90 Saint Paul on Final Restoration. CHAP. 



But the language of the Apostle of the Gentiles, 

 though it could scarcely be clearer, is stronger and 

 more emphatic. The earliest of his prophecies which 

 I shall quote, is from that passage, the most eloquent 

 ever written even by Divine inspiration, which has 

 become associated with all our hopes of immortality : 



" Now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the 

 firstfruits of them that are asleep. For since by 

 man came death, by man came also the resurrection 

 of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in 

 Christ shall all be made alive. But each in his own 

 order : Christ the firstfruits ; then they that are 

 Christ's, at his coming. Then the end, when he shall 

 deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father; 

 when he shall have abolished all rule and all authority 

 and power. For he must reign until he hath put all 

 enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall 

 be abolished is death. For, he put all things in 

 subjection under his feet. But when he saith, All 

 things are put in subjection, it is evident that he is 

 excepted who did subject all things unto him. And 

 when all things have been subjected unto him, then 

 shall the Son also Himself be subjected to him that 

 did subject all things unto him, that God may be all 

 in all." 1 



" Note, that the same word is used of Christ's 



own subjection to the Father, and of the subjection 



of Christ's own enemies to Him. But, obviously, 



Christ's own subjection (to the Father) can only be 



1 1 Cor. xv. 20, 28. 



