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The Daily Word of Righteousness
Christ—The Center of God's Creation
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. (Colossians 1:15-18)
Christ Jesus is the beloved Son in whom God is well pleased. Christ is the Word of God from the beginning, the image of God's Person, God's Being, God's will, God's way, God's holiness, God's love. There is nothing in Christ that is not in God and there is nothing in God that is not in Christ.
Christ Jesus is the perfect, complete revelation of God Almighty.
God is so pleased with what Christ Is He has determined to fill the creation with the image of Christ. For this reason God counts the creation currently in existence as being dead—finished.
Christ Jesus is the Firstborn of the new creation. He is the Seed that eventually will influence every saved creature on earth and in the heavens. The heavens will be planted with Christ and the foundations of the earth will be laid upon Christ.
Christ is the Way in which God desires every creature exist. Whether we are referring to the heirs of salvation or to the spirits that minister to the heirs of salvation, all will find their proper place in Christ. All will be subject to Christ.
Christ is King and Lord of all. He inherits and fills all things.
Only people can be transformed into the image of Christ. It is not given to angels to become the temple of God, sons of God, brothers of Christ, heirs of salvation, or the Wife of the Lamb. The Presence of Jesus Christ will fill the heavens and the earth, all angels and other spiritual creatures being in absolute subjection to Him.
The method God is employing to fill the universe with the image of Christ is the creation of a company of brothers, of holy ones who themselves are the image of Christ.
The Church, (the Wife of the Lamb, the sons of God, the brothers of Christ Jesus—call the saints what you will) is the enlargement, the magnification of the image of Christ. The Church is the fullness, the completion of Christ. It is the Body of Christ.
In the disciples of Jesus the eternal moral law of God is magnified and made approachable and desirable to people. The disciples are God's covenant—the new covenant—with the nations of the earth.
The saints are the living epistles of the ministry of the apostles, written with the ink of the Holy Spirit of God, known and read by all people. The disciples are the light of the world, the salt of the earth. But not of themselves—it is because Christ is in them and with them.
The Church, the Servant of the Lord, is the fulfillment of the original proclamation concerning man: "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth." This announcement points toward the day when the heavens and the earth are filled with the image of the Lord Jesus Christ, as expressed through His saints. (from Behold My Servant!)