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A Commonly asked Question Regarding the divinity of Christ.
Doesn’t the Bible teach that Jesus was the “first born”of all creation and as such, a created being not co-existent with the Father from eternity.?
The text in question is Col. 1:15 which calls Jesus the first born of every creature.
The Greek word here is prototokos meaning the pre-eminent one—the one who has the privilege and prerogatives of God. Jesus is firstborn not in the sense of time, but in the sense of privilege. All the privileges of the first born are His.
David was the eighth son of Jesse, yet called the first born.
Jesus declared that He was the “I Am”(Jn. 8:58) meaning the self-existent one. He said,
“before Araham was, I Am”
Isaiah calls Him, the everlasting Father(Isa. 9:6)
Micah declares that His origin is from everlasting (Mic :5:2)
John affirms”In the beginning was the wordand the word was with God and the word was God. “( Jn. 1:1)
Jesus had the privileges and the prerogatives of God. He thought equality with God not a thing to be grasped while the world was lost, so He voluntarily left Heaven to become a man.
He dwelt in human flesh, fought temptations’ battles as we fight them, and overcame in our behalf. (Phil. 2:5-11, Heb. 2:: 14,17)
(Bible Handbook,” Studying Together”,revised edition by Mark Finley)
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