3 The Creation

NO 'GREAT MAGICIAN' waved an irresponsible wand, nor did an astonished worm emerge from some primeval slime! No, it was upon the solid foundation of the self-devotion of the Son of God that there sprang into being the start of the Creation. The Heavens appeared; and the sequence of the Ages had its beginning.

       Gathering up the few references we have to this period, it seems that the Angels were created and then trained for their work of ruling the earth which was later to appear. Head of them all, and most receptive to the mind of God, was Lucifer, the chief friend of the Son of God. Out of that companionship there emerged a soul perfect in wisdom, and able to undertake the most difficult tasks and to stand at the head of his companion angels.

       To him and them the Lord entrusted the earth, which sprang into being in such a way that they could not restrain their shouts of joy. From him, and them, the Lord received the first of those stabs of treachery which were later to pierce His heart so continually. So well had Lucifer been trained by the Son of God that he successfully accomplished the task entrusted to him; but out of this success was born, not gratitude to the God who gave it, but pride: and the awful thought of supplanting his Benefactor entered his

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mind and then his heart, and there began in Heaven that jealous hatred which after long ages of relentless continuance will find its fearful reward in the eternal darkness of Hell itself. The one wronged is doubly hated. Satan aspired to equality: Christ, whose deity made it natural, rejected it. (cf. 1 Corinthians 15:28.) It was with pangs of the deepest regret that the Lord had seen His erstwhile friend fall like lightning from Heaven: no joy was to be found in that fearful ruin; but rather in the anticipation of those who, faithful unto death, would find their names written in Heaven, and rise to take his place and bring comfort to their Saviour.

       As the Lord contemplated that beautiful earth now waste and desolate through the insensate folly of pride and sin, there must have been in His heart a realisation of the desperate need for His atoning death which held the only means of bringing light out of darkness, hope out of despair, and success out of failure. The treachery of Lucifer was the first nail in the Cross of Golgotha.

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