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March 4, 1984
The apostle Paul made a point to clarify for the Colossians precisely who Jesus is: the image of the invisible God. Paul describes Jesus as the firstborn over all creation—a reference to position, not time. Jesus is also the Creator and before all things—a fact that emphasizes both His preexistence and His eternal existence. Finally, in Christ, all things hold together in the universe—a reality that, as Alistair Begg explains, should bring great confidence to all believers.
15iHe is the image of jthe invisible God, kthe firstborn of all creation. 16For by6 him all things were created, lin heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether mthrones or ndominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created othrough him and for him. 17And phe is before all things, and in him all things qhold together. 18And rhe is the head of the body, the church. He is sthe beginning, tthe firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. 19For uin him all the vfullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20and wthrough him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, xmaking peace yby the blood of his cross.
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