How did the Son become the visible image of the invisible God?

Les explains that the pronoun “who” refers to the Son whose blood was given for redemption and forgiveness in verses 13–14. In verse 15, God is invisible; the Trinity, the Elohim of the Old Testament, was that invisible Godhead, its spirit. But out of that invisible Trinity stepped one person of the Godhead, and He took on flesh and became visible. This is what Paul is talking about: the Son, Lord Jesus as we know Him, is the image or the visible appearance of the invisible God. He is also the firstborn of every creature, meaning He is before anything else has ever been. Verse 16 says that by Him, by God the Son, all things were created that are in heaven and in earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, dominions, principalities, or powers—everything was created by Him and for Him. Les warns against bringing this person of the Godhead down to the level of mankind’s other gods, calling it blasphemy. He is the Creator, and one day every human being will know Him as such; the lost will meet Him at the great white throne and will not argue.