2024-10-19 周六 藉着复活执行神的行政

经文:最后所废除的仇敌,就是死,因为神已叫万有都服在祂的脚下。祂既说万有都服了,明显那叫万有服祂的,就不在其内了。万有既服了祂,那时,子自己也要服那叫万有服祂的,叫神在万有中作一切。(林前十五26-28,另译)

最后所废除的仇敌,就是死

在二十六节保罗说,“最后所废除的仇敌,就是死。”人堕落以后,神立刻开始祂的工作,要废除罪和死。这工作在旧约和新约的世代里,一直进行着,今天仍在过程中。到旧造的末期,罪被除去,罪的源头撒但,也被扔在火湖里(启二十7-10),那时,死就被废除了。在白色大宝座前末次并最终的审判以后,死和死的权势,阴间,也要被扔在火湖里(11-15)。

神已叫万有都服在祂的脚下

在林前十五章二十七节说,“因为神已叫万有都服在祂的脚下。祂既说万有都服了,明显那叫万有服祂的,就不在其内了。”二十七节里的两个“祂”是指基督。祂是诗篇八篇四至八节所豫言的人。神已叫万有都服祂这复活、得荣、并被高举的人(来二7-9,弗一20-22)。

藉着复活来执行神的行政

林前十五章二十八节说,“万有既服了祂,那时,子自己也要服那叫万有服祂的,叫神在万有中作一切。”这是藉着复活来执行神的行政。根据二十八节,至终子自己也要服那叫万有服祂的,叫神在万有中作一切。基督这神子,在祂的人性里作了人类的元首,乃是在父神的作头之下。这是为着神国的行政。在父神把万有都服在祂这位在荣耀里复活之人的脚下(弗一22,来二7-8)以后,并在祂这复活的人,把一切的仇敌都置于祂的脚下,以执行父神叫万有对祂的服从以后,祂这神子随着将国交还父神(林前十五24),也要在祂的神性里服神。

在复活里,祂也成了执政的君王,执行神的行政

在复活里,基督成了赐生命的灵,将祂的生命分赐到祂的身体里;祂也成了执政的君王,执行神的行政。一面,对于我们这些神的选民而言,在复活里的基督乃是赐生命的灵,将生命分赐给我们。另一面,对万民而言,基督在祂的复活里,成了执政的君王,执行神的行政。祂的身体必须在祂复活的生命和复活的权柄里与祂合作,使教会能归一于一个元首之下;然后万民都要归一于一个元首之下。那时,祂也将祂的仇敌征服、治服在祂的脚下。至终,千年国结束的时候,神的行政就要完满的得着成就,基督要将国交还给神。这就是神的行政,在基督包罗万有的复活里执行出来。

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Carrying Out God’s Administration by Resurrection – 1 Cor. 15:26-28

In verse 26 Paul says, “The last enemy that is being abolished is death.” Immediately after the fall of man, God began His work to abolish sin and death. This work has been progressing through the Old and New Testament ages and is still in process today. When sin is done away at the end of the old creation and when its source, Satan, is cast into the lake of fire (Rev. 20:7-10), death will be abolished. It also will be cast into the lake of fire with Hades, its power, after the last and final judgment at the white throne (Rev. 20:11-15).

God Has Subjected All Things under His Feet

In verse 27 Paul explains, “For He has subjected all things under His feet. But when He says that all things have been subjected, it is evident that He is excepted Who has subjected all things to Him.” In verse 27 the phrase “His feet” and the pronoun “Him” refer to Christ as the Man prophesied in Psalm 8:4-8. To Him – the resurrected, glorified and exalted Man – God has subjected all things (Heb. 2:7-9; Eph. 1:20-22).

Carrying Out God’s Administration by the Way of Resurrection

Verse 28 says, “And when all things are subjected to Him, then shall the Son also Himself be subjected to Him Who has subjected all things to Him, that God may be all in all.” This is the carrying out of God’s administration by the way of resurrection. According to verse 28, eventually the Son Himself will be subjected to Him who has subjected all things to Him so that God may be all in all. Christ, as the Son of God to be the head of man in His humanity, is under the headship of God the Father (11:3). This is for God’s governmental administration. After God the Father has subjected all things under His feet as a resurrected Man in glory (Eph. 1:22; Heb. 2:7-8), and after He as such a resurrected Man has put all enemies under His feet to execute God the Father’s subjection of all things to Him, He as the Son of God will also, along with His delivery of the kingdom back to God the Father (1 Cor. 15:24), subject Himself in His divinity to God the Father.

In Resurrection He Became Reigning King Executing God’s Administration

In resurrection Christ not only became the life-giving Spirit to impart His life into His Body; He also became the reigning King to execute God’s administration. All this is in resurrection. On the one hand, to us as God’s chosen people, Christ in resurrection is the life-giving Spirit imparting life to us. On the other hand, to the nations, Christ in His resurrection has become the reigning King executing God’s administration. His Body must cooperate with Him in His resurrection life and resurrection authority so that the church may be headed up. Then all the nations will be headed up. Moreover, as He is heading up all things, He is subduing, subjecting, His enemies under His feet. Eventually, at the end of the millennium, after the end of all the ages and dispensations, God’s administration will be fully accomplished, and Christ will deliver the kingdom back to God, the one who subjected all things under Him. This is God’s administration carried out in Christ’s all-inclusive resurrection.