a time for celebrating what God’s grace has done for the individual, not for celebrating that Jesus has finally become Lord. The stress Paul puts on the once-and-for-allness of the coming of Christ has helped to remind the church that it is not a mystery cult (like so many ancient religions) nor is its faith purely mysticism. It is rooted in an event in history which changed the course of that history. Paul further describes the reality of Christ’s dominion by saying, “There is neither Jew nor Greek,