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Colossians 1:17-18
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17 And (A)he is before all things, and in him all things (B)hold together. 18 And (C)he is the head of the body, the church. He is (D)the beginning, (E)the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.

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Kehillah in Colossae 1:17-18
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17 And Moshiach is before all things, and all things in Moshiach have been held together; [MISHLE 8:23-27; 30:4]

18 And Moshiach is the Rosh [MISHLE 8:22; 30:4] of the Geviyah (Body) [Gn 47:18; Ps 16:9-10; Isa 53:11; Job 19:25-27], and the Geviyah (nevilah, DEVARIM 21:23) is Moshiach’s Brit Chadasha Kehillah; Moshiach is its Reshit, the Bechor from the Mesim, that Moshiach might be in everything pre-eminent, [TEHILLIM 89:27]

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