Creation: a Divine Activity

This past week I started a study of the Creation and the Fall. I began in Genesis, and am currently reading in Moses and will then go to the account in Abraham. I am doing this in an effort to come to know Christ more by studying His works and life and mission.

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As I first started out I had an awesome learning experience with what it means to create.

Genesis chapter 1 verse 1 states:

       In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

In the footnote for the word "created" it says "always divine activity."
That sparked my interest and got me thinking. Creation is always a divine activity? How is that?

When you are truly creating something (when creating anything), you are using those divine, godly characteristics, attributes and DNA. We were made to create and be Creators (just as President Uchtdorf has stated ).

When in the process of creating something, I believe it is a spiritual experience whether the person recognizes it or not. It's a divine activity, God is truth, all He does is in truth, and the Spirit testifies of truth.

But what about those who come up with evil designs that prove to not be of God? That question left me thinking for a while. Here is what I came up with: it's simply not a creation, but a counterfeit or a twist on truth.
Satan and his followers are incapable of being able to create something since it is "always divine activity." However, they (meaning Satan and followers) take what has already been created for the benefit of man (to progress, become, have joy) and will tweak, alter, or change it in order to bring about eventual destruction of the soul.

Think of all the amazing things in the world and how they were made for good. Think of the same things and how they eventually were changed and the purpose turned into something not originally intended. These are not originals, but counterfeits. Satan can not create.


After I had this whole thought process I began to think on more of a physical (neuro and chemical) level as to what is happening in the brain during the process of true creation compared to counterfeit. But I won't go into that here (feel free to ask me if you're curious).

You may not completely agree with me, and there may be some flaws in my thought process. This is a new and evolving impression of mine. I also may not have been able to clearly convey and communicate exactly what I felt and learned about this (actually, I know I haven't been able to completely convey everything). Take with it what you will.

I look forward to gaining a greater understanding of the power and amazing ability to create. We are blessed to have countless opportunities to participate in this godly activity.