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cal ideas not least full preterism which we will come to later so let me say plainly where we are going and then let paul prove it the son of god did not rent our humanity for thirty three years and hand it back he took it and he has it still at this hour on the throne of heaven he is bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh and because he is still a man the world he made still has a future his humanity and the redemption of creation are tied in one knot pull on either rope and the whole thing comes loose lose the continuing incarnation and you lose the redemption of creation and the man who keeps only half of christ has kept the half that cannot save him half a christ saves no one that said please open your bibles to colossians 1 ii reading the hymn hear the word of god colossians 1 verses 15 through 20 he is the image of the invisible god the firstborn of all creation for by him all things were created in heaven and on earth visible and invisible whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities all things were created through him and for him and he is before all things and in him all things hold together and he is the head of the body the church he is the beginning the firstborn from the dead that in everything he might be preeminent for in him all the fullness of god was pleased to dwell and through him to reconcile to himself all things whether on earth or in heaven making peace by the blood of his cross the beast of revelation by ken gentry a popularly written antidote to dispensational sensationalism and newspaper exegesis convincing biblical and historical evidence showing that the beast was the roman emperor nero caesar the first civil persecutor of the church the second half of the book shows revelation s date of writing proving its composition as prior to the fall of jerusalem in a d 70 a thought provoking treatment of a fascinating and confusing topic for more study materials go to kennethgentry com this section we just read is as concentrated as paul ever gets and we will not spend our entire time here but i want to build from this text outward because everything i have to say tonight is rooted in what paul says in these six verses once you see how he built it you cannot unsee it there are two movements here the first runs through verse 17 and concerns the old creation the second runs from verse 18 to verse 20 and concerns the new and paul has bolted the two together with a single word set at the head of each verse 15 firstborn of all creation verse 18 firstborn from the dead one son firstborn in both worlds that is the hinge of the passage and it is the hinge of everything i have to say tonight look at the title first he is the image of the invisible god the god no eye can see has made himself seen and the place he chose to be seen is a man paul does not say the son is rather like god he says he is the image and the rest of the chapter will not let us drain that into metaphor the image is the man christ jesus now keep that close by because when the full preterist tells you the embodiment was a passing phase paul has already answered him in the first clause then comes the phrase the cults have always loved firstborn of all creation arius read it as first created thing and the man at your door with the magazine reads it the same way as though paul had signed the son up as creature number one the next word kills that reading dead verse 16 opens with one small word because why is he firstborn over all creation because by him all things were created you do not prove a man is a creature by saying that everything was made in him the word translated firstborn is not telling you when he was born it is telling you who is heir it is the language of psalm 89 27 where god says of david i will make him the firstborn the highest of the kings of the earth david was not the first baby born in israel he was the son with the rights the rank the inheritance so with christ he is firstborn over creation as its lord not firstborn inside it as its oldest item then paul stacks three little prepositions all things were created in him and through him and for him he is the one in whom creation was conceived the agent through whom it was made and the goal toward which all of it moves creation is not a machine the son was later assigned to manage it was built with him in view from the first line of genesis and watch how wide he throws the net things in heaven and on earth visible and invisible thrones dominions rulers authorities he is naming the very spirit powers the false teachers were busy flattering and he stamps every last one of them with one word created reformed eschatology in the writings of geerhardus vos ed by ken gentry and bill boney this is a collection of several key eschatological studies by the renowned reformed theologian geehardus vos we have modernized vos grammar and syntax and updated his layout style according to modern publishing conventions shorter sentences and paragraphs we did this without changing any of vos arguments for more information on this new vos work or to order it see https www kennethgentry com reformed eschatology in the writings of geerhardus vos james ware offers us a help right here paul s world and ours wants to file reality in two drawers spirit on the top and matter on the bottom the unseen prized and the seen despised and if that is your filing system then the thrones and dominions float up toward god while the dirt sinks down toward worthlessness well paul throws the whole cabinet out his one great line does not run between spirit and matter it runs between creator and creature and every contrast in the verse heaven and earth seen and unseen throne and footstool lands on the creature side of it only the son stands on the far side with god 1 that is what makes the phrase all things so large it is the whole of everything that is not god the seen and the unseen together paul is not surveying a county he is surveying the cosmos so remember the width of that phrase because in four verses he is going to reach for it again to measure redemption and the two measurements have to match verse 17 keeps him in the present tense he is before all things and in him all things hold together and note the verb paul chose for it keeps right on working the cosmos does not merely owe him its birth certificate it is being held in one piece by him at this very second every orbit every atom every law that keeps the universe from coming apart at the seams is his ongoing labor and here is what should stop your breath the hand that holds the galaxies in place is a pierced hand because three verses on this same son is the one making peace by the blood of his cross the one in whom all things cohere has a body now the hinge turns verse 18 he is the head of the body the church he is the beginning the firstborn from the dead now we have crossed out of the first creation and into the second and paul reaches for the same title he used at the top as he was firstborn over the old world he is firstborn of the new the head of a new race of men the first man out of the grave who never has to go back into it and you cannot turn firstborn from the dead into a figure of speech either that is resurrection and resurrection in paul means a body or it means nothing the firstborn from the dead walked out of the tomb in the body that was carried in changed but continuous and he took that body up into the heavens in everything he might be preeminent paul