Section 4
dealt with the Devil and with his world, the satanic system.
THE FIRSTBORN OF ALL CREATION
When the Lord Jesus died on the cross, He died as the Firstborn of all creation (Col. 1:15). With respect to His humanity, Christ was the first item of God's creation. When He died on the cross, He died as this first item of the old creation. Hence, through His death on the cross the entire old creation was dealt with.
THE PEACEMAKER
In Ephesians 2:14 and 15 we see that Christ died as the Peacemaker, as the One who makes peace: "For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of partition, the enmity, having abolished in His flesh the law of the commandments in ordi nances, that He might create the two in Himself into one new man, making peace." Here we see that Christ died on the cross to abolish all the ordinances among mankind. In particular, He died to take away the partition between the Jews and the Gentiles. Not only was there a parti tion between Jews and Gentiles; there were also partitions between every nationality and race.