Our premise is that the two forms of divine expression agree completely at every layer of examination. These two divine expression formats are the written word of God (Bible) and the spoken word of God (creation). The terms and features of creation confirm the truths and principles in the Bible, from the vastness of the universe down to molecular structures, chemical compositions and even mathematical relationships. The Creator ‘spoke’ and light came out of darkness. Our planet responded to the Creator’s verbal command with rising land masses and sinking oceans. Stars with all their mass, fuel, and gravitational relationships multiplied throughout space at the Creator’s spoken directive. Countless species of vegetation, animals, fowl and fish appeared upon the verbal summons of the Intelligent Designer, with all their appropriate relationships and interdependence intact. Our God is not a mere manipulator of a universe greater than Himself. Yahweh spoke, and our incredibly diverse, complex, balanced and interdependent environment became a reality over a very appropriate six nights and six days.
The Things That Have Been Made
The validation of divine truths and principles through the examination of the terms and features of creation eliminates any claims of illegitimacy for the judgments against the unenlightened. “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse” (Rom.1:18-20). This is one of the foundation statements in Paul’s eight chapter discourse on the subject of atonement to the Roman Ecclesia. Paul emphatically states that the things that have been made (creation) declare truths about our Creator. No one is guiltless. Everyone is responsible to God’s judgments. However not all are individually accountable.
King David recognized this validation of divine truths by creation’s testimony. “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his hand work. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard” (Psa 19:1-3). The heavens communicate divine glory and divine knowledge. Their testimony is universal, but only registers with the hearing ears and seeing eyes of those who are circumcised in heart.
Multitudinous Singularity
The first issue to address between the mirrored testimonies of scripture and creation, between the written word and the spoken word, would be the alpha and omega foundation principle of God manifestation. Creator manifestation is the original design template and the ultimate result. Our Heavenly Father projects Himself through features of creation, angels, prophets, kings, the kingdoms of men, the faithful and especially His beloved son. The ultimate plan is for peace, which should be understood as the presence of divine harmony. This divinely expressed definition is diametrically opposed to the popular misconception of peace being the absence of disturbance or the absence of conflict. The defining feature of God manifestation is a multitudinous singularity: that is when many independent components blend perfectly into a single, interdependent functioning singularity. This is the philosophical concept of synergy, where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Divine projections of the concept of God manifestation include:
- the design of the human body
- the institution of marriage
- the family unit
- the written word of God
- ecological integrity (the one-ness of nature)
Each of these examples demonstrate the principle of a multitudinous singularity. The family unit would be the most obvious example of multitudinous unity. A man and a woman become one through love and marriage. The wife customarily takes the name of the husband, by divine example. This is demonstrated in baptism where we (the Messiah’s bride) take the family name. “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit” (Matt. 28:19). It is a single name for the whole family into which we are baptized, just as the wife and children all take the name of the father and husband in a family. The love of the husband and wife produce new manifestations of themselves. It is a single family made up of individual but interdependent members. This is the concept of God manifestation, the alpha template and the omega conclusion.
Everything Affects Everything Else
Bible truths exhibit this same cohesive singularity made up of numerous interdependent features. Nothing in scripture is completely isolated. Everything affects everything else. Have you experienced the frustration of trying to present or defend just a single feature of the gospel truth to the defensively unenlightened? If we address the inherent mortality of man as opposed to the immortality of the soul, the conversation can quickly degrade in to a series of “what about” challenges. If there is no immortal soul then what about going to the kingdom in heaven when we die? … and what about hell and what about a fallen, evil angel? No part of divine truth is separate from all the other parts of divine truth. It is a single unit comprised of many interdependent parts.
This principle is also true of creation. Even godless mankind recognizes this feature of nature. We use the term ‘nature’ reluctantly, as it is the cowardly, defensive term employed by humanity in order to distance themselves from the moral responsibilities associated with using the more accurate term of ‘creation’. However, we are referencing the thought process of the flesh and therefore use the term ‘nature’ in that context. Mankind has learned over the last few generations that everything in nature is interconnected and interdependent. Our global ecosystem is a single unit comprised of many interdependent components. The concept of global warming is a feature of this understanding. The continual elimination of wetlands destroys the integrity of our current ecological balance. The continual burning and cutting of countless square miles of Amazonian jungles diminishes the replenishment of oxygen necessary for sustaining life around the globe. This multitudinous singularity (God manifestation) is the foundation platform for maintaining Bible truths as well as ecological integrity. Everything affects everything else because every individual component is interconnected into a single unity.
Our next commentary will address how of the recreational glory of our Heavenly Father can be seen in how the construction of the universe perfectly parallels the divinely appointed construction of the Kingdom of God at Sinai.
The Origin of the Organic World – Part One