Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Creation

“And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.” (Deut. 6:6-9).

“And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt Thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? And Abram said, Behold, to me Thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.” (Gen. 15:2,3).

In the long ago, before there existed the first animate creature, either angelic or corporeal, the Father and Son were alone among the galaxies. The Father had begotten His only Son. Slowly through the eons, the Almighty with joy brought up His Prince, instructing Him in every aspect of holiness and righteousness. The Son knew the Law of His Father and feared His Father, yet He had an overwhelming desire for children. Like Abram, all He could think about was children to raise up in godliness and joy and love. But, He never would create them apart from His Father. So He voiced His burden to His beloved, holy Father.

“The Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He seeth the Father do: for what things soever He doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.” (John 5:19).

The King said to His Son, “No, not yet. Are We prepared for the ramifications of this? The only way We can have children is if they are all brought up perfectly on the principles of righteousness and love. Not a moment can pass that they will not be reminded. Not a moment will pass that they will not practice loving kindness and, ‘peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled’ (Heb. 12:14,15). My kingdom will not have anything less! The plague of imperfection will not infect My kingdom. Never!

The Son, as burdened and anxious as He was to surround Himself with holy, happy children, heard the power of His Father’s tone, and agreed to give Himself more development into His Father’s ever-growing sense of exacting perfection. But, children! Oh, blessed little ones, who would come from Their holy persons and be born with an attachment to Them, especially to Him, the one would personally call them into existence and life, whose face they would first see and whose voice they would first hear, and whose loving caresses they would first feel! “Happy is the man whose quiver is full of them!” He could know the joy already! So eventually, He broached the subject of creation again.

But the King said to His Son, “No, not yet. Are We prepared for the ramifications of this? The only way we can have children is if they are brought up perfectly on every principle of righteousness and love. Not a single moment must pass that they are not be reminded of what constitutes perfection. Not a moment will pass that they do not live and think holiness, whose foreheads not for a moment are not crowned with ‘lovingkindness and tender mercies.’ (Ps. 103:4). I will not have rebellion infect my kingdom. Never!

Again, the Son was set back by the King’s almighty determination to keep His kingdom strong. Love for children is beautiful, but it can never trump the eternal existence of the universe of order and perfection. And Michael understood His Father’s bigger picture, the larger issue of the Law being more important than the individual issues of personal needs that will most assuredly arise among each children born of free choice. Each child will be in Their image, filled with imagination and plans and desires. And each individual mind and heart must be trained to keep the kingdom of utmost important, and its Law foremost in the imagination, plans, and desires. All must be imbued to the depths of their soul with the knowledge that the kingdom was prior to them, and the One who brought them forth was eternally prior to the kingdom, and prior to the Creator was the King, “the eternal, self-existent One” Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 36.2, “who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.” (1Tim. 6:16).

For in Him we live, and move, and have our being.” (Acts 17:28). “There is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him.” (1Cor. 8:6).

But, all of the Father’s testing was designed to infinitely instill into His divine Son the message that He must instill into the creation under His control the same delegation of authority in a chain of command. “The head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God” (1Cor. 11:3).

At the helm of the universal government was God the King, a condition that the royal Prince accepted and loved. He was ever happy to support and agree with His almighty God and Father of all. Though put off He knew that ultimately His Father wanted the universe to be peopled. He knew His Father wanted to be surrounded with happy children, as much as He wanted it. But, He also realized that His Father was greater than He in the infinitude of big picture issues. More weighed on His Father than on Himself. Future realities were comprehended by His Father to a degree that He had not the ability to grasp.

Finally, when the Son was overcome with desire for children the Father saw the opportunity that He had always waited for. The Son’s motherly, all-controlling, earnest need for children was repeated in the life of Hannah.

“Hannah had no children.…
And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.…
Therefore she wept, and did not eat.
Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?…
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if Thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life.” (1Sam. 1:2,4,5,7,8,10,11).

When the desolation of childlessness fully controlled Michael, when the King heard His Son promise to be surety for any that would ever waver from obedience, the King’s protectiveness for His kingdom was satisfied. He saw sufficient self-sacrificing love in His Son, for Him to fill the infinite vastness of space, to make His Son Creator of everything that would decorate His sanctuary—His own sanctuary by right, Their own sanctuary by love.

“For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him: and He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.” (Col. 1:16,17).

The Father was satisfied that love reigned supreme in His Son—love for His Father and His Law, and love for all the future children as though they had already come into existence. “Having loved His own…He loved them unto the end.” (John 13:1). Such infinite, self-sacrificing, pitying, long-suffering love in the Creator would ensure an intelligent creation obedient to the eternal Law.

Thus, the Father filled with the face of His Son’s willing, determined, perfect surrender to His will and a heart full of yearning for children, creative power from His perfect mind never before expressed rose up in the Father. His infinite love and holy union filled His Son to bursting with more than infinite wisdom, and propelling Him with the dynamic ability of His Father. So Michael, the “Mother of all living”, rejoicing in a God-sized yearning to love and with a God-sized prospect of being loved, went forth to call into existence an intelligent creation that would befit a kingdom over which the Holy God reigned.


“By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth…. For He spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.” (Ps. 33:6,9).

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  3. Fayza and friend, Thank you for your comments, but since I couldn't understand Arabic I deleted them. Would you mind repeated the comments in English? Thank you again.

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