Good Morning Friends,
“Then the end will come, when he hands over
the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority
and power. For he must reign until he
has put all his enemies under his feet.
The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
For he ‘has put everything under his feet.’ Now when it says that ‘everything’ has been
put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put
everything under Christ. When he has
done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything
under him, so that God may be all in all.” (1 Corinthians 15:24-28)
Power and authority are temporary conditions. Dictators gather power to themselves and
wield it according to their own will.
They gather to themselves even the power of life and death over those
they conquer. Saddam Hussein did that in
Iraq. He tried to play “God” by using
his military might. But his power and
authority were brought under control when those more powerful stepped into the
arena.
Bosses exercise power and authority over
those they employ. Some do so with
humility and gentleness, exercising their authority for the benefit of their
company and its employees. Others are
not so benevolent, exercising their authority according to their own whim,
sometimes just because they can, bringing heartache to those who work under them. But even the most powerful boss exercises
only temporary authority. Retirement,
takeovers, bankruptcy, and other forces will bring their authority to an end. Even Bill Gates will exercise authority only
for a short time.
Sometimes boyfriends and husbands exercise
authority over those who love them. They
seek to control their “women” by their physical superiority or the force of
their will. Their authority, too, is only
temporary.
In fact, there is no authority on earth that
will be permanent, and only one Authority in heaven that will last through
eternity.
God has given us a long leash. He allows dictators and bosses and others to
exercise unrighteous authority. But it
will not always be so. All authority
will be brought to an end and all of creation will be brought under His
submission. It’s just a matter of time.
His, by Grace,
Steve
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