3. It is in this sense that Jesus is described as the firstborn from the dead (Col.1:18), a phrase which is parallel to "the firstborn of every creature" or creation (Col.1:15 R.V.). He therefore speaks of himself as "the first begotten of the dead...the beginning of the creation of God" (Rev.1:5; 3:14). Jesus was the first of a new creation of immortal men and women, whose resurrection and full birth as the immortal sons of God has been made possible by the death and resurrection of Jesus (Eph.2:10; 4:23,24; 2 Cor.5:17). "In Christ shall all (true believers) be made alive.
Ni kwa maana hii ambayo Yesu amesemwa ya kuwa ni mzaliwa wa kwamza kutoka wafu (Kol. 1: 18), msemo uliosambamba na"mzaliwa wa kwanza wa viumbe vyote (Kol. 1: 15). Kwa hiyo anajisema mwenyewe kuwa ni"mzaliwa wa kwanza wa waliokufa …. Mwanzo wa kuumba kwa Mungu"(Uf. 1: 5, 3: 14). Yesu alikuwa ni wa kwanza kwa uumbaji mpya wa watu wasiokufa wanaume na wanawake,ambao ufufuo wao na kuzaliwa kabisa wakiwa ni wana wa Mungu wasiokufa umewezeshwa na kifo chake Yesu na ufufuo wake (Efe.2:10; 4:23,24; 2 Kor.5:17)"Katika Kristo wote (waamini wa kweli) watahuishwa.