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The Divine Kingdom

44 In the days of those [final ten] kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left for another people; but it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.(A)

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44 “In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush(A) all those kingdoms(B) and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.(C)

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25 For Christ must reign [as King] until He has put all His enemies under His feet.(A) 26 The last enemy to be abolished and put to an end is death. 27 For He (the Father) has put all things in subjection under His (Christ’s) feet. But when He says, “All things have been put in subjection [under Christ],” it is clear that He (the Father) who put all things in subjection to Him (Christ) is excepted [since the Father is not in subjection to His own Son].(B) 28 However, when all things are subjected to Him (Christ), then the Son Himself will also be subjected to the One (the Father) who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all [manifesting His glory without any opposition, the supreme indwelling and controlling factor of life].

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25 For he must reign(A) until he has put all his enemies under his feet.(B) 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.(C) 27 For he “has put everything under his feet.”[a](D) Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ.(E) 28 When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him,(F) so that God may be all in all.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:27 Psalm 8:6

But about the Son [the Father says to Him],

Your throne, [a]O God, is forever and ever,
And the [b]scepter of [absolute] righteousness is the scepter of [c]His kingdom.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 1:8 The Son is recognized as deity by being addressed by the Father as “God.”
  2. Hebrews 1:8 I.e. symbol of authority.
  3. Hebrews 1:8 Late mss read Your.

But about the Son he says,

“Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;(A)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.

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