Christ fills all things. He that descended to the lower parts of the earth, ascended also

far above all heavens, with this object:

Not only must He fill all things, we find in Col. 1: an intermingling of creative power

and supremacy and redemptive pre-eminence associated with the idea of fullness.

He is the "Firstborn of all creation", because "in Him were all things created" and "He

is before all things and in Him all things consists". He is the "Firstborn from the dead"

and as such is the "Head of the Body the Church" so that "in all things" He might have

pre-eminence, "for" continues the word of explanation "It was the good pleasure (of the

Father) that in Him should all the fullness dwell" (Col. 1: 15-20).

God comes down in the Person of Christ so that in Him, man may be brought back to

God. So we read that "in Him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, and ye are

filled to the full in Him, which is the Head of all principality and power".

Returning to Eph. 1: 22, 23, Christ is Head now, He is Head over all things to the

Church now, even though still rejected by the world; and consequently when we read

I Cor. 15: 28 in the light of His present filling of all in all as set forth in this relationship

with the Church which is His Body we may catch a glimpse of the glory of that day.

The next passage indicated is Eph. 4: 6, where the emphasis is upon the unity of the

Spirit, and the completely satisfying fullness of our God and Father.

"Who is over all, and through all, and in you all" (or as it may read "in all things to

you") (Eph. 1: 6) a passage that clearly anticipates the day when "God shall be all in all".

The last reference is Col. 3: 11. Its context takes us back to the original creation of

man and the evident purpose there expressed (Col. 3: 10), but this demands a study

itself. Here, moreover, the new man is stressed, another anticipation of that day when He

shall make "all things new".  This aspect too we must consider separately.  The

immediate context stresses the passing away of all those differences of race, creed and

caste, of Greek and Jew, who in their new relationship find their wisdom and their

righteousness alone in Him (I Cor. 1: 30); of circumcision and uncircumcision who find

their full acceptance in Him (Gal. 6: 15, 16); of Scythian, bondman and free who alike

find their complete emancipation in Him.

Nothing short of this spirit will fulfil "the End" (I Cor. 15: 24) towards which the

purpose of the ages slowly but surely moves. This, and nothing short of this, will fulfil

the words of I Cor. 15: 28.