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Mark Dunagan Commentaries

1 Corinthians 15:27

For, He put all things in subjection under his feet. But when he saith, All things are put in subjection, it is evident that he is excepted who did subject all things unto him.

'He put' -The Father placed all things in subjection under Christ's feet. (Matthew 28:18; Ephesians 1:21) The idea here is from Psalms 8:8. Which the Hebrew writer also applies to Jesus. (Hebrews 2:9)

Paul's point seems to be: To deny the resurrection, is to deny the authority which Christ was given. To deny the resurrection is to imply that "all things" (specifically death) are not "in subjection under His feet." Hence to deny the resurrection (general), is to be. false witness against God.

'he is excepted' -i.e. the Father.

'man's place under God is seen in Christ. For while God put all things under his feet, that didn't mean God was included. Man's place under God is verified in the man above all men, Jesus Christ. The perfect man acknowledges that all he has comes from God and that acknowledgement is seen in his subjecting himself as. man to God..This is the perfect man's letting God be God.' (McGuiggan p. 195)

There is. valuable lesson here: Even when Deity dwelled in. human body, when God became man (John 1:14; 1 Peter 2:6), "man" still wasn't elevated above God. While God was in. human body, God subjected Himself to God. To me this should remind us of. very important truth. Man will never become God! Throughout eternity, man will always be man, and God will always be God. (Revelation 22:3)

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