Who Owns Planet Earth? - Ruminating in the Word of God

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing,
majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him and what came to my heart and mind in Psalm 95:3-5,

"For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods. In his
hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to
him. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry
land."

This passage points out that all of planet earth is owned by God, "the
depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him." Everything
low and high! "The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed
the dry land." In that God made the sea and the land, he owns it all,
it "is his".

We read of the creative acts of the triune God in the opening chapters
of Genesis. There we read that not only did God create the earth, and
therefore it is his, but he created the entire universe. All we know
of in this life was created by him and for him, for his purposes.

In John 1:1-3 we read, "In the beginning was the Word [Jesus Christ,
the Son of God], and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He
was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made;
without him nothing was made that has been made." The Son of God can
be thought of as the creative agent of the Trinity. The writer of
Hebrews says, "In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the
prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he
has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and
through whom also he made the universe." Hebrews 1:1-2.

Not only did Jesus Christ create the universe, he is also that part of
the Godhead who maintains it from moment to moment, "The Son is the
radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being,
sustaining all things by his powerful word." Hebrews 1:3.

Paul wrote to the Colossian church saying, "The Son [Jesus Christ] is
the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For
in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible
and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all
things have been created through him and for him. He is before all
things, and in him all things hold together." Colossians 1:15-17. Here
we learn that Jesus Christ was responsible for the creation of all
things. What is interesting to read about here is that not only did
Jesus Christ create the physical earth and universe, but he is also
responsible for the order of things for the mankind he created,
including the rulers and authorities among us. Again in this passage,
Paul tells us that it is in Jesus Christ that all "things hold
together." He maintains the creation and he maintains the affairs of
mankind.

An interesting observation Paul made to the philosophers at the
Areopagus that touches on that last point is that he created the
nations for his purposes, "The God who made the world and everything
in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples
built by human hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he
needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and
everything else. From one man he made all the nations, that they
should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed
times in history and the boundaries of their lands. God did this so
that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him,
though he is not far from any one of us. 'For in him we live and move
and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his
offspring.'"

The Son of God created all nations and even marked out their
geographical locations and the times for them in history! This means
that Jesus Christ is the driving force behind much of what we read of
in the news today!

Fascinating, isn't it?!

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
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