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NASB | John 13:3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 13:3 that Jesus, knowing that the Father had put everything into His hands, and that He had come from God and was [now] returning to God, |
Bible Question:
1 Corinthians 15:24 claims that a day will come when Christ will hand over the kingdom to the Father. I can't help but wondering in what sense the kingdom is handed over. It can not be a complete end to the rule of Christ, because we know from many passages such as Daneil 7:14 and Luke 1:32,33, Isaiah 9:6,7 that this isn't the case. Unless we should understand it to be teaching that the kingdom is the eternal thing but not the rule of Christ. I'm less inclined to believe that. But it must in someway be a handing over of the kingdom, for it certainly means something! Does anybody have a very helpful commentary on this? In Christ, Beja |
Bible Answer: Dear Pastor Beja, From an Amillennial perspective, I would look to Geerhardus Vos, "The Pauline Eschatology." I will try to sum up what I understand of this teaching, but you will forgive me if I miss the mark. Time was divided broadly in Jewish thinking as "this present age" and "the age to come" (Mark 10:30). Those two periods were delineated by the coming of Messiah. The age to come was seen as the Kingdom of God (Mark 1:15; etc.). Certainly we know that this time we live in is the Kingdom of God (Matthew 12:28). However, in many ways, it is "already and not yet." For example, although we live in the Kingdom, we do not yet see Christ; the enemies of God are not yet brought to judgment; the elect have yet to be resurrected to eternal life; our Savior's return has yet to occur; etc. The picture we see in Revelation 21-22 is still in the future. That picture is the completed, fulfilled, and entirely realized Kingdom of God. Anthony Hoekema defines the Kingdom of God as "the reign of God dynamically active in human history through Jesus Christ, the purpose of which is the redemption of His people from sin and from demonic powers, and the final establishment of the new heavens and the new earth." You see, it spans a period of time from the Ascension to the new creation. I doubt I am articulating this very well... and I'm not going to tackle the "mediatorial reign of Christ" etc. However, I think as an Amillenialist, you can comfortably think of 1 Corinthians 15:24 as the inauguration of Revelation 22:1-4. I hope that my fumbling and ill-articulated thoughts are somewhat useful to you. In Him, Doc PS Robert Reymond in his "A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith" (pp 1033-1036) discusses this passage, refuting the Millennial interpretations of it. I do not know that I fully agree, but then, neither do I fully understand. :-) |
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