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        THE HIGHEST GLORIES  of the Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, are revealed to us in Paul's epistle to the Colossians.  In the beginning He was "the Image of the Invisible God, Firstborn of every creature, for in Him is all created, that in the heavens and that on the earth, the visible, and the invisible, whether thrones or lordships, or sovereignties or authorities, all is created through Him and for Him, and He is before all, and all has its cohesion in Him." (Col.1 :15-17).  Negatively, this is confirmed in John's account of the Word, that apart from it not even one thing came into being, that has come into being. (John 1:3).  Can the universality of Christ's creation be more forcibly expressed?  In every case the word all is used without any limitation whatever. The divisions noted make up the whole. The heavens and the earth include all creation.
        The next paragraph continues to express the universality of His glories in the present and the future. "And He is Head of the body, the ecclesia, Who is Sovereign, Firstborn from among the dead, that in all He may be becoming first, for in Him the entire complement delights to dwell, and through Him to reconcile all to Him (making peace through the blood of His cross), through Him, whether those on earth or those in the heavens." (Col.1:18-20). This predicts the reconciliation of all. A companion passage deals with the subjection of all (1 Cor.15:27): "He subjects all under His feet . . . Now, whenever all may be subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also shall be subjected to Him Who subjects all to Him, that God may be All in all."

        The supremacy of Gods' Son depends on the universality or totality of His may dignities. How extraordinary is the emphasis laid on this vital fact in this short passage!  Within the compass of five verses we read no less than eight times that the given glory is all-inclusive.  He is the Firstborn of every  creature.  All is created in Him, and all is created through and for Him. He is before all.  All has its cohesion in Him.  In all He is becoming first. The entire complement dwells in Him.  He reconciles all through the blood of His cross. (Col. 1:15-20).  And on two occasions this is amplified and defined as all that is in the heavens or on the earth.  It is said to include both visible and invisible. What more could be said to impress us with the universal scope of the Son's activities?

       This brief review will conclude our presentation of "The Reconciliation of ALL," by A.E. Knoch. For further reading we suggest  contacting Concordant Publishing Concern for the address listed below.
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