1John2_26 wrote:
THE “FIRSTBORN OF ALL CREATION?”
Colossians 1:15 calls Jesus “the firstborn of all creation.” Does this verse teach that Jesus is a created being?
The expression “firstborn of all creation” in Colossians 1:15 has been interpreted in three different ways. First, the Jehovah’s Witnesses and other groups have argued that it means that Jesus was the first creature created by God. Well, a text without a context is a pretext, and this definitely does not fit the context. After saying that Jesus is the firstborn of all creation, Paul adds in verse 16, “Because all things were created in Him.” It simply makes no sense to say that Christ is the first creature because everything was created in Him. This is so obvious that the Jehovah’s Witnesses have added the word “other” four times to verses 16 and 17 to make Paul say that all other things were created in Christ.
The second explanation is that Christ is called the “firstborn of all creation” because, as the exalted incarnate Son of God, He is both created and the head in all creation. This explanation is consistent with the orthodox view of Christ, since orthodox Christianity teaches that Jesus is both the Creator God and a real human being. However, since verse 16 says that all things were created through Christ, and verse 17 says that Christ is before all things, Paul seems to be speaking in verses 16 and 17 of what Christ always has been and not merely of what He has become since exalted as a man.
The third explanation is that Christ is called the “firstborn of all creation” because the entire created universe was created in, through, and for Him as the eternal Son of God. This interpretation seems to fit the context and has been favored by the vast majority of biblical scholars. The one interpretation, of course, which is certainly wrong is the one which tries to make this verse prove that Jesus is not the Creator.
Revelations 3:14:
These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness,
the beginning of the creation of God. (KJV)
Proverbs 8:22-31 refers to Jesus: The LORD possessed me in the
beginning of his way, before his works of old.
23I was set up from everlasting, from the
beginning, or ever the earth was.
24When there were no depths,
I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
25Before the mountains were settled,
before the hills was I brought forth:
26While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
27When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
28When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
30Then
I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
31Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.*
Jesus was working alongside him.
ESV translation mentions vrs. 30 I was beside him, like a master workman,and I was daily his[d] delight , and others too just as NWT says "master worker" alongside God.
So God was working through Jesus, he gave him the power to create all things, but the power still comes from God which is why Jesus should not get the credit as being our Creator.
Genesis 1:26 says: And God said, Let
us make man in our image, after our likeness.*
It is ridiculous to think that God is talking to himself when he says US.
John 1:18: 18No man hath seen God at any time, the
only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.*
John 3:16: 16For God so loved the world, that he gave his
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.*
1 John 4:9: 9In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. *
*(KJV)
The word only begotten comes from beget which means to cause to exist.
