How God Keeps Creation Both Good and New
So, as we bring Part I of this book to a close, let’s talk about how God keeps
creation both good and new—which means always going somewhere even
better. I know some Christians might be hesitant about this, but the helpful
word here is “evolution.” God keeps creating things from the inside out, so they
are forever yearning, developing, growing, and changing for the good. This is
the fire he has cast upon the earth, the generative force implanted in all living
things, which grows things both from within—because they are programmed
for it—and from without—by taking in sun, food, and water.
If we see the Eternal Christ Mystery as the symbolic Alpha Point for the
beginning of what we call “time,” we can see that history and evolution indeed
have an intelligence, a plan, and a trajectory from the very start. The Risen
Christ, who appears in the middle of history, assures us that God is leading us
somewhere good and positive, all crucifixions to the contrary. God has been
leading us since the beginning of time, but now God includes us in the process
of unfolding (Romans 8:28–30). This is the opportunity offered us as humans,
and those who ride this Christ train are meant to be the “New Humanity”
(Ephesians 2:15b). Christ is both the Divine Radiance at the Beginning Big Bang
and the Divine Allure drawing us into a positive future. We are thus bookended
in a Personal Love—coming from Love, and moving toward an ever more
inclusive Love. This is the Christ Omega! (Rev. 1:6)
Maybe you personally do not feel a need for creation to have any form,
direction, or final purpose. After all, many scientists do not seem to ask such
ultimate questions. Evolutionists observe the evidence and the data, and say the
universe is clearly unfolding and expanding, although they do not know the
final goal. But Christians believe the final goal does have a shape and meaning—
which is revealed from the way creation began in “very goodness!” Everything
that rises does seem to converge. The biblical symbol of the Universal and
Eternal Christ standing at both ends of cosmic time was intended to assure us
that the clear and full trajectory of the world we know is an unfolding of
consciousness with “all creation groaning in this one great act of giving birth”
(Romans 8:22).
The New Testament has a clear sense of history working in a way that is both