"From Genesis to Revelation creation themes abound. God is always renewing things; He is always making things new. Our understanding of who we are as people inhabiting this planet is not simply that we are people who have been created. We should understand ourselves as participating in an ongoing creation which culminates in an ultimate new creation, something that has started but has not yet been fully consummated." - Dr Douglas Stuart - Old Testament Survey (Foundations) @ www.biblicaltraining.org
God is not done with creation yet; He did not just created (as recorded in Genesis) and left the world to run on its own, obeying Natural Laws. God created and is creating; God is always renewing things and making things new.
We exist between two bookends - Genesis and Revelation; and we as Christians and the Church have the privilege of participating in God's ongoing creation. To restore and mend that which is broken, to restore and make new what is not right, to be a part of this creative process. From issues of salvation and redemption, to mending the broken and brokenness present, to social justice and serving the poor, to creative arts and music that declare the creative beauty of God, we should be participants.
It is my prayer that the Church Universal and especially the church local rise up to this privilege and calling.
God is not done with creation yet; He did not just created (as recorded in Genesis) and left the world to run on its own, obeying Natural Laws. God created and is creating; God is always renewing things and making things new.
We exist between two bookends - Genesis and Revelation; and we as Christians and the Church have the privilege of participating in God's ongoing creation. To restore and mend that which is broken, to restore and make new what is not right, to be a part of this creative process. From issues of salvation and redemption, to mending the broken and brokenness present, to social justice and serving the poor, to creative arts and music that declare the creative beauty of God, we should be participants.
It is my prayer that the Church Universal and especially the church local rise up to this privilege and calling.
Ollie
May 2008
1 comment:
The insight and taught is wonderful, God is indeed still working and we are his co-worker. every thing on going is the will of God and he forsees them all.If we are made in his image, sure we are made to partake in his creative process. creation is ongoing.
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