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He must reign 1 cor 15:25For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 26The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. In writing a chapter addressed to the corinthians in regards to the resurrection of the saints, whereby the last enemy, physical death will be destroyed, paul makes this point..That, the Lord Jesus christ must reign, putting all enemies under His feet..His reigning here is in the greek, a present tense verb infinitive, denoting He is presently reigning..The word means:basileuō and means:to be king, to exercise kingly power, to reignmetaph. to exercise the highest influence, to controlThis informs us, that presently, The King of Kings, and Lord of Lords is upon His throne of Glory excersising his Kingly power, the Highest Influence and control over all creatures..matt 28:18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Not only has it been given to Him, but he is excersising it..all the time..The Lord Jesus christ is reigning right now and putting all enemies under His feet, subduing them with His power as phil 3 21 indicates:Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.The word subdue is the greek word:hypotassō which means:to arrange under, to subordinate2) to subject, put in subjection3) to subject one's self, obey4) to submit to one's control5) to yield to one's admonition or advice6) to obey, be subjectThe Lord by His Sovereign Kingly power, subdues, causes to be subject, causes to be obedient, causes to yield to His control, all things. That includes, men or devils, or elements..all things is quite expansive..look at 1 pet 3:22Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.Everything and everyone has been made subject to Him..The Devil and His Angels, the blessed Good Angels, all men, elect and none elect have beenmade subject to Him and His power..The phrase, being made subject unto Him , in the greek is aorist passive voice, meaning everything and one has been put under His power and authority..The text says he is reigning putting all His enemies under His feet..One way The Lord Jesus christ puts His enemies under His feet, is by the conversion of His elect, those he died for..Yes, the elect, by nature, we are enemies to christ, by wicked works, and at enmity with him in our unregenerated minds..i.e:eph 2:2Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. col 1:21And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciledrom 8:Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.yes, all the elect by nature, are Gods enemies, by having a unrenewed mind, by nature..So one of the proofs of Jesus christ reigning upon his Throne of Glory lk 24:Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?One of the proofs is the conversion of His elect enemies..you see, those who jesus christ died for, the power of darkness, has been destroyed by him on their behalf..and when a soul isconverted unto Him, its a testimony to His power, and him subuing his enemie under His feet..Do you recall the story of saul on the road to damascus ? acts 9:1And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, 2And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. 3And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: 4And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 5And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 6And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. what we have here in this sacred story, is the illustration, of the resurrected Jesus christ, upon His Throne of Glory, subduing an enemie under his feet..causing him to become subject to Him, obedient to him, remember the definition earlier of the words reign and subdue..you see how saul was turned from being a staunch enemie, unto humble submission ? That was the power of christ, reigning upon His throne..And Jesus was not finshed , there were others, that he was going to turn them from the power of satan unto God..read what paul said in acts 26:18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. 19Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: it was the Lord Jesus christ reigning upon His Throne of Glory that 3000 souls repented of their sin that day of pentecost..remeber peter said that Jesus christ poured out the holy Ghost that day upon His church, indicating he was ruling and reigning upon His throne acts 2:33Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. it was the Lord jesus christ converting and adding to His church, that He was building acts 2:47Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.Notice, the Lord added, not freewill, not human decision, not peter even, but the Lord added to the church, He did it as He was reigning upon His throne of glory, subduing His elect enemies under His feet, causing them to be obedient to him..The word added in acts 2 47..it is the greek word:prostithēmi and it means:to put to2) to adda) i.e. to join to, gather with any company, the number of one's followers or companions1) he was gathered to his fathers i.e. diedThe word is also translated increase as in lk 17 5It was the Lord Jesus christ, who added to his followers, he gathered them to himself..he joined them to himself, he increased his followers and made other believers..remember in jn 11 where it was prophesied that he would gather all the children of God scattered abroad ? Jn 11:52And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. paul writes to the ephisians that it was to the glory of christ, he owed His trusting of Jesus christ eph 1:12That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. In other words, its to the praise of the reigning Jesus christ, he who subdues His spiritual enemies under his feet, it was to his power, that paul owed his trusting in jesus christ..his obdience to jesus christ..and not only he, but so the same to all the election of grace..its a shame before God, that so called preachers of the gospel and suposedly believers in Jesus christ, are going about preaching the lies, that Jesus christ died for all people, and yet some of them will go to hell for their sins, or that people belonging to Jesus in conversion, can yet somehow loose their salvation..all these blasphmies betray of whom they really represent, and its not Jesus christ..they preach and teach a Jesus christ who is not reigning with all power in heaven and earth in His hand, and who is not subduing all his enemies under his feet, they serve and teach a false christ, who is either idley sitting around in heaven, hoping that peole will accept him, or that he is doing the best he can to influnce them into subjection..This is a false jesus christ they teach and preach and not the Jesus christ who now reigns Sovereignly on His throne, subduing his enemies under His feet, to the Glory of God..May God have mercy on His chosen, for christ sake..