Apr 11
Christ is preeminent over all creation!
For Colossians 1:15 to mean “first created,” Paul would not have called Christ the "firstborn" (prototokos) but the "first-created" (protoktisis)—a term that is never used of Christ in the New Testament. Indeed, as scholar J. B. Lightfoot notes,
"The fathers of the fourth century rightly called attention to the fact that the Apostle writes not protoktisis [first-created], but prototokos [firstborn]."
Greek scholars agree, the word (Greek: prototokos) means "first in rank, preeminent one, heir." The word carries the idea of positional preeminence and supremacy . . . Christ is preeminent over all creation! ~ Ron Rhodes
