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To: Alamo-Girl

I was just rereading this thread and noted your comments. Take a look at the original Greek of Colossians 1:15-20. Invisible is better rendered as unseen or “that which human eyes are not capable of seeing”. What do you think of that?


847 posted on 10/05/2010 1:31:15 PM PDT by 1010RD (First Do No Harm)
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To: 1010RD; betty boop
Thank you for your question, dear 1010RD!

"Invisible" in reference to Creation would mean creation ex nihilo:

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. - Hebrews 11:3

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: - Romans 1:20

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 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: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. 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. For it pleased [the Father] that in him should all fulness dwell; And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, [I say], whether [they be] things in earth, or things in heaven.– Colossians 1:15-20

Click here if you are interested in my comments on creation ex nihilo.

Finally, I offer the wisdom of the Jewish Mystics who use the term Ayn Sof when meditating on God The Creator. The word literally means “no thing” – namely, that any word a man uses to describe God reduces his understanding of God to the word he used.

God's Name is I AM.

849 posted on 10/05/2010 10:18:23 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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