Col. II, 17. Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
Heb. I, 3. Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.
(3.) The final destruction of the material
universe attributed to Christ.
Heb. I, 10. And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the works of thine hands.
11. They shall perish, but thou remainest: and they all shall wax old as doth a garment:
12. And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
2 Thess. I, 7. And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
8. In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
9. Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power.
Rev. VI, 14. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.