Why Does the Bible Call Jesus "Firstborn"? Does It Mean He's Not God?

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Mike Winger

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 30 June 2021

⏱️ 4 minutes

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If you encounter a cult that denies the deity of Christ, they WILL quote this verse. Here's a quick analysis of why Jesus is called "firstborn" in Colossians 1:15. This is just one question from a long interview I did for the moderators of the r/Bible subreddit. They asked their subreddit to send me a bunch of questions and I spent a lot of time preparing so that I would be able to offer the best answers I could. I'll be posting these answers as individual videos so keep an eye out for the rest in the set.

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0:00.0	Simple question, what's the meaning of Colossians 115, which I'll read?
0:03.3	He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
0:06.6	Usually this question is asked in relation to the deity of Christ.
0:11.1	And so the phrase image of the invisible God, it doesn't seem to mean,
0:15.7	and study this in context, and the Greek, and all that.
0:18.5	It doesn't seem to mean image like Adam was made in the image of God,
0:23.7	rather he's like what you see is now God.
0:30.0	He's seen, he's the image you see of the invisible God.
0:33.2	God's invisible, but Jesus is visible.
0:35.0	He's God with us.
0:35.8	It seems to be speaking of the deity of Christ.
0:37.6	And then the phrase firstborn of all creation,
0:39.2	that's where the real debate tends to come in.
0:42.2	Here's what it doesn't mean.
0:43.9	First one created.
0:45.0	First off, first born doesn't mean that.
0:47.6	It means first born.
0:49.0	If you want to take it like strictly literal,
0:51.1	prototocus, first born.
0:54.2	Born and created two different things.
0:56.4	Jesus wasn't the first born at all.
0:59.6	Like he's not the first one born.
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