Isaiah 44:6-8

ו כֹּה־אָמַר יְהוָה מֶלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל וְגֹאֲלוֹ יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אֲנִי רִאשׁוֹן וַאֲנִי אַחֲרוֹן וּמִבַּלְעָדַי אֵין אֱלֹהִים׃

ז וּמִי־כָמוֹנִי יִקְרָא וְיַגִּידֶהָ וְיַעְרְכֶהָ לִי מִשּׂוּמִי עַם־עוֹלָם וְאֹתִיּוֹת וַאֲשֶׁר תָּבֹאנָה יַגִּידוּ לָמוֹ׃

ח אַל־תִּפְחֲדוּ וְאַל־תִּרְהוּ הֲלֹא מֵאָז הִשְׁמַעְתִּיךָ וְהִגַּדְתִּי וְאַתֶּם עֵדָי הֲיֵשׁ אֱלוֹהַּ מִבַּלְעָדַי וְאֵין צוּר בַּל־יָדָעְתִּי׃ 

6 “This is what the LORD says—
Israel’s King and Redeemer, the LORD Almighty:
I am the first and I am the last;
apart from me there is no God.
7 Who then is like me? Let him proclaim it.
Let him declare and lay out before me
what has happened since I established my ancient people,
and what is yet to come—
yes, let him foretell what will come.
8 Do not tremble, do not be afraid.
Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago?
You are my witnesses. Is there any God besides me?
No, there is no other Rock; I know not one.” (NIV)

God sets off the fireworks of his name in these verses. There's nobody but him; no other god at all. Back in the early Seventeenth Century, a theologian names Cort Aslakssøn said: "The doctrine of creation has been threatened by four errors which have recurred throughout history. (1) The doctrine (of Aristotle) that the world is eternal. (2) The theory of ancient and modern philosophers (Epicurus, etc.) that the world came into being by accident. (3) The view that the world came into being by someone other than the triune God (Gnosticism). (4) All forms of dualism which recognize two principals (one good and one evil) of creation."¹

God has given us the truth purely and completely in the Bible. He alone is God. And amid all the thunder and the blast and the fireworks of his claim, he also looks to us, his bride; his sweetheart the Church to say, "Don't be afraid of all the noise. I love you. You are mine."

God's forgiveness and his gentleness and his love cover over our sins and make us his own forever.

¹ Cort Aslakssøn, "De Creatione Disputatio Prima" (Copenhagen, 1609) p.A3v, condensed.