God made the world through him. See Colossians 1:16. He was: in the world; God made the world through him; the world did not know him. He came to his own country. When he became a human being, he took Jewish citizenship (see Galatians 4:4). The "world" is the whole human race. His "country" is the Jewish Nation.

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Old Testament