By Gary Ray Branscome
While
the Bible does not explicitly tell us when the angels were created, the words,
In six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything
that is in them, the words, All things in heaven and earth, both
visible and invisible, were created by Him, and the words, Thus
the heavens and the earth, and everything in them, were finished, tell us
that everything was made during the six days of creation, and that would
include angels (Exodus 20:11, Colossians 1:16, Genesis 2:1).
Just
as the life of a child is derived from its parents, so the soul of a child
is derived from its parents through propagation. The words, On the
seventh day God ended His work, tell us that God is not creating more
souls, just as He is not creating more animals (Genesis 2:2). Instead all that
is born comes from what was originally created. Likewise, the words, Behold,
I was shaped in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me, tell us
that Davids mother conceived him, not just a body that he later
occupied (Psalm 51:5). Those who claim that God creates a new soul for each
body, have God corrupting souls by placing them into sinful bodies, and into
homes where they are taught idolatry. And, the false claim that an unborn child
does not yet have a soul has been used to justify murder (abortion).
The
words, Our God is in the heavens: He has done whatever He has pleased,
tell us that God did not have to create the universe, and it is not some sort
of emanation from Him as pantheists imagine, but He created all things for His
glory just as His Word says (Psalm 115:3).
The
words, God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good,
tell us that none of the evil we now see in the earth, death, suffering,
calamity, hardship is in the world because God created it that way (Genesis