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Creation was Done Out of Love
buildontherock
2012-02-09

The Bible tells us that God is love (1 John 4:8) and that should really be enough to settle that question, never the less I want to reinforce that foundational truth with a few more observations. You can scrutinize things that you may or may not already know on the subject of creation here. One thing that we know existed before the age of man was the love of God between the two God beings.

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One thing that we know existed before the age of man was the love of God between the two God beings.
John 17:24 (KJV)24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

Love is the key thing that existed before a dot was created, i.e. before the foundation. The extent of this love is revealed in the creation process.

Most of creation was a collaborative thinking. In most cases where we see God said... in Genesis 1, God is translated from Elohim but then in Gen 2:18 it is Yahweh Elohim translated as Lord God.

Genesis 2:18 (YLT)18 And Jehovah God saith, 'Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper as his counterpart.'
Genesis 2:18 (KJV)18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

Furthermore when we look back we find that in Genesis 2:7

Genesis 2:7 (KJV)7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

In Every place where we see Lord God in the King James Version it is translated from Yahweh Elohim and this a single entity not the plural as when it is Elohim alone.

Even if this Yahweh Elohim is the one who actually did all of the creating there was always total agreement on everything. There appears to have been prior agreement on creating mankind but the Lord made a special last minute request for woman to be a helper to man. It indicates a more personal attachment to the project from the beginning.

Furthermore we have that from the foundation He had agreed to die for us.

Revelation 13:8 (KJV)8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Another useful piece of information is that they were equal. In the beginning there was no Father and Son. There was no higher and lower rank.

Philipians 2:5-10 (KJV)5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

Notice how frequently we are told this in Genesis but it is glossed over. Do a search for most high God and see what it reveals. You cannot get higher than most high and if you own heaven and Earth then what else is there?

Genesis 14:18-22 (KJV)18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. 19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: 20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. 21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

Notice verse 22. It tells us that the Most High is YHWH. We also see from Deuteronomy that this is referring to YHWH or the Lord, the same one who who became Christ.

Deuteronomy 32:8-9 (KJV)8 When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. 9 For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

Then of course we have John 1. John supports that there was no Father and Son at the beginning so to distinguish he calls one the Word.

John 1:1-3 (KJV)1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

So we have a situation where there are two equal beings at the dawn of mankind but one had an extra special attachment. He willingly gave His life for mankind. Nobody forced Him.

John 10:18 (KJV)18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
John 10:18 (YLT)18 no one doth take it from me, but I lay it down of myself; authority I have to lay it down, and authority I have again to take it; this command I received from my Father.'

Furthermore He willingly demoted Himself to a new relationship of son and became the first brother; instead of the parallel relationship at the top we now have a pyramid.

John 6:38 (KJV)38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
1 Corinthians 15:27-28 (YLT)27 for all things He did put under his feet, and, when one may say that all things have been subjected, it is evident that He is excepted who did subject the all things to him,28 and when the all things may be subjected to him, then the Son also himself shall be subject to Him, who did subject to him the all things, that God may be the all in all.

This demonstrates amazing love by a standard that is completely foreign to mankind. One person submits and gives up everything for the other's happiness and in return the other sets Him above everything that He has. True love has a dimension of confidence. The Son had the confidence in the Father to do this and the Father had the unselfishness to give it all back so for all practical purposes they are once again equal. They out do each other in love. These are people that are precious to each other. How do you become like that? This is absolutely unselfish love by both that had to be there for a very long time. What would it take for you to willingly suffer to this degree for someone and then give them the pre-eminence? What kind of person would you go to that extreme for?

Anyhow, If you are perfect (the embodiment of love and goodness) and you want to give someone whom you love dearly the best thing that you can offer then what do you do? You give them more of you!