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1 | Who were the firstborn? | Bible general Archive 4 | Jim H | 196867 | ||
Who were the firstborn? | ||||||
2 | Who were the firstborn? | Bible general Archive 4 | Val | 196947 | ||
A careful reading of verse 16 in context (of verse 17) indicates beyond question that Jesus, the First born, is Jesus the Creator "for by Him all things were created...". In his well known introduction, John writes that "In the beginning was, imperfect tense equals has no beginning and no end, the Word, and the Word was, imperfect tense, with God, and the Word was, imperfect tense, God. He was, imperfect tense, in the beginning with God. All things came into being by Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being." ,Jn 1:1-3. So by repetitive use of the imperfect tense, John is saying that before there was a beginning there was the Word. The imperfect tense is used throughout this passage until Jn 1:14 where the tense is aorist, indicating an action at a specific point of time in the past. And so John records that "the Word became, aorist tense which means at a specific point in time God entered earth as a Man, flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth." Jesus had always been God and He continued to be God even when He "became" flesh, as is so beautifully expressed in a line from Charles Wesley's famous Christmas hymn... Hark the Herald Angels Sing by Charles Wesley Veiled in flesh the Godhead see. Hail the Incarnate Deity. Pleased as man with men to appear, Jesus! Our Immanuel here! Taken from PreceptAustin.org on Colossians 1:15 Col 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. |
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