Fulness

Fulness a term variously used in Scripture. 1. "The fullness of time" is the time when the Messiah appeared, which was appointed by God, promised to the fathers, foretold by the prophets, expected by the Jews themselves, and earnestly longed for by all the faithful: "When the fullness of the time was come, God sent his Son," Ga 4:4.

2. The fullness of Christ is the superabundance of grace with which he was filled: "Of his fullness have all we received," Joh 1:16. And whereas men are said to be filled with the Holy Ghost, as John the Baptist, Lu 1:15; and Stephen, Ac 6:5; this differs from the fullness of Christ in these three respects: