Is God in everything? Resolve 1 Kings 19:11-12 with Ephesians 1:22-23
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A simple way to resolve these verses is to hold Ephesians 1:22-23's 'all things' and 'everything' is bracketed, and has to do with the new creation and Kingdom, a view which is reasonable given the context.
Claims about 'all' and 'everything' are usually scoped to a context. For example, if I am ordering a burger, and I say "I'll have everything" I don't mean I'll have everything in the universe. I mean everything on the menu that can be added to the burger.
So, look at the lead up to Ephesians 1:22. 1:3 is discussing the Kingdom and Christians.
"who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms."
This continues to Ephesians 1:10, where it then says
"a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ."
What is the scope of 'all things' here? The most straightforward scope is things related to the Kingdom, which is what St. Paul has been discussing for the previous 8 verses.
Ephesians then continues discussing the Kingdom and current believers at 1:11-19.
Then at 1:20-21 St. Paul is talking about Jesus' resurrection and ascension, and Jesus' subsequent rule above 'all rule and authority'. 'All' here is explicitly scoped to things relevant to the Kingdom.
So what is St. Paul talking about with 'everything' and 'all' at 1:22-23? It is reasonable to hold it is scoped to Jesus' rule in the new creation, in the Kingdom.
Compare Colossians 1:15-20, which uses similar language, as well as John 1:1-13. Both can similarly be understood as having an application to the new creation, and the Kingdom.
Also, if one doesn't believe Jesus is God Almighty in the ontological sense, then Ephesians 1:22-23 is talking about the Christ, not God, filling the church, which is the Christ's body.
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