He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation……
And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
Colossians 1:15,17
Big things, little things, fat things, skinny things, things that wiggle and squirm; the Lord Jesus made them all. Whether by chronological order or by importance, Christ is before them all.
How did God work up to creating a universe from nothing? Did He start with an atom or a star? Since neither existed before creation, the LORD might have started with the idea and then applied the physics. But gravity and laws of physics didn’t exist either, so maybe He invented those first. Did He make a rough draft of the solar systems or did he experiment with gravity to get the mass to distance ratio just right?
One thing for sure, He had plenty of time to work and get it right. Eternity before creation is just as long as “forevermore” will be after the earth melts with a fervent heat.
Before the universe began, God created the angels and heavenly host, as well as establishing His eternal throne. Lucifer and a band of renegade angels rebelled against the Almighty and they were cast out of heaven. Oh yes, there’s at least one other thing that happened before all things; my name was written in the Lamb’s Book of Life (Ephesians 1:4). Thank you Lord Jesus for saving me!
As firstborn over all creation, Christ was there before all things were made. “All things were created through Him and for Him” (Colossians 1:16). He assembled the atoms and in Him “all things hold together” (Colossians 1:17 NIV).
As the Blessed and only Potentate, King of kings and Lord of Lords, Jesus outranks everyone else. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a president or pope, seraph or cherub, principality or archangel, God the Son is Before All Things. It doesn’t matter what that something is. It can be life or death, angels or principalities or powers, things present or things to come, height or depth or any created thing (Romans 8:38-39): Everything pales before Christ who is Before All Things.
November 22
