There are many references to Jesus being the creator of the world (you know them all). However, Gen. 1:1 states God created the world. Is this God the Father, or God the Son? Or is this the triune? Eph. 3:9 states that God, “who created all things by Jesus Christ.” KJV. The ASV 1901 leaves out “by Jesus Christ.” My question is, which one created the world? ~ Robert Brooks
In Genesis 1:1-27 respecting the whole creation, including mankind, a plural form of God is used to designate the Creator. From other passages, we learn that there are three persons in the Godhead (Matthew 28:19). The knowledge that “God” refers to plural persons relative to creation is apparent also from the plural pronouns associated with God creating man. “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness …” (Genesis 1:26). Notice the Hebrew word for God in Genesis Chapter One and its corresponding definition.
‘elohiym (el-o-heem’); plural of OT:433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God …” (Biblesoft’s New Exhaustive Strong’s Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright (c) 1994, Biblesoft and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
All three persons of the Godhead participated in the creation of the world. Though the ASV drops the reference to the Father creating the world through Jesus Christ in Ephesians 3:9, the ASV retains that information in Hebrews 1:1-2. The Godhead is united (John 10:30) but composed of three persons so that even what one person of the Godhead does directly, the other persons of the Godhead might be said to do the same thing at least indirectly. Jesus Christ is primarily ascribed with establishing and maintaining creation (Colossians 1:16-17). The “Spirit of God” (Holy Spirit), along with the other two persons of the Godhead is attributed with participating in creation also (Genesis 1:2). The Godhead, comprised of three persons, participated in all of creation.
