“All authority has been given unto Me…”
Matthew 28:18

In Hebrews 2:9 we read, “For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels. But one testified in a certain place, saying: ‘What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You take care of him? You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, and set him over the works of Your hands. You have put all things in subjection under his feet.’ For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.”

Because of the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, God has made this same Jesus both Lord and Christ (Acts 2:36). It would be good to look at Peter’s address in Acts 2 to see that this same One who was crucified, God has raised up, exalted, and glorified (vv. 24, 29–36). The point is that the Lord Jesus reigns presently and will reign as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Today He reigns in the hearts of those who have trusted in Him. According to Romans 5:20–21, grace reigns through righteousness, and for those in Christ, grace reigns over us (Romans 6:14). But as we read in Hebrews 2, we do not yet see all things under Him. However, our verses in 1 Corinthians 15 look forward to that day. He was raised to reign! A dead Savior cannot reign, but He has been raised and will reign. Both Peter in Acts 2 and Paul here refer to the time when all His enemies will be made His footstool. This comes from Psalm 110 and looks forward to a coming day.

At the Cross, the Lord Jesus defeated him who has the power of death (Hebrews 2:14–15), but in a coming day the last enemy, death, will be destroyed—because He lives! What the first Adam gave up, the Lord Jesus, the last Adam, regained. What the first man lost was recovered through the second Man. This is the force of 1 Corinthians 15:27, which can be compared to Psalm 8 and the verse we read in Hebrews 2. No resurrection, no ascension; no ascension, no exaltation; no exaltation, no enthronement!

1 Corinthians 15:28 looks to the eternal state, where the Kingdom will no longer be the Kingdom of the Son of Man, but the Kingdom of God existing in eternal form. The Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to whom all things will be made subject, will then Himself also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all. All of this is because of the resurrection of Christ!

This is the ultimate fulfillment of Romans 11:36: “For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.”

Anchor for Today:
Because Christ is risen and reigning, you can live today with confidence, knowing that all things are under His control and moving toward His final victory.