God, Jesus Christ: “through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made” (John 1:3, NIV). The author of the Epistle to the Colossians confesses the same thing: “For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him” (1:16, NIV). Through this act of creation, the entire created world received His seal as Son and Word of God, the seal of filiation
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