Christ is, in a very important sense, God's last Word. After Christ, to expect a return to the "various times and various ways" of the Old Covenant is to disparage the glory of Christ. We see here that Christ was appointed by God to be heir of all things. When Christ sent out His apostles to disciple the nations, it was based upon this inheritance, an inheritance already given and established. Christ owns it all already. Understanding this makes a great difference in our preaching – is the tone of our message one of begging or declaring? We are commissioned to declare to the world an accomplished fact. Christ is king. This is not a campaign to get everyone to vote for him so that he might become president at some future date. This is a word already spoken from heaven. All authority in heaven and on earth is in the palm of Jesus Christ. This means his inheritance includes Saudi Arabia, Israel, Canada, the United States, China, and Argentina. It all belongs to Him already – he bought it with His blood. Why would He not take it?
