The apostles consistently present the Father as the source of creation, with Jesus as the one through whom creation came into being. They never explicitly call Jesus “the Creator” in the same way they call the Father, nor do they clearly describe Jesus as independently or actively performing the creative act. Instead, Jesus is portrayed as the divine agent involved in creation, intimately connected with God’s work, but the initiating role remains with the Father. In ancient Jewish thought and texts like 1 Enoch, the Son of Man’s name exists before creation, suggesting that God’s plan and purpose, embodied in that figure, were present from the beginning. This aligns with the New Testament idea that the Father had Jesus always in mind when creating, and that all things were created through and for him. While Jesus is central to the purpose and meaning of creation, the apostles do not explicitly depict him as actively creating apart from the Father. The focus remains on Jesus as the eternal agent and goal of God’s creative will, rather than the independent creator himself.
Stephen D Green with ChatGPT
