You must use a different bible translation than mine.
“13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. 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 might have the preeminence. 19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; 20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. ”
Colossians 1:13-20 KJV
I'd be interested in your thoughts on the red text - no doubt if you gaze at it long enough you will begin to see some inherent issues with your understanding.
Does verse 18 help you and if so what implication does this have on your inference?
“1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; ”
Hebrews 1:1-3 KJV
Hmmm that old chestnut!
“By whom [
through whom, R.S.V.] he made the worlds [
ages, R.V. margin; Greek:
aiōn]” (Heb. 1:2).
The term
worlds in this passage does not refer to the physical earth or the planets of the universe, but to the successive ages or dispensations through which God’s purpose unfolds on the earth. The Greek word used here is not
kosmos, the common term for the created world, but
aiōn, meaning an age, an indefinite period of time, or a divinely ordered dispensation.
This distinction is crucial. Scripture presents Jesus Christ not merely as the agent (purpose) by which the physical creation was made, but as the chief cornerstone of every age of God’s redemptive plan. From the antediluvian era before the Flood, through the patriarchal age of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the Mosaic age under the Law, the Gentile age, and ultimately the Millennial age, Christ stands at the centre of God’s purpose. All ages are framed, directed, and brought to completion through the knowledge of him.
The promise of redemption begins at the very dawn of human history. The Seed was promised to Eve in Genesis 3:15, establishing Christ as the hope of humanity long before his birth. Abraham, too, “rejoiced to see [Christ’s] day: and he saw it, and was glad” (John 8:56), a truth reinforced by Paul’s declaration that the gospel was “preached before unto Abraham” (Gal. 3:8). Faith in Christ, therefore, was never an afterthought, it was the foundation of God’s dealings with humanity from the beginning.
Even the animal sacrifices prescribed under the Law of Moses were not ends in themselves. They pointed forward to Christ, foreshadowing the perfect and final sacrifice to come. As shadows give way to substance, so the sacrificial system found its meaning and fulfilment in him. In every age, God’s purpose moves steadily toward Christ, and through Christ, to the ultimate restoration of all things.
In this way, the “ages” were made through him, not as abstract spans of time, but as carefully ordered stages in a single, unified redemptive plan, all bearing witness to the supremacy and centrality of Jesus Christ.
“But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. ”
1 Corinthians 8:6 KJV
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True it was "by him" that God made all things in this creation, and nothing exists without the Promised Son. To mean, God would not have created this epoch of time without the foreknowledge of Christ His Son.
“1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. ”
John 1:1, 3, 10, 14 KJV
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Unless of course you must skip over those texts that contradict your ideas.
Logos
became - says it all really!
I’m confident that others reading our posts can see that your practice of quoting Scripture without interpretation reveals a certain naivety, one that reflects a blind acceptance of what you’ve been taught and the so-called knowledge you’ve assumed. In this response I led you to a verse in the hope you will peice together the right context and understanding the Apostles all held.
Let's see how you go.
