The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. vv.15-16
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Jesus is God. They're ONE, not two separate gods. Jesus is the image, the physical representation, the face of God. When He's called the "firstborn" that doesn't mean He had a beginning- the next part of the verse clearly says that He was there in Genesis 1 creating everything. The Greek word for first born is PROTOTOKOS and means "the most important or priority one or supreme or first in rank." So Christ was neither born nor created. All things abstract and concrete (invisible/visible) Christ triumphs. Today people get caught up in the abstract things, where spirituality isn't just a Christian term but used of things unexplained visibly but give honor to other gods. Do you give God the supremacy He deserves? How do you understand Jesus being fully God (v.19)?
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