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Then God said: "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground." God created man in his image; in the divine image he created him; male and female he created them. (Gen 1:26-27, NAB)
Then God said: “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground.” God created man in his image; in the divine image he created him; male and female he created them. (Gen 1:26-27, NAB)
GOD CREATED ALL THINGS THROUGH HIS SON JESUS CHRIST
The testimony of the Bible repeatedly affirms that all things were created by God through His Son Jesus Christ:
  • He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For in him were created all things in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things were created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.  (Col 1:15-17, New American Bible)
  • In the beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. He was present originally with God. All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being.  (Jn 1:1-3, Amplified Bible)
  • He (Jesus Christ) came into the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him [did not know Him]. (Jn 1:10, AMP, emphasis mine)
  • In times past, God spoke in partial and various ways to our ancestors through the prophets; in these last days, he spoke to us through a son, whom he made heir of all things and through whom he created the universe, who is the refulgence of his glory, the very imprint of his being, and who sustains all things by his mighty word. (Heb 1:1-3a, NAB)
  • Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom all things are and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things are and through whom we exist. (1Cor 8:6, NAB)
IF GOD CREATED ALL THINGS THROUGH HIS SON JESUS CHRIST, THEN THE ACTUAL CREATOR IS HIS SON JESUS CHRIST
The truthfulness of that fact is corroborated by this testimony of God:
  • For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are my son; this day I have begotten you”? Or again: “I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me”? And again, when he leads the first-born into the world, he says: “Let all the angels of God worship him.”  Of the angels he says: “He makes his angels winds and his ministers a fiery flame”; but of the Son: “Your throne, O God (O Son), stands forever and ever; and a righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom.  You loved justice and hated wickedness; therefore God (therefore Son), your God (your Father), anointed you (made you Christ) with the oil of gladness above your companions”; and: “At the beginning, O Lord (O Son), you established the earth, and the heavens are the works of your hands.  They will perish, but you remain; and they will all grow old like a garment.  You will roll them up like a cloak, and like a garment they will be changed.  But you are the same, and your years will have no end.”  (Heb 1:5-12, NAB, emphasis mine)
The testimony of God is far greater than any human testimony:
  • If we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is surely greater. Now the testimony of God is this, that he has testified on behalf of his Son. Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar by not believing the testimony God has given about his Son. And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.  Whoever possesses the Son has life; whoever does not possess the Son of God does not have life.  (1Jn 5:9-12, NAB)
In Hebrews 1:5-12, the testimony of God was that His Son is God, Christ, and Lord who created the heavens and the earth.  In 1John 5:9-12, the testimony of God was that His Son is the eternal life.  In the verse below, the testimony of John was that Jesus Christ is the true God and eternal life:
  • We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us discernment to know the one who is true. And we are in the one who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. (1Jn 5:20, NAB)
This testimony of Jesus Christ confirms He is the resurrection and the life:
  • Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world.” (Jn 11:25-27, NAB)
Moving on, the testimony of the Bible confirms that Jesus Christ is the Creator.
  • The author of life you put to death, but God raised him from the dead; of this we are witnesses. (Acts 3:15, NAB)
Jesus Christ is the faithful and true witness, the source of God’s creation:
  • “To the angel of the church in Laodicea, write this:” ‘The Amen, the faithful and true witness, the source of God’s creation, says this:’ (Rv 3:14, NAB)
  • Then I saw the heavens opened, and there was a white horse; its rider was (called) “Faithful and True.” He judges and wages war in righteousness. His eyes were (like) a fiery flame, and on his head were many diadems. He had a name inscribed that no one knows except himself.  He wore a cloak that had been dipped in blood, and his name was called the Word of God.  (Rv 19:11-13, NAB)
Thus, if the testimony of God is this:
  • And: “At the beginning, O Lord (O Son), you established the earth, and the heavens are the works of your hands. They will perish, but you remain; and they will all grow old like a garment. You will roll them up like a cloak, and like a garment they will be changed.  But you are the same, and your years will have no end.”  (Heb 1:10-12, NAB, emphasis mine)
Then the One speaking in the following passages is the preexistence of Jesus Christ:
  • Thus says the LORD, your redeemer, who formed you from the womb: I am the LORD, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens; when I spread out the earth, who was with me? (Isa 44:24, NAB)
  • Yes, my hand laid the foundations of the earth; my right hand spread out the heavens. When I call them, they stand forth at once. (Isa 48:13, NAB)
  • And forget the LORD, your maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth? All the day you are in constant dread of the fury of the oppressor; But when he sets himself to destroy, what is there of the oppressor’s fury? (Isa 51:13, NAB)
  • I have put my words into your mouth and shielded you in the shadow of my hand, I, who stretched out the heavens, who laid the foundations of the earth, who say to Zion: You are my people. (Isa 51:16, NAB)
