Dictionary of Bible Themes: 2303 Jesus Christ, as creator

2303 Jesus Christ, as creator

Dictionary of Bible Themes

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Scripture identifies the pre-existent Jesus Christ as involved in the work of creation, and relates this to his work in redemption, by which a new creation is brought out of the ruins of the old.

Jesus Christ's creation of the present world

Jesus Christ created all things

Jesus Christ sustains the created universe

Hebrews 1:3 See also 1 Corinthians 8:6; Colossians 1:17; Revelation 3:14 The word translated “ruler” can mean either “beginning” or “first in rank”.

Jesus Christ will bring the entire work of creation to perfection

Ephesians 1:9-10 See also Romans 8:19-22; Colossians 1:20

Jesus Christ makes a new creation possible

Jesus Christ recreates people through a new birth

2 Corinthians 5:17 See also John 1:12-13; John 3:5-6; Galatians 6:15; James 1:18

Jesus Christ's work of new creation should be evident in believers' lives

Ephesians 4:24 See also Ephesians 3:15; Colossians 3:10

Through Jesus Christ a new heaven and earth will be created

2 Peter 3:13 The promise was given in Isa 65:17; 66:22. See also Revelation 21:1,4-5