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All in All

ahweh's plan of the ages is truly marvelous. To come into the understanding that God
Ywill not conclude His work among mankind, the angels, and all creation until He has
fully and perfectly reconciled all things back to Himself through His Son opens the door to
profound worship of our Creator. God's love, His mercy, His patience, and His longsuffering
are revealed in their glorious depths.
I would revisit an expression that has been cited in the preceding chapters. Grasping
the meaning of the apostle Paul's words has led me to deep consideration, not only of the
all encompassing scope of Christ's reconciliatory work, but also to the perfection of the work
that must be accomplished in each individual life.

I Corinthians 15:28
When all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the
One who subjected all things to Him, so that God may be all in all.

These three words, "all in all,"convey the breadth and length and height and depth of
Yahweh's plan. For a time I struggled to comprehend what these words "all in all" meant.
It was like a light coming on when I read the passage with one of the words changed. I then
perceived, by aid of the contrast, the apostle's meaning.
We have seen that this passage is speaking of the end of the reign of Christ. We are
told "Christ must reign until..." In this passage, and others, we have also discerned that it
was given to the Son by the Father to accomplish the work of reconciling all things in
heaven and earth to the Father. Consider how vastly different Paul's message would be if
we changed one word, and we did so in keeping with the orthodox belief of the majority of
professing Christians today.

I Corinthians 15:28
When all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the
One who subjected all things to Him, so that God may be all in some.

Does not this alteration of the Scripture accord well with the doctrine of the church
in this hour of apostasy? By changing this one word we are able to discern, by contrast, what
Paul was actually saying. Christ would not reconcile only part of the creation to His Father.
He would reconcile ALL the creation to His Father.

Philippians 2:9-11
For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is
above every name, so that at the name of Yahshua every knee will bow, of those who are
in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that
Yahshua Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Paul presents a wonderful harmony whenever he touches upon this subject in his
letters. Consider the perfect agreement in Paul's words to the saints in Philippi with his
words to the believers in Corinth. Paul states that "every tongue will confess that Yahshua
Christ is Lord."He further informs us that this confession will result in glory to God the
Father. Yahweh would not be glorified if men or angels confessed that Yahshua Christ is