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So complete is the work of reconciliation, that this church, composed of aliens and
enemies, shall be presented
"holy and unblameable and unreproveable in His sight" (Col. 1: 22).
The heavenly host will have been already reconciled to this high privilege. Never
again shall defection enter into the creation of God, for all are now vitally united to the
Son of God Himself, Who is Head over all.
While the actual word "adoption" does not appear in Col. 1:, it is really incipient in
the dual title of the Lord, "The Firstborn". Israel is God's Firstborn on the earth
(Exod. 4: 22). The church of the New Jerusalem is the church of the Firstborn in that
sphere (Heb. 12: 23). The church of the One Body is the church of the Firstborn "far
above all". What grace! What glory! What a walk that must be that can be called
"worthy"!