1 Corinthians 15:24

Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. THEN, [ eita (G1534)] - after that: next in the succession of 'orders' or 'ranks.' THE END - the general resurrection, final judgment, and consummation (Matthew 25:46). DELIVERED UP THE KINGDOM TO GOD, EVEN THE FATHER - (cf. John 13:3.) Seemingly at variance with Daniel 7:14, "His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away." Really, His giving up the mediatorial kingdom to the Father...

24._Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered. He _put a bridle upon the impatience of men, when he forewarned them, that the fit time for the new life (53) would not be before Christ’s coming. But as this world is like a stormy sea, in which we are continually tossed, and our condition is so uncertain, or rather is so full of troubles, and there are in all things such sudden changes, this might be apt to trouble weak minds. Hence he now leads them forward to that day, saying that all things will be set in order. _Then, _therefore, shall come _the _end — that is, the goal of our course — a quiet harbour — a condition that will no longer be exposed to changes; and he at the same time admonishes us, that that _end _must be waited for, because it is not befitting that we should be crowned in the middle of the course. In what respect Christ will _deliver up the kingdom to the Father,...

20-34 All that are by faith united to Christ, are by his resurrection assured of their own. As through the sin of the first Adam, all men became mortal, because all had from him the same sinful nature, so, through the resurrection of Christ, shall all who are made to partake of the Spirit, and the spiritual nature, revive, and live for ever. There will be an order in the resurrection. Christ himself has been the first-fruits; at his coming, his redeemed people will be raised before others; at the last the wicked will rise also. Then will be the end of this present state of things. Would we triumph in that solemn and important season, we must now submit to his rule, accept his salvation, and live to his glory. Then shall we rejoice in the completion of his undertaking, that God may receive the whole glory of our salvation, that we may for ever serve him, and enjoy his favour. What shall...

Verse 24. _WHEN HE SHALL HAVE DELIVERED UP THE KINGDOM_] The _mediatorial_ kingdom, which comprehends all the displays of his grace in saving sinners, and all his spiritual influence in governing the Church. _ALL RULE, AND ALL AUTHORITY AND POWER._] Αρχην - εξουσιαν - και δυναμιν. As the apostle is here speaking of the _end_ of the present system of the world, the rule, authority, and power, may refer to all earthly governments, emperors, kings, princes, c. though angels, principalities, and powers, and the rulers of the darkness of this world, and all spiritual wickedness in high places, may be also intended. Our Lord Jesus is represented here as administering the concerns of the kingdom of grace in this lower world during the time that this Divine economy lasts; and when the _end_-the time determined by the wisdom of God, comes, then, as there is no longer any need of this administra...

THEN COMETH THE END - Then is the end; or then “is” the consummation. It does not mean that the end, or consummation is to “follow” that event; but that this “will” be the ending, the winding up, the consummation of the affairs under the mediatorial reign of Christ. The word “end” (τέλος telos) denotes properly a limit, termination, completion of anything. The proper and obvious meaning of the word here is, that then shall be the end or completion of the work of redemption. That shall have been done which was intended to be done by the incarnation and the work of the atonement; the race shall be redeemed; the friends of God shall be completely recovered; and the administration of the affairs of the universe shall be conducted as they were before the incarnation of the Redeemer. Some understand the word “end”

EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 15:1 _The doctrine of the resurrection. _This chapter, and the thirteenth, on Christian love, stand out, even among the writings of St. Paul, as pre-eminently beautiful and important. No human words ever written have brought such comfort to millions of mourners as the words of this chapter, which form a part of the Burial Service of almost every Christian community. It is the more deeply imprinted on the memory of men because it comes to us in the most solemn hours of bereavement, when we have most need of a living faith. The chapter falls into six sections. 1. The evidence of Christ's resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:1). 2. The resurrection of Christ is the foundati

THEN COMETH THE END,.... Or "after that the end", the end of all things; either at the close of the thousand years, when the wicked dead will be raised last, and the final state of all men will openly take place; the end of the righteous will be peace and everlasting joy, and an uninterrupted communion with Christ, and enjoyment of life eternal, of the ultimate glory, and consummate happiness in soul and body; and the end of the wicked will be destruction and death, everlasting punishment in hell, where will be weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth for evermore: or at the beginning of the thousand years; immediately upon Christ's second and personal coming, will be the end of the world; the heavens shall pass away, the elements shall melt, and the earth and all its works be burnt up; though these shall not be annihilated or destroyed, as to their being and substance, but only as to the...

1 Corinthians 15:1. _Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand. By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain._ By which the apostle means, unless they had a false faith, a merely notional faith; or he may also mean «Unless what I have preached unto you should have been a fable, and therefore you will have exercised your faith upon nothing real, and so it would have been in vain.» 1 Corinthians 15:3. _For I delivered unto you first of all that which, I also received,-_ The preacher of Christ must not make new doctrines. He is not to be his own teacher, he is to receive the truth first, and then to d

KINGDOM Kingdom (New Testament), Summary: See "Kingdom (Old Testament)" (Genesis 1:26). (_ See Scofield) - (Zechariah 12:8). _ Kingdom truth is developed in the New Testament in the following order: (1) The promise of the kingdom to David and his seed, and described in the prophets (2 Samuel 7:8); (Zechariah 12:8) enters the New Testament absolutely unchanged. (Luke 1:31). The King was born in Bethlehem; (Matthew 2:1

III. RESURRECTION AND THE HOPE OF THE CHURCH AND CONCLUSION: Chapter S 15-16 1. Resurrection and the Hope of the Church. CHAPTER 15 _ 1. The Gospel and the Resurrection of Christ. (1 Corinthians 15:1 .)_ 2. If Christ were not raised--then what? (1 Corinthians 15:12 .) 3. Christ the Firstfruits and what follows. (1 Corinthians 15:20 .) 4. Further practical arguments about Resurrection. (1 Corinthians 15:29 .) 5. Concerning the Resurrection of the Body. ...