Works of Deity
Works of deity also are ascribed to the Holy Spirit.The Scriptures teach that all three Persons of the Godhead were active in the creation.
In Genesis 1:1 we learn, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth," and in verse 2 we further learn that "the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters."
And in John 1:3 we discover that Jesus was also involved: 'All things were made through Him [Christ], and without Him
nothing was made that was made."
Paul adds in Colossians 1:16,17: For by Him [Jesus] all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
In the Psalms we read more about the Holy Spirit's part in creation: "By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth" (Psalm 33:6).
The word breath in Hebrew is ruach, which means "wind," or "spirit."
So Psalm 33:6 could very well be translated, "By the
word of the Lord [and Jesus, of course, is the Word of the Lord] were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the Spirit [or breath, ruach] of His mouth."
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