“at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
Philippians 2:10-11 ESVI don’t think everyone will bow the knee because Jesus forces them to. It’s more like, that will be the automatic response we all will have.
Like if you stared into headlights from a couple inches away. Or if someone put a giant spotlight ten feet in diameter in your living room with you. You shield your eyes, turn away, and it’s still blinding. You can’t not react to something like that.
Or maybe like we see in movies where a totally corrupt, self-serving villain has just discovered who they really offended. That person outmatches them a million to one, and they are about to get their revenge. The knees go weak. The heart melts. They slink to the floor in terror.
For some people, it will be that kind of horror. For others, just the opposite. He will be unleashing his wrath against many, and for others, he will get vengeance for them.
That’s a little bit like it will be meeting Jesus, I imagine. No one — good or bad — will be able to stand. Every knee will bow because that’s what happens to knees in the Presence of someone so vast.
No one will be in denial about who He is. Everyone will know very plainly that Jesus Christ is, in fact, Lord.
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