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.
For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
For some reason, amils think this means there is no Millennium reign of Christ on earth.
In any case, someone is making the point that the kingdom to be delivered up, is not the everlasting kingdom of Christ and the Father, but rather the Millennial kingdom from earth. I like the argument and agree.
The argument is simple:
1. The kingdom spoken of is that of rule over all nations. That power is of the kings of the earth, that exercise their personal authority and rule over others.
And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
This is earthly dominion under personal rule of the King on earth. It is an earthly dominion as that of nations today, that He will have over all nations on earth.
Jesus Christ is not now ruling and exercising authorty with dominion over leaders of the earth today. They do not answer to Him on earth, nor does He punish them with earthly authority, if they do not obey Him. All of His reigning on earth today is spiritual leadership only.
Neither Jesus nor His saints tell leaders what to do on pains of being removed from office, and/or punishment. Any Christian that says they are reigning on the earth today with Jesus, only do so over their own households, And if they have community power, then that rule is only within the boundaries of men's laws.
2. The everlasting kingdom and eternal reign of Christ cannot be delivered to God the Father, because it's already the Father's, and has been the Father's and the Son's since His resurrection, and always shall be.
But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
How can the Father's kingdom not be His, so that it must be delivered up by the Son? And better yet, why would God need deliver up His own eternal kingdom to God?
The prophecy of Paul simply confirms the same prophecy of Rev 20:
When the thousand year reign of Christ on earth is expired, where He has subdued all nations under His feet, He will deliver up that kingdom to the Father for judgement, with the rest of the dead: those to be found in the Lamb's book of life, while the wicked of all history since Cain will be cast into the LOF, along with death itself.
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.
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
All things are prophesied to be put under Jesus' feet, and the Lord shall indeed subdue all nations under His rule, but we do not yet see that, which will not be until the expiration of His personal reign on earth.
For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
For some reason, amils think this means there is no Millennium reign of Christ on earth.
In any case, someone is making the point that the kingdom to be delivered up, is not the everlasting kingdom of Christ and the Father, but rather the Millennial kingdom from earth. I like the argument and agree.
The argument is simple:
1. The kingdom spoken of is that of rule over all nations. That power is of the kings of the earth, that exercise their personal authority and rule over others.
And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
This is earthly dominion under personal rule of the King on earth. It is an earthly dominion as that of nations today, that He will have over all nations on earth.
Jesus Christ is not now ruling and exercising authorty with dominion over leaders of the earth today. They do not answer to Him on earth, nor does He punish them with earthly authority, if they do not obey Him. All of His reigning on earth today is spiritual leadership only.
Neither Jesus nor His saints tell leaders what to do on pains of being removed from office, and/or punishment. Any Christian that says they are reigning on the earth today with Jesus, only do so over their own households, And if they have community power, then that rule is only within the boundaries of men's laws.
2. The everlasting kingdom and eternal reign of Christ cannot be delivered to God the Father, because it's already the Father's, and has been the Father's and the Son's since His resurrection, and always shall be.
But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
How can the Father's kingdom not be His, so that it must be delivered up by the Son? And better yet, why would God need deliver up His own eternal kingdom to God?
The prophecy of Paul simply confirms the same prophecy of Rev 20:
When the thousand year reign of Christ on earth is expired, where He has subdued all nations under His feet, He will deliver up that kingdom to the Father for judgement, with the rest of the dead: those to be found in the Lamb's book of life, while the wicked of all history since Cain will be cast into the LOF, along with death itself.
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.
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
All things are prophesied to be put under Jesus' feet, and the Lord shall indeed subdue all nations under His rule, but we do not yet see that, which will not be until the expiration of His personal reign on earth.
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