Chapter XI – The Purpose of Christ – His Creation
[Christ] is the Image of the invisible God, Firstborn of every creature, for in Him is all created, that in the heavens and that on the earth, whether thrones, or lordships, or sovereignties, or authorities… hoti (that) en (IN) autO (Him) ektisthE (IS-CREATed) ta (THE) panta (ALL) ta (THE) en (IN) tois (THE) ouranois (HEAVENS) kai (AND) ta (THE) epi (ON) tEs (THE) gEs (LAND) ta (THE) horata (SEEn) kai (AND) ta (THE) aorata (UN-SEEn) eite (IF-BESIDES) thronoi (THRONES) eite (IF-BESIDES) kuriotEtes (masterdoms) eite (IF-BESIDES) archai (ORIGINALS) eite (IF-BESIDES) exousiai (authorities) All in God As with the earlier statement that “God was alone before the beginning of creation,” so too “All was in God” is nowhere found in the scriptures. Yet again, the fact that all is “out of God” necessarily implies that this “all” was once in God. It is not that the “all” was nonexistent, for the great truth that “all is out of God” demonstrates that creation did not com...
