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Creation Has Been Completed
So far as this earth is concerned, Scripture declares the work of
creation to have been completed. “The works were finished from
the foundation of the world.”
Hebrews 4:3
. But the power of God
is still exercised in upholding the objects of His creation. It is not
by its own inherent energy that the heart beats, and breath follows
breath. Every breath, every pulsation of the heart, is an evidence
of the care of Him in whom we live and move and have our being.
From the smallest insect to human beings, every living creature is
daily dependent upon God’s providence.
“These all wait for You. ...
What you give them they gather:
You open Your hand, they are filled with good.
You hide your face, they are troubled;
You take away their breath, they die,
And return to their dust.
You send forth Your Spirit, they are created;
And You renew the face of the earth.”
Psalm 104:27-30.
See also Job 26:7-10;
26:11-14; Nahum 1:3.
The mighty power that works through all nature and sustains
all things is not, as some scientists claim, merely an all-pervading
principle, an actuating energy. God is a spirit, yet He is a personal
being, for our first parents were made in His image. As a personal
being, God has revealed Himself in His Son. Jesus, the outshining of
the Father’s glory “and the express image of His person” (
Hebrews
1:3
), appeared on earth as a man. As a personal Savior He came to
the world. As a personal Savior He ascended on high. As a personal
Savior He intercedes in the heavenly courts.
Daniel 7:13
.
The apostle Paul, writing by the Holy Spirit, declares of Christ
that “By Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are
on earth. ... He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.”
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Colossians 1:16, 17
. The hand that sustains the worlds in space, the
hand that holds in their orderly arrangement and tireless activity all