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  1. answersingenesis.org › answers › biblical-authorityWhy Did Christ Come in Such a Humble and Lowly Way?

    Dec 24, 2021 · Jesus shared the Father’s glory before the world was created (John 17:5) and was the One through whom the Father created the world (John 1:3). In Isaiah 6, Isaiah recorded a vision of God’s glory, and John said that Isaiah actually saw Jesus’s glory (John 12:41). When John saw the glorified Christ recorded in Revelation, he fell down as ...

  2. bible.org › seriespage › 4-preeminence-christ4. The Preeminence Of Christ (Colossians 1:15-19) | Bible.org

    • We Should Exalt Christ Because He Is The Revelation of God
    • We Should Exalt Christ Because He Is Supreme Over All of Creation
    • We Should Exalt Christ Because He Is The Head of The Church
    • We Should Exalt Christ Because He Is The Firstborn from Among The Dead
    • We Should Exalt Christ Because He Is Sufficient
    • Conclusion

    “He is the image of the invisible God” (Col. 1:15). Why should Christ be exalted in our lives and throughout all creation? He must be exalted because he is the revelation of God. He reveals God to us. Paul says he is the “image” of the invisible God. The word “image” is eikon in the Greek, which means “an exact representation and revelation,”2 and ...

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    “The firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together” (Col. 1:15–17). Paul then makes the argument that not only should Ch...

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    “And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him” (Col. 1:18–19). Another reason Paul calls for Christ to be exalted is because he is the head of the church. The metaphor of the church a...

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    “And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him” (Col. 1:18–19). Another reason that Christ is supreme is because he is the firstborn among the dead. What does that mean? Interpretation...

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    “For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him” (Col. 1:19). In this text, Paul says Christ is worthy of being exalted because he is sufficient. He said that the fullness of God dwells in him, and in verse 20 he adds “and through him to reconcile to himself all things.” Essentially, Paul is saying Christ is sufficient for salvation and ...

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    Why is Christ the preeminent one? Why should Christ be exalted in our lives and in the entire earth? 1. Christ should be exalted because he is the image of God. He is the revelation of God. 2. Christ should be exalted because he is the firstborn whom God has given all the rights and privileges. 1. He is firstborn because he is the creator. He is th...

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  4. www.desiringgod.org › interviews › why-was-christWhy Was Christ Born into This World? - Desiring God

    Dec 25, 2019 · For this reason Jesus Christ came into the world. Jesus is the mercy of God incarnate and visible. He is also the justice of God incarnate; but justice was subordinate: “God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him” (John 3:17).

  5. thebiblestudy.co.uk › study › the-pre-existence-ofThe Pre-Existence of Jesus Christ – The Bible Study

    Sep 16, 2024 · The Word became flesh when Jesus was born, marking the point at which God’s plan took on human form. 3. Jesus as the Second Adam . The New Testament often refers to Jesus as the “second Adam” or the “last Adam,” drawing a parallel between Adam, the first man, and Jesus, the Saviour of humanity.

  6. www.gotquestions.org › firstborn-in-the-BibleWhy is the firstborn so important in the Bible ...

    Jan 4, 2022 · In the book of Hebrews, Christ is “heir of all things” (Hebrews 1:2) and God’s “firstborn into the world” (Hebrews 1:6). Just as the firstborn son is head over his earthly family after his father, Jesus Christ is head of the body of Christ—the church—after God the Father (Ephesians 1:20–23; Colossians 1:18, Hebrews 2:10–12).

  7. ca.thegospelcoalition.org › columns › detrinitateSix Reasons Why Jesus Was Born - The Gospel Coalition | Canada

    Dec 11, 2023 · (1) To Subject the World to Humanity (Hebrews 2:5) Jesus was born to subject the world to come to us, not to the angels. That’s what Hebrews 2:5 says: “For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking.” The world to come probably refers to heavenly Mt Zion, the city of God spoken of Hebrews 11–12.

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  9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Pre-existence_of_ChristPre-existence of Christ - Wikipedia

    Among the many churches which separated from the Worldwide Church of God, also referred to as the "Sabbatarian Churches of God" or, more pejoratively, Armstrongites, there is a shared belief in binitarianism, and that Jesus was the God of the Old Testament through whom God the Father created the world (based on Ephesians 3:9 and John 1:1–3), and that it was Jesus Christ who personally ...