From the standpoint of the New Testament the question could be understood in two ways. a. It could refer to the cosmic dimension of redemption. In the New Testament kosmos can denote the world as the “ordered universe” (Jn 17:5; Lk 11:50; Acts 17:24; 1 Cor 8:4). Paul sees the effects of the Christ-event spilling over and influencing not only human beings, but even material or physical creation in general. In Romans 11:15 he