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COLOSSIANS 1:15

"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation."

In biblical symbolism, this verse describes the inner structure of the soul and the way the divine expresses itself within consciousness.

“Image of the invisible God”

This is the Monad‑Light, the pure, unfallen pattern of the divine within the soul.

It is not a physical likeness but the inner form of God’s nature reflected in the deepest center of the human being.

The “image” is the soul’s original blueprint, the radiant archetype from which all true spiritual growth unfolds.

“The invisible God”

This is the Absolute or the unmanifest, the source beyond form, beyond thought, beyond all qualities.

Invisible not because it is absent, but because it is too subtle for the outer faculties to perceive.

The Monad, the innermost part of the soul, is the point where this unseeable reality becomes perceptible within the soul.

“The firstborn of every creature”

This is the primordial emanation, the first expression of the divine within creation and within the individual soul.

“Firstborn” does not mean created first in time; it means the principle from which all levels of consciousness descend.

It is the seed‑essence, the inner Christ‑principle, the original light that precedes all forms of the self.

Thus, in mysticism, Colossians 1:15 describes the inner Christ as the soul’s highest identity:
- the Divine pattern within
- the first emanation of the Infinite
- the center from which the entire inner life unfolds.

It is the soul’s own hidden origin, shining through the veils of the lower nature.

The Esoteric Message.....
The inner Christ is the soul’s primordial divine pattern, the first emanation of the invisible within the human being.

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