Then Comes the End 1 Corinthians 15:24

Paul the apostle told the church members in Corinth, “every man in his own order: Christ the first-fruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming”, and in chapter fifteen and verse twenty-four of First Corinthians, Paul told the church members in Corinth how if Jesus was not “raised”, then “your faith is vain”, where we read:

Then comes 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.

The verse begins, “Then comes the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father;” Paul began with the words, “then comes” or “afterwards and thereafter arrives” “the end” which means “the termination, ceasing, close and finish”, “when he” or “at such time ” “shall have delivered up” or “given over and committed” “the kingdom” which refers to “the royal power, dominion and rule” “of God” or “the Godhead bodily and trinity which is comprised of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit”, “even the Father” which means “also and indeed the generator, originator and transmitter who is the Father of Jesus Christ.” After Jesus “comes”, the “finish” will come as well, and God's kingdom shall be delivered to the Heavenly Father.

The verse continues, “when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.” Paul added the words, “when” which means “at such time, as long as and as soon as” “he shall have put down” which means “Jesus will have rendered idle, unemployed, inactive and inoperative” “all rule” which means “each, every, the whole origins, that which begins to be, the extremity of a thing, principality and majesty” “and all authority” or “and each, every, the whole and every power of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases and rule of government” “and power” which refers to “strength, ability, moral power and excellence of soul”. When Jesus comes, all other “rule, authority and power” shall be done away.

When we meditate upon these words from Paul, we see how Jesus' power over “death” and “coming again” shall set a new rule of “order, law and authority”. All the others shall be “put down”, and Jesus Christ shall reign. The “end” shall have come, He will turn the kingdom back to his Father in Heaven, and those who believe and trust in him shall inherit the “kingdom of the Father” as their eternal home.

Next time Paul shares with the church members, “for he must reign, till he has put all enemies under his feet”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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