The Divine Nature of Creation
John 1:3
All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.(ESV)
Creation did not arise from chaos. It was not random. It was not reactive. It was intentional, born from the will of an eternal, limitless God.
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.(ESV)
Scriptural Foundation
The Bible is clear: Everything—seen and unseen—was made by God, through Christ, and for a purpose.
Colossians 1:16-17
(16)For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. (17)And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.(ESV)
This includes matter, energy, angels, time, and the laws that govern all of them. Nothing exists apart from His sustaining presence.
Hebrews 1:3-4
(3)He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, (4)having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.(ESV)
Theological Reflection
If God created all things, then time is not an eternal backdrop—it is a created container. The beginning wasn’t just about matter. It was about structure—limitation, sequence, and dependency.
God, being eternal, did not need creation. So creation must exist not from necessity, but from intent—an act of will, not of lack. And if everything is upheld by Christ—even time itself—then time only continues because He sustains it.
It is not a force. It is a veil.
Theoretical Expansion
If God sustains creation by His will, then nothing can exist that does not serve a purpose. Even suffering. Even death. Even limitation.
The idea begins to emerge: What if creation is not merely the object of God’s power, but the instrument of His revelation?
Not that God learns anything (He cannot), but that creation is the way He expresses and receives back the total picture of what it means to live with limitation.
Each life. Each soul. Each layer of separation from the Source—becomes a channel through which something returns.
Isaiah 55:11
so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.(ESV)
Closing Thought for This Post
Creation is not just something God did. It is something He holds. Every breath, every law, every moment of time is sustained. And if it is sustained, then it is active. Purposeful. Going somewhere.
If we believe that, then the limitations of our world are not flaws to escape—
but invitations to understand why we were made.
Walking With Christ 
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