stretching out the heavens by Myself And spreading out the earth all alone …’ ” At some point in time, at the spoken word of God, they came into existence. In Colossians 1:16, the apostle Paul writes of Christ as Lord of creation bringing all that is known into existence. As the second person of the Trinity, Christ as God was the agent of angelic creation: “For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities