My update on Colossians 1:16!
Berean Study Bible Colossians 1:16
For in Him (Jesus) all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
Most of Christianity believe Paul is saying and teaching: (All Things), is referring to (All Things) that has been created, from the very beginning of GODS creation, hence, like the earth, planets, heavens, and ALL life, as told in Genesis 1:
World English Bible
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Notice how we read in 2 Kings 19:15, how GOD The Father is GOD ALONE, who created the Genesis creation BY HIMSELF, ALONE, ON HIS OWN, as we read in Isaiah 44:24
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On the other hand, we do know the word of GOD teaches us how ALL THINGS were created IN GOD's PLAN, WITH Jesus FIRST (IN) Order, Precedence, Purpose, and RANK, before the foundation of the world, as Jesus was ''FOREKNOWN'' as we read in John 1:15, John 1:30, John 8:58, 1 Peter 1:20,
having been 👉 foreknown👈 indeed before the foundation of the world, but having been revealed in the last times for the sake of you,
But notice how we are told by 1 Peter 1:20 how Jesus was 👉 FOREKNOWN, 👈 but NOT, PREEXISTING!
Acts 2:23 also confirms this saying: Him delivered up by the determinate plan and foreknowledge of God, you put to death, having crucified Him by lawless hands,
However, may I demonstrate how Paul is not teaching anything about the material world, that Jesus created the Genesis creation, or that GOD created the material world through Jesus as most of Christianity believe, making this yet again another deception and confusion within modern Christianity today.
Colossians 1:16
For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
Firstly, did you notice how there is nothing said by Paul saying: the earth itself, or the planets, and the heaven itself, or created beings were created, as we were told what was created in Genesis 1.
I) Paul does not mention the Genesis creation.
2) Paul does not mention THE HEAVENS Itself.
3) Paul is referring to what is (IN) the HEAVENS, NOT the HEAVEN itself, indicating the Heavens were ALREADY there.
4) Paul does not mention THE EARTH ITSELF, but instead, what is, (ON) the EARTH, indicating the EARTH was ALREADY there.
The next question is, what is (IN) the HEAVENS, and (ON) the EARTH?
The answer is IN the next statement by Paul saying: visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities.
Lets have a look at what we can learn from the meaning of: thrones or lordships or rulers or authorities.
In the Strong's Concordance
thronos: a throne
Original Word: θρόνος, ου, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: thronos
Phonetic Spelling: (thron'-os)
Definition: a throne
Usage: a (king's) throne, seat; meton: power, dominion; a potentate.
Strong's Concordance
kuriotés: lordship
Original Word: κυριότης, τητος, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: kuriotés
Phonetic Spelling: (koo-ree-ot'-ace)
Definition: lordship
Usage: (a) abstr: lordship, (b) concr: divine or angelic lordship, domination, dignity, usually with reference to a celestial hierarchy.
Strong's Concordance
arché: beginning, origin
Original Word: ἀρχή, ῆς, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: arché
Phonetic Spelling: (ar-khay')
Definition: beginning, origin
Usage: (a) rule (kingly or magisterial), (b) plur: in a quasi-personal sense, almost: rulers, magistrates, (c) beginning.
HELPS Word-studies
746 arxḗ – properly, from the beginning (temporal sense), i.e. "the initial (starting) point"; (figuratively) what comes first and therefore is chief (foremost), i.e. has the priority because ahead of the rest ("preeminent").
Strong's Concordance
exousia: power to act, authority
Original Word: ἐξουσία, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: exousia
Phonetic Spelling: (ex-oo-see'-ah)
Definition: power to act, authority
Usage: (a) power, authority, weight, especially: moral authority, influence, (b) in a quasi-personal sense, derived from later Judaism, of a spiritual power, and hence of an earthly power.
HELPS Word-studies
1849 eksousía (from 1537 /ek, "out from," which intensifies 1510 /eimí, "to be, being as a right or privilege") – authority, conferred power; delegated empowerment ("authorization"), operating in a designated jurisdiction.
In the NT, 1849 /eksousía ("delegated power") refers to the authority God gives to His saints – authorizing them to act to the extent they are guided by faith (His revealed word).
As we plainly and clearly see and read, Paul is talking about the thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities IN the HEAVEN, and ON the EARTH, when Jesus went to heaven all authorities and powers were given to Jesus.
Paul is referring to what Jesus told us in Matthew 28:18
And having come to them, Jesus spoke to them, saying, 👉 "All authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to Me.👈
Conclusion:
As we have seen in Colossians 1:16, Paul is NOT talking about the Genesis Creation, but: 👉 All authority 👈in heaven and on the earth which was given to Jesus.
And this is confirmed in many more teachings in the Bible as below:
Ephesians 1:
9 having made known to us the mystery of His will according to His pleasure, which He purposed in Him 10 for the administration of the fullness of the times, to bring together all things in Christ— 👉 the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth. 👈
Ephesians 1:
20 which He worked in Christ, having raised Him out from the dead, and 👉 having set Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 above every principality and authority and power and dominion, 👈 and every name being named, not only in this age, but also in the one coming.
Ephesians 1:10
Berean Literal Bible
for the administration of the fullness of the times, to bring together all things in Christ-- 👉 the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth--👈
1 Corinthians 15:24
then the end, when He shall hand over the kingdom to the God and Father, 👉when He shall have annulled all dominion, and all authority and power. 👈
Ephesians 1:20
20 which He worked in Christ, having raised Him out from the dead, 👉 and having set Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 above every principality and authority and power and dominion, and every name being named, 👈 not only in this age, but also in the one coming. 22 And He put all things under His feet and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of the One filling all in all.
This concludes the doctrine in which most believe that says Paul was teaching all things within the Genesis Creation was created by or through Jesus, is yet again another false doctrine and a deception, deceiving most into believing in a false PRE-HUMAN Christ, or some kind of pre-existing Spirit being or Angel.
Which therefore DENIES the true Man and Christ, and DENIES GOD the Father as GOD ALONE, and the creator ALONE, as said by GOD in many scriptures like Isaiah 44:24
World English Bible
Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb says: “I am Yahweh, who makes all things;👉 who alone 👈 stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth 👉 by myself; 👈
To say and believe what most of Christianity say and believe and teach, that Jesus is the creator of the Genesis Creation, or GOD created all the Genesis Creation THROUGH Jesus, is CONTRADICTING and DENYING what the Father of creation tells us throughout His word.
Notice in just some Scriptures below, how we never read there was a second or third person WITH GOD creating the Genesis Creation:
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Job 12:10
in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
Job 33:4
The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Psalm 102:25
Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.
Acts 17:24,25
The God having made the world and all things that are in it, He being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in hand-made temples, nor is He served by hands of men as needing anything, Himself giving to all life and breath and everything.
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