15:24
“Then the end will come”. Jesus came to serve the Father, and at the end He will hand over the kingdom to the Father. Right at the beginning of Genesis mankind was given stewardship of creation, but this was stewardship, not ownership. Mankind failed through sin, then Israel failed through sin. But mankind succeeds through Christ, and Israel will succeed through Christ. All human and spiritual powers and authorities will be destroyed, they will be no more.
15:25
It can be a bit difficult to work out who all the “he’s” refer to. The “he” in “He must reign” is Christ.The second “he” may refer to the Father, this making more grammatical sense, and is consistent with Ps 110:1
The Lord says to my lord:
“Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet.”
However, reading this verse with 15:24 it makes more sense for it to be Christ who it refers to, and all the “he’s” and “his’s” refer to Christ. Then 15:27 then makes “God the Father” the more likely option.
In more practical terms, this means that God is actively working to “put all his enemies under his feet”. We may wonder why God doesn’t hurry up and complete this task! However, we must also remember that God wants many to be saved.
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