Question to consider (that ties in with your answer here): Does eikwn HAVE
to mean an exact representation here? There is another word for that used
in Hebrews 1, charakter (where we get our English word, character). I
wonder if the use of the word eikwn, "image" is trying to tell us something
about Christ's supremacy over man and every other created being rather than
equality with God. (This is not to say that Christ is not equal with God.
I'm just questioning whether the purpose of this passage is to express this.
There are other passages which do that.)
Somi.
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For I am convinced that neither death nor life,
neither angels nor demons,
neither the present nor the future,
nor any other powers,
neither height nor depth,
nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to seperate us from the love of God
that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38,39
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