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on the earth. What additional power, then, could possibly have
remained to be given him in 1914?
Jesus’ position of power after his resurrection was also
accentuated by the apostle Paul at Ephesians 1:20–23:
He [God] raised him up from the dead and seated him at his
right hand in the heavenly places, far above every government and
authority and power and lordship and every name named, not only in this
system of things, but also in that to come. He also subjected all things under
his feet, and made him head over all things to the congregation,
which is his body, the fullness of him who fills up all things in all.
(NW)
Notice that Paul in this passage declares that Christ’s dominion
at that time was not limited to a rule over his congregation only,
but embraced “all things,” “every government and authority and
lordship and every name named.” Similarly, at Colossians 2:10 Paul
states that Christ “is the head of all government and authority”
(NW). And at Revelation 1:5 the apostle John sent greetings to
“the seven congregations that are in the [district of] Asia” from
Jesus Christ, “The Ruler of the kings of the earth” (NW).
Strangely enough, the Watch Tower Society, in the article on
“Jesus Christ” in its Bible dictionary Insight on the Scriptures, seems to
contradict its idea of a limited kingdom of Christ from Pentecost
onward by stating that he since his resurrection “heads a government of
universal domain.” Notice the following remarkable statements on
page 61 of Volume 2:
Following his resurrection, Jesus informed his disciples, “All
authority has been given me in heaven and on the earth,” thereby
showing that he heads a government of universal domain. (Mt 28:18) The
apostle Paul made clear that Jesus’ Father has “left nothing that is
not subject to him [Jesus] ,” with the evident exception of “the one
who subjected all things to him,” that is, Jehovah, the Sovereign
God. (1 Co. 15:27; Heb 1:1–14; 2:8) Jesus Christ’s “name,”
therefore, is more excellent than that of God’s angels, in that his
name embraces or stands for the vast executive authority that Jehovah
has placed in him. (Heb 1:3,4) [Emphasis added.]
If Jesus Christ already at his resurrection and exaltation was
given “all authority ... in heaven and on the earth,” and if he since
then has been “the head of all government and authority” and “the
Ruler of the kings of the earth” and therefore, from then on,
“heads a government of universal domain” as even the Watch
Tower Society admits, how, then, can it be claimed that Christ’s
kingdom from Pentecost onward was limited to a rule over his