The people were straying away from God and began to worship animals, Idols, “less divine beings” like the greek gods. An example is Zeus, Artemis, Eres, etc.
In Colossians 1, Paul is saying that we have to give thanks to God for what he has done. One observation that I notice was that God sent prophets to carry the world to people. In Colossians verse 27, it said” To them God chose to make know how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Other observation that I notice was that Paul wrote to the people of Colossae. In verse 2 of Colossians, it said. To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae. The third thing that I noticed was the word “him” was repeated 7 times in
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The world firstborn means eternal life. In Genesis 43:33, it said “ And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth. And the men looked at one another in amazement.” I think this is saying that when we get to heaven, we will sit before God according to our birthright from oldest to youngest. The second word that I came upon and research was the word preeminent. Preeminent means surpassing all others; very distinguished in some way. In Esther 10:3 ”Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews, and held in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews.” The word Preeminent in Colossians 1 and Esther 10:3 relate to one another because since the definition of preeminent means to surpass other, in Esther 10:3 it said that Mordecai was preeminent among the Jews which means that he has surpassed them. The word alienated means to cause (someone) to feel isolated or estranged or to have left that person’s property to someone else. In Job 19:13 it