My Journey to Life - Daily Study Guide

Q4. Can we find a Creation motif in the New Testament?

Picture: Q4. Can we find a Creation motif in the New Testament? JTLD 166.1

What was implied, but not explicitly revealed, regarding Creation in the Old Testament becomes clear in the New Testament with the introduction of Christ as Creator. The motif “God, who made heaven and earth, sea and everything in them,” or a variation thereof, occurs in Acts 4:24; 14:15; 17:24; Ephesians 3:9; Revelation 10:6; 14:6, 7. This idea finds its genesis in the fourth commandment of Exodus 20:8-11. JTLD 166.2

New Testament writers knew Creation week as a finite point in time that divided the time and events before Creation from those that took place after it. Their references were not vague but historically specific. JTLD 166.3

• Bible Discovery: Matthew 13:35; 25:34; Luke 11:50; John 17:24; Romans 1:20; Ephesians 1:4; Hebrews 4:3; 9:26; 1 Peter 1:20; Revelation 13:8
• Further Reading: Ellen G. White, Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 113.4