also bearing up all things by the utterance of his power, Purification of sins having achieved Sat down on the right hand of the majesty in high places:” Hebrews 1:1-3 The Emphasized Bible
The most remarkable aspect about this is that God himself quotes the following Psalm, which describes YHWH as the unchangeable Creator and Sustainer of all things,
A Prayer of the afflicted when he is faint and pours out his complaint before Yahweh. O Yahweh, hear my prayer! And let my cry for help come to You… But You, O Yahweh, abide forever, And the remembrance of Your name from generation to generation… I say, ‘O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days, Your years are from generation to all generations. Of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands. Even they will perish, but You will remain; And all of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed. But You are the same, And Your years will not c2ome to an end.’” Psalm 102:1, 12, 24-27 Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)
And ascribes this to his beloved Son, thereby identifying Jesus as that very immutable YHWH God who personally created and sustains all creation!
“But to the Son he says, ‘Your throne, O God (ho theos), endures forever and ever. You rule with a scepter of justice. You love justice and hate evil. Therefore, O God, your God has anointed you, pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on anyone else.’ He also says to the Son, ‘In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundation of the earth and made the heavens with your hands. They will perish, but you remain forever. They will wear out like old clothing. You will fold them up like a cloak and discard them like old clothing. But you are always the same; you will live forever.’” Hebrews 1:8-12 NLT
This makes perfect sense in light of the plain teaching of Scripture that the Person of the Son was already existing before the creation of all things.
Hence, since God created all things from nothing, and since Jesus was there prior to the creation of all things, and is the One whom the Father appointed to bring the entire creation into being from nothing, the Son, therefore, cannot be a creature. Rather, the Son (along with the Father and the Holy Spirit) eternally exists as the one true God YHWH Almighty who at a specific point in time became a flesh and blood human being (Cf. Matt. 1:18-23; John 1:1-4, 14; Rom. 8:3; 9:5; 10:9-13; 1 Cor. 10:1-4; Gal. 4:4; Col. 1:13-20; 2:2-3, 9; Heb. 1:1-4, 10-12; 2:9-18; Jude 1:4-7; Rev. 1:9-18; 2:8; 5:8-14; 22:12-13, 16, 20).
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