Paidion wrote: As I see it, Jesus' victory will not be complete until ALL of His enemies and other non-disciples, willingly submit. In this life, probably over 99% of all human beings have never submitted to Christ (consider the millions who have never even heard of Him, and the millions who are atheists, or adherents to one of the non-Christian religions). If that vast majority die without Christ, and are either annihilated or remain rebels forever, then who is the victor? Christ or Satan? But if Christ wins them all to Himself, or does whatever it takes to win them, then we have a clear Victor!
I’ll take the first and the last parts of your statements (I underline) which I think your view of Jesus has not yet gain victory as shown in Hebrews Heb 2:8-9 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.
Heb 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
Scripture agree with your statements that Jesus has not yet completed to put to all things subjection under him until his death.
But after his ascension the Scripture passages show otherwise Hebrew 1:3-4 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Hebrew 1:4 Being made so much better than the angels,
as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Philippians 2:8-11 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Jesus has already been a victor and conqueror of death and obtained a inheritance of more excellent name and sit in the throne of his Father . Rev 3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
What is Jesus new name? Rev 2:17, Rev 3:12, Rev 19:12-13, Rev 14:1 & the name of the Father and the Son will be one Zechariah 14:9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
