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One of the key and most comprehensive New Testament passages that sets forth Christ’s relation to God – interposed between passages proclaiming Him as Redeemer and Creator – is given in Colossians 1:15. This passage exalts his divinity as the image of God and sets the stage for setting Him forth as both Creator of all things and as creation’s providential Sustainer. The present exposition and notes will first address what is set forth in this truth that Christ is the image of the invisible God and what is meant by his being the firstborn of every creature. In summary, the verse sets forth Christ’s internal relation to God and his external relation to the creation. The profound biblical doctrine put forth in Colossians 1:15 not only has importance to Christology in general, but the modern creation science movement of which this author is a contributor.

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