Jesus, the Firstborn over Creation. Colossians 1: 15-20

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1 Jesus, the Firstborn over Creation Colossians 1: 15-20

2 Colossians 1: He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

3 18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. 19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, 20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.

4 Firstborn Adam, Cain, Barak Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Bill & Hilary Clinton, all actors who played James Bond, Richard Branson prototokos proto + tikto: first (in time and place), chief + bring forth, produce

5 Jesus, The Firstborn The physical is merely a picture of the eternal Colossians 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation..

6 Deut 21:17 "But he shall acknowledge the firstborn.by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the beginning of his strength; to him belongs the right of the firstborn. Psalm 105:36 He smote (8686) also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.

7 Jesus is the Chief of God s Strength

8 1 Cor 1: but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

9 Rev 12:10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night.

10 Jesus accomplishes everything He is sent to do

11 John 1:1-4 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.

12 Joule Orders of Magnitude Energy contained in/released by 1 100g apple falling 1 meter in earth's gravity Calorie 3 x 10 2 An average person jumping as high as they can 1.8 x 10 3 an M16 rifle round(bullet) fired at 930m/s 5 x 10 9 an average lightning bolt 8.8 x the 'Fat Man' atomic bomb used in WW2 5 x an average hurricane in 1 day 6.4x yearly electricity consumption of the world (2008) 3.8 x total energy output of the sun each second estimated total mass-energy of the observable 4 x universe

13 Col 1: For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist..

14 Jesus perpetuates the Family Name

15 Jesus carries His Father s Name, and it is through Him that we derive our Name Ephesians 3:14-21 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named

16 John 20:17 Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, "I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God."' Hebrews 2:11 For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,

17 We are the reason that Jesus went from being the Only Begotten to being the Firstborn

18 Col 1: And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence..

19 Jesus is the Principal Heir of All things

20 Jesus redeemed us, and we, together with all things, are now His inheritance Deut 4:20 But the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be His people, an inheritance, as you are this day.

21 Col 1: For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.

22 Jesus, the Firstborn over Creation Chief of God's strength Perpetuator of God's Name Principal Heir to all things