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the bridge of time, all the necessary work is com pleted. Once God has traveled from eternity past, through the bridge of time, and into eternity future, He will declare, "Finished!" In eternity fu ture God will enjoy His finished work.
How long is this bridge of time? It may be more or less than six thousand years long. On this bridge of time God accomplishes five things, and we need to consider each of them in turn. We begin with creation.
CREATION
John 1:3 says, "All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being which has come into being." Creation brings things into being. The meaning of crea tion is to call things not being as being (Rom. 4:17). The purpose of creation is to produce a receptacle to receive God as life. Consider the items in creation: the heavens, the earth, the billions of physical things, and man. What is the most important item in creation? Nothing is more important than man. Man is a V.I.P., a very important person. According to the Bible, the heavens are for the earth, and the earth is for man (Zech. 12:1). Everything is for man. The minerals, the vegetable life, and the animal life