JESUS CHRIST: GOD-MAN - Vital Christianity

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THE PREINCARNATE CHRIST'S RELATIONSHIP TO CREATION
As to Creation, Christ is the Firstborn of all Creation
● "Christ is the "firstborn of all creation" (Col 1:15).
● "He was the "firstborn among many brethren" (Ro 8:29).
● "Christ is the "firstborn from the dead" (Col 1:18).
Because He is the "firstborn of all creation" He is thus before all creation. The idea is
similar to the explanation given to the phrase above in John 1:14 of Christ being the "only
begotten of the Father," Christ is distinguished from other creation as being before creation in
point of time. But there may be something more indicated in these passages:
● The verses that teach that He was the firstborn of all creation prove that He
existed before He became man—His preincarnation.
● The verses that state that He was the firstborn into the world prove that He existed
in point of time as a man with flesh and blood—His Incarnation.
● The verses that speak of Him being the firstborn from the dead teach and prove
His resurrection since the word "firstborn" in this instance refers to "the first one
born—come alive" from the dead.
The Bible opens with the statement:
As to Creation Christ is the Creator
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" (Gn 1:1).
Jeremiah calls Jehovah "the Creator of all things" (Jer 10:15).
Isaiah, the prophet, states that God only is the Creator:
"The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. . . . This
is what the Lord says—your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb: I am the
Lord who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread
out the earth by Myself" (Isa 40:28; 44:24).