All Power is Given unto Me

[larry2]

When does Jesus take this all power, or exercise the power He has been given?

Mat 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them (the eleven), saying, All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth.

Mat 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Heb 2:8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under His feet. For in that he put all in subjection under Him, He left nothing that is not put under Him. But now we see not yet all things put under Him.

 

[Harvest 1874]

When was this “All power in heaven and earth” given to our Lord?

When He was glorified with the Father on the morning of His resurrection and became the first-born son (of the new creation), and (40 days later) when he presented the merit of his sacrifice to the Father (to justice), and received the authorization to claim His inheritance. Therefore the disciples could now go forth and teach all nations and baptize believers.

But what of the statement in Heb 2:8 “But now we see not yet all things put under Him.”

We can look at this from two perspectives as in regards to Christ, viz.

We do not see all things put under him because all things are not yet put under him, he has only begun his work of subduing all things, this work will encompass the whole millennial age, “Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.” (1 Cor 15:24-26)

Jesus as the son of God is the “heir of all things” (Heb 1:2). As the son of Man he is the heir to the dominion of earth originally entrusted to the first man and forfeited by him. He is the great kinsman of mankind who possesses the ransoming power to redeem them from sin and death.

As in regards to mankind,

David said that man had been made a little lower than the angels, "crowned with glory and honor," and made ruler over everything of a lower nature upon the earth. This statement of David's is quoted in the New Testament, and the explanation is added: "But now we see not yet all things put under him. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels… crowned with glory and honor; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man." -- Heb. 2:8, 9

How true that we see "not yet" all things put under man! He has long since proved his inability to rule himself, to say nothing of ruling over the dominion as a whole. While the Creator commissioned man to multiply and fill the earth and have dominion over it, man forfeited that dominion and the right to live forever when he transgressed the divine law.

But God has promised the restoration and restitution of all things (Acts 3:19-21) because of the great sacrifice of Christ, and so in due time man’s dominion will be restored to him as it was originally intended.

In Jesus we have the surety or guarantee of this purpose being realized.

 

[larry2]

We do not see all things put under him because all things are not yet put under him, he has only begun his work of subduing all things, this work will encompass the whole millennial age,

Hi dear Brother Harvest 1874, and thank you for a well thought out answer.

My thoughts on this do not agree that Jesus has yet taken the all power at this present time in view of the fact that He does not set on His own throne until Rev 4:2 during His reign which we refer to as the Day of the Lord.

Please also note that the things shown to John concerning Jesus’ Day are said to be hereafter from the inception of the Lord’s Day in Rev 4:1.

At this present time we see Jesus sitting, or standing at the right hand of God; not said to be Jesus’ own throne. John also sees Jesus walking among the candlesticks (churches) during this present time.

God bless you in Jesus' name.

 

[APAK]

@larry2
Two areas to quickly run over…light summary

1. Since Jesus’ ascension to immortality for the first time, he holds the power of God as he felt/ possessed while on the earth and much more. He is not only weighing the actions of all congregations on earth, and constantly working with them or disowning some of them in Rev 3, he also acts as our mediator to God as an individual believer. As the image of God, these things, “thrones, powers, rulers and authorities,” are the powers and positions that were needed and are needed by Christ to run his Assembly, and were created by him for that purpose. (Col 1:15-16). He is working on our abodes in our glorified life. He has supported believers throughout the centuries in many capacities. He runs the angels in heaven. He’s been busy man.


2. Rev 4:2 introduces God Almighty and not Jesus. Jesus arrives on the scene later and it is appropriate since Jesus is not God, and God is first announced on his symbolic seating on his throne, the source of all power (7 spirits). Jesus begins his work next in Rev 5 for judgment of the earth.

One other item from your OP: Matt 28:19 is not original. It was revised over time and the trinity formula was added in place of “in Jesus (Christ)..” as in Acts and other places….can elaborate later if you want.

Bless you,

APAK

 

[Enoch111]

When does Jesus take this all power, or exercise the power He has been given?

Jesus -- the Lord Jesus Christ -- began exercising His power the day He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on High.

1. He poured out the Holy Spirit upon the earth on the day of Pentecost.

2. He empowered His apostles to speak supernaturally in foreign languages not known to them, and preach the Gospel in the power of the Holy Spirit, so that thousands were saved in one day. And He baptized every believer with the Holy Spirit, when the gift of the Spirit was given to those who repented and believed. And this continues to this day.

