Nothing is impossible with God, nothing! From the beginning of creation God knew the evil that would befall man and He laid plans for mans’ salvation. He gave up His own life in the body of Jesus Christ to save all of us who would choose to accept His free gift.
Jesus is the firstfruits of all others who believe in Him. This is an OT image of the first installment of a crop which anticipates and guarantees the ultimate offering of the whole crop. The first man, Adam, transgressed God’s law and brought sin and death into the world; the second Man, Jesus Christ, was the perfect sacrifice to take away sin and to bring life and resurrection to those who believe in Him. God has allowed His enemy Satan to rule as the “prince of the power of the air” and the “god of this age”, but his final judgment before God is certain. God may be all in all indicates that there will be no challenge to the sovereign rule of God over all the universe. There will be universal peace and prosperity.
1 Corinthians 15:20
20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. 23 But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming. 24 Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. 25 For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. 26 The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. 27 For “He has put all things under His feet.” But when He says “all things are put under Him,” it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted. 28 Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.
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