NT Text: 1 Corinthians 15:25-27
OT Source(s):
Source: Beale & Carson, Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament (Baker, 2007); Beale, A New Testament Biblical Theology (Baker, 2011)
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment + Longitudinal Theme
Anchor Text: Dan 7:13-14 — The Son of Man Receiving Dominion
Significance: Paul's resurrection chapter describes Christ's reign in language woven from three texts: "He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet" (echoing Ps 110:1), and "God has put everything under His feet" (quoting Ps 8:6), with the result that all "dominion, authority, and power" is destroyed and the kingdom handed to the Father (vv.24-27). Underlying this triple fusion is the Danielic vision: the everlasting dominion given to the Son of Man (Dan 7:14) over every nation and the destruction of the hostile beastly kingdoms (Dan 7:11-12, 26). Paul's explicit Vorlage is Psalms 110 and 8 — hence the vault files 1 Cor 15:27 → Ps 8:6 — but the framework of a representative Man receiving universal dominion and abolishing all rival rule is Daniel 7, the apocalyptic capstone of the Adamic-dominion theme that Psalm 8 sings. The connection is promise-fulfillment joined to a longitudinal theme: the dominion forfeited by Adam (Ps 8 / Gen 1), promised to David's Son (Ps 110), and granted to the Son of Man (Dan 7) is realized in the risen Christ, whose reign culminates in the abolition of death itself (v.26). The telos is the all-conquering, self-giving King — the One whose dominion is so complete that even death is destroyed, and who then subjects all to the Father "so that God may be all in all" (v.28), that we might rejoice in a Christ whose triumph is wholly for the glory of God and the life of His people.