If I be lifted up…
John 12:27 ¶ “Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.
John 12:28 Father, glorify your name!” ¶ Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.”
John 12:29 The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.
John 12:30 ¶ Jesus said, “This voice was for your benefit, not mine.
John 12:31 Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out.
John 12:32 But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.”
John 12:33 He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die.
John 12:34 ¶ The crowd spoke up, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ will remain forever, so how can you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”
Col. 1:15 ¶ He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
Col. 1:16 For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.
Col. 1:17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Col. 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.
Col. 1:19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,
Col. 1:20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
What is the equivalency drawn here? Reviewing the
equivalents to determine the context.
John 1:1 ¶ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:2 He was with God in the beginning.
John 1:3 ¶ Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
John 1:4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men.
John 1:5 The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
1Cor. 15:20 ¶ But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
1Cor. 15:21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
1Cor. 15:22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
1Cor. 15:23 But each in his own turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.
1Cor. 15:24 Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.
1Cor. 15:25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
1Cor. 15:26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
1Cor. 15:27 For he “has put everything under his feet.” 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.
1Cor. 15:28 When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.
Rom. 5:12 ¶ Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned —
Rom. 5:13 for before the law was given, sin was in the world. But sin is not taken into account when there is no law.
Rom. 5:14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who was a pattern of the one to come.
Rom. 5:15 ¶ But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!
Rom. 5:16 Again, the gift of God is not like the result of the one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification.
Rom. 5:17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.
Rom. 5:18 ¶ Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men.
Rom. 5:19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
The scope of reconciliation
2Cor. 5:18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
2Cor. 5:19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
2Cor. 5:20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.
2Cor. 5:21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Greek Definition - World - Kosmos
1) an apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution, order,
government
2) ornament, decoration, adornment, i.e. the arrangement of the stars,
'the heavenly hosts', as the ornament of the heavens. 1 Pet. 3:3
3) the world, the universe
4) the circle of the earth, the earth
5) the inhabitants of the earth, men, the human race
2865 komizo {kom-id'-zo}
from a primary komeo (to tend, i.e. take care of);; v
JFB - all things — Greek, “the universe of things.” Ta Panta -
The Angels announcement was "good tidings of a great joy which shall be to all people".
Gal. 4:4 But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law,
Gal. 4:5 to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.
Gal. 4:6 Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”
Gal. 4:7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir.
Eph. 1:9 And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ,
Eph. 1:10 to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment — to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.
Unfailing Love - The real original words for Eternal
Psa. 130:7 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.
Psa. 130:8 He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins.
Eph. 3:21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
Heb. 7:3 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
Lam. 3:22 Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
1Cor. 13:8 ¶ Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.