- Tue, Jan 31, 2012
- Doctrine and Theology
Philippians 2:9-10 says that every knee will bow to Christ. When will that happen?
In verse 9 it says God "exalted and gave" a name. The Greek tense is what is called an aorist, in the indicative mood, "past time, in a point of time". So this verse says God has already given and exalted with the name.
In verse 10 it says, God gave and exalted this name, "for the purpose of/for the result that" every knee should bow. The verb "should bow" does not have any time element (it’s in what is called the Subjunctive mood). The action is one of a summary. Has the purpose been yet fulfilled for ...










