 everyone welcome to class on Christology you're ready for our class yes okay last week we looked at the week before that I mean class our first class we looked at what is Christology so a student of Christology will basically study what student in Christology will study okay of humanity and the divinity of Jesus Christ how it co-exist in perfect unity in the person of Jesus Christ sorry somebody was saying something okay what else will we study in Christology okay so we prove the deity of Christ to prove the deity of Christ what will we be looking at okay thank you Kofi what else pre-existence of God what else to understand that Jesus was truly human okay we look at also the humanity of Jesus but first we will look at the divinity of Jesus so for to prove that Jesus is God we prove his pre-existence what else nature and attributes of Jesus Christ okay the nature and the attributes of the form of God that is Morphe the Greek word means the nature the characteristic the attributes that may God God if we prove that Jesus has the nature of God we prove that he is God so we looked at that what else yes his equality with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit yes thank you okay so the first lesson we looked at his pre-existence we looked at some scripture passages what are some of the scripture passages we look for the pre-existence of Christ John 1 1 2 3 okay John 8 58 thank you Nelson John 114 John 114 thank you Warren Philippines 25 to 7 are in-person students are saying Philippines 25 to 7 Colossians 117 thank you yeah sorry revelation 21 okay okay so we looked at various scripture passages and we're trying to prove from scripture and you know prove that Christ is divine that he is God we prove this pre-existence from scripture we are look last class we began looking at his equality with the Father and the Holy Spirit so to prove his equality with the Father we looked at already scripture passages that we had studied so we looked at John chapter 1 verses 1 to 3 what else did we look at Philippians chapter 2 verses 5 to 7 thank you John 8 58 thank you yes and then we looked at the titles that are ascribed to God the Father what are some of the titles ascribed to God the Father that Jesus ascribes to himself the mighty God the mighty God in Isaiah 96 everlasting okay that is ascribed to God and is also ascribed to Jesus but what are some of the titles that Jesus ascribes to himself which is ascribed to God alpha and omega sorry I am okay I am thank you Andrew yes go ahead sorry Kofi we didn't hear you alpha and omega yes thank you alpha and omega the first and the last besides him there's no God so that is what God the Father reveals about himself Isaiah chapter 44 was 6 Isaiah chapter 48 was 12 the same thing we see Jesus ascribing to himself in Revelation chapter 1 verse 8 and like Joseph said Revelation chapter 22 verse 13 okay and we look at two more scripture passages in the New Testament where it talks about Jesus his being eternally God who's overall but before that I would like to look at his passage of scripture that's not given in your notes but something that Jesus another in a passage in scripture very important that Jesus proves that he is equal to God the Father that he is God any idea where the scripture passages in the Gospels where the Pharisees were so angry that they took the stones to stone Jesus because was blasphemy because he was claiming to be equal with God the Father this is John chapter no okay that is one place another scripture passage John chapter 5 okay look at the priest on to John chapter 5 verses 1 to 15 okay in this passage of scripture Jesus is where there is this narrative taking place in John chapter 5 but side of the yes the pool of Bethesda but cider okay and Jesus goes there and there are many people who are paralyzed invalid lame you know lying there for the mortar to move how many people does Jesus heal in that place only one an invalid man was invalid for how many years 38 years okay and Jesus tells him pick up your Martin walk so this man is so excited he's healed except it's Martin walks and what are the Pharisees when they look at him tell him yeah it's a day of Sabbath and how dare you pick up your Martin walk they're not it's so sad right they're not happy for this man who cannot walk for 38 years they're more bothered about the law that he's broken about taking his mat up and walking on a Sabbath and they said who he says I don't know the man who he told me to pick up your Martin walk and they ask him who this is and they don't know he doesn't know who it was okay and later on Jesus is skipped out in the crowd later on he finds Jesus and Jesus tells him go leave your life of sin right whereas yeah a worse 14 you know it says go and leave your life of sin otherwise something worse will come upon you and then he realizes that it is Jesus and he goes and tells the Pharisees that it is Jesus and so they're very angry with Jesus and they come to Jesus and what does Jesus say they ask him how can you do these things on the Sabbath what does Jesus say look at verse 17 can somebody read verse 17 please you're reading it please use the mic as our online students can read there's no mic for okay John chapter 5 verse 17 but Jesus answered them my father has been working until now and I have been working so since my father is always at his work to this very day and I too am working or my father has been working until now and I have also been working okay so we see that you know Jesus is equaling himself with God the father okay and he's calling God as his own father and this angers the Pharisees very greatly okay look at what Jesus says in verse 19 I can read from verses 19 to verse 27 can somebody read that please so Jesus answered them by saying I assure you most solemnly I tell you the son is able to do nothing of himself but he is able to do only what he sees the father doing for whatever the father does is what