Thus these verses are teaching that the exalted spiritual position which we can now have, as well as what we will experience in the future, has all been made possible by Christ. The "heavens and earth" contain "all things that needed reconciliation by the blood of (Christ's) cross" (Col.1:16,20), showing that the "all things...in heaven" refer to the believers who now sit in "heavenly places...in Christ Jesus", rather than to all physical things around us. BACK HOME NEXT
Hivyo mistari hii inafundisha kwamba nafasi ya kupandishwa kiroho ambayo sasa tunaweza kuwa nayo, sawa na ile tutakayo kuwa nayo wakati ujao, yote imewezeshwa na Kristo."Mbingu na nchi"zina "Mambo yote ambayo yalihitajika kuyafanyia upatanisho kwa damu ya Kristo msalabani"(Kol. 1: 16, 20), yanaonyesha kwamba"Vitu vyote …. Vilivyo mbinguni"wanatajwa waaminio ambao sasa wanaketi katika ulimwengu wa roho -"nafasi za kimbingu katika yeye Kristo Yesu"Sio vitu vyote vya kimaumbile vinavyotuzunguka.