Christ at Creation - Proverbs 8 contains a beautiful description of some of God’s works during the creation week when God, in Christ, was creating all things. Christ Himself, personified as the divine wisdom, the word of God, speaks of His pre-existence before creation. When the earth was finished, He “rejoiced in the habitable part of his earth.” In all the mighty works of creating all things, the Lord Jesus Christ assures us “I was there.” That further assures us that through all the ages to come, He will be there

“When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep.” - (Proverbs 8:27-28)

This chapter contains a beautiful description of some of God’s works during the creation week when God, in Christ, was creating and making all things. 

Christ Himself, personified as the divine wisdom, the word of God, is speaking.

Verse 27 speaks of His pre-existence before the creation of the space/time universe itself. 

At first the “earth” matter was “without form,” with only a great “deep” of water. 

Then God “set a compass” on the face of the deep, activating the gravitational forces that brought it into spherical form. 

The Hebrew word for “compass” means “sphere,” the same word used in Isaiah 40:22, where it is said God “sitteth upon the circle [i.e., ‘sphere’] of the earth.”

Then God “established the clouds above.” 

The word for “clouds” means “thin mists,” undoubtedly referring to the waters “above the firmament” (Genesis 1:7).

Finally, He strengthened the fountains of the deep, locking them under the “foundations of the earth” (Proverbs 8:29). 

The same strong fountains of the deep would later be broken up at the time of the great Flood. 

When the earth was finished, He “rejoiced in the habitable part of his earth” - (i.e., Proverbs 8:31).

In all these and the other mighty works of creating and making all things, the Lord Jesus Christ assures us “I was there!” 

That further assures us, of course, that through all the ages to come, He will be there.

This remarkable eighth chapter of Proverbs concludes with the following exhortation, more relevant today than ever: 

“For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favor of the LORD. 

"But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all that hate me love death” - (Proverbs 8:35-36).

BY HENRY M. MORRIS, PH.D. 

 Days of Praise.

the Institute for Creation Research

icr.org

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