the son does in the same way the father dearly loves the son and discloses to him everything that he himself does and he will disclose to him greater things yet than these so that you may marvel and be full of wonder and astonishment just as the father raises up the dead and gives them life even so the son also gives life to whomever he wills and is pleased to give it even the father judges no one or he has given all judgment entirely into the hands of the son so that all men may give honor to the son just as they give honor to the father who has sent him amen thank you so here we see that the religious leaders are already angry with Jesus because he's done this miracle on a Sabbath now to he could have you know smoothened out things but instead of smoothing out things he's adding to the controversy he's adding to the controversy by claiming himself to be equal with God by calling God his father so by saying that God was his father Jesus was basically claiming that he was equal with God the father in terms of his nature in terms of his privileges in terms of power okay so for example if you say that so-and-so is your father you're basically saying you know you possess the same human nature as him along with all the other qualities that describe your your earthly father or your earthly dad okay so likewise when Jesus was claiming that God is his father he's claiming to possess the same divine nature as God himself okay along with all the other divine attributes and so the Jews they understood that Jesus is saying that hey I'm equal with God the father look at what he says in in the same chapter in verse 21 he says for as a father raises the dead and gives life to them even so the son gives life to whom he he wills so now the Jews are saying hey we know only one person who can give life and who is that or who raises the dead and who is that God and so when Jesus is saying that he also can give life he's saying that he's equal to God the father which means he is God okay so the Jews understood that God only had the power to give life and now Jesus is claiming he had the same power as God the father look at what he says in verse 22 for the father judges no one but has committed all judgment to the sons and yet again the Jesus knew that the Jews knew that God alone was the one who would judge the world my just and by Jesus claiming that the father has given him this privilege you know they are so angry with him so how can you say that you are God when you are just man when you're born here on this earth so why does Jesus say because all should honor the son just as they honor the father verse 23 why is Jesus saying all of this he's saying hey I'm saying all of this because you need to honor the son just as you honor the father and Jesus goes on to say he who does not honor the son does not honor the father who sent me again he is getting the Jews very very angry why because the Jews believe that only God had to be honored and worship you know to the extent that the Jews never even gave honor and respect to the rulers and authorities the rulers and authorities like Nero and all of these and Caesar and everyone who ruled Rome they were act like gods you know they would want to be ascribed the title of savior okay if you look in in the Roman history okay and they would be they deserve they looked at themselves as people who deserve the position and the honor respect of God and the for Jews that was something they did not tolerate they would just not respect and honor their leaders one reason why because they were already you know treating them very badly and imposing great taxes and also because they had to worship and honor only God and when Jesus is saying and claiming the same right to be worshiped and honored as a father you know they they are even more angry and Jesus is actually saying this emphasize the unity that he has with the father the unity between that exists between the father and the son so he saying what is done to one should also be done to the others because we are co-equal we are equal because we have the same nature the same attributes we are God we are co-equal okay in John chapter 14 verse 28 Jesus says you've heard me say to you I'm going away and coming back to you if you love me you would rejoice because I said I'm going to the father for my father is greater than I okay so now some people say how can you say that Jesus is co-equal with the father when Jesus himself says in John chapter 14 verse 28 for my father is greater than I and some people use this verse and say hey hence we can prove that Jesus himself is saying that he is no he's not co-equal with God the father and hence he's not God he can be an intermediary to God or he can be a prophet or he can be someone who's a mediator between God and man but he is not God because here he says for my father is greater than I so what does Jesus mean when he says a father is greater than I or he is a little less than the father in other words what does he mean hello what does he mean have you ever thought of it yes Lucy what does Jesus mean when he says that now what we need to understand from this verse is Jesus is basically describing his role to the father and not his nature by nature God the father God the son God the Holy Spirit are co-equal they have the same nature the same attributes the same essence that makes God God but here when Jesus is talking that God the father is greater than I he's describing his role to the father and not his nature okay they have different roles God the father God the son God the Holy Spirit have different roles but their nature is one they're co-equal three persons of the Trinity but they have different roles and we can understand this in our context in the context of marriage okay in the context of a marriage relationship you know we read in Ephesians chapter 5 verse 23 that who's the head of the family the husband is the head of the family and the wife has to submit