2. The use in these passages, in inimriliate con- nexion with the idea of dominiini. ..lib.- wDicIs' liave authority over,' 'exercise autlnn il y <>»< r ' ((^omia- i'ovaiv, f'loiwidfocTes), calls for sotnc rnfricnce to the jiiiwer or authority (i^oivia) attributed to Christ in connexion with His liumiliation as well as with 1 1 is exaltation. That during His ministry He pos- se sscd and exercised very complete and far-reaching authority, dominion in the sense of fjowria, the natural synonym of Kcpi67-7;s, ' lordsliip,' 'dominion,' is distinctly testified by all the (inspels.
Lord.ship (Kvpi6T-q%) was p\|iressly claimed by Him even in connexion witli His s|.,t',. of humiliation. Thus, in controversy wiih ihr Pharisees, He claimed to be Lord of the S.ihhath, and, as such, to be entitled to interpret the Sabbath law (Mt 12' || Mk 2=" II Lk 6^). St. Luke tells us in his account of the healing of the paralytic, that 'the power of the Lord was present to heal ' (5"). The mes- sage to the owners of the ass on which Jesus rode to Jerusalem was ' The Lord hath need of him ' (Mt 218 ,1 Mk^ IP II Lj^. J93..W), When Jesus had washed the disciples' feet, and was applj'ing the lesson of that incident, He said, ' Ye call me Master and Lord : and ye say well ; for so I am ' (Jn 13'3).
As Son of Man, He was invested with special power (i^ovala) to work miracles. As such He is represented as exercising a delegated authority, acting according to His Father's will (Jn 5*"''-), but that with a spontaneity and directness un-
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spirits that they trembled approach, and were compelled to yield instant though fearful and reluctant obedience to His command (Mk 1" II Lk 4*^). With a word He con- trolled the winds and waves (Mt 8-«-" i; Mk 4'3-" n Lk 8'-"- =*). So wide and great was His authority over the powers of life and death, that His word, even though spoken at a distance, was sufficient to effect an instantaneous cure, as wlien His word of assurance spoken at Cana to the nobleman was followed immediately by the cure of his child who lay sick at Capernaum (Jn 4^) ; and when He con- firmed the faith of the centurion, who likened Christ's power over disease to his own authority over his soldiers, by speaking the word which healed his servant (Mt S'-^' il Lk T*"'"). Three times He raised the dead with a word : in the case of the widow's son (Lk 7""'^), in that of Jairus' daughter (Mt 9^^--^ II Mk 5='-« I! Lk S""'**), and in that of Lazarus ( Jn 1 1'-*^). He could even delegate to others His power over unclean spirits and to heal disease, as He did in His mission, first of the Twelve, and again of the Seventy disciples (Mt W- II Mk 6™- II Lk 91-" 10i-'«). Again, He claimed and exercised power on earth to forgive sins (Mt 9« II Mk 2i» II Lk o"-\ cf. Lk 7«).
3. According to the Johannine discourses, Jesus declared that the Father had committed to Him power to execute judgment ' because he is the Son of Man ' (Jn 5"). This function refers specially to His state of exaltation. He came not to judge, but to save the world (Jn 12") ; ' I judge no man,' He said to the Jews (8'*). At the same time His work and teaching, even His very presence in the world, meant a judgment, inasmuch as they com- pelled men to declare themselves either for or against Christ, and so pass judgment upon them- selves (cf. Jn 9^') ; and as Jesus said Himself, ' The word tliat I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day' (IS-**). To Jesus as Son of Man all judgment and authority and power have been committed. All things are given into His hands (Mt 11", Jn 3^ II 13-), that He may guide and strengthen His Church (Mt 28i«), and at His second coming appear as the Judge of all nations (Mt 25^"f-)- It is He who is to pass the final sentence upon the just and upon the unjust. On that day He will say to those who have falsely called Him ' Lord, Lord,' ' I know you not ' ( Mt l"" ^). He will open to His faithful ones the door to the eternal festival of joj[, but will close the door of the heavenly marriage feast on 'the unfaithful' (Mt 722. 23 2511- 12, Lk 13='--'»). ' He shall sit upon the throne of his glory, and before him shall be gathered all nations' (Mt 25''-^-). In connexion with these predictions of the events of the Day of Judgment, Jesus says : ' The Son of Man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them that do iniquity' (Mt 13"). The angels are thus repre- sented as being subject to the dominion of Christ in His exaltation, as His servants, obeying His behests ; as even during His life on earth they appeared as ministering spirits obedient to His command, and waiting upon Him as courtiers upon their Sovereign (Mt 4" 26^', Lk 22«).
Lastly, as the fruit of His work of redemption, and as part of the glory which He has won by His perfect submission to the Father's will, there is given to Him, in tliar time nf waitinir whicli must pass before tli.' Iliinl r,.niplitioii of His kini;il()Mi, 'all power in Ii.mvi-h .mm.! .m ,-.u\ h i Mt lN'-i, as tlie Father has ■ viv.- he should give e given him ' (Jn 17