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Volume 33   Number 07 Feb 15, 2009

        Genesis 1:1-2: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
        Verse 3: And God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light."
        Verse 6: And God said, "Let there be an expansion in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."
        Verse 9: And God said, "Let there be oceans. Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so.
        Verse 11: And God said, "Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself on the earth"; and it was so.
        Verse 14: And God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons and for days and years."
        Verse 20: And God said, "Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the expanse of the heavens."
        Verse 24: And God said, "Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind"; and it was so.
        Verses 26-28: And God said, "Let Us make man in Our image (our DNA), according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
        Verse 31: And God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
        God's intelligent design only required His thought and His word. Psalm 33:6a: By the word of the Lord the heavens were made...
        John 1:1-14: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
        There was a man sent from God whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. He was not that Light but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light which gives light to every man who comes into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the power to become children (sons) of God, even to those who believe in His name; who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
        Psalm 19:1: The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows His handiwork. Psalm 102:25: Of old You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. Psalm 24:1-2: The earth is the Lord's and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein. For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
        Hebrews 1:10: "You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands." Hebrews 11:3: By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. This is talking about the power of the spoken word of God. Remember, what God says, is. God saw you before you were, and God sees you now in ways beyond what you can see.
        Romans 8:28-30: And we know (perceive and understand) that all things work together for (the) good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose (according to His Intelligent Design). For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed (or fashioned) to the image of His Son (in the DNA of His Son), that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called (according to His purpose), these He also justified; and whom He justified (just-as-if-I'd-never-sinned), these He also glorified (Doxazo-Zoe-Life, the Life of God).
        Hebrews 2:10: For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect (complete, mature) through sufferings (through the things He endured).
        Who are you? Your answer should be: "I am the called according to His purpose...according to His INTELLIGENT DESIGN."
        1 John 3:1-3: Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called the children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. Beloved, now we are children (sons) of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
        Did you get that? God says that now we are the sons of the God. Now! Isn't that great. But there is more. It has not been revealed what we shall be, so there is something beyond just being sons. It says we shall be like Him.
        1 John 4:17b: ...as He is, so are we in this world (according to His Intelligent Design). So the hope we have is not just getting to heaven or just being sons but BEING JUST LIKE HIM. Romans 8:19 says that all of God's creation is waiting for what He has said to be manifest. For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.
        Jesus prayed: "Father, glorify Your Son that Your Son may glorify You." Our prayer should be: "Father, glorify Your son or daughter so that I may glorify You."
        God had nothing and made everything. We have something to make more. God said, "Let there be..." and it was. Now He is saying, "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so." Creation is waiting for you to say so.
        "I am bringing sons into My Glory," says the Lord. "You are precious to Me, and I am in this hour bringing forth sons and daughters into My Image, My Nature, and My Character, to reveal My presence in the earth.
        For the time is quickly coming when you will stand, arrayed in My Glory and presence, and the past will be a distant memory not to be compared with My Glory in you," says the Lord. "I have ordained that you will reveal My Glory, My very presence in this earth. All of creation is waiting for you to arise, for now you are the sons of God."