6 Major Creative Acts

~ Mornings in Scripture ~  

The God of all is also the Creator of all. Consider some of His major creative acts.

The Creation ~ This is the morning of time—when the seasons began. It is not the start of eternity for eternity includes not only our eternal future but also God’s eternal past! Creation was a joyous time, “How was its foundation poured, and who set the cornerstone, while the morning stars sang in chorus and all the angels shouted praise?” (Job 38:6-7).

The Great Exodus ~ The birth, or the morning of Israel.  A nation was born in a resurrection morning as the Song of Moses was sung on the banks of the Red Sea (Exodus 15:1-18). This was not just the birth of any nation but the birth of God’s chosen people. “When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son” (Hosea 11:1). 

The Incarnation ~ The morning of promised salvation was heralded by the light of a bright star. Israel’s plight had been dark and dreary for a long time. The prophets had been silent for centuries. Until now, nothing distinguished the city of peace. The angels which had been gone from Israel for so long now reappeared. God-given promises to Abraham and David, which anticipated the new birth of the people and of the kingdom, now have new meaning. “Through the heartfelt mercies of our God, God's Sunrise has broken upon us” (Luke 1:78). 

The Resurrection ~ The morning of victory came following the darkest day in history. It was like a deposit of earnest money as a pledge of a future eternal day. Now the first day of the week had special significance. “Early on Sunday morning, as the new day was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went out to visit the tomb” (Matthew 28:1). He was not there—death had been defeated and it was the dawn of a new day.

Today we are sandwiched between great mornings.

The Kingdom ~ The next great beginning will be the morning of divine rule. This will be a great dawning of day following a long night. Christ will rule the world righteously after man has failed to rule wisely. “And He shall be like the light of the morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, like the tender grass springing out of the earth, by clear shining after rain” (2 Samuel 23:4). 

The New Creation ~ The great morning of timelessness. It is the dawn of a second birth—a new heaven and a new earth. “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone” (Revelation 21:1). It will be a place of righteousness where God supplies all our needs. “When everything and everyone is finally under God's rule, the Son will step down, taking His place with everyone else, showing that God's rule is absolutely comprehensive—a perfect ending! (1 Corinthians 15:28). 

Summary ~ (1) Soon after creation when God placed man in the Garden of Eden mankind turned God’s good gifts into evil. Creation which came with such beauty was turned into a cursed ground of weeds, thistles, and thorns. (2) God’s people soon forgot their resurrection on the banks of the Red Sea and became captives of their oppressors. (3) The babe of Bethlehem was crucified on Calvary’s Cross. (4) The glorious resurrection from the dead of the very Son of God has largely been forgotten by the masses. Even the Christian community is spiraling into the Laodicean church (see Revelation 3:14-21).

Today, you and I are fast approaching the next great morning. Are you prepared, expectant, and truly ready? (5) Soon the government of a new administration will break forth like a bright morning without a cloud in the sky. “Like the light of morning at sunrise, like a morning without clouds, like the gleaming of the sun on new grass after rain” (2 Samuel 23:4).  (6) With the dawn of the new creation God will maintain its beauty and vitality forever. There will never again be rebellion by mankind or any of sin’s corruption. Our sun will be extinguished—God Himself will be the source of unending light—His brilliance will shine forever. “And the city has no need of sun or moon, for the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its light”(Revelation 21:23). It will be the final morning—of one eternal day. “There shall be no night there” (Revelation 22:5). 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW