The Chronology of the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 1:19-23 1 Παῦλος
ἀπόστολος Χριστοῦ
Ἰησοῦ
διὰ
θελήματος
θεοῦ
τοῖς
ἁγίοις τοῖς
οὖσιν
ἐν
Ἐφέσῳ
] καὶ
πιστοῖς
ἐν
Χριστῷ
Ἰησοῦ
· 2 χάρις
ὑμῖν
καὶ
εἰρήνη ἀπὸ
θεοῦ
πατρὸς
ἡμῶν
καὶ
κυρίου Ἰησοῦ
Χριστοῦ.
3 Εὐλογητὸς
ὁ
θεὸς
καὶ
πατὴρ
τοῦ
κυρίου ἡμῶν
Ἰησοῦ
Χριστοῦ,
ὁ
εὐλογήσας ἡμᾶς
ἐν
πάσῃ
εὐλογίᾳ
πνευματικῇ
ἐν
τοῖς
ἐπουρανίοις ἐν
Χριστῷ,…. Grace is equally from the Father and Christ.
They are in proximity as many NT texts confirm and Stephen saw that in 34 CE
according to Acts. Blessed is God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ… Plus the
Holy Spirit to complete the Trinity in this chapter in verse 13. Despite
sitting with His Father on the throne, Paul honors the Father primarily and
then Jesus not because Christ is subordinate in essence but in function, I
would explain. Writing Ephesians around 56 CE, Paul is using this subordinate
carpet of description rather than the supreme Lordship of Christ language. We
need to take note of his addressing format. 13 ἐν
ᾧ
καὶ
ὑμεῖς
ἀκούσαντες τὸν
λόγον
τῆς
ἀληθείας, τὸ
εὐαγγέλιον τῆς
σωτηρίας
ὑμῶν,
ἐν
ᾧ
καὶ
πιστεύσαντες
ἐσφραγίσθητε τῷ
πνεύματι
τῆς
ἐπαγγελίας τῷ
ἁγίῳ,
14 ὅ
ἐστιν
ἀρραβὼν
τῆς
κληρονομίας
ἡμῶν,
εἰς
ἀπολύτρωσιν τῆς
περιποιήσεως,
εἰς
ἔπαινον
τῆς
δόξης
αὐτοῦ. Notice that the Spirit is our inheritance of a “not
yet redemption” for it is “unto” or “until” or “to” with the use of the
preposition eis. 17 ἵνα
ὁ
θεὸς
τοῦ
κυρίου ἡμῶν
Ἰησοῦ
Χριστοῦ,
ὁ
πατὴρ
τῆς
δόξης,
δώῃ
ὑμῖν
πνεῦμα
σοφίας
καὶ
ἀποκαλύψεως ἐν
ἐπιγνώσει αὐτοῦ, The Trinity engine at work addressing the Father
in primacy, then Christ referentially and Holy Spirit processionally/instrumentally.
The Father has to give them the Spirit. This is very important when we come to
verses 19-23. 19 καὶ
τί τὸ
ὑπερβάλλον μέγεθος τῆς
δυνάμεως
αὐτοῦ
εἰς
ἡμᾶς
τοὺς
πιστεύοντας
κατὰ
τὴν
ἐνέργειαν τοῦ
κράτους
τῆς
ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ
20 ἣν
ἐνήργηκεν ἐν
τῷ
Χριστῷ
ἐγείρας αὐτὸν
ἐκ
νεκρῶν,
καὶ
καθίσας
ἐν
δεξιᾷ
αὐτοῦ
ἐν
τοῖς
ἐπουρανίοις 21 ὑπεράνω πάσης ἀρχῆς
καὶ
ἐξουσίας καὶ
δυνάμεως
καὶ
κυριότητος
καὶ
παντὸς
ὀνόματος ὀνομαζομένου οὐ
μόνον ἐν
τῷ
αἰῶνι
τούτῳ
ἀλλὰ
καὶ
ἐν
τῷ
μέλλοντι
· 22 καὶ
πάντα ὑπέταξεν ὑπὸ
τοὺς
πόδας
αὐτοῦ,
καὶ
αὐτὸν
ἔδωκεν
κεφαλὴν
ὑπὲρ
πάντα
τῇ
ἐκκλησίᾳ,
23 ἥτις
ἐστὶν
τὸ
σῶμα
αὐ