I love the word ‘all’ because it is total, inclusive, and has no exceptions. Five times Paul used the words ‘all things’ in three verses. I noticed them as I was memorizing Colossians 1:16-18.
By Him all things were created, all things were created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. That in all things He may have the preeminence, capped them off.
I love to use these when I pray or worship. He is All Powerful, All Knowing, and All Present, or Omnipotent, Omniscient, and Omnipresent. Hebrews 6:13 says that because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself. It makes me smile every time I read it.
Hebrews 1:2 says, “Has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds.” Verse 3 says, “…upholding all things by the word of His power…”