3. He empowered Christians in the apostolic period to take the Gospel to the ends of the earth, and establish churches throughout the Roman Empire. While this was happening the sign gifts were in operation -- signs, and wonders, and miracles -- displaying the mighty power of God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit.

4. He empowered His martyrs to give up their lives for the Gospel and for the testimony of Christ, thus Christianity became the religion of the Roman and Byzantine empires, and thousands of pagans and barbarians came to Christ.

5. He continues to empower His people daily until the Resurrection/Rapture. This is a worldwide phenomenon.

6. It will be the Word of Christ which raises all the saints from the dead, transforms all the living saints into His likeness, and then takes them to Heaven in a flash, at the Resurrection/Rapture.

7. But Christ will return "with power and great glory" -- surrounded by His saints and angels -- to bring judgment upon His enemies, and to literally establish His real, physical, universal, and visible Kingdom on earth, first during the Millennium, and after that for eternity. That is when all things will be put under His feet.

 

[larry2]

One other item from your OP: Matt 28:19 is not original. It was revised over time and the trinity formula was added in place of “in Jesus (Christ)..”

I'm sorry, but I feel that your objectivity of scripture is biased due to your thought of Jesus not being God. To me there are two different commissions given that cannot be the same. One in Mark was to go to every creature, or man, while the second was to nations whch will not be until the end of the tribulation.

I'll add the following:
Rev 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.

Joh 1:10 He (Jesus) was in the world, and the world was made by Him (Jesus), and the world knew Him not.
Joh 1:11 He (Jesus) came unto his own, and His own received Him not. (Is this Jesus or not?)
Col 1:16 For by Him (Jesus) were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth.

Rev 4:3 And He that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. (As Spirit, is our Father God visible?)

Thanks.

 

[larry2]

Jesus has yet taken the all power at this present time in view of the fact that He does not set on His own throne until Rev 4:2 during His reign which we refer to as the Day of the Lord.

Jesus -- the Lord Jesus Christ -- began exercising His power the day He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on High.

Hi Enoch111. Would you please add scripture to your different thoughts concerning the power Jesus is presently exercising?
Thanks.

 

[Enoch111]

Hi Enoch111. Would you please add scripture to your different thoughts concerning the power Jesus is presently exercising?

That would require a dissertation. But I am sure most Christians would know the Scriptures supporting those statements. However this passage covers most of what I have presented:

EPHESIANS 1
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

Two things to note:
1. Christ's power cannot be separated from God's power, since in Him (Christ) dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily (Col 2:9).

2. Christ's power and authority cannot be separated from each other. While exousia (authority) and dunamis (power) are different words, they work together in the case of God.

 

[larry2]

Christ's power and authority cannot be separated from each other.

Thanks for your reply.

What do you think of 1Co 15:24 Then cometh the end, when He shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when He shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
And 1Co 15:28? And when all things shall be subdued unto Him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto Him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

What of Jesus saying this in Rev 1:8? I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. To me there's coming a time when Jesus will exercise that all authority as King of kings, and Lord of lords as HE puts down all rule and authority of usurping nations, thus ending the times of the Gentiles. Lk 21:24.

 

[Enoch111]

Thanks for your reply.

You are welcome. Chronologically we should put this that you have quoted first:

What of Jesus saying this in Rev 1:8? I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. To me there's coming a time when Jesus will exercise that all authority as King of kings, and Lord of lords as HE puts down all rule and authority of usurping nations, thus ending the times of the Gentiles. Lk 21:24.

This should be tied into Revelation 19 and the battle of Armageddon (not named as such but described): And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God (Rev 19:16,17).

After Armageddon, Christ will redeem and restore the Kingdom of Israel and establish His Millennial Reign on earth (Rev 20 and the prophecy of Ezekiel. This will also tie in with Daniel 7:14: And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

Now, even though this passage says that Christ's Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, the time will come when Jesus will willingly and voluntarily hand back all power and authority (including the Kingdom of God) to the Father. This is an amazing thought but it is right there in the Scriptures you have quoted:

1Co 15:24 Then cometh the end, when He shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when He shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
And 1Co 15:28? And when all things shall be subdued unto Him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto Him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. [/QUOTE]