Christ Before Creation

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Many Christians aren't aware that the Bible reveals some of what Christ and the Godhead were doing and thinking before the act of creation. I'm not going to get into the specifics of that because I want to focus primarily on the importance of thinking in terms of pre-creation and God, rather than what was actually going on in eternity.

Why it's imperative to think in terms of there being a period when there was nothing but God, is it points to something that was happening that brought out the physical creation; something was motivating it. Something stirred or was birthed in the Godhead which demanded that it be expressed in a physical manner. Even the previously non-existing physical creation is part of what was being envisioned by God.

What's important is the fact God (the Father, Son and Holy Spirit) were interacting in a way that produced what we see all around us. A world (albeit a tainted one now), that expressed through its physical presence the grandeur and character of God Himself.

This means intelligence, passion, motive, purpose and love were in existence in God before anything we recognize, and of course the human race, was created. In other words, there are invisible things that are eternal, that are expressed in physical form, although the eternal remains separate from the seen, as the seen or created can never be eternal, as it has a beginning. That which has a beginning is not eternal.

The implication is we exist because God had something in His heart and mind before creation, and what He had was based upon His very character and the meaning of His character, i.e.,  who He was.

Christ just didn't conjure up some unrelated theoretical world and than speak it into existence. No! What He did was knowingly take who He and the Godhead were and spoke creation into existence based upon that. For that reason we can see elements of God in the physical creation, as well as His very image in man. Again, keep in mind, other than the man Jesus Christ, all of this is under a curse and tainted; so outside of Christ we don't see a clear picture of the image of God, but one that expresses bits and pieces of Him imperfectly.

When extending this to the church of God, it brings out the purpose of her existence, which is to be a representation and revelation of who Jesus Christ is. This is the new creation; one that is birthed from God rather than spoken into existence outside of Him. Only that which is born of God is of God.

So when reading the creation account in Genesis and when creation is mentioned in other parts of the Bible, keep in mind that there is a tremendous purpose behind it all that was hidden in creation, but is now being revealed in Jesus Christ. This makes those who are truly born from above participants in this extraordinary purpose.