The Supremacy of Christ: Colossians 1:15-23
Theological meditation on the Christ Hymn of Colossians 1
This is vivid retellings.
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
The hymn begins. Perhaps Paul quotes what the churches already sang. Perhaps he composes fresh. Either way, the words tower.
The image. Eikon. Not a copy, not a representation—the exact expression. Looking at Jesus is looking at God. The invisible becomes visible.
The firstborn over all creation. Prototokos—the term of supremacy, not sequence. Not first created but first in rank. Over all creation—sovereign, supreme, preeminent.
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