“For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities -- his eternal power and divine nature -- have been ‘CLEARLY SEEN’, being ‘UNDERSTOOD’ from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.” ROMANS 1:20

     As such, from what has been made, it is written that it is specifically “people” who have been able to, and who are able to, “clearly see” God’s invisible qualities. And that this has been the same “since the beginning of the creation of the world”. Which, as a defining statement, has some very far reaching consequences.

     Firstly, it unseats all the “evolution theorists”, being all those who postulate that “the species” that is man evolved “step-by-step” as a step-shift change over eons of time, incrementally mutating from one form unto another, until eventually arriving on some distant day, long after the beginning of creation, at a self-determined “perfection” known as man. But, surely, if it is written that “from the beginning of the world” that people have been able to clearly see the invisible qualities of God, would that not mean that people had to have been there right from the world’s very beginning? How is it then true that man only eventually became a man by evolving into man “over time”?

      Does it not clearly state that “since the creation of the world” His invisible qualities have “been seen”? To have “been seen” since the creation of the world would suggest that “eyes” that not only can see, but that can also understand such invisible qualities, had to have been there from the very beginning of the world. Which presupposes an already advanced consciousness, one that existed right from the beginning of the world, rather than one that purportedly evolved and developed over time, and which eventually arrived at a measure of such a deeper understanding only as a process of incremental advancement over time.

     At the same time, if, in fact, evolution did exist, what would that then say of the current form of man which we have now all come to know as man? If evolution is a relentless force unto itself, being an inertia towards something of greater distinction, something more refined and substantive, does this not then suggest that as a direct and logical process of the progressive continuum that is evolution, that mankind as we currently know it will not be recognisable in time to come? Which would imply that man as we now know man to be, is merely a temporary facet of creation, never to be seen again in time to come. And if so, with all the scientific and technological means of scrutiny and evaluation richly available to mankind, why have we not seen any “further evolutionary developments” in man for the past few millennia? Has the notion of an evolution that supposedly survived and persisted “for billion of years” then simply and inexplicably, without reason or cause, suddenly run out of steam? It would also appear completely counter intuitive to then accept what is accepted as being “the centrepiece and masterpiece of creation” as being “a masterpiece” if it could still improve on itself through evolution? For is it not already declared and written, “For we are God’s masterpiece” in Ephesians 2:10?

     Having said that, out of all the things that have been made in creation, because it is man alone that not only has eyes to see, but also the mind to understand what their eyes see, it is specifically “people” that will be “without excuse” for not believing in God, since it is those same people that can “clearly see and understand” the invisible qualities of God, being plainly visible in all that which has been made since the beginning of the world.

     And yet, when it comes to all that which is made, does that not also include men? Does it not tell us in Psalm 24:1 that, “The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it”? That would include EVERYTHING. Including man. And yet, is it not also written that man is made in the image of God? (Genesis 1:27). Does this not, therefore, also suggest that if man is made “in the image” of God, then in man himself, people should therefore be able to also clearly see the invisible qualities of God? For does it not say plainly that God’s invisible qualities have been clearly seen, being understood from what has “been made”? And does Genesis 1:27 not plainly state that man has “been made”? And more so that he has been made in “the image” of God? Surely, then, more than all that is in the world and everything that lives in it, the invisible qualities of God should be seen more clearly in man than in anything else?

     Which brings us to what those invisible qualities are. Romans defines these invisible qualities of God as falling into two categories. Firstly, those invisible qualities that demonstrate the “eternal power” of God. And, secondly, those invisible qualities that showcase the “divine nature” of God.

     When it comes to man, is it not written that “I have begun a work in you and that I will perfect it, even for that day of my appearing when all who are ready shall be received of Me into My glory”? (Philippians 1:6). Does this not plainly tell us all, “Think not that My work for you, in providing for your redemption and salvation from sin, is all that is required. I say, this is only the beginning?” And as such, what then does “being received of Me into My glory” mean? Surely it speaks of that day when His “eternal power” and His “divine nature” become clear qualities in all those who are ready to be “received of Him”? And given that salvation is only the beginning of the work that He will perfect in all of us, does it not mean that the work that He has begun is the labour of love of making all the invisible qualities of God perfect and plain for all the world to see in those who are ready to be received into His glory?

     In much the same way that from the days of Adam and Abraham, right through to the days of Jesus, and then onto these last days, that the revelation of God has been progressively revealed in incrementally greater measure, so too for those who are not content with merely His salvation, but in allowing Jesus to perfect His work in them shall progressively reveal the invisible qualities of God in increasing measure for all the world to see. Which is a work that has begun firstly with the world being able to clearly see His “divine nature” in all those who are entirely sold out for the full work of the Cross. But, soon, there is coming a time when His “eternal power” will also be clearly seen. For just as Moses first ascended the mountain of God’s habitation, and then descended wearing the glory of the Father upon him, a Moses company of forerunner sons will all soon receive and wear the eternal power of the glory of Him for all the world to plainly see. Which will be all those angels, being God’s vessels and messengers, who like Moses, have first ascended upon Jacob’s ladder into the habitation of God, and then, from His throne, descended back to earth His footstool, that they may bring the manna of His messages from heaven to the dry land and parched palate of man’s soul.

     And just like Moses, they, too, shall wear the eternal power as the seven-fold sun of the glory of God upon themselves in a manner that is entirely unmistakable and clearly seen so that all who look upon it are without excuse.