Lord of All Creation — Genesis 1

June 18, 2026

God Is First

When you open to the first page of the Bible, one thing is clear: God is first. It is the first lesson of the Bible. God created everything. He is sovereign, transcendent, and immanent. These three points are vital to true theology. God’s sovereignty is made clear in the act of creation. As the creator He is also the final authority in all things. In terms of God’s relationship to this world He is transcendent – existing outside of space and time and not subject to them. While the Lord is not bound by time, space, matter we also find that he is immanent – He is present and active within the world that He created. God is supreme and the final standard and authority over all things. (Genesis 1:1; Romans 11:36)

Time, Space, and Matter

God created time, space, and matter. He then created the rest of the world by process implemented within a concrete time span—a process that involved forming and filling. (Genesis 1:1–2)

He created distinctions—light and dark, heaven and earth, and land and sea. He then filled and populated domains. Lights in the sky. Birds in the air. Whales in the sea, animals on land. Everything brought about instantly according to His command. A complete system, fully functioning. (Genesis 1:3–25; Psalm 33:6, 9)

This world He created without flaw, without fault. Imagine the great dance of life exploding, teeming, and swarming. Things were brought forth in an instant and went about the work of existing according to the design of the Creator. These two phrases are powerful. “And it was so.” “And it was good.” The Lord’s good creation was moving, growing, changing, and thriving exactly according to God’s plan. (Genesis 1:10, 12, 18, 21, 25, 31)

Creation Designed to Flourish

Every plant and animal with a defined plan for procreation and prosperity throughout all the earth. He did not just create but created things that would propagate themselves. Creation by process. He began something that would fill all the earth. It was designed to become complete. It would grow to fulfillment. Even though sin entered and negatively affected that process, the process continues – and God is not yet done expressing His character through the process that began at this event. (Genesis 1:11–12, 20–22, 24–25)

Every animal that has a litter, every time a seed falls from a plant to create another plant God’s purposes are being fulfilled in this planet. Every forest, farm, and garden are responding to God’s will that the earth He created be filled with the life that He created. We are blessed to participate in that mission until Christ returns.

The Pinnacle of Creation

Finally, the Lord installs the pinnacle of creation: the stewards—the image bearers.

Humanity is created in duality. One species is comprised of two genders. The design of these stewards was such that they could care for and support all that God made on the earth. (Genesis 1:26–27) This seems to be part of the issue of both together made in the image of God. The ability and the authority to steward God’s creation are baked into humanities place as being made in the Image of God.

God generously gave His image bearers the right and duty to rule over His domain. He provided the variety, the plan, the provision. It would be for mankind to do according to God’s perfect will. (Genesis 1:28–30)

The Cycle of Days

All of this happened in seven 24-hour days. The cycle of day and night was created and immediately put to its intended use. It is a demonstration of how the day cycle and week-cycle bring glory to God. Every time a person goes to sleep at night, and wakes in the morning it brings glory to the God who created this order and these systems. When humanity keeps weekly schedules, we respond in obedience to what God has declared as the week. When a person counts the months and they years – it glorifies the God who created this world with its cycles, seasons, patterns to direct the flow of time until the story is finally and fully told. (Genesis 1:5, 8, 13, 19, 23, 31; 2:1–3; Exodus 20:11)