Guess what, a rock is dead. There is no life in a rock. Jesus is the firstborn of the dead. Not some missing link, not a cell from nothing, not a creature from whatever someone wants to create in their imagination because they are running from the presence of God in their lives. Jesus is the firstborn of the dead.
Life creates life.
He died to give us eternal life. He gave his life for your life, so that you would have everlasting life. This is the first instance of something dead producing life. It is by the life giving power of God, which resurrected Christ from the dead, which gives eternal life. Not by a rock turning into your cat, Fluffy over a period of 35 million years.