to the husband just like the church submits to Christ okay so here are we talking are they is does it mean that in nature the husband is greater than the wife no only in role why in nature they are not you know they are not different but they are co-equal because of what we see in Genesis chapter 1 verse 27 you know God created them what do we read in Genesis chapter 1 verse 27 God created them male and female and he created them both in his image that means both are co-equal okay we also read in Galatians chapter 3 verse 28 for God there is no Juno Gentile slave no free male no female but all are one in Christ Jesus so when we're saying hey in a family who's the head the head is the husband okay so in God's governmental structure in the family who is the head the husband in God's structure in the church who is the head right but when you look at it in the earthly way it's the pastor right and I'm not looking at in the whole spiritual sense but in the governmental structure I'm talking about in God's governmental structure you know in God's governmental structure in the workplace who is the head the pastor okay in your in your workplace who is the head in the manager of the boss the CEO with the company okay so so we have God's governmental structure in various areas of our life and God is appointed the head it does not mean just because your boss is the head in the office he is greater in you by his nature no we are co-equals the same way pastor is the head in the church but the same nature they're all created okay equal in Christ the same way in the marriage relationship so here we can look at the marriage relationship of course in a very dim reflection of the persons of the Godhead okay they're co-equal in their nature they're co-equal as eternal persons of the Trinity in their divine nature they're co-equal in the attributes in their essence they're co-equal but when it comes to their role the father is greater than the son okay that is what we need to remember very important so why I'm pointing out the scripture passage in John chapter 14 was 28 is because when you go and preach and teach to people and say hey Jesus said this in John chapter 8 was 58 you know he in Revelation chapter 22 he ascribes himself the same titles and the names given to God the father and in John chapter 5 you know he's proving he's co-equal with God the father that he is God himself because of you know he can judge he can give life and he deserves the honor and the glory that is ascribed and the worship is ascribed only to the father and somebody can say wait a minute and point out to John chapter 14 verse 20 hey here it says Jesus himself is saying you know the father is greater than I then you have to talk about greater in terms of role not in terms of nature or attributes you all understand yes okay so another two places that we can this was not in your notes but I'm just explaining because a very important passage of scriptures I thought I could use that and explain it to you other two passage of scriptures that are given in your notes where we can prove that Christ is overall that he is eternal is Romans chapter 9 verses 4 and 5 can somebody read that please it's in your notes Romans chapter 9 verses 4 and 5 and someone read online students anyone Lucy go ahead a sister Romans chapter 9 4 and 5 who are Israelites to whom 14 the adoption the glory the covenants the giving of the law the service of God and the promises of whom are the fathers and from whom according to the flesh Christ came who is overall the eternally blessed God amen thank you Lucy here in in Romans chapter 9 verses 4 and 5 there are two important facts that we see about Jesus Christ what is the first one Jesus Christ is the last phrase eternally blessed God before eternally blessed God the last who is overall thank you he's overall okay he's overall and what does it mean when we say he's overall he's above everything yes master master king master king lord sovereign supreme supreme and authority supreme and power okay so he's overall which means he's supreme the authority he's lord he is master okay what do we understand by this phrase which Paul says eternally blessed God eternally blessed God means eternally means what forever and ever okay sorry kofi yeah forever and ever forever and ever thank you kofi sorry you were saying something no beginning no end from eternity to eternity and he's the one who's worthy to receive all honor blessing glory because he is God and he's co-equal with God the father and God the holy spirit okay a last reference we can look at is Titus chapter 2 verse 13 okay can somebody read that please looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and savior Jesus Christ amen thank you Warren so looking for the blessed hope and a glorious appearing of our great God and savior Jesus Christ so here they say here Paul is writing to Titus and he's saying Jesus is our great God and so then we cannot deny the fact that Jesus is God that he is deity you know because scriptures reveal very clearly to us that Jesus is God he's not demigod he's not a mediator intermediary between God and man but he is God himself okay so we looked at various scripture passages that prove to us that Jesus is co-equal with God the father we will look at one scripture passage that talks about Jesus being co-equal with God the holy spirit okay let's look at John chapter 15 verse 26 can somebody read that please John 15 26 John chapter 15 verse 26 but when the helper comes oh my shell send to you from the father the spirit of truth who proceeds from the father he will testify of me amen so here Jesus is saying you know when I go back I am going to send you a helper now Jesus is telling the disciples hey I'm going to go away soon the disciples are very very sad they're feeling lost they're feeling disappointed you know by Jesus saying hey don't worry you know when I go back to the father the father is going to send