The last enemy to be destroyed is death,
for “he subjected everything under his feet.” But when it says that everything has been subjected, it is clear that it excludes the one who subjected everything to him. (1 Corinthians 15:26-7 NABRE)
Everything but God the Father is subjected to Jesus.
Today's verse is confusing until you take a few minutes and read beginning at verse 20. But when you do, it makes more sense. Here we see how Jesus will bring us all through death and back to life. It is a brief picture of the end of times. Right now, Jesus is King and his reign will continue until death, the last enemy, is destroyed. At that time, he will turn the kingdom over to the Father and be subject to the Father "so that God may be all in all." (See, crystal clear.)
Honestly, this is a new perspective for me. It has always been challenging enough to grasp the concept of the Trinity, of one God with three persons; and this passage from Saint Paul tells of a time when the Son will be subjugated to the Father along with everything (the "real" everything). And if that is not challenging enough, we are told that when this final transfer of authority happens, at that moment, God will be all in all.
Today, I will delight in the limits of my human thinking and imagine the majesty and miraculous authority of Jesus, and the ultimate unity of all things in God.
Saint Joseph Cafasso, patron of prisoners, pray for us.
Saint Peregrine Laziosi, patron of cancer patients, pray for us.
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