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One of the things I like about writing of Creation is that Genesis 1 is about more than just Creation.  It tells the story of Jesus.  I write about this in detail in Separation in Creation Confirms Trinity, but I want to remind you of an ineteresting parallel to Day 2, as lived out by Jesus:

Separation #2
The second separating event for Him was His birth, a physical separation from His mother.  Through Mary’s pregnancy, Jesus grew, an expanse within the waters of Mary’s womb. And on the day of Christ’s birth, God separated Mary’s waters from her waters, and Jesus was born.

No matter what you believe about Creation, the age of the Earth (or the appropriateness of describing Mary’s water breaking above), Genesis 1 foretold of Jesus’ life, including his conception (”Let there be light”), birth (”separate waters from waters”), baptism (arising out of the water), and so on.  It is therefore my hope that we all remember and celebrate Jesus’ birth when we think about the Creation, particularly this Monday night.  Let us all remember that before we seperated each other through our theories, our arguing, and bickering over what the scriptures mean, God first used separation to create.

Consider the many things that man uses separation for:

• Separation from church
• Separation from family
• Separate theories
• Separate worship
• Separation of church and state
• Separate lives

We use separation to tear down, to destroy.  That is not godly and it is not the gospel.  It is not Creation.  When God separates, He creates.  And so, this Christmas season, let us try to be more like Him.  When you think of separation, think of creation.  Instead of breaking each other down, let God separate to build you up:

• Separation from sin
• Separation from temptation
• Separation from our flesh

Here is how this works for me. Last night, my family decorated our Christmas tree.  Being an engineer, I always make sure that everything on the tree is perfectly apportioned.  I love the affect of having every color spread evenly in one pattern, the pinecones spread evenly through the icicles, and both of them spread evenly through the balls.  Every year, I count how many ornaments we have, separate them into groups, separate the tree into sections, and figure out how to achieve the optimum distribution throughout.  But, here’s my problem.  You cannot see the individuality of my 6-year-old son, my brother-in-law (who has Downes and lives with us), or my wife.  Where is their contribution?  What I realized is that every year, I take what they all did and make it my own, but in so doing I feel separated.  Isn’t that funny?  No one else does to be honest, but I always do, if just a little.  So, this year I did things a bit different. I picked ornaments at random, and just put them wherever there was an empty spot.  I didn’t move a single ornament that anyone else put up.  And you know how it turned out?  Great!  Instead of me symbolically tearing everyone else down to build myself up, we combined our separate attributes and visions to create a single family Christmas tree.

Okay, one last anecdote… just as I finished the paragraph above, my 2-year old came to me with one of the Christmas tree ornaments, and then ran out of the room.  “Uh-oh” I thought, “he’s about to start bringing me ornaments from the tree.”  If you’re a father, then you’ve been there.  So, I got up to make sure he wouldn’t take down any more ornaments.  Well, when I got there, do you know what I saw?  My little boy was sitting in a pool of ornaments!  While I was writing of creation through separation, my son was doing exactly that.  I think I counted 12 ornaments he separated from the tree.  I then put them back up haphazardly with one eye, while watching him with the other.  I just wanted those ornaments out of the way.  Then, I stood back and looked at the tree.  Creation through separation, huh?  Well, now I know what it looks like, and I think it’s how God sees us.

Merry Christmas everyone!

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