907 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 2 Part 3 Book 76 - Connecting the Dots of Scripture - Part 31

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 3 * BOOK 76 CONNECTING THE DOTS OF SCRIPTURE Genesis - Revelation (The Mysteries) Okay, here we go. Let’s just jump right in where we left off. That would be in Colossians chapter 1. We’re looking at the second one up there. The Mystery of Christ—the very secret of who He really is. Now again, as I said in the last program, you go back to Genesis chapter 1 verse 1 and it is God who in the beginning created Heaven and earth. But how much of God do you get out of that? And Christ in His earthly ministry, I guess that’s where I closed wasn’t it? How that the God-Man, the Incarnate, could speak the Word and the winds would obey His voice. He could raise the dead and all those other things, and yet it wasn’t the complete picture of who He really is. And that’s what I want to unveil under this secret, or the Mystery of Christ as Paul reveals it. All right, so we almost have to go back like we did last time and start over, at least over in verse 13, because I’ve got to establish who we’re talking about. So, God the Father, up in verse 13: Colossians 1:13-14 “Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: (Now we know definitely who we’re talking about.) 14. In whom (That is in the Son.) we have redemption through his blood, (So there’s no doubt that we’re talking about Jesus of Nazareth—the crucified, resurrected, ascended Lord—who also gave us then--) even the forgiveness of sin:” Now here’s the part I want to reveal. A revelation of Christ like you’ve never seen anywhere else in Scripture. This Jesus of Nazareth, who has finished the work of the cross, has ascended back to Glory and revealed these things to this Apostle. Colossians 1:15a “Who is the image of the invisible God,…” Now think about that for a minute. The invisible God? Well, of course, God was Spirit. When the Scripture says “no man has looked on God at any time and lived,” what was it talking about? Not Jesus in His body of flesh. It was talking about that invisible Godhead—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. But they were invisible. They were Spirit. No man has ever looked in on that invisible Godhead and lived. They wouldn’t have. All right, so now we’re bringing it down to the fact that this Jesus, God the Son, the One who suffered and died, is the visible manifestation of that invisible God. Do you see that? Now, it’s never been this plain anywhere else in Scripture. In fact, you know I’ve said it before. People to whom I have taught these things to for the first time would look at me aghast. You mean Jesus of Nazareth was the Creator God of Genesis 1? Well, of course He was! People just can’t fathom that, but He was! He spoke the Word and the universe came about. Jesus of Nazareth? Jesus of Nazareth. That’s what we’re talking about. Now with that in mind, let’s read on. Colossians 1:15-16a “Who (the Son) is the image of the invisible God, the first born of every creature: (In other words, He was before anything that was ever created, and here’s why.) 16. For by him (As the Creator of everything, as God the Son, as Jesus of Nazareth—I’ve got to keep coming back, so we don’t lose what we’re talking about.) were all things created, (Everything!) that are in heaven,…” What’s in Heaven? The angelic hosts and all the beauty of it. The Sea of Glass as it’s pictured in one place and all the other ramifications. He’s the Creator of it all. He was before anything. Colossians 1:16b “…and things that are in the earth, (Everything! Every living creature, every bug, every fish, everything was created by Jesus of Nazareth.) visible (Well, that’s a little easier to understand, but the next part?) and invisible,…” Even things that we can’t see. Yet we know from scientific experiments and other ways, we know they are there. If no other way, we know it from Scripture. And we take it by faith. Colossians 1:16c “…whether they be thrones, (Wow! Now what are we talking about? Governments. Empires. Kings. How do they get there? By God the Son. Oh, listen, this is something exciting.) or dominions, or principalities, (Now some Bible scholars will bring that into the satanic realm of the demons and Satan himself, which of course is true. Satan is a created being.) principalities, and powers: (And now it’s repeated, so there’s no doubt.) all things (Everything that you can imagine was created by God the Son.) were created by him, and for him:” Now granted, the other two persons were there. We’re not going to leave God the Father and God the Spirit out of creation. But it’s by virtue of the spoken word from God the Son that everything appeared, whatever it is. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible