Criação
A criação revela a glória de Deus. Céus, terra, mares e tudo o que existe testemunham o poder criador. No princípio Deus criou — e tudo era muito bom.
No princípio
No princípio criou Deus os céus e a terra. O Espírito de Deus pairava sobre as águas. E Deus disse: haja luz.
In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth. But the earth was unsightly and unfurnished, and darkness was over the deep, and the Spirit of God moved over the water.
And God said, Let us make man according to our image and likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the flying creatures of heaven, and over the cattle and all the earth, and over all the reptiles that creep on the earth.
And God made man, according to the image of God he made him, male and female he made them.
And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it he ceased from all his works which God began to do.
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone, let us make for him a help suitable to him.
O poder criador
Pela palavra do Senhor foram feitos os céus. Tudo foi criado por Ele e para Ele — o visível e o invisível.
Draw near to him, and be enlightened:
And your faces shall not by any means be ashamed.
He shall say to the Lord, Thou art my helper and my refuge:
My God; I will hope in him.
Thanksgiving and beauty are before him:
Holiness and majesty are in his sanctuary.
A Song of Degrees.
I was glad when they said to me,
Let us go into the house of the Lord.
Our feet stood
In thy courts, O Jerusalem.
For thy testimonies are my meditation,
And thine ordinances are my counselors.
I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the poor,
And the right of the needy ones.
Surely the righteous shall give thanks to thy name:
The upright shall dwell in thy presence.
Criador e Sustentador
O Deus eterno não se cansa nem se fatiga. Dele, por Ele e para Ele são todas as coisas — a Ele seja a glória.
And now, hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? the eternal God, the God that formed the ends of the earth, shall not hunger, nor be weary, and there is no searching of his understanding.
What excellent thing have I prepared as clay of the potter? Will the plowman plow the earth all day? shall the clay say to the potter, What art thou doing that thou dost not work, nor hast hands? shall the thing formed answer him that formed it?
So I took the cup out of the Lord’s hand, and caused the nations to whom the Lord sent me to drink:
It is he that builds his ascent up to the sky, and establishes his promise on the earth; who calls the water of the sea, and pours it out on the face of the earth; the Lord Almighty is his name.
Nova criação
Se alguém está em Cristo, nova criatura é. O Criador faz novas todas as coisas — na natureza e na redenção.