Reference: Creature
Easton
denotes the whole creation in Ro 8:39; Col 1:15; Re 5:13; the whole human race in Mr 16:15; Ro 8:19-22.
The living creatures in Eze 10:15,17, are imaginary beings, symbols of the Divine attributes and operations.
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Then the cherubim rose up. They are the living beings that I saw by the river Chebar.
When the cherubim stood still, the wheels would stand still; and when they rose up, the wheels would rise with them, for the spirit of the living beings was in them.
And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.
For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope read more. that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.
nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, "To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever."
Hastings
In AV 'creature' is used in the general (and original) sense of 'what is created.' Thus 2Co 5:17 'if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature'; 1Ti 4:4 'for every creature of God is good.' In Ro 8:19-21 it is not merely living creatures in the modern use of the word that wait for deliverance, but the whole creation of God (as AV itself has it in Ro 8:22).
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For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope read more. that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude;