unto a dispensation of the fulness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, I say,
The Father gave Christ as Head to the elect at the moment He deemed fit. Those saints who lived in faith before His coming and those who live after are all gathered together in Him, joined to Him through faith, made one man in Him.
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God's timing is not for us to question; we must bow to His providence. The Greek word means to restore all things to order under one Head. Out of Christ, the world lies in ruins, broken and shattered by sin; in Christ, disorder becomes unity and restoration.
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God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ blesses us with all spiritual blessings in and through Him. No good can come from a righteous God to sinful creatures except through His mediation. Where God blesses with spiritual blessings, He blesses with all of them; to whom He gives Christ, He freely gives all these things.
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Commenting on Ephesians 1:3-14