says first in creation first out of the grave first in the church first full stop and then the last two verses give the reason and the goal in him all the fullness of god was pleased to dwell turn the page and paul says it again and in the present tense in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily col 2 9 note that the present tense is clear dwells not dwelt the book of revelation made easy by ken gentry helpful introduction to revelation presenting keys for interpreting also provides studies of basic issues in revelation s story line see more study materials at www kennethgentry com now i am not unaware that various men have understand this differently the word translated bodily has been read various ways calvin took it to mean essentially or substantially pointing to the fullness and reality of the divine presence in christ over against the partial figural manifestations of the old covenant beza however read it as anchoring the two natures in one embodied mediator the second adam who is both truly human and truly divine the fullness of deity dwelling in real flesh the heidelberg catechism cites this very verse as proof that the godhead though beyond the bounds of the manhood remains personally united to it and the westminster larger catechism question 36 cites colossians 2 9 alongside hebrews 7 24 25 as proof that christ continues to be god and man in two entire distinct natures and one person for ever continues the westminster divines read this verse as a text about the permanent ongoing two natured person of christ which is the continuing incarnation in confessional form i believe that is the reading the flow of the passage itself supports but we can dive into those details some other time the main thing is this the fullness of deity is permanently and completely at home in christ in a body on the throne and the goal verse 20 through him to reconcile to himself all things whether on earth or in heaven making peace by the blood of his cross there is that phrase all things a second time the same all things made in him are the all things reconciled through him the whole created order brought back under his lordship not every person saved without exception but the cosmos itself redeemed from its bondage redemption is cut to the exact measure of creation and the instrument is as physical as a wooden beam and a man s blood paul simply will not let redemption drift loose from the body any more than he will let creation drift loose from the creator as it is written the genesis account literal or literary book by ken gentry presents the exegetical evidence for six day creation and against the framework hypothesis strong presentation and rebuttal to the framework hypothesis while demonstrating and defending the six day creation interpretation see more study materials at www kennethgentry com so hear the whole argument before we leave the text the maker of the world became flesh he died in that flesh and rose in that flesh and as the embodied firstborn from the dead he reconciles the whole created order with that in place now you can do a little experiment that exposes a counterfeit gospel every time reach into this passage and pull the standing humanity of christ out of it and watch what falls there is no firstborn from the dead because a ghost was never in a tomb there is no blood of the cross with any lasting power because the one who shed it has thrown away the nature that bled there is no cosmos reconciled because the reconciler has walked out on half of what he came to mend take the flesh out of colossians 1 and the entire hymn falls apart paul s christ is embodied permanently gloriously with no expiration date paul has established two columns the continuing incarnation of the son and the redemption of the creation he made and keeps now let s follow each in turn iii the incarnation that does not end if the son peeled off his humanity somewhere past the clouds then whoever is sitting on that throne is not the carpenter the disciples touched and ate fish with and watched rise into the air he is the eternal son who paid humanity a visit and has since moved on to finish this article click on https www reformation blog p the man in glory to subscribe to bradfield s the reformed ember lounge which i highly recommend click on https www reformation blog subscribe simple true next https 3a 2f 2fwww reformation blog 2fp 2fthe man in glory post navigation older posts have tongues ceased a reformed answer charismatic issue july 31 2026 leave a comment pmw 2026 058 by anthony faggiano gentry note this is an excellent article explaining the cessation of tongues in the first century the following material is all written by anthony faggiano an elder in a united reformed church congregation have tongues ceased when i first became a christian i found myself caught between two worlds at my workplace on one side were solid evangelical believers who nurtured my early faith with scripture and sound doctrine on the other was a small but vocal group of charismatic pentecostals who handed me cassette tapes by benny hinn and kenneth copeland insisting that their practice of speaking in tongues was the essential evidence of the holy spirit s work what troubled me the most was their warning if i rejected what these faith teachers were doing i risked committing the unpardonable sin blasphemy against the holy spirit as a young believer i faced a question that felt dreadfully urgent was the gift of speaking in tongues still given to the church today or had it ceased with the apostles continue reading post navigation older posts olivet s two questions 2 ad 70 second coming uncategorized july 28 2026 leave a comment pmw 2026 057 by kenneth l gentry jr i am continuing my presentation of the evidence that the disciples of christ ask him two questions in matthew 24 3 not three questions see preceding posting eighth disciples confusion tendencies in their question the disciples confound two separate issues in their interaction with jesus in matthew 24 1 3 their tendency to confusion leads them to associate the destruction of the temple with your parousia and the end of the age and this despite the fact that they had already heard from the lord that the end of the age was the end of time brought about with the final judgment matt 13 39 40 49 of course the implied reader would also know of jesus soon coming great commission reaching to the end of the age matt 28 20 and the disciples confusion on this matter becomes even more evident to us in that jesus prophetic statement which gives rise to the disciples question focuses solely on the temple s destruction continue reading post navigation older posts olivet s two questions 1 ad 70 second coming uncategorized july 24 2026 leave a comment pmw 2026 056 by kenneth l gentry jr the olivet dscsourse is prompted by the disciples questioning jesus about his prophesying the destruction of the temple matt 24 2 3 it is important to understand their questions in order to follow jesus answer i believe the evidence is clear that they ask only two questions not three as per john walvoord and some others the exegetical support for the two question view is as follows first lexical observation lexically the disciples questions present only two interrogatives not three they ask when gk pote and what gk ti when pote will these things happen and what ti will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age continue reading post navigation older posts 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