Mark wrote: Chaim ben Yaakov:
Jesus was the 1st creation, right?

I'm sure you know that the specific wording of this question has divided "the church" for 2000 years now. But just as I've stated that Jesus' divinity is essential to the Cross, the context in which you've asked this question makes its implications pretty clear.

No, He was not a created being.

Malachi's response: Not a created being Mark? you and your other Trinitarian friends have yet to answer Colossians 1:15 where Paul says that the so called second person of the Trinity BEFORE he came to earth was created. Whenevr we have the the phrase "firstborn of "something", the firstborn ALWAYS belongs to the same class or group as the "something". There are no scriptural exceptions when it comes to the phrase "firstborn of "something" and there are dozens of examples to demonstrate what I have said.

Therefore, if we wish to rely upon scriptural precedent as our guide, and not our own wishful thinking, we should adopt the view that harmonizes with scriptural precedent. To do otherwise is to allow our own thinking and wishful desires to get in the way of the truth.

So far not one Trinitarian has answered or even attempted to answer this question. But I do understand that not all Trinitarians interpret the doctrine in the same way since it is not taught in the Hebrew Bible nor GT.

regards,
Malachi