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“When He has done this ...” We come here to the question of “subordinationism”, and the “eternal subordination of Christ”. Subordinationism itself is a heresy, making Christ inferior to the Father, rather than being “equally God”. The key to a proper understanding is the difference between the “economic trinity” and the “ontological trinity” or “immanent trinity”. Understanding the difference is also relevant to our lives. The economic trinity, i.e. how things work, does have Christ subordinate to the Father. The “ontological trinity” refers to the essential being, or essential nature, and Christ is in no way inferior to the Father. Likewise a proper understanding marriage follows from this. The husband is the head of the wife, but he is in no way superior, nor is the wife in any way inferior. We also see in what has been said in this chapter, that the subordination of the Son involved Him having authority and doing tremendous things. Likewise, the marriage relationship, functioning as intended, gives authority to both husband and wife, and to husband and wife as a unit. It also enables both husband and wife to flourish.
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