God, as the omnipotent Creator, has power over everything that he created and is not bound by the laws of nature that governs the Universe, as written in Jeremiah 32:27, “Behold, I am the Lord, God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me?” Even seemingly impossible tasks are not impossible with God. In the Bible, God can control the weather and even holds back the sun. “And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped.” (Joshua 10:13) This is because God does not depend on his Creation to exist, but his Creation depends on him to exist. God is transcendent over his creation and exists separately from it. The Bible makes it clear that even today, anything that exists in the Universe only exists because God is sustaining it, as written in Psalm 54:4, “The Lord is the one who sustains me.” In Wisdom 11:25 (biblical Apocrypha) this idea is further demonstrated, “How could anything last, if you did not want it to?” St Augustine agrees with the view that God the Creator is also the Sustainer and that his creation did not stop after the six days of Creation. The Creation is an ongoing process that will never end. He famously said that, “Let us believe that God works constantly, so that all creative things would perish if his work was withdrawn.”
God created everything with effortless creativity and imagination, bringing the Universe into existence just as a skilled craftsman brings a piece of artwork into existence. Creation is a free act of God, not out of any necessity. God knows exactly what he wants when he creates everything. Therefore everything that exists has its special purpose. The Bible often uses anthropomorphic languages to demonstrate this idea, for example, in Isaiah 64:8, God is depicted as a potter, “We are the clay; you are the potter.” In Genesis and Psalms, God is depicted almost as an artist, especially in his work with the skies, the stars, the valleys and mountains. These biblical verses convey the ideas of purpose, planning and a deliberate intention to create. Just as a craftsman is responsible for his work, God is responsible for the Universe and everything that exists within it. Nothing could have existed without God willing it into existence.
Since God continues to be involved in his creation after the Creation is completed, it is clear that God connects immanently with his creation. The Bible tells us that God is omnipresent, meaning that he is present everywhere at all times. God is present throughout every part of his creation, as written in Proverbs 15:3 “The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.” For Christians, the beauty of the creation reveals the Creator by reflecting the Creator’s qualities. This model of creation is known as the ‘artistic expression’. Therefore we can catch a glimpse of God’s perfection through the perfection in the Universe that he created because he is present within every part of his creation. This idea is demonstrated in Psalm 19:1 “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.” This idea is supported by theologian Jonathan Edwards. He wrote in his work, Personal Narratives, “As I was walking there and looking up into the sky and clouds, there came into my mind so sweet a sense of the glorious majesty and grace of God that I know not how to express.”
God’s omnipresence also links with his omniscience, which means that he is all-knowing. God, as the Creator, is aware of his creation and knows exactly what happens within the creation even though he does not necessarily interfere all the time, since he has given his creation, in particular humans, free will. For example, God knows it when Adam and Eve eat the Forbidden Fruit. Another reason God knows it is that God is omnipresent, as written in Jeremiah 23:24, “ ‘Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him?’ declares the Lord. “Do I not fill heaven and earth?”’ In the Bible, it is also clear that God’s knowledge and wisdom is limitless and is beyond human comprehension. God has his plans for the Universe that we might not understand, but we are told to trust God and have faith in him. This idea is demonstrated in Romans 11:33 “Oh the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!”
God, as a Creator, is also omnibenevolent. He genuinely cares for his creation and loves it. He created the Universe in a way that every creature he created could live in harmony with each other. People and animals alike are given plants to eat. Animals did not kill each other for food, and the human domination of the animal kingdom is limited; they can rule the animals, (Genesis 1:29 “Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every living creature that moves on the ground.”) but the Bible does not say that they can eat them. God cares for and provides for every single creature that he created, including those seemingly insignificant ones. This idea is demonstrated in Matthew 6:26 “Look at the birds of the air, they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.”
In conclusion, the Bible presents God as a perfect Creator. God is described to have qualities such as omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence and omnibenevolence. God is also depicted as an intelligent designer who has clear plans for his creation.