Creation Windows

“When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!” Psalm 8: 3, 9

God’s works unfold in the seven Creation Windows. Moving from the west (back) of the sanctuary, we see The Beginning, The Separation of the Firmament, Son and Moon and Animal Life. In the sixth window, Adam, Eve and Child, we see suggestions of the human family (father, mother and child in contemporary blue jeans) and the holy family (Joseph, Mary and Jesus). Mary, sheltered by Joseph’s arm, holds in her hand the cross with the orb of the world. The Holy Family-human family remind us of the triumph of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ throughout the earth and in every age.
The final window, The Trinity, reminds us that all of creation portrayed in the preceding windows is by the God who has three ways of being God: Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier. In the upper right corner we see the hands of the giver Creator. In the center is the cross of Christ triumphant over the world, and the small alpha and omega. He is in the beginning and the end of creation, redemption and the consummation of history. Over all the figure of the Holy Spirit, who accomplishes the work of the Father and the Son in the world, appears in majesty.
Repeated inspections of these Creation Windows will bring new discoveries and insight for people of faith.

The Beginning - “In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.” Genesis 1: 1-2 — *The Beginning* - “In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.” **Genesis 1: 1-2**

Vegetation - “And God said, ‘Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it… — *Vegetation* - “And God said, ‘Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, ‘Let the earth put forth vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the seed in it.’ And it was so.” **Genesis 1:9-11**

The Trinity - “God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude. And on the seventh day God finished … — *The Trinity* - “God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude. And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done.” **Genesis 1:31, 2:1-2**

Separation of the Firmament - “And God said, ‘Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.’ So God made the dome and separated the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above the… — *Separation of the Firmament -* “And God said, ‘Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.’ So God made the dome and separated the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above the dome. And it was so. God called the dome Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.” **Genesis 1:6-8**

Animal Life - “And God said, ‘Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.’” Genesis 1:20 — *Animal Life* - “And God said, ‘Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.’” **Genesis 1:20**

Sun and Moon - “Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light . . . . God made the two great lights - the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night - and the stars.” Genesis 1:3, 16 — *Sun and Moon* - “Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light . . . . God made the two great lights - the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night - and the stars.” **Genesis 1:3, 16**

Adam, Eve and Child - “Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth… — *Adam, Eve and Child* - “Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.’ So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” **Genesis 1:26-27**