Originally Posted by
MickeyS
Everything you just said about "firstborn" being a ***le points toward a rank among OTHER family members (namely siblings) What other family member do you believe Christ is ranked higher than if He has none? I think you just went a long way around to say the exact thing I was saying. Whether He was born first or ranks higher, He still holds that relation to us to be granted a rank among us. If the relation didn't exist, the ranking and ***le would be unnecessary. That's the point I was making. Firstborn denotes His ***le in relation to other family members....us.