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He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. (Colossians 1:15 – New American Standard Bible).

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Christ is the image of the invisible God the Father. He is called with the term "invisible" because since he is a being who lives in heaven we men do not see him (Hebrews 11:27), just as we do not see all the rest of the invisible that is in heaven (Colossians 1:16).

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Christ is the image of the Father in the sense that he reflects what the Father is:

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8 Philip said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us." 9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, `Show us the Father'? (John 14:8-9 – New American Standard Bible).

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For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; (Romans 8:29 – New American Standard Bible).

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Christ is the firstborn of all creation not in the sense that he was the first being created among all, for the Son exists from eternity as the Father and the Holy Spirit, despite Christ as a human being was born and therefore was begotten. The term "firstborn" in Colossians 1:15 expresses the concept of "privileged" without having to do with the concept of the first birth. The firstborn among children, besides being the one born first, had the birthright and was therefore the privileged child (Genesis 43:33; 1 Chronicles 5:1; 1 Chronicles 26:10; 2 Chronicles 21:2-3). In Romans 8:29, the foreknew and predestined to be conformed to the image of the Son (Christ) are the chosen ones who will inherit eternal life (Ephesians 1:4-5). The chosen ones conformed to the image of Christ are children of God just as Christ is also Son of God, and with Christ they are brethren. If they are all brethren, it results that Christ is the most important one, therefore the firstborn, head of the church composed of all his brethren (Colossians 1:18). Now we understand that Christ is the firstborn of all creation in the general sense because he is the most important of all creatures both in heaven and on earth (Ephesians 1:10; Ephesians 1:20-22; Philippians 2:9-10; Hebrews 1:4).

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"I also shall make him My firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth. (Psalms 89:27 – New American Standard Bible).

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Psalm 89:27 too makes it clear the concept of the firstborn in the sense of being the privileged without having to do with the concept of the first birth. In Psalm 89:27 God speaks of David, saying that he would have made him his firstborn, therefore as his privileged son: the highest of the kings of the earth.