Dans ce document, plusieurs titres impériaux romains à forte signification juridique attribués à Jésus-Christ par le Saint-Esprit dans le Nouveau Testament sont examinés afin d’avoir un aperçu des prérogatives politiques du Roi des rois, César des césars, Empereur des empereurs, Président des présidents et Gouverneur des gouverneurs.
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Colossians 1:15A is typically understood to designate Jesus as the way in which the otherwise unknowable God can be known by human beings. Support for this conclusion is drawn from Hellenistic Judaism, Greek philosophy, and theology merely inferred from the ‘image of God’ concept in Genesis 1:26-28. However, a more satisfactory reading of this verse sees in it a presentation of Jesus as Yahweh’s representative ruler of the earth. There are several supports for this reading : (1) the explicit development of the ‘image of God’ concept in Genesis ; (2) parallel uses of the ‘image of God’ concept in ancient Near Eastern and Greco-Roman sources ; (3) the modification made to the preposition in Colossians 1:15A ; (4) an alternative reading of the word ‘invisible’ ; and (5) the subsequent phrase in Colossians 1:15B, ‘firstborn of all creation’. By describing Jesus in such a way, he is presented as the legitimate ruler of the world, potentially in deliberate contrast to the world rulers of that day : the emperors of Rome, who were thus viewed by the merit of their special relationship with their gods.
Source : Christopher Northcott, « ‘King of Kings’ in Other Words : Colossians 1:15A as a Designation of Authority Rather than Revelation », Tyndale Bulletin (Tyndale House – Université de Cambridge), Vol. 69, N° 2, novembre 2018, p. 205-224.