Section 4
in the heavenlies." To what does "which" refer? It refers to "power" in verse 19. In verse 20 Paul speaks of the power which God wrought in Christ.
From this verse through verse 22 we see that God wrought this power in Christ by four steps: first, raising Him from among the dead; second, seating Him at His right hand in the heavenlies; third, subjecting all things under His feet; and fourth, giving Him to be Head over all things to the church. The final step of God's working in Christ with His great power was to give Him to be the Head over all things, and what God gave Christ to be was to the church.
THE TRANSMISSION FROM THE ASCENDED CHRIST
TO THE CHURCH
The best translation of the second part of Ephesians 1:22 is: "gave Him to be Head over all things to the church." If Paul had concluded Ephesians 1 by saying that God gave Christ to be Head over all things, Christ's ascension would not have anything to do with the church. Paul, however, added the important phrase "to the church." As we have pointed out, this phrase im plies a transmission. Whatever Christ, the Head,