Did Christ Create Time?

[Posted November 12, 2024]

Hey Mike,

Hope all is well. Did God create time through Jesus? (assuming time is even a thing that is created or might be simply a consequence or by-product of creation itself.)

Heb 1:2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world (greek: Aions).

Could the creation of Jesus have triggered the creation of the Ages? I can continue to seek this out, but I am hoping this is something you’ve thought about before and have a few verses I can look to for an answer. Didn’t find anything on the website on this topic.

Thanks!

YBITC,
R___

Hi R___,

Thank you for this question. You ask, “Did God create time through Jesus?”

The answer is, Absolutely! We are twice told that “We were called in Christ before the world began”:

2Ti 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

Tit 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

The English words, “world began”, in both verses are translated from the Greek words “chronos aionios”, which literally translated is ‘times eonian’, and as the verse you referenced make clear, the eons were created by Christ:

Heb 1:2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world (greek: Aions).

Time itself is nothing more than the calculation of the revolutions of the earth as it revolves around the sun. One revolution of the earth on its axis is one day. Three hundred and sixty five revolutions of the earth is one year, which is the time it takes for the earth to revolve around the sun. That one year is broken down into 12 months, of 30 days each in the Hebrew calendar. An extra month was added 7 times every 19 years to keep the seasons adjusted because there are really 365.25 days in a year. Here is a link that gives those details if you are interested: https://amyisroelchai.org/original/iseasons.html

The only point I am making is that we are plainly told that Christ created the heavens and the earth, and therefore He is obviously the Creator of ‘time’:

Exo 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

The Father made Christ “both Lord and Christ” and John tells us that there is nothing that was not created by Christ:

Act 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
Joh 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Christ calls Himself “the beginning of the creation” by which the Father created all other things:

Rev 3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

Since “all things were made by Him, Christ Himself was therefore created outside of time, which gives Him preeminence above all mankind.

It all serves to demonstrate that just as the Father created Christ first and then used Him to create everything else, we also are Christ’s creation, by which He will save all others.

I hope this is of some help to you, R___.

Your fellow student,

Mike