Creator

Fresh off of an invigorating conversation about Creation with friends, it occurs to me that if God is not the Creator, then He is not infinite, nor is He powerful enough to absolve sin and death nor could He make us new. 

If you are a Christian who thinks that God can be less than Creator, then I question that your god can be enough to be Savior.

Harsh?  No.  Blunt? Yes.  True? Think with me. 

The trinity is shown in Genesis 1 making everything from nothing - and it was good.  By Genesis 3 man has sinned.  In Genesis 6, God destroys all life on land - save the few on the ark.  Sin is a huge problem that cannot be removed simply by judgment or punishment.  When God does judge the Earth eternal hell is where all evil is sequestered, and God creates a new heaven and a new earth.  Judgement for sin is eternal.  New creation is necessary, and it must be completely set apart from all sin, all corruption.

If He cannot create anew, then He cannot rid the world of sin and we are in such a case completely hopeless.

Post Edit:
Craig added a comment to this that sheds a little more. 

And I believe this is exactly what is meant when Colossians calls Him the first born of all creation. He is the first to resurrect, under His own power. Thus proving that He can indeed accomplish what needs to be done. The making of all things new. The promise is finally fulfilled in Rev.5:21. "Behold, I am making everything new"


(I get really excited at the "am making" part - He didn't say "have made" but "am making" - as though it will not stop from then on . . .)

Colosians 1:15-16, which Craig mentioned above is precisely one of the verses that attributes Creation to Christ.

The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. ¹⁶ 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.

I have heard others explain the term "firstborn of all creation" not as an indication of His birth order, however, being intended to show preeminence instead.  He is above all of Creation.  The term in this case would have positional connotations of birthrite, royalty, etc.  I am not a Greek scholar, so my looking at it only comes back with "first born" the way it would ocur to me in my own vernacular.

John 1:1-4 was in my brain while thinking this through.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² He was with God in the beginning. ³ Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. ⁴ In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.

Not only was Christ there during the act of creation, He was a necessary part of it.

John MacArthur points out in a recent sermon, that as the Creator who made everything, He is also fully capable of un-making them, which He will according to the Bible. 

There is one thing that I have yet to look at more deeply yet.  There is a scope of creation that is eternal - particularly that which is spritual.  This of course includes people, and also the angels.  The agony of Hell is intended first of all for the fallen angels - which do not die as far as I can tell - but will contain those people who refuse to turn to the lordship of Christ as well.  That is also eternal...

Creation is just a fascinating thing to me.  And, unfortunately for you who have to read these posts, fascinating things seem to take more words to talk about them.  I hope that it is half way engaging in spite of all the words...