redemption has come

The Father has entrusted all humanity to the Son, and out of His very being, the Son pours the life of the age into all. Because all died with Christ, all were raised with Him, and all are made new in Him—it is finished.

The incarnation was the ultimate expression of this divine exchange: God became flesh so that eternal life might flow freely into humanity. The old self, limited and self-contained, has passed away; in its place stands the new creation, alive in union with Christ and fully included in the age to come. Life itself is no longer a possession we guard, but a shared reality, flowing from the Father through the Son to all entrusted to Him, drawing every heart into the love, resurrection, and wholeness of God.

• Incarnation focus:"Given all humanity by the Father, the Son became flesh so that the life of the age might flow from Him into all entrusted to His care."

• Shared life focus:"The Father has placed all people in the hands of the Son, and from His being springs the eternal life now shared with everyone in Him."

• Age-to-come focus:"Out of the Father’s love and the Son’s obedience, all humanity is drawn into the life of the age to come, fully alive in Him who was given all authority."

“The Father has entrusted all humanity to the Son, and out of His very being, the Son now pours the life of the age into all, granting eternal life to everyone in Him.”

In John 17:2, Jesus prays that the Father has given Him “authority over all flesh” so that He might grant eternal life to those entrusted to Him. This authority isn’t just power in a detached sense—it flows out of His very being, a life-giving authority rooted in the Father’s love. The verse points to the incarnation as the conduit for this eternal life: the Son became flesh so that the life of the age could reach humanity directly. Eternal life, then, is not a reward or distant promise—it is the shared reality of those united with Christ, received from Him because of the Father’s gift. This highlights that the life of God is now participatory; it flows outward, uniting all in Him and drawing humanity into the age to come.

Because all died with Christ, all were raised with Him, and all are made new in Him—it is finished. (2 Cor. 5:14, 15) Life itself is no longer self-contained but shared, flowing from the Father through the Son into humanity. The incarnation was God’s ultimate expression of this truth: the Son became flesh so that the life of the age might pour into all entrusted to Him.

Through His death and resurrection, the old order has passed away; the old self, with its limitations, fears, and separations, is gone. In its place, a new creation has come, fully alive in union with Christ, fully embraced in the love of the Father, and fully included in the age to come. There is no exception, no leftover; the resurrection declares that everything has been reconciled, renewed, and shared—it is finished.

The incarnation is the pivotal conduit: God doesn’t just send a message or a law; He enters our flesh, so that life—eternal, unbroken, unearned—can pour out naturally from His being into ours. The Son becomes the vessel through which the very life of God touches humanity directly. And in the darkness the Light shines enabling us to see.