Col 1:16, Heb 1:2 | Family | STEP | In heaven--in earth, visible and invisible ; the apostle labors to assert in the most absolute way that the whole universe of created things is the work of Christ. Compare , and . "He that built all things is God." Thrones--powers ; words that denote the different orders of created intelligences. Compare . For him ; as their end. This is the highest possible assertion of Christ's proper deity.

Colossians 1:16

In heaven--in earth, visible and invisible; the apostle labors to assert in the most absolute way that the whole universe of created things is the work of Christ. Compare Joh 1:3, and Heb 3:4. "He that built all things is God."

Thrones--powers; words that denote the different orders of created intelligences. Compare Eph 1:21; 3:10.

For him; as their end. This is the highest possible assertion of Christ's proper deity.

Hebrews 1:2

Heir of all things; Christ is the only begotten Son of God, in the high and incommunicable sense of possessing equality with the Father in nature. By virtue of this his sonship, God has made him heir of all that he possesses, that is, of the universe, and constituted him the sovereign Lord and Ruler of all things. Mt 28:18; Joh 16:15; Joh 17:10; Ac 2:36; 10:36; Re 17:14; 19:16.

The worlds; the created universe, verse Heb 1:10; Joh 1:3; 1Co 8:6; Eph 3:9; Col 1:16,17. As the Scriptures are communications from God, we should receive them as such, diligently study, heartily believe, and faithfully obey them.