That God be in All

I found segment 23 of chapter 13 a good reinforcement not only of the divinity of Jesus Christ, which is John Calvin's thread of thought in this part of the chapter, though also, his use of verse 24 and 28 from 1 Cor 15, is a good scriptural reference for understanding of the dynamic unfolding of God's will in our personal life and the life of the local church. The time period between the resurrection/ascension of Jesus Christ and His gathering of the Saints in the Rapture is a time period, on earth (as it continues forever in heaven) for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in each individual Christian and also the local Church. The Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit are all God, a single God. Jesus tells us that when two or more of us (Christians) are gathered in His Name, He is there with us; though we also know from scripture that He is in heaven, sitting on the right hand of the Father, making intercession for us. There is no way an individual can come to any understanding of God's desire to in-dwell His people without the scriptural revelation of the Trinity. Note John Calvin's reference from segment 23 of chapter 13: '"We must hold, therefore, that as often as Christ, in the character of Mediator, addresses the Father, he, under the term God, includes his own divinity also. Thus, when he says to the apostles, "It is expedient for you that I go away," "My Father is greater than I," he does not attribute to himself a secondary divinity merely, as if in regard to eternal essence he were inferior to the Father; but having obtained celestial glory, he gathers together the faithful to share it with him. He places the Father in the higher degree, inasmuch as the full perfection of brightness conspicuous in heaven, differs from that measure of glory which he himself displayed when clothed in flesh. For the same reason Paul says, that Christ will restore "the kingdom to God, even the Father," "that God may be all in all," (1 Cor. 15:24,28.) Nothing can be more absurd than to deny the perpetuity of Christ's divinity. But if he will never cease to be the Son of God, but will ever remain the same that he was from the beginning, it follows that under the name of Father the one divine essence common to both is comprehended. And assuredly Christ descended to us for the very purpose of raising us to the Father, and thereby, at the same time, raising us to himself, inasmuch as he is one with the Father." Pretty good thought on John's part, though it's actually the Holy Spirit making spiritual principles "real" in his life through scripture. I feel we're blessed to have his writings available to us in English as while we all, as Christians, have much of this realization, the analysis of the "what is going on" has value to the growth of our relationship with God. What I understand from these 13 chapters of book 1 which John Calvin terms "God our Creator" is that it's not "knowing about God" that counts, it's "knowing Him". This is not just the promise of eternal life, it's the transforming of our life for our time on earth. Peace, love and joy.