Observations from Colossians

1. lots of universal/ categorical statements re: his supremacy toward creation

• first born of all creation
• by him all things were created
• all things created through and for him
  
• he is before all things
• in him all things hold together
• that in everything he might be preeminent
• in him all the FULLness of God is pleased to dwell
• to reconcile to himself all things

2. vs. 16 goes to great lengths to explain what "all things" means, with widely contrasting words like heaven and earth, visible and invisible.
3. i looked up preeminent in a thesaurus. it suggested superior, primary, incomparable, dominant.

what have you guys been noticing?