you the spirit of truth okay I shall send you the holy spirit who comes from the father he will testify of me so look at the equality in terms of origin okay where did Jesus come from where did Jesus come from from the father Jesus says I've come from the father I'm going back to the father is very clear about that so look at where he's saying the spirit of truth will come from from where from the father yes from the father so note the equality in origin okay and also note the equality in terms of unity okay the spirit of God comes from the father and is going to reveal Jesus Christ to them so in operation there's unity there's oneness between the father son and the holy spirit even though they have different roles okay now for us it can be confusing to understand we are trying to understand this infinite God with our little small minds a little understanding okay but for God there is no confusion okay so it's a confusion some people ask me ma'am how oh oh who do we know when to call no in which instance or circumstances should I know to call God the father or God the Son or God the Holy Spirit you know so it can be something like a big question mark for us but for God it's not confusing hey who's going to Nelson's need who's going to you know uh John meet John's need for them between them there's no confusion because there's there's oneness there's perfect unity there's one God okay but for us we are trying to comprehend and understand Trinity so we have all of these questions but for them there's perfection in their operation there's unity and there's oneness yes Warren just a quick one sister so on this point I've always wondered you know because when we pray normally we say we'll open our prayer to their father or their father God but then we say thank you Jesus praise you Jesus so you know I've always wondered because are we doing the right thing we're doing that or can we just call one God and it refers to everyone they're not going to get upset if you say you know God the father we come to you in Jesus name the father is not going to get upset or angry the father is not when you when you say thank you God and we worship you Jesus we praise you Jesus the father and the Holy Spirit is not going to get angry because there is perfect unity in them and you're just talking to God the father you're talking to Jesus you're talking to Holy Spirit we're calling on the Holy Spirit actually calling upon God the father God the son okay so just the just the one God so they are not going to be sad you don't have to be you know trying to figure out who to call who to say you know if you find that a little mind-boggling little confusing you can just say God that's more than enough you know sister when we pray and close our prayers we say in the mighty name of the Lord Jesus Christ we pray amen and how does that how does it apply it applies because you know we are not worthy to come before God and when Jesus that on the cross the veil of the temple was torn into two and we have access so we can like Hebrew says we have we can come before the throne of grace with confidence to receive grace and mercy to help us in that time of need where do we receive this grace and mercy because of what Jesus is done on the cross and who is our great interceding high priest Hebrew says it is Jesus okay so Jesus is our great interceding high priest so even so if you say we ask this in the name of the Lord and say we're Jesus Christ we're basically saying we're basing this prayer not on the works that we have done not because we are qualified we have nowhere to stand but because of what Jesus is done on the cross because he has made that full sufficient perfect sacrifice with which God the Father was pleased which which God the Father was said there is no more need for any more payment for the remission of the forgiveness of sin so we're standing on that we're declaring that so that is why we say we ask all this in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ thank you sister yes does that help Warren yes thank you sister really okay okay any questions on chapter 2 equality with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit any questions Nelson you have a question no any questions here let's see sorry you have any question no okay sorry any questions from our online students okay there are no questions we move on to chapter 3 in chapters 1 and 2 we basically study the deity of Christ we establish the fact that Jesus is God by looking at various scripture passages that point to his pre-existence in chapter 2 we looked at his equality with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit and we looked at various scripture passages to establish that now in lesson 3 we will again look at another aspect that will prove to us that Jesus is God and what is that what are the aspects and we look at to prove that Jesus is God that he's a creator God right that he's a one who created everything that we see he was there you know even before creation to bring about everything so by doing so we look at various scripture passages that prove to us by doing so we'll see that Christ is the creator and hence we will prove again that he is deity okay so in this chapter 3 we will basically briefly be looking at Christ's role in creation okay we look at again the familiar passage of scripture that we began looking at in chapter 1 and chapter 2 and that is what is the familiar scripture that we looked at in John chapter 1 sorry yes okay gave out the answer in chapter 1 and chapter 2 thank you all of you said John chapter 1 verses 1 2 3 so we also looked at in the beginning was the word okay so he existed even before the foundation of the world even for the creation the world we saw that he was equal with God he is God because he was with God the Father and the word was God and all things were made through him verse 3 so everything that we see in creation was made through him and without him nothing