The Creator

by Toms, A. F. | Category: Christ In Genesis | Feb 1988

In the evening of the day when the Lord Jesus was raised from the dead, two of His followers were walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus. Very sad and disconsolate they were, for their Master had been crucified and buried in a tomb and all their hopes for Him had been shattered. They were talking together about all that had happened, when a Stranger joined them and walked with them. They did not realize who He was until later when they had invited Him into their home and He was revealed to them as He took the bread and gave thanks for it and gave it to them. Then they knew Him and understood how He had thrilled their hearts as He opened the Scriptures to them. Beginning from Moses and all the prophets He interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. The books of Moses, of course, are the first five books of our Bible, perhaps the part most under attack by those who take it upon themselves to criticize God's Word. But to those of us who love our Lord Jesus, these books are just full of Himself.

In the very first verse He is present, for it says, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth". Hebrew scholars tell us that while God

is a plural noun, the verb "created" is in the singular. Certainly the Holy Spirit was there, for the next verse says "the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters". And so was the Lord Jesus, for the apostle John tells us that all things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that hath been made.

In the Genesis account we read, "And' God said, Let there be light: and there was light". It was a word of almighty power. "He spake, and it was done", said the psalmist, "He commanded, and it stood fath" (Ps. 33:9). And with that agrees the word in Hebrews chapter 11, "By faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the Word of God". It was the Eternal Word who spoke in creative power. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God". That is one of His glorious titles which He will keep forever.

By Him the worlds were brought into being, working together with His Father and the Holy Spirit. He is the great Creator God. Such were some of the great things those two disciples learnt on that unforgettable walk to Emmaus.

Toms, A. F. | Feb 1988
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