What is God's first creation?

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Gkouz

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Unless we have a basic understanding of the Greek alphabet, vocabulary, language and philosophy, it is difficult to interpret the New Testament from an Ancient Greek perspective to any other language.
I,ve noticed many times that many refer to Col. 1:15, "firstborn of all creation" as the first created. What does Firstborn mean in Greek more than first-born, eldest? "PREEMINENT"
This how Strong's Concordance correctly explains the word Firstborn(Greek πρωτότοκος,prototokos )
4416 prōtótokos (from 4413 /prṓtos, "first, pre-eminent" and 5088 /tíktō, "bring forth") – properly, first in time (Mt 1:25; Lk 2:7); hence, pre-eminent (Col 1:15; Rev 1:5).

4416 /prōtótokos ("firstly") specifically refers to Christ as the first to experience glorification, i.e. at His resurrection (see Heb 12:23; Rev 1:5). For this (and countless other reasons) Jesus is "preeminent" (4416 /prōtótokos) – the unequivocal Sovereign over all creation (Col 1:16).
"Preeminent" because he is the Creator of all things, not because He was the first created. Creator of all things means of all things not just a part.
 
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Gkouz

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Unless we have a basic understanding of the Greek alphabet, vocabulary, language and philosophy, it is difficult to interpret the New Testament from an Ancient Greek perspective to any other language.
I,ve noticed many times that many refer to Col. 1:15, "firstborn of all creation" as the first created. What does Firstborn mean in Greek more than first-born, eldest? "PREEMINENT"
This how Strong's Concordance correctly explains the word Firstborn(Greek πρωτότοκος,prototokos )
4416 prōtótokos (from 4413 /prṓtos, "first, pre-eminent" and 5088 /tíktō, "bring forth") – properly, first in time (Mt 1:25; Lk 2:7); hence, pre-eminent (Col 1:15; Rev 1:5).

4416 /prōtótokos ("firstly") specifically refers to Christ as the first to experience glorification, i.e. at His resurrection (see Heb 12:23; Rev 1:5). For this (and countless other reasons) Jesus is "preeminent" (4416 /prōtótokos) – the unequivocal Sovereign over all creation (Col 1:16).

"Preeminent" because he is the Creator of all things, not because He was the first created. Creator of all things means of all things not just a part.
 
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Jesus is the creator.

John 1:1-4 New King James Version (NKJV)
The Eternal Word
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.

Colossians 1:15-20 New King James Version (NKJV)
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. 18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
 
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