Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Then—after that: next in the succession of "orders" or "ranks."
the end—the general resurrection, and final judgment and consummation (Matthew 25:46).
delivered up . . . kingdom to . . . Father—(Compare John 13:3). Seeming at variance with Daniel 7:14, "His dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away." Really, His giving up of the mediatorial kingdom to the Father, when the end for which the mediatorial economy was established has been accomplished, is altogether in harmony with its continuing everlastingly. The change which shall then take place, shall be in the manner of administration, not in the kingdom itself; God shall then come into direct connection with the earth, instead of mediatorially, when Christ shall have fully and finally removed everything that severs asunder the holy God and a sinful earth (Colossians 1:20). The glory of God is the final end of Christ's mediatorial office (Philippians 2:10-11). His co-equality with the Father is independent of the latter, and prior to it, and shall, therefore, continue when its function shall have ceased. His manhood, too, shall everlastingly continue, though, as now, subordinate to the Father. The throne of the Lamb (but no longer mediatorial) as well as of God, shall be in the heavenly city (Revelation 22:3; compare Revelation 3:21). The unity of the Godhead, and the unity of the Church, shall be simultaneously manifested at Christ's second coming. Compare Zephaniah 3:9; Zechariah 14:9; John 17:21-24. The oldest manuscripts for "shall have delivered up," read, "delivereth up," which suits the sense better. It is "when He shall have put down all rule," that "He delivereth up the kingdom to the Father."
shall have put down all rule—the effect produced during the millennary reign of Himself and His saints (Psalms 110:1; Psalms 8:6; Psalms 2:6-9), to which passages Paul refers, resting his argument on the two words, "all" and "until," of the Psalmist: a proof of verbal inspiration of Scripture (compare Revelation 2:26-27). Meanwhile, He "rules in the midst of His enemies" (Psalms 110:2). He is styled "the King" when He takes His great power (Matthew 25:34; Revelation 11:15, Revelation 11:17). The Greek for "put down" is, "done away with," or "brought to naught." "All" must be subject to Him, whether openly opposed powers, as Satan and his angels, or kings and angelic principalities (Ephesians 1:21).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Corinthians 15:24:
Psalms 110:1
Daniel 2:34
Daniel 2:44
Zechariah 6:13
Zechariah 14:9
Galatians 3:20
Ephesians 1:20
Ephesians 1:21
Ephesians 3:10
Ephesians 6:12
Philippians 2:11
Colossians 2:15
1 Thessalonians 4:16
Hebrews 1:6
Hebrews 10:13
1 Peter 3:22
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