We now get to one of the great Christological passages, ie proclaiming the greatness of Christ.
Christ is the image of the invisible God. There is so much in this single phrase. First, God is invisible. God is different from everything else, because He is God. However, that does not mean that we cannot know anything about Him because He has chosen to reveal Himself, and He has done this supremely through His Son Jesus Christ.
We need to remember here that when we talk about Christ we are talking about the Son of God (see verse 12). Sometimes people have an idle notion that Jesus was just a good man, or was just someone who God chose to reveal Himself through. Jesus is the supreme revelation of God because He is the Son of God.
It is worth remembering that all of us were created in the image of God, but sin corrupted that image. In Christ there was no sin, so the image is perfect.
He is the firstborn of all creation. We need to realise that firstborn here signifies supremacy. It does not in any way mean that Jesus is a created being. Rather it means He is supreme over all creation.
Just in case there is any doubt about this, verse 16 immediately tells us that "by Him all things were created". This includes absolutely everything, seen and unseen. So it includes all spiritual beings as well, the whole lot. And everything was created for Him. So we have absolutely no need to fear anything, for whatever it is was created by Christ, and will ultimately have to acknowledge Christ as Lord.
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