Chapter XII – The Purpose of Christ – All Created in Him
[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 Placed In Him We are now ready to confront the second aforementioned question: where is all creation placed when it is brought out of God? The Socinian camp would tell us that there is no answer to this question; that God has simply brought all out of Him, and all was thus hanging in some suspended place, bound by God, headless until Christ’s ascension from the earth. Ye...