Ephesians 1:22

“and He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church”

“He put”: The Father. “All things in subjection under His feet”: Psalms 110:1. Only the Father is exempted from this subjection (1 Corinthians 15:27). “To be under the feet is to be in total subservience” (Caldwell p. 61). “Christ then exercises universal lordship” (Bruce p. 274). "All things" includes "all men". Jesus Himself said that His message was universal (Mark 16:15) and that there is no other way to God besides Himself (John 14:6; Acts 4:12). The above statement is the fulfillment of Psalms 8:6. In Jesus Christ, mankind gains what they lost at the fall (Hebrews 2:6). In Jesus Christ we have the upper hand over everything in this life, including ourselves, temptation and even physical death. Carefully note that God intended that mankind have the dominion in this physical world (Genesis 1:27). “And gave him”: Jesus as the head of the church is God's gift to the church. “Head over all things”: Note carefully the expression "all things". This expression leaves no room for human heads or headquarters. In the New Testament the only universal head the Church had was Christ. In addition, besides Christ, the only "leadership" (in the absence of the apostles), that each congregation had was its own elders (1 Peter 5:1). The feminist movement that has entered the religious realm has tried to argue that the word "head", simply means "source", that is that man is the source of the woman, and that this word does not have any connotation of authority and corresponding subjection. Clearly such an interpretation is erroneous. In both contexts which talk about "headship", whether it is Christ's "headship" of the church, or man's "headship" over his wife, subjection is also found in the same context (Ephesians 1:21-22; Ephesians 5:22). In addition, if the husband has absolutely no authority, then neither does Christ. (Ephesians 5:24)

“Both universe and church have in Jesus Christ the same head” (Stott p. 61). This passage reveals something about the "true Church". The true church is the church that recognizes Christ as its head. The true church is the church that is in subjection to Christ in everything (Ephesians 5:24).