Jerry Shugart
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I think you can find more views on the Hebrew word El.
The verse which I quoted was written in Greek, not Hebrew.
I think you can find more views on the Hebrew word El.
God the Father created all through his firstborn of all creation.
The Lord Jesus is the exact image of God's essential being. This cannot, of course, refer to physical likeness because God is, in essence, a Spirit. It means that in every conceivable way Christ exactly represents the Father. No closer resemblance could be possible. The Son being God, reveals to man by His words and ways exactly what God is like. (Believer's Bible Commentary)
The son that is first born is not flesh.All creatures die so when Paul says that He is the firstborn of all creatures he is saying that the Lord Jesus is the first to be resurrected from being dead in regard to all creatures.
How could He be the firstborn of all creatures since you yourself said that He did not even come into existence until He was born of Mary?
There is no conflict Jerry, God created all through his son. The son has the fullness of the Father, he is well capable of doing the job. Where do you see a conflict?
Then Paul must have been wrong when he wrote that by the Lord Jesus "were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him" (Col.1:16).
You either have to argue that Paul was in error or that the Lord Jesus created Himself.
Which option do you choose, Keypurr?
The son that is first born is not flesh.
God created his exact image, a spirit like himself.
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Somehow I overlooked this post BR but I will answer it now.The Lord Jesus is the exact image of God's essential being. This cannot, of course, refer to physical likeness because God is, in essence, a Spirit. It means that in every conceivable way Christ exactly represents the Father. No closer resemblance could be possible. The Son being God, reveals to man by His words and ways exactly what God is like. (Believer's Bible Commentary)
Somehow I overlooked this post BR but I will answer it now.
God is a spirit.
Jesus was a human. Proof that Jesus is NOT the express image of God.
Simple, stright forward truth. Jesus cannot be the exact image of an invisible God. However, the spirit son can and is the exact image and it went into Jesus.
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This statement conflicts itself.The Lord Jesus is the exact image of God's essential being. This cannot, of course, refer to physical likeness because God is, in essence, a Spirit. It means that in every conceivable way Christ exactly represents the Father. No closer resemblance could be possible. The Son being God, reveals to man by His words and ways exactly what God is like. (Believer's Bible Commentary)
Did I not say God created Christ FIRST. Then God created everything else through Christ.You seem to dismiss that verse 16 gives contextual support to verse 15. 16 says that Jesus created all things. As Jerry has pointed out, did Jesus create Himself?
Originals were not Greek, they were Aramaic.The verse which I quoted was written in Greek, not Hebrew.
No it is recorded in scripture.That's impossible.
Yes I do as a matter of fact.You likely believe in the SDA/JW doctrine of soul sleep, don't you Keypurr?
It says he is the exact copy of God except.......Not at all.
There is no conflict Jerry, God created all through his son. The son has the fullness of the Father, he is well capable of doing the job. Where do you see a conflict
What is the content of Hebrews 10:1-5?
Notice that a body was prepared for the son of God.
Jerry, all men are creations.You say that the Lord Jesus was created. But Paul said that Jesus created all things.
So if you are right then we must believe that Paul was in error or that the Lord Jesus created Himself.
No it is recorded in scripture.
Heb 1, Col 1
God created his exact image and created all through him.
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"God created his exact image, a spirit like himself."