he is before all things

Firstborn

Christ Pantocrator Deesis mosaic Hagia Sophia

Psalm 89:27  Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

 

Colossians 1:15  Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

 

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