Scriptural Evidence of the Deity of Christ (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Scriptural Evidence of the Deity of ChristJewish antiquity. As Christ, in the first clause of the verse, is called the image of God, the thought of his supereminence over all created things (ver. Would naturally follow. This leads the apostle, also, in the next verse, to make such particular mention of the thrones, dominions, principalities, and powers of heaven and earth, all of which were created by Christ and for Him. With this idea, however, there may be connected the kindred one of Christ's ante-mundane exist ence (so Meyer, Olshausen, comp. Ver. And this leads us to the principal objection which the context furnishes against reckoning Christ with created beings for in him [as the condition or ground] all things were created that are in heaven and that are in earth, visible and invisible all things were created by him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things subsist If Christ, therefore, be the Creator, upholder, and end, of all created things, in heaven and earth, visible and invisible, then is he, himself, uncreated and eternal.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.