Identity Before God’s Eyes – Gender Transitions

Identity Before God’s Eyes – Gender Transitions

Everything in this world including the universe, all things on earth and in the entire universe are created by God. It is very clear in the Bible that God created everything in existence – the heavens, the earth, and all that is in them:

Genesis 1:1 – “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”

Nehemiah 9:6 – “You are the LORD, you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you.”

God created all things through His word:

Psalm 33:6, 9 – “By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and by the breath of His mouth all their host… For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.”

John 1:3 – “All things were made through Him, and without Him was not any thing made that was made.”

Everything in the heavens, the earth, and the entire universe was created by God, is sustained by God, and belongs to God. God owns all that He created including us human beings. This is why the Bible calls us not only His creation but also His possession, and why we are accountable to Him. We are God’s property, God’s servants, and God’s children. So God owns us because He created us: “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it, for He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers” (Psalm 24:1). God is the creator, therefore, He has absolute rights over His creation (Isaiah 45:9–12).

Colossians 1:16 – “For by Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible… all things were created through Him and for Him.”

When sin entered the world through Adam, the human heart became darkened, proud, and rebellious against God’s authority. Sin entered the world and corrupted the human heart. Through Adam and Eve’s disobedience, sin entered the human experience (Genesis 3:1-7). Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned (Romans 5:12). Adam and Eve was created by God fit for eternity; but since they disobeyed God and sinned, spiritual and physical death came to all men. Spiritual death is separation from God’s presence, banishment from His kingdom, and physical death is the deceased of human body.

Bible clearly teaches that sin blinds people to the truth of God, causes them to forget they are God’s creation and property. They forgot that God is the creator and the owner. Psalm 100:3 – “Know that the LORD, He is God! It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.” Sin makes them rebel and claim self-rule, and results in the proud declaration: “This is my life; I decide.” It transforms their heart, becoming deceitful and desperately sick, so they don’t understand (Jeremiah 17:9). Declaring “this is my life, I decide” is the error of self rule – the same rebellion that began with the downfall of Lucifer, known as the fallen angel, (Isaiah 14:13–14) and Adam & Eve (Genesis 3:5). Rebellion, rejection, among others is simply a direct disobedience to God. Adam and Eve rebelled against God by disobeying His command not to eat the forbidden fruit. Lucifer was created by God as a glorious angel, and Scripture strongly suggests he held one of the highest positions in God’s heavenly order. After his rebellion, he became what we now call “the fallen angel.” Ezekiel 28:12–15 (speaking of the “king of Tyre” but widely understood to describe Lucifer in his pre-fall glory) says he was “the anointed cherub who covers” and “perfect in beauty” from the day he was created until iniquity was found in him. This “covering cherub” role likely placed him very near God’s throne — a position of extreme honor and authority. Isaiah 14:12 calls him “Lucifer” (meaning “light-bearer” or “morning star”), a title of great dignity before his rebellion. Biblical descriptions of Lucifer suggest that the fallen angel may have been the chief of the cherubim — possibly the highest-ranking angel under God’s direct authority. His beauty, wisdom, and position over “the holy mountain of God” indicate a level of glory and influence unparalleled except by God Himself. The fall and new identity of Lucifer comes after pride entered his heart: “I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High” (Isaiah 14:13–14). This rebellion caused his downfall, and Jesus said, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven” (Luke 10:18). After his fall, he was no longer called “Lucifer” the light-bearer, but Satan (“adversary”) — the enemy of God and man.