God's eternal purposein Christ Jesus(Ephesians 3:11) is to head up ALL things (BOTH earthly and
heavenly governmental positions) in
His Son(Ephesians 1:9-10,20-23)
Both earthly and heavenly governmental positions are NOW
in rebellion against their Creator:
Both earthly and heavenly governmental positions will
be filled up with redeemed sinners who have been reconciled to God through His Son via "the blood of His cross"
(Colossians 1:16-17,19-20):
God's eternal purpose will be brought to fruition when ALL will have been made subjectto His Son(I Corinthians 15:25-27) - at which time the Son will yield back ALLto the Father, so that God may be "ALL in ALL" (I Corinthians 15:24,28)
Eternally - BOTH earthly and heavenly lineages ("EVERY
family") will bear the Father's name (Ephesians 3:14-15)
God's "eternal purpose ... in Christ Jesus" (Ephesians 3:11), i.e. "to reconcile all things ... by Him ... whether they be things
in earth, or things in heaven" (Colossians 1:20) - will be accomplished via an orderly process of resurrection, "every man inhis own order" (I Corinthians 15:23)at
their "appointed times"
(Ephesians 1:10):
FIRST, the RESURRECTION of CHRIST as "the FIRSTFRUITS
of them that slept" (I Corinthians 15:20), so "that in all things He might have the preeminence" (Colossians 1:18)
THIRD, the RESURRECTION of "they that are CHRIST'S
AT HIS COMING" (I Corinthians 15:23) "at the End of these Days" (Daniel 12:13), i.e. "AFTER the Tribulation of those Days" (Matthew 24:29):
The "FIRST RESURRECTION" of the "BLESSED
and HOLY" will occur BEFORE the Millennial Reign of Christ (Revelation 20:4,6 cf.Daniel 12:2)
The LAST RESURRECTION of those RAISED "to SHAME and
EVERLASTING CONTEMPT" (Daniel 12:2)
will occur AFTER the Millennial Reign of Christ (Revelation 20:5) when they will be "cast into the Lake of Fire ... the SECOND
DEATH" (Revelation 20:14)
All the redeemed will have glorifiedbodies which "shall shine as the brightness of the firmament" (Daniel 12:3)
and "shall ... shine forth as the sun" (Matthew 13:43),
but with differing glory as to both rank and degree within rank(I Corinthians 15:40-42):
FIRST, will be "the CHURCH, which is His BODY"
(Ephesians 1:22-23) - SEATED "together in HEAVENLY PLACES in (with) Christ Jesus"
(Ephesians 2:6) - "FAR ABOVE ALL" (Ephesians 1:21)
Third, will be the "the NATIONS ... which are SAVED"
(Revelation 21:24) - they "shall WALK IN the LIGHT of it" (Revelation 21:24),
i.e. in the LIGHT of 'that GREAT CITY, the HOLY JERUSALEM, descending out of heaven from God" (Revelation 21:10)