The Father was under no compulsion to create. It was His eternal option! At the moment that it pleased the Godhead for Him to do so, He issued the divine decree regarding creation. Creation flowed forth from the Father’s decretive will!

The Son is the image of the invisible God (cf. Col. 1:15a; Heb. 1:3). He is eternal in His divine nature (cf. John 1:1, 2). By means of hypostatic union, the Son is the person of the Christ. The Father decreed Him to be the Firstborn of every creature (cf. Col. 1:15b); though He would be born of a woman in the fullness of time (cf. Gal. 4:4). From the beginning of the plan, He was the Father’s appointed celebrity of the ages. Christ was the actual creator and He is the sustainer of all things (cf. Col. 1:16, 17 with John 1:3). As the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end of the Father’s plan, He is the focal point of all revealed truth (cf. John 14:6), and as the Living Word and Living Revelation of God (cf. John 1:1-2; 14).

“Jesus of Nazareth was not a mere man, excelling others in purity of life and conduct and in sincerity of purpose, simply distinguished from other teachers by the fullness of His knowledge. He is the God-man. Such view of the person of Messiah is the assured foundation of the entire Scriptural testimony of Him, and it is to irresistibly inferred from the style and strain in which He habitually spake of Himself.” John Stock, The God-Man (reprinted in The Fundamentals Vol. 2 (1917)

The Son is Emmanuel, the God-Man (cf. Matt. 1:23). He came at the incarnation to explain the Father through His person, His lifestyle, His work, and His teaching (cf. John 1:14; 18 with 5:17; 9:4). He is one person; yet He is both God and man!

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 KJAV

The entire Triune Godhead had a part in creation. “God” (Heb. Elohim) is a Hebrew uni-plural noun and therefore the Trinity is latent in it. The Father, as Jehovah, is the designer of all creation (cf. Isa. 45:18a with 46:9, 10). The Son, who is also absolute God (Heb. Elohim), did the work of creation (cf. Isa. 45:18b with Rom. 11:36; Heb. 1:2). The Spirit was also involved in creation (cf. Ps. 104:30; Gen. 1:2). Creation was the unified work of the Triune Godhead.

It is essential that believers come to understand the Father’s purpose in creation as it relates to finite rational beings; both spirit beings (i.e. Bne Ha El, sons of God, angels) and mankind (members of the Adamic human race). God is the only infinite eternal being. Spirit beings are created beings. Even though they do not have material bodies, they are finite beings. The human race consists of finite beings with material bodies. All mankind is descended from Adam and Eve (cf. Gen. 3:20 with 5:1-5). The Father designed creation for His purpose (cf. Eph. 1:9; 3:11) and that purpose included revealing God to mankind (cf. Heb. 1:1-3).