This lesson is compatible with the "Creation, Adam, and Cain" Flash-A-Cards from Abeka Books.  

Scripture References: Genesis 1

Have you ever thought about who created God?

Was God born?

What was God like before there were any planets?  Did God even exist before the planets?!

The Bible tells us the answers to these questions!

Where can we find the verse in the Bible that tells us God created everything?

Genesis 1:1!

“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”

This verse tells us that God was before the planets.

So, who created God?  Was he born?

We will look in the book of Psalms for the answer.  Psalm 90:2 says “ Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.”

Before the earth was made, God was God.  From the beginning of time until the end of time, God is God.  This means no one created Him.  He was not born.

Many times when we read Genesis 1:1, we think of only God the Father who made the universe.  Did you know that God the Son (Jesus), and God the Spirit (the Holy Spirit) created the universe as well?  They were all three there!

What do we call all three persons of God?  [The Trinity!]  Let’s look at this triangle.  In each orange cirlcle we see one of the persons of God.  All three persons are God (look at the yellow circle).  God the Father is God.  God the Holy Spirit is God.  God the Son is God.  Is God the Father the same as God the Son?  No!  Look at the blue lines.  God the Father is not Jesus, God the Son.  Jesus is not God the Holy Spirit.  But all three are God.  This is the Trinity.

All three were before the plants, the sun, the stars.  All three were there for the creation of Earth!

Let’s look at Genesis again.  We can see God the Father is in creation.  God the Holy Spirit was there, too!  Genesis 1:2 says so!  When God made the earth, it was a big blob, without mountains or earth.  It was covered in water.  “And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”  This is talking about the Holy Spirit!  He was there creating the Earth with God the Father!

What about Jesus?  Jesus hadn’t come to earth to be born in Bethlehem yet.  He wasn’t born of the virgin Mary, yet.  Behtlehem didn’t exist!  Mary wouldn’t be born for a couple of thousand years yet!  So where was Jesus, the Son of God?

Let’s look in the New Testament.  John 1, verses 1 through 3.

“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 any thing made that was made.”  Here, the Bible uses a different name for Jesus.  It calls Jesus the “Word”.  Verse 14 of the same chapter tells us that this “Word” is Jesus.  “And the Word was made 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.”  Jesus would later be made flesh and blood when he came to be born as a baby.  But in the beginning, he existed with God, because He is also God.

Let’s look at John 1:3 again.  All things were made by Jesus.  Jesus was with God the Father creating everything, the same as God the Holy Spirit.

So was God born?  If so, who was God’s mother?

The Bible tells us that God was NOT born, or created.

Isaiah 44:6 says “… I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.”

God was the first and only God.  No other God created Him.  He was not born, because there was no one before Him.  The same is true of Jesus and the Holy Spirit.  Remember that all three persons are God.

Many people believe that Mary (the virgin God used to send Jesus into the world as a baby) was God’s wife because she was Jesus’ mother when he was born.  This is not true.  God was never married to anyone.  Not even Mary.  God decided to use Mary, a regular person, and a sinner like everyone else, to bring Jesus to earth in skin and bones.  To pay for our sins, Jesus had to be both God, and man.  He became a baby so that he could have our same skin and bones, and blood flowing through his body.  Why did he need skin, bone, and blood like a man?  He had to shed his blood on the cross!  Just like the sacrifices of lambs in the Old Testament, without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.  Jesus gave his perfect blood on the cross so that we could have forgiveness of sins.  That is why he left his home in heaven to be born as a baby.  Jesus created everything, including Adam and Eve!  Jesus the creator decided to become a part of creation when he became a baby (man)!  He knew all along it would mean a horrible, painful, and sad death on the cross.  What a wonderful thing to do for us!  I’m glad he died on the cross for my sins, and rose again (proving he is God!)

So, let’s answer our questions.

Was God before or after the planets? 

Who made God?

Who made Jesus?

Who made the Holy Spirit?

Who was there to create the earth?

Did Jesus exist before he was born in Bethlehem of the virgin Mary?  Where?

Sometimes it is hard to understand how God could have no beginning.  It’s is hard to imagine God not being created, or born long, long ago.  It is very hard to imagine.  But the Bible says it is true.  Who wrote the Bible?  God!  I believe the Bible, so I believe what it says about God.  I’m glad we have the Bible to answer some of our questions.  We might never really understand everything until we get to heaven!  But in the meantime, we can ask God to help us believe His Word, and everything it says about Him.  Let’s pray right now and ask Him to help us.