The Gospel of The Restoration of All Things. Tim Hodge

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      (2 Peter 3 v 9)

      Again, Peter says that God is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

      If all do not come to repentance then God’s will will not be done.

      I don’t know why Christians pray the Lord’s Prayer every week when they say:

       ‘Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.’

      (Math 6 v 10)

      when they don’t actually believe that God’s will shall be done.

      We now come onto the letters of John, and his writings in the book of revelation.

      In his first letter, he emphasised the universal aspect of Christ’s atonement.

       ‘And he himself is the propitiation for our sins and not for our sins only but also for the sins of the whole world.’

      (1 John 2 v 2)

      This verse shows the universal aspect of the death of Christ, that he not only died for believers sins but also for the sins of the whole world. The word ‘world’ here is much broader than just human beings because the word ‘world’ also means ‘the cosmos’, covering all beings in heaven as well as on the earth.

       ‘And by him to reconcile all things to himself, by him whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of the cross.’

      (Col 1 v 20)

      In Revelation 5, John writes:

       ‘And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea and all that are in them, I heard saying ‘blessing and glory and honour and power be to him who sits on the throne and to the lamb forever and ever!’

      (Rev 5 v 13)

      Here John sees a time when ‘every creature’ worships God. The fact that he mentions those in heaven, on earth and under the earth shows that ‘all angels’ (including Satan himself), all humans, and every demon will one day worship God and the lamb for who they are and for being the saviour of the world.

      He asks:

       ‘Who shall not fear you oh Lord and glorify your name for you alone are holy for all nations shall come and worship before you for your judgements have been manifested.’

      (Rev 15 v 4)

      The answer is ‘all nations’. This reiterates the original gospel given to Abraham:

       ‘And in thee and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.’

      (Gen 28 v 14)

      Rev 19 shows that not only will the Church be saved, but also those outside the Church as well.

      We read this:

       ‘For the Lord God omnipotent reigns! Let us be glad and rejoice and give him glory for the marriage of the lamb has come and his wife has made herself ready.’

      (Rev 19 v 6-7)

      We know from other scriptures that the wife of the lamb is the Church, but then John goes on:

       ‘Then he said to me ‘write blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the lamb.’

      (Rev 19 v 9)

      Now these are the guests, not the bride. When the Church marries Christ there are going to be guests who are not part of the bride - who are these?

      This is ‘the rest of mankind’ mentioned in Acts 15 who will also be in heaven with Christ and his bride and ‘the spirits of just men made perfect’ of Hebrews 12, who are not part of ‘the church of the firstborn’.

      In Revelation 21, we get a description of the new heaven and new earth and the heavenly Jerusalem, and John writes:

       ‘And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying ‘behold the tabernacle of God is with men and he will dwell with them and they shall be his people. God himself will be with them and be their God and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying, there shall be no more pain for the former things were passed away then he who sat on the throne said ‘behold I make all things new’ and he said to me ‘write for these words are true and faithful.’

      (Rev 21 v 3-5)

      What do we learn from this passage? That God will dwell with man and all suffering will end! Please note that John uses the words ‘their’ and ‘them’, not ‘we’ and ‘us’. If John was talking about the members of the church, he would’ve said ‘and God will dwell with us’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from ‘our’ eyes’. But he doesn’t, and this is because this passage is dealing with the restoration of all those who are not part of the bride company. It does apply to the church as well, but the emphasis here is on those outside the church.

      We also learn that there shall be no more death! The wages of sin is death (Rom 6 v 23) yet there will be no more wage to pay because Christ died for the sins of the whole world!

      There will be no more sorrow, crying or pain. If eternal torment were true, how could all suffering end?

      And finally as we began this chapter showing that the word ‘things’ means ‘beings’, human and angelic, God says he will make all things new! God will make all humans and all angels new, and they will all be made alive in Christ and restored back to God!

      This is the Gospel of the restoration of all things which God has spoken by the mouth of all his holy Prophets since the world began, and I commend to you this biblical overview and pray you meditate on the scriptures I’ve shared concerning this.

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