When Earth Was Created in Its Present Order, Where Was Christ Then?

There came a time when this earth was created in its present order.

• Sun, moon and stars, sea, land and all their inhabitants, 
• were called into being 
• and made out of chaos and confusion. 

And, last of all, 

• man was formed out of the dust of the ground. 
• And where was Christ then?

Hear what the Scripture says: 

• All things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made that was made (John 1:3). 
• By him were all things created, that are in heaven and that are in earth (Colossians 1:16). 
• And you, Lord, in the beginning have laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of your hands (Hebrews 1:10).

When he prepared the heavens, I (Christ) was there: 

• when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: 
• when he established the clouds above: 
• when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: 
• when he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: 

When he appointed the foundations of the earth, 

• then I was by him, 
• as one brought up with him (Proverbs 8:27-30). 

Can we wonder... 

• that the Lord Jesus, 
• in His preaching, 
• should continually draw lessons from the book of nature? 

When He spoke of....

• the sheep, 
• the fish, 
• the ravens, 
• the corn, 
• the lilies, 
• the fig tree, 
• the vine, 

He spoke of things which He Himself had made (Hebrews 1:2).

Adapted Excerpt From

Christ is All

J.C. Ryle