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Jan 4, 2022 · Jesus is Lord of Creation. The description "firstborn of all creation" speaks of Christ’s preexistence. He is not a creature but the eternal Creator (John 1:10). God created the world through Christ and redeemed the world through Christ (Hebrews 1:2-4). Note that Jesus is called the firstborn, not the first-created.
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All prior implications of the firstborn’s role in the Bible...
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Feb 1, 2024 · First, the allusion to Psalm 89 shows that Jesus fulfills all history as the messianic King descended from the line of David. Second, being the “firstborn of the dead” means that Jesus is both the first to rise and the first in supremacy. He is the first to rise from the dead and thus the first of the new creation.
Jan 4, 2022 · All prior implications of the firstborn’s role in the Bible serve to illuminate Christ’s preeminence over all creation and in the family of God. The New Testament describes Christ as the “ firstborn ” several times. In an earthly sense, Jesus is Mary’s firstborn son (Luke 2:7), and He was dedicated according to the law (Luke 2:22–24).
Jul 2, 2020 · Jesus is called "the firstborn from the dead" (Coi. 1:18)This is so because He was the first to be resurrected as a spirit being to everlasting life in the heavens, Moreover Jesus is shown to be the firstborn of all creation, the first actually to be created and the first to be resurrected to endless and immortal life.
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- The Significance of Jesus and Christians as Firstborn
There are several places in the NT where Christ is referred to as the firstborn (πρωτοτόκος, prōtotokos). But what does this mean? Does it simply mean that after Mary gave birth to Jesus, she had other children as well? Or, does it carry a more theological sense? If so, does it indicate that Jesus was a created being? It seems that the natural sens...
The Use of Prōtotokos Outside the Bible
The term firstborn (πρωτότοκος, prōtotokos) does not occur before the Septuagint (undertaken ca. 3rd century B.C.). But in the instances where it does occur after this time, the idea of birth or origin is less prominent and privilege rather than birthright is denoted.1
The Use of Prōtotokos in The Greek Old Testament
The primary influence upon the NT is probably coming from the use of the term in the Greek Old Testament (LXX). The term is used some 130 times there, most of which are in Genesis-Deuteronomy (74) and 1 Chronicles (29). The Greek term usually translates the Hebrew word rokB= (B=kor “firstborn”).2 Three texts are particularly instructive, namely, Exodus 4:22; 2 Chronicles 21:3 and Psalm 88:28 (English Ps 89:27). In the first text, Exodus 4:22, Israelis referred to not as one of God’s many sons...
The Use of Prōtotokos in The New Testament
And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. (NET) Luke 2:7 refers to the literal birth of Jesus. There is no literary implication regarding the exalted status Jesus will play later on in the narrative of Luke-Acts (“Lord”). The use of the term, however, may prepare the reader for 2:23-24 in which case the emphasis would be on Jesus as the firstborn who is entitled to all the rights of a f...
What would happen if you didn’t think Jesus was God incarnate? What would happen if you believed he was a god, but not God incarnate? Would you still submit to him? Perhaps. But, would you worship him? I doubt it. It would be little different than your relationship to the government (think of Romans 13:1-7). But, the truth is: Jesus is the firstbor...
Dec 14, 2016 · The term “firstborn” can be used metaphorically in the Bible as well as literally. In the symbolic sense the term was often used in ancient Near Eastern cultures (as it still is today) to mean the superlative example of something – whether good or bad. So in the Book of Job “firstborn” is even used of a terrible disease: “It ...
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May 21, 2020 · 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by him all things were created, 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. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is ...
