"For by the Son all things were created that are in
heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or
dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through
Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things
consist" -- Col 1.16-17.
May I ask you all a question: what in all of creation
is not positionally -- and by that I mean ontologically -- in Christ? I
don't really know what the faith movement that Judy mentioned means
when they speak of positional truth, but I know that the Bible tells us
that we are all, including all creation, in Christ. Much too
much is made of separation; that is Greek dualism: Don't believe it! If
there is any separation from God, it is not existential. We have our
existence in Christ. That is where we are ontologically
positioned; that is where we have our being. To exist in exclusion to
Christ would be to be gods ourselves, having the power of existence in
our own nature. That, my friends, is an impossibility. No, the
separation is in our minds; I believe it is a figment of our
imagination, a fearful projection which tells us that we have been cut
off and excluded from God and that we must find a way to get back to
him (or her, or it); this is called "religion"; it comes from our
"fallen" mind. It is not true. The truth is, the separation, though
ontologically false, has a relational dynamic: we feel separated when
we (1) deliberately exclude "God" from our lives, or (2) believe lies
that tell us that we are excluded from him. In other words, it is our
fallen minds that tells us we are separated from God. Don't believe it!
We must stop trying to get ourselves and others back to God: we are
all in Christ -- how much more "back to God" can we get? Rather we must
work out our theology from within the risen Christ.
If you are interested in going further with this, I
have much more to say.
Bill
