And because God created the entire universe out of nothing is no matter in the universe that is eternal. All that we see all came into existence when God created it. There was a time when it—matter—did exist. Take Psalm 90:2, not for example,“Before the mountains were born, or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.” Creation strikes a blow to naturalism which suggests that in the ex nihilo beginning matter existed, and through a random, blind, purposeless series of events we get our world. But the Bible says, not the beginning” “in … “matter created,” but created!” … “God So, the first truth God created the world out of nothing. … Comments or questions? 2. God created all things --- both visible and invisible, both in the heavens and the earth. This is clearly asserted in Gen 1.1. But not just here. Listen to the universal statement in John’s gospel: Him (i.e., Christ) all things were made; “Through (John 1:3). without Him nothing was made that has been made” Similarly, John writes in Revelation 4:11, you created all things, and by “For your will they existed and were created.” Acts 4:24 speaks of God as the Lord, who made the heaven and the “Sovereign The inclusion of heaven and earth earth and the sea and everything in them.” and everything in them indicates that God created the entire universe. The creation of the entire universe includes the creation of an unseen, spiritual realm of existence. In addition to creating the visible, tangible, physical universe, God created the angels and other kinds of heavenly beings. He also created heaven as a place where his presence is especially evident. This is explicitly stated in both the Old and New Testaments. In the book of Nehemiah, Ezra prays, are the Lord, you alone; you have made heaven, “You (Nehemiah 9:6). The host of heaven the heaven of heavens, with all their host” refers to the angels and other heavenly creatures, since Ezra says that they engage in the activity of worshiping God the same term is used to speak – “host” of angels who worship God in Ps. 103:21 and 148:2).
And because God created the entire universe out of nothing is no matter in the universe that is eternal. All that we see all came into existence when God created it. There was a time when it—matter—did not exist. Take Psalm 90:2, for example,“Before the mountains were born, or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.” Creation ex nihilo strikes a blow to naturalism which suggests that in the beginning matter existed, and through a random, blind, purposeless series of events we get our world. But the Bible says, “in the beginning” … not “matter created,” … but “God created!” So, the first truth … God created the world out of nothing. Comments or questions? 2. God created all things --- both visible and invisible, both in the heavens and the earth. This is clearly asserted in Gen 1.1. But not just here. Listen to the universal statement in John’s gospel: “Through Him (i.e., Christ) all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made” (John 1:3). Similarly, John writes in Revelation 4:11, “For you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.” Acts 4:24 speaks of God as the “Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.” The inclusion of heaven and earth and everything in them indicates that God created the entire universe. The creation of the entire universe includes the creation of an unseen, spiritual realm of existence. In addition to creating the visible, tangible, physical universe, God created the angels and other kinds of heavenly beings. He also created heaven as a place where his presence is especially evident. This is explicitly stated in both the Old and New Testaments. In the book of Nehemiah, Ezra prays, “You are the Lord, you alone; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host” (Nehemiah 9:6). The host of heaven refers to the angels and other heavenly creatures, since Ezra says that they engage in the activity of worshiping God – the same term “host” is used to speak of angels who worship God in Ps. 103:21 and 148:2).
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