ExposingThe
Trinity!
God Creates and Jesus Renews
"Out of" versus "Through"
Nab B, October 2016
“Rightly Divide the Word” (2 Tim 2:15-18)
“Shun the Traditions of Men” (Col 2:8)
A Different Approach!
I hope my unorthodox approach will show you how the Trinity doctrine is inadequate to fit what is revealed in the scriptures.
My interest, and hopefully yours, is to find what God is saying, not what a system of theology is saying! My notes endeavour to show how the scriptures, though profoundly deep, are equally clear and simple to understand if we allow His Spirit to guide us. Whether you agree or not, let us "speak the truth in love". (Eph 4:15)
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Some confuse the old creation with the new one. The old is physical through Adam, and the new is spiritual through Christ. But the source of both creations is God—the inventor, creator, and maker of all things. This concept hinges on two prepositions: "Out of "(from) and "through".
The Difference Between Two Prepositions
All things were created "out of God". After, the same old things are made new "through" Christ according to God's plan.
Even Jesus came out of the Father:
"I CAME OUT from God. I CAME OUT FROM the FATHER." (John 16:27-28)
Note the two creations:
① "Nevertheless for us, there is one God, the Father, OUT OF WHOM [the entire creation] all is, and we for Him,
② "And one Lord, Jesus Christ, THROUGH WHOM [spiritual creation] all is, and we through Him." (I Cor. 8:5-6)
God's new creation is "through" but not "out of" Christ:
"All is created [the new spiritual creation] THROUGH him and for him, and he is before all [in rank not time], and all has its cohesion in him." (Col. 1: 14-17)
The Son Jesus Christ is RE-MAKING the ages which God already created:
“In the last of these days speaks to us in a Son, Whom He appoints enjoyer of the allotment of all, through Whom He also makes the eons [ages].” (Concordant Translation)
Be aware that most translations make it seem as if Jesus created the physical world. But to their credit, they used the correct preposition, 'through' to indicate the world was already created and God is re-making it NEW through His Son. Just as God gave Adam full responsibility to beget the human race, He is doing the same with the last Adam!
The Concordant uses present tenses (e.g. speaks, appoints, makes) correctly to show that the new creation is an ongoing plan. It also uses the word ‘eons’ or "ages" instead of ‘world’. Christ is in charge of bringing all the ages (everything) into perfection before His Father.
Through Christ, a new spiritual creation flows:
"The last Adam was made a quickening [life-giving] spirit." (1 Cor 15:45)
All things brought together in and through Christ:
“To bring together [not creating anything new] all things in Christ–the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth...to the purpose of Him [God] who works all things according to the counsel of His will.” (Eph 1:10-11)
Please note that all things were existing already in heaven and upon the earth. God planned to gather into one whole everything in Christ "to make all things new".
God's plan began in the physical creation and will end in the spiritual. God hinted at this when created the day's cycle. It began with evening darkness and progressed into daylight. That was a symbolic cue of how the whole creation will be progressing—from darkness to light. Study the verses below:
"And the evening and the morning were the first day." (Gen 1:5)
"But that which is spiritual is not first, but that which was natural, afterwards that which is spiritual." (1 Cor 15:46)
"For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light." (Eph 5:8)
What God is creating through His Son is far greater than what He created through Adam. The physical is recreated to become spiritual. Don't think it to coming later; it has already begun!