"Brothers and sisters: Christ Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation." from the letter to the Colossians. Depending on your source, Paul may not be the author of this letter, likely written at the end of the 1st century. The firstborn of all creation? More and more I find myself interpreting Scripture as if it were poetry. It helps to play with the ideas of words like "firstborn". What is my understanding of firstborn? (new beginning, miracle, life is never the same again for the parents!, what else?) and then to imagine that Christ is the firstborn of ALL CREATION! This is quite a statement! was this an idea floating around the ancient world: that gods were described in these terms? and if so, does that necessarily diminish the impact or truth of this idea? What is this really saying to ME? That Jesus of Nazareth brought to the world a profoundly new understanding, or truth, to mankind. That he WAS the new truth. We are unconditionally loved ...no strings attached.
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