Paul’s Primers Daily Bible Study Forum for May 4-8, 2009 Readings: All things are in subjection under His feet!
by admin ~ May 4th, 2009
“Thou hast put all things in subjection under His feet!” This means all things! Even right now! Learn what it means, “but now we see not yet all things put under Him.” You can learn more of this teaching in the Daily Bible Study podcast service, where you will see that in truth all things really are already now subject to the Lord. For Jesus Christ already is the reigning King of Kings and Lord of Lords; even in this world where we are still grieved. You see, it is true that we see in each generation there are those “not yet” subject (that is, at least not in their own minds), but when their time comes, at their death when they pass over from this life to the next, they will, as all men, cry out before the throne of the Living God the truth that Jesus Christ is Lord and God–yes, even those destined for Hell and the Lake of Fire! This is Ancient Christian Truth, and the victorious message of the early Church. And a part of the foundation for our reading from the Epistle to the Romans.
Hear the words of St. Chrysostom, one of the most well respected Church Fathers (who lived in the fourth century), as he addresses Hebrews chapter 2:
“What is man that Thou art mindful of him, or the son of man that Thou visitest him? Thou madest him a little lower than the angels: Thou crownedst him with glory and honor. Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet.”
Now although these things were spoken of human nature generally, they would nevertheless apply more properly to Christ according to the flesh. For this, “Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet,” belongs to Him rather than to us. For the Son of God visited us when we were nothing: and after having assumed our nature, and united it to Himself, He became higher than all. [A Finished Work!]
“For,” he says, “in that He hath put all things in subjection under Him, He left nothing not put under Him: but now we see not yet all things put under Him.” What he means is this: since he had said, “until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool,” and it was likely that they would still be grieved, then having inserted a few things after this parenthetically, he added this testimony in confirmation of the former. For that they might not say, How is it that He hath put His enemies under His feet, when we have suffered so much? he sufficiently hinted at it in the former place indeed (for the word “until” showed, not what should take place immediately, but in course of time) but here he followeth it up. For do not suppose (he says) that because they have not yet been made subject, they are not to be made subject: for that they must be made subject, is evident; for, on this account was the prophecy spoken. “For,” he says, “in that He hath put all things under Him, He left nothing not put under Him.” How then is it that all things have not been put under Him? Because they are hereafter to be put under Him.
This teaching of Chrysostom should be crystal clear: All things really already are put in subjection to the Lord, including sin, death, and the devil; but within each generation of mankind living on this earth, those still warring against the Lord will seem not to be in subjection. This is an illusion. The believer’s comfort comes in this, knowing that those seemingly not in subjection are deceiving themselves, they are but an illusion. In truth, we know that all things are truly in subjection, and even the unbelievers will bend the knee, and confess the Lord, when they pass from this life to the next and desperately seek to avoid being cast into utter darkness at their judgment before the throne of the Living God.
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Next week we will continue reading and providing teaching commentary on the book of Romans. Always seeking to Awaken a Reconciled World with the Victorious Worldview of Ancient Christian Truth.
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