  • Then God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered into a single basin, so that the dry land may appear.” And so it happened: the water under the sky was gathered into its basin, and the dry land appeared. God called the dry land “the earth,” and the basin of the water he called “the sea.” God saw how good it was. Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: every kind of plant that bears seed and every kind of fruit tree on earth that bears fruit with its seed in it.” And so it happened: the earth brought forth every kind of plant that bears seed and every kind of fruit tree on earth that bears fruit with its seed in it. God saw how good it was.  Evening came, and morning followed–the third day.  Then God said: “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky, to separate day from night. Let them mark the fixed times, the days and the years, and serve as luminaries in the dome of the sky, to shed light upon the earth.” And so it happened: God made the two great lights, the greater one to govern the day, and the lesser one to govern the night; and he made the stars.  God set them in the dome of the sky, to shed light upon the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw how good it was.  Evening came, and morning followed–the fourth day.  (Gen 1:9-19, NAB)
If the preexistence of Jesus Christ was not the Creator of all things, then God would be lying in what He said in Hebrews 1:10-12.  But since God does not lie, then truly Jesus Christ was the Creator of all things as declared by God in this wise:
  • And: “At the beginning, O Lord (O Son), you established the earth, and the heavens are the works of your hands. They will perish, but you remain; and they will all grow old like a garment. You will roll them up like a cloak, and like a garment they will be changed.  But you are the same, and your years will have no end.”  (Heb 1:10-12, NAB, emphasis mine)
  • In the hope of eternal life that God, who does not lie, promised before time began, (Ti 1:2, NAB)
ON THE SIXTH DAY THE PREEXISTENCE OF JESUS CHRIST CREATED ADAM AND EVE
  • Then God said: “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground.” God created man in his image; in the divine image he created him; male and female he created them.  (Gen 1:26-27, NAB)
HERE ARE SOME IRREFUTABLE PROOFS THAT THE PREEXISTENCE OF JESUS CHRIST CREATED ADAM AND EVE
  1. As discussed and proven earlier, the actual Creator of all things was the preexistence of Jesus Christ. He created all things in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, that is, the men (which includes Adam and Eve) and the angels (cf Col 1:15-17).
  2. Of the three Spirits or Persons of God, only the preexistence of Jesus Christ was called the “Word” who was God and through whom all things were created (cf Jn 1:1-3). He is called the “Word” because He is the voice of God, the verbalizer of God’s word, and He is also known as the “Word of God (cf Rv 19:13)” and the “Word of life (1Jn 1:1)”. Thus, it was the preexistence of Jesus Christ who was communicating with God the Father who was in heaven and said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness (Gen 1:26a).”
  3. If the direct Creator of Adam and Eve was God the Father alone, and not through the preexistence of Jesus Christ, then why does He have to verbalize His intention of making man as if asking for clearance or approval from someone greater than Him?
Jesus said, “The Father is greater than I (cf Jn 14:28).”
Thus, if the Father is greater than Jesus Christ, then the one verbalizing His intention of making man as if asking for clearance or approval from someone greater than Him is none other than Jesus Christ who said to the Father:
  • “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness (Gen 1:26a).”
  1. Moreover, if it was God the Father who said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness (Gen 1:26a),” then how can that be possible because God the Father is Spirit and invisible while man has a body and visible:
  • “God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in Spirit and truth.” (Jn 4:24, NAB)
According to Jesus Christ when He became a man, a spirit or a ghost has no body:
  • “Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.” (Lk 24:39, NAB)
When the preexistence of Jesus Christ became a man, He became the visible image of the invisible God:
  • He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. (Col 1:15, NAB)
Therefore, it was the preexistence of Jesus Christ who said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness (Gen 1:26a),” because He is the future visible image of the invisible God when the time was ripe for Him to be made of Mary and become a man with a visible body:
  • But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, (Gal 4:4, King James Version)
WHAT IS THE PREEXISTENCE OF JESUS CHRIST?
Being the Word who was God and who is Spirit (Jn 1:1-3, 4:24), the preexistence of Jesus Christ is Spirit.
It was the Spirit of Jesus Christ within the prophets of old who testified in them His future sufferings and resulting glories:
  • Although you have not seen him you love him; even though you do not see him now yet believe in him, you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy, as you attain the goal of (your) faith, the salvation of your souls. Concerning this salvation, prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and investigated it, investigating the time and circumstances that the Spirit of Christ within them indicated when it testified in advance to the sufferings destined for Christ and the glories to follow them. (1Pt 1:8-11, NAB)
It is the same Spirit of Jesus Christ that dwells in us who belongs to Him and gives us life:
  • But you are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the spirit, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is alive because of righteousness. If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit that dwells in you.  (Rom 8:9-11, NAB)
Therefore, it was the Spirit of Jesus Christ, that is, the preexistence of Jesus Christ, who created Adam and Eve and all things!
But never forget this declaration of the Lord God Jesus Christ:
  • “The Father and I are one.” (Jn 10:30, NAB)