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"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without
Him was not anything made that was made" (John 1: 1-3).
With this direct assertion should be read the words of Isa. 45: 18: "I am the Lord,
and there is none else."
"For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible
and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominion, or principalities, or powers: all
things were created by Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and by Him all
things consist" (Col. 1: 16, 17).
Here not only the work of creation itself is ascribed to the Lord Jesus Christ, but the
"glory" of creation is His too: "All things were created by Him and for Him, and He is
before all things." With this passage we may read Isaiah's statement: "My glory will I
not give to another."
The third passage is found in the Epistle to the Hebrews:
"And Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the
heavens are the works of thine hands" (Heb. 1: 10).
Here the title given to the Son is "Lord", the N.T. equivalent of the O.T. "Jehovah"
(See, for example, Matt. 3: 3).
In connection with Heb. 1: let us turn for a moment to Psa. 104::
"Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, Thou art very great: Thou art clothed
with honour and majesty. Who coverest Thyself with light as with a garment; Who
stretchest out the heavens like a curtain . . . . . Who maketh His angels spirits, His
ministers a flaming fire, Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be
removed for ever" (Psa. 104: 1-5).
Heb. 1: and 2: were evidently written with this Psalm in mind. The words "honour
and majesty" remind one of Heb. 2: 9 and II Pet. 1: 17; and the reference to a
garment has something in common with the folding up of a vesture, to which the passing
away of creation is likened in Heb. 1: Moreover, as in Heb. 1:, we have the angels
spoken of as ministering spirits. In verse 5 we read: "Who laid the foundations of the
earth" (Psa. 104: 5). If we turn the statement into a question, Heb. 1: answers: "He Who
in fullness of time was revealed as the Son of God." If we ask, "Who stretched out the
heavens like a curtain?" Heb. 1: answers: "The heavens are the work of the hands of the
Son of God."
Job was confounded at the majesty of the Creator, when the Lord asked:
"Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast
understanding" (Job 38: 4).