Trins love to use this scripture to prove the eternal son doctrine.
12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his
dear Son: 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: 15
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 16 For by him were all things created , that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Col. 1:12-17
While it does say the Son is Creator it also explains who the Son actually was at creation.
The image of the invisible God. This is the same thing as the Logos. The Son pre existed as
THE LOGOS.
The other scripture that says the Son is Creator contains the same explanation:
1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by
his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 3
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.
Heb. 1:1-3
Note that Paul explains that the Son is the brightness of
HIS glory and the express image of
HIS person. So again Paul does say the Son was Creator but lets us know in what way the Son existed as Creator.
As his visible image. Not another distinct person as an eternal son.
It is by the understanding of
THE LOGOS doctrine that Oneness can defend its position against Trinitarianism. Without it we must admit that the Son existed from eternity as another person from the Father, close up shop and go home.
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