Page 25 - Gods Plan of the Ages

An Orderly Reconciliation

ne of the greatest stumbling blocks keeping Christians from embracing the testimony
Ofound in the Scriptures that Yahweh will reconcile all things to Himself through His Son
is that we do not see all things reconciled at this time. The concept resident in the minds of
many Christians is that only a few will be saved, while the majority of men from all ages will
eternally remain separated from God.
If you have patiently considered the preceding chapters, you will have discovered that
the Scriptures declare that Yahweh will reconcile "all things" to Himself through His Son.
"Christ must reign until" He has accomplished the task of subjecting all things to the Father.
Both experience, and the testimony of the Bible reveals to us that this reconciliation is not
fully accomplished in this present age.

Hebrews 2:6-9
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.

Paul specifically speaks of Yahweh subjecting all things to man, "or the son of man."
One of the most common ways in which Yahshua referred to Himself was with the
expression, "the Son of Man."

Matthew 8:20
Yahshua said to him, "The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son
of Man has nowhere to lay His head."

Matthew 13:37
And He said, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man..."

Matthew 13:41
"The Son of Man will send forth His angels..."

John 8:28
So Yahshua said, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and
I do nothing on My own initiative..."

Eighty-four times in the gospel books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John we find Christ
referring to Himself as "the Son of Man." It is possible to understand Paul's words in
Hebrews chapter 2 to be declaring that Yahweh will subject all things under man, and there
is truth in such a conclusion. However, to keep things simple I would suggest that we view
Paul's words as a declaration that God will subject all things under the feet of Christ, "the
Son of Man." I would specifically call your attention to the following two statements.

For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him.