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Doesn't the Bible teach that Jesus was the "firstborn" of all creation? Thus a created being and not co-existent with the Father from all eternity?
The text in question below is about Jesus the first born of every creature. Col. 1:15 “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.†The Greek word here is “prototokos†which means ‘the pre-eminent one’ -‘ the one who has the privileges and prerogatives of God.’ Jesus is firstborn, not in the sense of time but in the sense of privilege. All the privileges of the firstborn are His. David was the eighth son of Jesse, yet he was called the ‘firstborn’ Jesus declared that He was the "I Am" (John 8:58) meaning the self-existent one. He said, "before Abraham was, I Am." Isaiah the prophet calls Him the everlasting Father (Isaiah 9:6). Micah declares that His origin is from everlasting (Micah 5:2). John affirms, "In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the Word was God." (John 1:1). Jesus had the privileges and prerogatives of God. He thought equality with God, not a thing to be grasped while the world was lost, so He voluntarily left heaven to become a man. He dwelt in human flesh, fought temptations' battles, as we fight them, and He overcame on our behalf (Phill 2:5-11; Hebr 2:14, 17).