Question
“Why was the World created if men were only going to destroy it?
Response
It is obvious from what God says about His creation in general, and also specifically about His creation of the angelic realm and of mankind to operate with Him within His creation, that He did not create either the heavens or the earth for the purpose of having them destroyed by angels or by men. God did not create the issues of sin, evil, unrighteousness, ungodliness, wickedness, corruption, destruction, and the like. Nor when He created the angelic realm for the heavens, and man for the earth, did He create sinful angels or sinful man. Therefore, God does not take responsibility for sin, or for sinful and sinning creatures, regardless of what man with his vain imaginations might think or say. Instead when God created. He brought into existence, (both with heaven and with the earth), that which was by design perfectly compatible with His own being and nature; including the angels and man. Hence God does not declare to us, nor are we to think, that He created anything for the purpose of destroying it, or for seeing it destroyed. And as such the responsibility and/or blame for sin, evil, destruction, etc., cannot be ‘laid at His feet.’ Instead, the responsibility, blame, and/or guilt for it can only be placed elsewhere. In truth it can only be ‘laid at the feet’ of the creatures themselves, who originally having been perfectly created to operate with God in His creation, freely opted to act contrary to God’s stated will for them. And this is exactly what happened, as for example Genesis 3 sets forth with regards to man on the earth. By opting to act contrary to God’s stated will for them, certain of the angels in the heavenly realm became sinful angels producing ungodliness, evil, wickedness, and corruption in that realm; and man on the earth became a sinful creature, producing ungodliness, unrighteousness, evil, corruption, and destruction, in and on the earth.
Man’s destructiveness, therefore, is not to be thought of by us as a natural by-product of God’s creation of the earth. The ‘finger of blame,’ so to speak, is not to be pointed at God. Instead man’s destructiveness is solely the natural by-product and direct result of man himself becoming a sinful creature by the action of his own will, when (as Genesis 3 sets forth) Adam chose to go contrary to God’s declared will. In connection with this, as the apostle Paul says in Romans 3:16, “Destruction and misery are in their ways.” And Paul says as he declares and proves the reality of “both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin.” (Romans 3:9) “Destruction,” therefore, is in man’s “ways’” because he is “under sin.” Moreover, as Paul goes on to say in verse 19, these fruits of sin that he cites from the law make it so that “every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.” Men themselves, therefore, are the ones who are “guilty” when it comes to sin and its fruits, including “destruction.” God is not the one who is guilty.
Hence, God didn’t create the world for men to destroy it. Rather He created the world for His own purpose, and this in spite of what either angels and/or men might do as part of creation. And God will yet fulfill His purpose in spite of what sinful angels and sinful man have done, do, or will yet do until the Lord’s “day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.” Again, “destruction and misery” are ‘in men’s ways.’ And they are in men’s ways because men themselves are “under sin,” being ones who are both born and live in the image and likeness of sinful Adam, after he had become a sinner by freely opting to go contrary to God’s will for man.
Keith Blades
Enjoy The Bible Ministries
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