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In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth and He also created time and He made it linear and with a purpose. In that time line He chose a people to bless and through whom He would bring redemption to the entire world (Gen 12:1-3). God raised up leaders and civilizations and he brought them down, all according to His providential plan to bring about His kingdom and to bring glory to His name (Acts 17:26-27). At just the right time the Father sent the Son to redeem humanity from their sin (Galatians 4:3-5). The next big event on history’s calendar is the Return of the King to claim His Kingdom and the heavens and the earth will be remade.

Paul tells us that Christ was involved in the creation process. All things were created by Him and for Him and are held together by Him. Colossians 1:16-17 “For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” We read in the gospel of John a similar statement John 1:3 "Through [Christ] all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.”

God has made the universe and that includes the earth. He made if for His own specific purpose, and He is holding it together, or you might say His sovereign will is being exercised over the earth even as you read. There is nothing that escapes His control. 

But every day I find brothers and sisters in the Lord who believe that mankind has greater power than God and that man has usurped power that once belonged to our Creator God. They believe that man has the power to destroy what God’s word says He has established and maintains. Where do ideas like that come from, and why do Christians believe it? This thinking does not represent the God of the Bible, but one they have been sold of human origin. 

Is your faith in God so weak that you believe man can wrestle the control over the earth from His hands? Is your faith so weak that you think man can obstruct God’s providence over the earth and the people and the kingdoms of this world? Has your faith in Christ been hijacked and replaced with a faith in man or a fear of man? O’ little sheep, your faithful Shepherd is looking for you (Matt 18:12-14). We are all prone to wandering, but the Shepherd wants us to be returned to the Flock. Don’t listen to the calls of the wolf, but return your attention to the Shepherd of your soul. He will recover you and strengthen you and restore you. 

Like it says in Daniel 4:34-35 I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever. His dominion is an eternal dominion; his kingdom endures from generation to generation. All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: "What have you done?"