God's Reflection

Col. 1:15  He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

Most of us are familiar with computers.  Our home screens are dotted with icons (eikon), those small images that represent actual programs, commands or files.  When we click on the images, the original items are then revealed.  Paul tells us here that Jesus is the image (eikon), likeness or reflection of God the Father.

Picture a full moon reflecting on a still body of water.  That reflection exactly resembles the original.  According to Jesus (Jn. 14:9), we can know what our heavenly Father is like because we know what His Son, the reflection is like.  The Son has made Him, the invisible God, known to us (Jn. 1:18).

Jesus was the perfect image of God's character.  He was God's reflection.


Sock Monkey Snippet:  We can know the Father because we know the Son.