10. What is the ‘mega-narrative’ of Creation?

The Bible is a story—a story of the faithful, covenantal love of God for you and me. All of us, regardless of gender, race, education or position, were created in the image of God for a close, loving relationship with Him (Zephaniah 3:17). Love is the motivation for all God does. His created works of nature function as a witness and an agency to lead us to His heart of love.JTL12 6.7

God’s creative power is involved not only in Creation, but in redemption and restoration. This redeeming, restoring power is not limited to changing human lives. The same power that originally created the heavens and the earth will, after the final judgment, re-create them, making of them a new and magnificent creation. If God’s creation activities require long geological eras, then the recreation of the world would need to follow the same pattern. This “deep time” recreation would destroy the biblical eschatological sequence, however.JTL12 6.8

The Bible begins and ends with the same story: Creation. Genesis 1 and 2 tell of the creation of our world and all that is in it. Revelation 21 and 22 continue with the story of the new re-creation. Everything in between contains the grand history of the plan of salvation, accomplished by our Creator God, without a thread of human intervention.JTL12 6.9