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which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
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Psalm 110:1BSB
A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: "Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet."
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Psalm 8:6BSB
You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
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Genesis 1:26BSB
Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it."
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Genesis 1:28BSB
God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth."
Paul combines Psalm 110:1 (messianic enthronement) and Psalm 8:6 (Adamic dominion) to present Christ as the Last Adam who restores humanity's intended rule over creation. Through resurrection and exaltation, Christ fulfills both the messianic expectation of sharing Yahweh's throne and the creation mandate of human dominion. Paul's hermeneutical move connects Jewish hopes that "the glory of Adam" would be restored to Israel with the reality that Christ has already begun reclaiming universal sovereignty. The church participates in this restored dominion as Christ's body, experiencing what Second Temple Judaism anticipated but could not achieve - the subjection of all cosmic powers under humanity's feet through the Messiah's victory.
▸ The Right-Hand Session and the Melchizedekian Priest