Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Theme · creation

Creation

Genesis opens with God speaking the cosmos into existence — light, sky, land, vegetation, sun and moon, creatures, and finally humanity made in his image. Creation is declared 'very good,' establishing that the material world is not an obstacle to the spiritual but its theater. The Psalms celebrate creation as testimony to God's power and wisdom. The prophets invoke creation as the basis for trust: the God who made heaven and earth can surely save. Paul and John identify Christ as the agent of creation — 'all things were made through him' — and the New Testament ends with a new creation that surpasses the first.

Passages expressing this theme

  • Acts 17:24 — God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
  • Col 1:16 — For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by hi
  • Col 1:17 — And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
  • Exod 20:11 — For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
  • Gen 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
  • Gen 1:2 — And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
  • Gen 1:3 — And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
  • Gen 1:26 — And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over
  • Gen 1:27 — So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
  • Gen 1:31 — And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
  • Gen 2:7 — And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
  • Gen 2:19 — And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creatu
  • Heb 1:2 — Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
  • Heb 11:3 — Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
  • Isa 40:26 — Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power;
  • Isa 42:5 — Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit
  • Isa 45:12 — I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
  • Jer 10:12 — He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
  • Job 12:7 — But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
  • Job 38:4 — Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
  • Neh 9:6 — Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest t
  • Prov 8:22 — The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
  • Ps 8:3 — When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
  • Ps 19:1 — The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
  • Ps 33:6 — By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.