This episode describes six different creations or creation events in the Bible. Not all descriptions of God creating refer to the Genesis creation. 

We think about which of the creation events in the Bible Jesus played a role in. We suggest the creation of God’s son Israel is a main backdrop for the Gospel of John, including John’s Prologue. Like Israel, in John's Prologue Jesus is introduced as God's unique son to whom the Father has given glory (John 1:14).

Topics and time stamps:

0:00 Introduction to the word “create”. Only God is the Creator.

02:40 The Genesis Creation

05:00 Creation of the People and Nation of Israel

06:47 Transformation or renewal of something that already exists. The renewal of nature is re-creation.

09:35 The Creation of new authorities and powers under the man Jesus: New creation in Colossians 1 and Ephesians 1

12:15 Spiritual Renewal is new creation: Psalm 51, “Create in me a clean heart, renew in me a upright spirit”

13:05 Creation of one new man in place of two, Jew and Gentile. Galatians and Ephesians 2:15

13:49 Which of the above six creations was Jesus involved in? The Tendency of the Trinitarian mind to associate creation specifically to the Genesis creation.

14:56 Which creation is the emphasis of John’s Gospel and Prologue? Isaiah 43 as an example of the Creation of Israel, the Son of God, as a backdrop for the Gospel of John

19:38 God as Father and Israel as Son in the Old Testament and in the Gospel of John. God as Israel’s Father:  Exod. 4:22; Deut. 14:1; 32:5-6, 18-19; Isa. 43:6; 45:11; 63:16; 64:8[7]; Jer. 3:4, 19; 31:20; Hos. 11:1.

22:06 Recreation of God’s Children, Israel, in John’s Gospel

25:50 The Word/Torah instrumental in the creation of Israel. The Gospel of John in agreement with the Synoptic Gospels that Jesus is involved in the formation of renewed Israel

29:19 The recreation or regathering of Israel as a sign and symbol in the Gospel of John, chapter 12

30:27 Jesus’s role in other creation events

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