“We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away….THIS SALVATION, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him. God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will. It is NOT to angels that he has subjected the WORLD TO COME, about which we are speaking. But there is a place where someone has testified: What is MANKIND that you are mindful of them, a son of man that you care for him? You made them a little lower than the angels; you crowned them with glory and honor and put everything under their feet. In putting everything under them (mankind), God left nothing that is not subject to them. YET AT PRESENT we do not see everything subject to them (mankind). But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, NOW crowned with glory and honor BECAUSE HE SUFFERED DEATH, so that by the grace of God he might taste death FOR EVERYONE.” (Hebrews 2:1-9)
God’s plan to save all of mankind is pretty simple…religious men just do not believe Him. Nevertheless, MANKIND is to have “everything under his feet” IN THE WORLD TO COME. Not yet but AFTER the resurrection. Just as everything was put under the feet of Jesus AFTER his resurrection, so will it be for the rest of mankind. Christ Jesus was the firstfruits…it is God’s plan. You cannot change it so enjoy the knowledge of it and don’t let religious dogma rob you of the joy of knowing what IS TO COME.
“…in Christ ALL shall be made alive, but each in their own order, Christ the firstfruits…I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made FOR ALL PEOPLE…This is good, and pleases GOD OUR SAVIOR, who WILLS all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth…There is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, THE MAN Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom FOR ALL MANKIND to be witnessed at the proper time. And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle—I am telling the truth, I am not lying…” (1 Corinthians 15:22; 1 Timothy 2:1-7)
God’s plan to save all of mankind is pretty simple…religious men just do not believe Him. Nevertheless, MANKIND is to have “everything under his feet” IN THE WORLD TO COME. Not yet but AFTER the resurrection. Just as everything was put under the feet of Jesus AFTER his resurrection, so will it be for the rest of mankind. Christ Jesus was the firstfruits…it is God’s plan. You cannot change it so enjoy the knowledge of it and don’t let religious dogma rob you of the joy of knowing what IS TO COME.
“…in Christ ALL shall be made alive, but each in their own order, Christ the firstfruits…I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made FOR ALL PEOPLE…This is good, and pleases GOD OUR SAVIOR, who WILLS all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth…There is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, THE MAN Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom FOR ALL MANKIND to be witnessed at the proper time. And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle—I am telling the truth, I am not lying…” (1 Corinthians 15:22; 1 Timothy 2:1-7)