was made that was made okay so again this verse you can prove that Jesus is God that he is creator he created everything John chapter 1 verse 3 another important scripture passage is Colossians chapter 1 verses 15 to 18 now Colossians chapter 1 verses 15 to 18 has been called a great Christology okay because it sets forth Paul's inspired no he's inspired by the Holy Spirit and inspired conviction and understanding of just who Jesus Christ is okay and in Colossians chapter 1 verses 15 to 18 Paul basically highlights several unique characteristics that qualify Jesus Christ to be the preeminent one who is supreme over all things okay is supreme over all things and there is no other passage in the New Testament that lists out so many characteristics that points to Christ's deity as it's we see in Colossians chapter 1 verses 15 to 18 and that's why it's called a great Christology because it's revealing the the person and the work of Jesus in the in the in the following verses as well and also talking about Jesus's humanity and divinity okay because in the short powerful scripture passage you know it presents to us the supremacy of the person of Christ in relationship with God verse 15 we see in verses 16 to 7 his 16 and 17 we see his relation to creation and in verse 18 we see his relationship with the church and some of these things that I'm saying are not in your notes so maybe if you have to look and write down it's good so we look in and study in depth Colossians chapter 1 verses 15 to 18 which is called a great Christology a very powerful scripture passage which we can study we can preach we can teach about when it comes to establishing the deity of Jesus Christ so can somebody please read Colossians chapter 1 the deity and the humanity of Jesus Christ so can somebody please read Colossians chapter 1 verses 15 to 18 please now he is the exact likeness of the unseen God the visible representation of the invisible he is the first born of all creation for it was in him that all things were created in heaven and on earth things seen and things unseen whether thrones dominions rulers or authorities all things were created and exist through him and in and for him and he himself existed before all things and in him all things consist he also is the head of his body the church seeing he is the beginning the first born from among the dead so that he alone in everything and in every respect might occupy the chief please amen so what are some of the unique characteristics that you know we see about Jesus Christ here the first one first one before that he's an image of the invisible God which means he is God becoming man who we can see so you know God who we cannot see who's invisible but he's an image of the invisible God the second thing is a first born over all creation the third one yes the creator of the universe which means creator means the architects the builder the goal of the entire universe the fourth one was the fourth one he sustains all of creation okay the fifth one he is the head or the sovereign of the new creation who's a new creation we all are the new creation so we are the church right so he's sovereign or head of the new creation which is the church sixth one it's not there in your notes okay so what's the sixth one look at this the passage in scripture he's the first born from the dead okay and the seventh one the pre-eminent one over all things so would you like to just maybe highlight it in your bibles or write down the points the first one is the he's the image of the invisible God image of the invisible God the second one the first born over all creation first born over all creation the third one he's a creator of the universe the fourth one yeah the fourth one he's a sustainer of creation one who sustains creation the fifth one he is the sovereign or he's the head his authority over the church which is a new creation he's the sovereign or the head of the new creation which is the church the sixth one he is the first born from the dead he's the first born from the dead and the seventh one he is a pre-eminent one of all things and if you look at verses 19 and 20 it also talks about the work of Christ this passage does not just talk Paul is not just highlighting the unique characteristics of the person of Jesus Christ also talking about the work of Jesus Christ where in verses 19 and 20 he says in verse 19 he says for God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him and through him to reconcile to himself all things whether things on earth or things in heaven by making peace through his blood which he shed on the cross so it's also talking about salvation here so here we see that you know there and you know there's no other passage in the New Testament that lists so many characteristics that point to Christ's deity that is found in the short powerful passage and I told you it presents it presents a supremacy of the person of Christ in relationship to God in verse 15 talks about his relationship to creation in verses 16 and 17 and in verses 18 he talks about his relationship with the church now we're just studying each of these phrases in detail okay so we can understand you know the first one is he is the image of the invisible God okay so Paul is basically asserting Paul is basically saying that Christ is nothing less or he is the exact and the unique image of the invisible God okay now if you look at this word image in Greek it basically expresses two concepts this word image basically expresses two concepts it expresses the concept of representation and manifestation okay all this is not in your notes so maybe if you want to make down the notes you can so this word image you know expresses two concepts representation and manifestation okay so image an image can be a representation okay and you know like for example you say you know what is your goal in life you know my goal in life is to represent Christ that means to be Christ wherever Christ has placed me okay so a representation can sometimes be faulty can sometimes be perfect enough now when a representation is perfect enough it becomes a manifestation okay so Christ Jesus was Jesus was a manifestation of God the Father he manifested God that means manifestation means an exact representation exact representation now I my goal is you know purpose in life is to represent Jesus Christ but I have my own weaknesses and sometimes I fail and most often I fail to represent Christ so I'm not an exact manifestation of Jesus Christ okay but Jesus when we say he was the exact image of the invisible God means he was a manifest he was God so is a perfect manifestation of God which means you know by looking at Jesus we are exactly looking at God himself when we look at Jesus his nature and attributes his works we're looking at the exact nature attributes in the works of God him a self okay so Paul uses the word he's an image of God and Paul is using the in Greek when you study the Greek language a very rich language so you need to study each word in different tenses present tense present future tense present past tense you know all of that and when you study all one word in the entire tenses the meaning of that word and the meaning of that entire phrase comes alive and is so powerful what we read in English it's just just a very minute what do you say minute translation of what is there in the Greek but when you study the Greek it's so so rich so here you know the Paul uses the present tense Greek word which stresses that Christ is always so when you translate it in the present tense this word image of God you know it actually means Christ is always and everywhere the manifestation of God so he's not just the image of God which is oh his image of God no it means he's the exact representation it means he's the exact manifestation it also stresses that Christ is always and everywhere the manifestation of God so the very nature and the characteristic of God is very perfectly revealed in Jesus Christ okay in him the invisible God becomes visible okay both the old and the New Testament make it very plain to us that no one has seen God and no one can ever see God okay but John chapter one was 18 says the only begotten son who's in the bosom of the father has made him known right John chapter one was 18 the word became flesh and we beheld his glory and was 18 says the only begotten son who's in the bosom of the father has made him know so this is the meaning of the word image so when somebody says he's an image of the invisible God means you can we can they can say hey he just looks like God but he's not God but you need to explain to them he is the exact manifestation the exact representation of the manifestation of who God is so Christ is always and everywhere the manifestation of God the second one he is the first born over all creation what do we mean by this he's the first born over all creation sorry well in the beginning he was in the beginning okay was there before the beginning it was not from the beginning but he was in the beginning right okay now when you look at this word first born the Greek word is protocotos so when you look at this Greek word protocotos it means first born but if it if if and it does not mean first created okay it does not mean that Jesus was first created then all of us so if it if it was Jesus was first created then the Greek word would be protocotosis okay the Greek word is not prototosis which means first created it means that he is first born okay now if you look at this Greek word protocotos which means first born and not prototosis which means first created it means it has two connotations okay the word protos means first in time and first in rank okay protos in the English means first okay but it means you're first in time and first in rank which implies first in priority and first in sovereignty okay very interesting when you will study the Greek so here first born so somebody can say hey he's the first born of creation which means he was born first then all of us were born but you need to tell them hey he's not that he was first created in terms of the Greek word prototosis but he is first born the Greek word is protocotos and protos means first in rank and first in time and which implies first in priority and first in sovereignty so the first born basically denotes two things of Christ okay which means he's a first born means he's preceded the whole of creation he's before all of creation so when you say that you know priority the word priority first in priority priority the other Greek the other English word is precedence so he says he's you know he precedes the whole of creation which means he is before all of creation and when we say that he's sovereign means that he's sovereign means he's supreme he's absolute independent over all creation so the word first born implies that Christ precedence to all of creation priority means precedence to all of creation and means sovereignty over all creation so sovereignty rank sovereign in rank head supreme authority rank so proto first first in priority first in rank so it means first in that he precedes all of creation and sovereignty means he is over all creation okay I hope it was a very interesting study of Colossians chapter one we'll continue to study anyone has any questions or all of you able to understand me all of you with me or it's going to weigh above your heads no okay thank you Lucy thank you thank you Andrew thank you shaker okay the no more questions we'll end class here sorry Warren you had your hand up sorry it was a mistake I wanted to say a thumbs up okay thank you we are going to miss our next class that is on Friday because of CLC so I'll meet you next Tuesday and then we will miss the following Friday as well because it's 26 so I'm going to miss two classes but we will look at what we can do best okay have a blessed week everyone and see you next Tuesday thank you