В Послании к Колоссянам 1:15-17, Paul wrote that Jesus is the image of the invisible God, Первенец всякого существа; Ибо Им было сотворено все, которые на небесах, и которые находятся на земле, видимый и невидимый, будь то троны, или доминионы, или княжества, or power: все вещи были созданы Им, и для Него,: И Он прежде всего, and by Him all things consist of every creature. What did Paul mean that Jesus is the image of the invisible God, Первенец всякого существа?
Jesus is the image of the invisible God
Кто является образом невидимого Бога, Первенец всякого существа: Ибо Им было сотворено все, которые на небесах, и которые находятся на земле, видимый и невидимый, будь то троны, или доминионы, или княжества, или полномочия: все вещи были созданы Им, и для Него: И Он прежде всего, и Им все стоит (Колоссянам 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 (евреи 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 (Ой. Джон 1:18, 6:46). Только через Слово, you can get to know the Father (Читайте также: Был ли Иисус полностью человеком??).
Philip saith unto Him, Господин, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Иисус говорит ему, 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?
Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of Myself: but the Father that dwelleth in Me, He doeth the works. Believe Me that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me: or else believe me for the very works’ ради.
Воистину, воистину, Я говорю тебе, Тот, кто верит в Меня, дела, которые я делаю, сотворит и он; и дела большие, чем эти, сотворит он; because I go unto my Father. И о чем ни попросите во Имя Мое, это я сделаю, чтобы Отец прославился в Сыне. Если чего попросите во Имя Мое, I will do it (Джон 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. Слова, Jesus spoke and the works, He did were the words and works of the Father.
Это показывает, that as long as you remainстарое творение, it’s hard to believe and to see, постигать, 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
В начале было Слово, и Слово было у Бога, и Слово было Бог. То же было вначале с Богом. Все было создано Им; и без Него не было создано ничего, что было создано (Джон 1:1-3)
These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God (Откровение 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, будь то троны, доминионы, княжества, или полномочия; 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, полномочия, thrones, доминионы, княжества, и т. д.. There is no higher and greater power in the heavens and on earth, that stands above God (Ефесянам 1:20-23).
Since all things were created by Him and for Him, Jesus had to come to the earth. So that through Him, новое творение; the new man could be created. There was no one, who could do that, than Jesus Christ, Живое Слово. And so Jesus became the Firstborn of the new creation (Читайте также: Все творение создано в Иисусе Христе).
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 (римляне 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.
Те, who are born again in Him and are justified by His blood and born of вода 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, because He went to the Father, 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.
Из-за этого, те, 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.
«Будь солью земли’
