He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, 14. in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. 15The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16.For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in ALL THINGS He (Jesus) may have preeminence. For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him, 20 and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross. (Colossians 1:13-19).
Preminence means first place. No one should call him a ‘second person’ because he has preeminence in ALL things. Preeminence as to his deity, supremacy, sovereignity and person. He has pre-eminence in all things. He has preeminence because all of deity dwells full in him. He therefore has all the ability of God all the wisdom of God and all the power of God.
Christ the image of God
God is Spirit that is invisible hence he has no visible feet hands etc ‘image’ no likeness or No one like him. but Christ… ‘We note accordingly (1) that the word “image” (like the word “form,”Philippians 2:6,7) is used in the New Testament for real and essential embodiment, as distinguished from mere likeness.’ (Ellicotts). No one like him, hence he is the image of the invisible God or he is God himself.
Gods person was the beginning of all creation
Rev 3;14 the beginning of creation The person of the Lord is unbegotten uncreated and from everlasting to everlasting he is God. Christ is the visible representation of the invisible God, the Firstborn and Lord of all creation. (WEYMOUTH)
The first born of every creature
This is not a reference to ‘the Son of God’ This verse is telling us that the first bron is the invisdible God, who became flesh. (son). He is the firstborn, the first one who existed the self existing one, not born of another. and that he made peace through his blood. The only begotten ion John1:14 is not the Son born of Mary But Jehovah. Col 1:15
Christ has all preeminence.
Why because the fulness of all deity dwells in him.
He hath declared him. ‘ He’ ekinos He and He alone. He and only he can declare him. He and only he can manifest him. He and he alone can be him. The pronouin is emphatic. Jesus alone is the revelation and revealer of God. Jesus is the light, life and and begotten Son ‘ekinois’
In him was life (1;) and and from him comes all life. The word life is described 17 times as eternal ‘aionions‘ life by John in his gospel of the life. from him ‘eternity’ gets its energy. He is the bread from heaven, the ‘living bread’ or ‘the bread of life’ and from him all life gets his energy. All sustenance, food, energy and life comes from him he is the living bread. that feeds all men LIFE!
The logos, God’s own voice. establishes nations, declares all things to be, calls worlds into existence, calls hidden things into visibility. systems and intelligences, all things imagines spoken and thought by himself into being and to comprehend the life of Christ is to comprehend the life of GOD.
Christ the Light
Light is the main theme of Johns gospel and in verse four after declaring Jesus the logos or the mind thought will and intelligence of God he declares him to be the light. John the Baptist called himself the lamp later he calls himself a voice (John1:23) while Jesus is called the light, a light gives light only after it has been lit. but Christ was always, form the beginning of the world, the light of the world and the light of life. (John 8:12 Psalm 27:1).
