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NASB | 1 Corinthians 15:28 When all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that God may be all in all. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 15:28 However, when all things are subjected to Him (Christ), then the Son Himself will also be subjected to the One (the Father) who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all [manifesting His glory without any opposition, the supreme indwelling and controlling factor of life]. |
Subject: Don't understand Revelation and 1 Cor 15 |
Bible Note: Hi Seeker, With respect to your third quote Isaiah 60.14 we have to consider the context. Isaiah 60 opens with the words, ‘Arise, shine, for your light is come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you -- the Lord will arise upon you, and His glory will be seen upon you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.’ Isaiah leaves no doubt about what is in mind here. The One of Whom this is spoken is the One of Whom it was said, ‘The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light, those who dwell in the land of the shadow of death, on them has the light shone’ (Isaiah 9.2), in other words it refers to the coming Son of David (9.5-6). Matthew refers to the fulfilment of this when Jesus began to proclaim the Good News (Matthew 4.13-16). Now I take this literally. Do you? So Isaiah 60 begins with reference to the first coming of Jesus. Furthermore He is the Servant, the One Who is given to be, ‘a covenant of the people, a light to the Gentiles’ (Isaiah 42.6). And he says of Him in Isaiah 49.6, ‘Is it too light a thing that you should be My Servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel, I will also give you for a light to the Gentiles, that you may be My salvation to the ends of the earth.’ In other words He is to be a light to both Jews and Gentiles. And these words are also applied to the Apostles as they went out with the Gospel (Acts 13.47). Jesus Himself constantly emphasised that He was the light of the world, and that He had come to shine on Israel (John 1.4; 3.19-21; 8.12; 12.35-36, 46). So there can be no doubt that Isaiah has Jesus’ first coming in mind. But like all prophecy parts of it will be fulfilled at different times. The prophets saw the future, but not a timetable for the future. Thus Isaiah goes on to describe what will happen before the coming of Jesus. God’s people will return from exile bringing the wealth of the nations. This was fulfilled, firstly in the return of the exiles under Sheshbazzar and Zerubbabel, then in the time of Ezra, and then through the centuries as more and more exiles returned. The riches brought from the Gentiles are strongly emphasised (Ezra 1.6-11; 6.4-5; 7.15-18, 21-22), and some of those riches were to come from the revenues of the province of Beyond the River (Syria, Palestine, Transjordan) in other words from a variety of Gentiles, and it would be brought on camel and ass to Jerusalem. Similar riches would pour in during the successes of the Maccabees, and when Herod’s Temple was being built. Further riches poured in from the Gentiles when Paul made his collection and brought it to Jerusalem. Thus riches poured in from the Gentiles at different times. And in the building of the second Temple, which was twice as large as Solomon’s, and in the building of Herod’s Temple, the glory of Lebanon flooded into them, the fir tree, the pine and the box tree in order to beautify the place of God’s sanctuary (Isaiah 60.14). And of course the submission of the Gentiles was received when the true servants of the Messiah went out from Jerusalem with the message of the Gospel and the nations submitted to them as Messiah’s people, that is, as Israel. And in the first few years they would flock to Jerusalem and bring their treasures with them. Thus it is the Second Temple that is in mind here. Best wishes |