In Colossians 1:15-17, Paul wrote that Jesus is the image of the invisible God, der Erstgeborene jeder Kreatur; Denn durch Ihn wurden alle Dinge erschaffen, die im Himmel sind, und die sind auf der Erde, sichtbar und unsichtbar, ob es Throne sind, oder Herrschaften, oder Fürstentümer, or power: Alle Dinge wurden von Ihm erschaffen, und für Ihn,: Und Er ist vor allen Dingen, and by Him all things consist of every creature. What did Paul mean that Jesus is the image of the invisible God, der Erstgeborene jeder Kreatur?
Jesus is the image of the invisible God
Wer ist das Bild des unsichtbaren Gottes?, der Erstgeborene jeder Kreatur: Denn durch Ihn wurden alle Dinge erschaffen, die im Himmel sind, und die sind auf der Erde, sichtbar und unsichtbar, ob es Throne sind, oder Herrschaften, oder Fürstentümer, oder Befugnisse: Alle Dinge wurden von Ihm erschaffen, und für Ihn: Und Er ist vor allen Dingen, und durch ihn bestehen alle Dinge (Kolosser 1:15-17)
Jesus is the image of the invisible God. He is the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person (Hebräer 1:3). If you know Jesus Christ, the Son of God and the Word that was made flesh, you know the Father. No one has seen the Father than Jesus Christ (Oh. John 1:18, 6:46). Only through the Word, you can get to know the Father (Lesen Sie auch: Was Jesus fully Human?).
Philip saith unto Him, Herr, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known Me, Philip? he that hath seen Me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
Glaubst du nicht, dass ich im Vater bin?, und der Vater in Mir? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of Myself: sondern der Vater, der in mir wohnt, Er erledigt die Arbeiten. Glaube mir, dass ich im Vater bin, und der Vater in Mir: or else believe me for the very works’ willen.
Wahrlich, wahrlich, Ich sage es dir, He that believeth on Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in My Name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in My Name, I will do it (John 14:8-14)
Philip had spent so much time with Jesus and still, Philip asked Jesus to show them the Father. While Jesus was the reflection of the Father. The words, Jesus spoke and the works, He did were the words and works of the Father.
Das zeigt, that as long as you remaindie alte Schöpfung, it’s hard to believe and to see, comprehend, and understand the spiritual things of the Kingdom of God.
Only when you become born again in the spirit, you will enter the Kingdom of God and you will see the Kingdom of God and understand the spiritual things.
Jesus is the Firstborn of every creature
Am Anfang war das Wort, und das Wort war bei Gott, und das Wort war Gott. Dasselbe war am Anfang bei Gott. Alle Dinge wurden von ihm gemacht; und ohne Ihn wurde nichts gemacht, was gemacht wurde (John 1:1-3)
These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God (Offenbarung 3:14)
Jesus is the Firstborn of every creature. Jesus existed before everything else was created. Nothing existed before Him. All things in the heavens and on the earth, the visible and invisible, ob es Throne sind, dominions, Fürstentümer, oder Befugnisse; all things were created by Him and for Him.
This shows us, the ultimate authority and highest power of Jesus Christ, above all other forces, Befugnisse, thrones, dominions, Fürstentümer, usw.. There is no higher and greater power in the heavens and on earth, that stands above God (Epheser 1:20-23).
Since all things were created by Him and for Him, Jesus had to come to the earth. So that through Him, die neue Schöpfung; the new man could be created. There was no one, who could do that, than Jesus Christ, das lebendige Wort. And so Jesus became the Firstborn of the new creation (Lesen Sie auch: The whole creation is created in Jesus Christ).
The new creation is the image of Jesus Christ
For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the Firstborn among many brethren (Römer 8:29)
Just like Jesus is the image of the invisible God, so shall those, who are called according to His purpose, by faith in Jesus Christ and regeneration in Him, be conformed to the image of Jesus Christ.
Diese, who are born again in Him and are justified by His blood and born of water and Spirit and have become a new creation, shall be the image of Jesus Christ on earth. They shall belong to Him and submit to Him and live according to the will of God.
They shall walk after the Spirit and have an experiential relationship with Jesus Christ and the Father and speak and do His words and His works, yes, even greater works, says Jesus, weil er zum Vater ging, and they shall bear the same fruit.
And so they shall be witnesses of Jesus Christ on earth and in His Name preach the gospel and call the people to repentance and the removal of sin and deliver them from the powers of darkness.
Because of this, those, who are born again in the spirit and are born of God and belong to Him and walk in the light shall distinguish themselves from those, who through natural birth belong to the devil and the world and walk in darkness.
„Sei das Salz der Erde.“’
