Creation and Renewal!!

We are familiar with Genesis 1-2 as the story of the creation of the universe and everything in it by God. But the creation by God and Jesus is included in at least 16 books in the Old Testament and 14 books in the New Testament. [To see 55 selected verses in 30 books of the Bible see footnote Z]

God’s creation, sustaining, and renewal of the the heavens and earth are a central focus of the Bible. The creation was perfect with Adam and Eve living in the perfect Garden of Eden. The earth lost its perfection as a result of the sin of Adam  and Eve. God said “And I will put enmity (open hostility) Between you* and the woman, And between your* seed (offspring) and her Seed**; He** shall [fatally] bruise your* head, And you* shall [only] bruise His** heel.”  [Genesis 3:15 AMP  *satan[U] and **Jesus] Jesus came to earth the 1st time and satan bruised His heel. Then Jesus will come back to earth in great victory and bruise satans head [Revelations 19:11-21]. Jesus will send satan, the beast, false prophet, and those who rejected Jesus on earth to the lake of fire to be tormented forever and ever [Revelations 20:10-15, 21:8].

But those who believed in Jesus by grace through faith  [A] on earth will be in a new heaven and a new earth that has been recreated with a tree of life like the Garden of Eden forever.  “21:3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, 4 and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.” [Revelations 21:1-8, 22:2-3]

A- The Bible proclaims that God created and sustains the universe and everything in the universe. The Sprit of the Lord lives within my soul.

R- O God help me to live like the Spirit of the Creator of the marvelous universe lives within my soul with power and for guidance.

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Notes: A– [A1- For how to have peace with God and become a Disciple [Y] click here, A2- for how to have the peace of God and grow as a Disciple click here, A3 for how to teach Disciples to be Disciple-makers click here]; X- 4 steps in The H.E.A.R method of Bible study and worship; Y- “Disciples” or “Christians”?; U- I normally do not capitalize the “S” in satan;

Z. Selected Creation Scriptures by book – 33 in OT and 22 in NT, 16 books in OT and 14 books in NT. NKJV

  1. Genesis 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. What Jesus believed about creation #1
  2. Genesis 1:27 — So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 — Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
  3. Exodus 20:11 — For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day.
  4. Deuteronomy 4:32 — “For ask now concerning the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether any great thing like this has happened,
  5. 2 Kings 19:15 — Then Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said: “O LORD God of Israel, the One who dwells between the cherubim, You are God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
  6. Nehemiah 9:6 — You alone are the LORD; You have made heaven, The heaven of heavens, with all their host, The earth and everything on it, The seas and all that is in them, And You preserve them all. The host of heaven worships You.
  7. Job 4:17 — ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?
  8. Psalms 33:6 — By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.
  9. Psalms 90:2 — Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
  10. Psalms 95:6 — Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
  11. Psalms 100:3 — Know that the LORD, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
  12. Psalms 104:26 — There the ships sail about; There is that Leviathan Which You have made to play there.
  13. Psalms 121:2 — My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.
  14. Psalms 136:5 — To Him who by wisdom made the heavens, For His mercy endures forever;
  15. Psalm 139:14  I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.
  16. Psalms 148:5 — Let them praise the name of the LORD, For He commanded and they were created.
  17. Proverbs 3:19 — The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding He established the heavens;
  18. Proverbs 20:12 — The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The LORD has made them both.
  19. Proverbs 22:2 — The rich and the poor have this in common, The LORD is the maker of them all. [see #54]
  20. Ecclesiastes 12:1 — Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, Before the difficult days come, And the years draw near when you say, “I have no pleasure in them”:
  21. Isaiah 40:28 — Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
  22. Isaiah 42:5 – Thus says God the LORD, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it, Who gives breath to the people on it, And spirit to those who walk on it:
  23. Isaiah 45:18 — For thus says the LORD, Who created the heavens, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.
  24. Isaiah 65:17 — “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind.
  25. Jeremiah 10:12 — He has made the earth by His power, He has established the world by His wisdom, And has stretched out the heavens at His discretion.
  26. Jeremiah 27:5 — ‘I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are on the ground, by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and have given it to whom it seemed proper to Me.
  27. Jeremiah 32:17 — ‘Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You.
  28. Jeremiah 51:15 — He has made the earth by His power; He has established the world by His wisdom, And stretched out the heaven by His understanding.
  29. Hosea 8:14 — “For Israel has forgotten his Maker, And has built temples; Judah also has multiplied fortified cities; But I will send fire upon his cities, And it shall devour his palaces.”
  30. Amos 4:13 — For behold, He who forms mountains, And creates the wind, Who declares to man what his thought is, And makes the morning darkness, Who treads the high places of the earth; The LORD God of hosts is His name.
  31. Jonah 1:9 — So he said to them, “I am a Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”
  32. Zechariah 12:1 — The burden of the word of the LORD against Israel. Thus says the LORD, who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him:
  33. Malachi 2:10 — Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously with one another By profaning the covenant of the fathers?
  34. Matthew 19:4 — And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’
  35. Mark 10:6 — “But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.’
  36. Mark 13:19 — “For in those days there will be tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the creation which God created until this time, nor ever shall be.
  37. John 1:1 — In the beginning was the Word *, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 — He was in the beginning with God. 3 — All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. *Jesus is the Word.
  38. John 1:10 — He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.
  39. Acts 17:26 — “And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,
  40. Romans 1:20 — For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,
  41. 1 Corinthians 15:45 — And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
  42. 1 Corinthians 15:47 — The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven.
  43. 2 Corinthians 5:17 — Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
  44. Ephesians 3:9 — and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ;
  45. Colossians 1:15 — He* is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 — For by Him* all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 — And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist [are sustained]. *Jesus
  46. 1 Timothy 2:13 — For Adam was formed first, then Eve.
  47. Hebrews 1:2 — has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;
  48. Hebrews 1:10 — And: “You, LORD, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
  49. Hebrews 11:3 — By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
  50. 1 Peter 4:19 — Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.
  51. 2 Peter 3:4 — and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.”
  52. Revelation 4:11 — “You are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your will they exist and were created.”
  53. Revelation 14:7 — saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”
  54. Proverbs 30:3-4… 3 Neither have I learned wisdom, Nor do I have the knowledge of the Holy One. 4 Who has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has wrapped the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name or His son’s name? Surely you know! NASB1995.

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