The One We’re Waiting For: He is the Image of the Invisible God

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This Advent, we’re getting to know Jesus afresh as the One the whole world has been waiting for. In this podcast, Jordan discusses the crucial implications of recognizing Jesus as the image of the invisible God. For better or worse, our passion for God is totally dependent on and directly proportionate to the view of God we have. As we learn to read the Scriptures in the light of Christ, we find God is and has always been as beautiful as Jesus reveals him to be.

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Key Scriptures

Colossians 1:15-20 – “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all things have been created through him and for him. He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.”

Hebrews 1:1-3 – “Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds. He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word.”

John 1:1-5, 14, 18 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it… And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth… No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known.”