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Colosians 116.

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.

What an amazing picture of Jesus.

All things created.

And then we got this description and heaven on earth, so that pretty much covers it.

Visible and invisible.

That pretty much covers it.

Or the Thrones or Dominion or rulers or authorities, like there is nothing that doesn't fall into this realm of all things.

All things were created by him, through him, and for him.

Everything that has been created created by Jesus through Jesus and for Jesus.

What an amazing picture.

So Jesus again is unlike anyone else because he is uncreated.

So he is unlike us in the sense that he was not created.

He didn't come into existence when he was born in what we celebrated Christmas.

Like he was in the beginning with God.

So he is the uncreated one who has power and authority to speak

and creation comes into being.

He's the agent of creation, through whom God made heaven and earth.

And in this way, we praise Jesus as our Creator. And at the same time we praise him as our Creator, we realize

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