Revelation4:11NWTstudy edition"“You are worthy, JEHOVAH* our God, to receive the glory+ and the honor+ and the power,+ because you created all things,+ and because of your will they came into existence and were created.”"
Acts17:24 KJV"God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;"
The Lord JEHOVAH is the ultimate source of all the wisdom and power manifest in creation both physical and super-physical ,and thus is rightful ruler of all that he has created and sustains. But the scriptures clearly show that JEHOVAH uses prior creations as instruments and/ raw materials in producing later creations.
Acts17:26KJV"And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;"
Note please that JEHOVAH rightly takes credit for our existence and all that is necessary for its continuance and flourishing despite there being intermediate causes between himself and us.
Note also that these intermediate causes are all themselves part of his creation. Of course there can't be an infinite regression of such Intermediaries, thus there must be a proto creation, one produced without any intermediate creation serving as instrument. And who can then go on to become the first link in the chain of intermediate causes than led up to us and this world we call home.
Proverbs8:22 BibLE"“Jehovah framed me first in line,
foremost of his works in the past."
Proverbs8:30BibLE"I was master-workman at his side
And was taking my pleasure day by day,
playing before him at every time,"
It is to this scripture that scriptures like :
Colossians1:15-17KJV"Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16 For by(Grk en) him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist."
And:
John1:3KJV"All things were made by(Grk.dia) him; and without him was not any thing made that was made."
Refer ,according to Strong's the prepositions en and dia(from which we get the word diameter) denote instrumentality e.g
John1:17KJV"For the law was given by(dia) Moses,..."
Hebrews1:1KJV"God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by(en) the prophets,"
Hence such terms are NEVER used to describe JEHOVAH'S role in the origin of the creation. He is the ultimate source of ALL the energy and information found in his creation. And thus it is to him and not any instrumentality he may choose to employ ,that full credit should be given.
1Corinthians8:6KJV"But to us there is but one God, the Father, of(ex) whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by(dia) whom are all things, and we by him."
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