Acts 3: 20And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: 21Whom the heaven must (absolute necessity) receive until (up to; he will not come back until) the times (chromos-space of time, implies delay) of restitution (a restitution of a thing to its former condition, to restore to its former state)
of all things ( totality), which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
Jesus stays in heaven physically until a period of restoration not an event. The period of restoration started with the cross, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ and we are in that time period.
What is restoration? Whose responsibility is it to see all things restored? How are all things going to be restored? What are the all things to be restored?
Jesus is not coming back at some future event to restore all things. His presence is with us and is in us right now, and this becomes the means for the restoration of all things. Jesus will return physically when the period of the restoration of all things is complete.
The biblical meaning of the word “restoration” is to receive back more than has been lost to the point where the final state is greater than the original condition.
All things in the Greek mean all, the whole. “All” in the sense of “each and every part that applies.” This is a process and begins one part at a time.
Acts 3:19 Therefore repent and return, so that the sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;
The restoration of all things begins with Jesus working in us now not in a future event of His coming one day in the future.
Restoration begins in us. God begins to work in us restoring our identity and destiny.
Hebrews 10: 12 but this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God;13 from henceforth (used of time, hence forward) expecting (continuous action, 1- ek- denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds) out of the heavenly places in Christ 2-to actively receive, to watch for, expect, about to receive) till his enemies (in opposition) be made his footstool. (1-underfoot 2- to subdue) 14 for by one offering he hath perfected (past-perfect tense-the finished result of the action, to complete, make perfect by reaching the intended goal) forever them that are sanctified (continuous or repeated action, to make pure, to set apart exclusively for Gods use)
Through the cross Jesus reconciled the whole of creation to himself. This became an eternal event. I use the word eternal in the context of something that is outside of time. Jesus was crucified before the foundation of the world, the time and space realm we find our bodies living in.
God has already perfected us, this is a legal standing that we have in the heavenly places in Christ. But there is a process of restoration that we experience in the time realm that we have to learn how to appropriate. We are literally transformed, and then we become co-creators with God loosing all creation from futility in the time and space realm, the restoration of all things.
There is a hyper grace doctrine the enemy uses to distract us from the appropriation of our identity and destiny.
Our identity is a pathway of intimacy we walk on, where we are transformed into the image of Jesus Christ. And our destiny is a pathway of responsibility where we rule in the heavenly places as we inherit the kingdom, the right to rule with Christ.
We are in a period of restoration of all things. It starts within us as our spirit is awakened and begins to grow and develop within us, as the senses of our spirit become aware of the Life flow of His Spirit within us.
As our spirit grows and develops we become aware of it and it expands so that we are able to stand in the doorway of the kingdom of God which is in another dimension. This enables us to see what the Father is doing and begin to participate with Him in the restoration of all things.
As we are strengthened through the Holy Spirit in our spirit, we are then enabled to bring our soul into restoration and eventually our body.
Restoration involves the personal restoration of spirit, soul, and body and also of all creation itself.
When Jesus said ‘It is finished’ -He meant all sin was forgiven and all debts were cancelled for all time. All separation had ended and the veil between heaven and earth was torn.
Rom 8:19 For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. 21 that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
If we are not restored as sons and heirs, then all creation cannot be restored. The restoration of all things begins with Jesus working in us and then through us now not in an event when He comes someday in the future.
Rom 5: 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.9 Much more then, being now justified (definite action, point in time) by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath (the wrath-root-desire-to desire eagerly or earnestly- as a reaching forth. Originally any “natural impulse, or desire, or disposition,” came to signify “anger,” as the strongest of all passions) through (by means of) him.10 For if, when we were enemies (in opposition), we were reconciled(specific point past-passive, God taking upon himself our sin becoming an atonement establishing a relationship of peace, to impart his Spirit) to God by the death of his Son, much more, being, we shall be saved by (intimate union with) his life.(to be completely enveloped in the life of God. God reaching down deep into our very nature, our tendencies, propensities, into our appetites, the power of heredity over us from Adam, the power and influence of our environment over us- until there is nothing in us responding or belonging to this world)
We are saved from wrath through the inflowing of His life. It does not say the wrath of God, it says wrath which comes upon us by following the wrong path. The pathway of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil ends in death or wrath.
Col3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
Verse 6 reads in the original-(through-Channel of the act) (which, what, that) (The wrath)( the God) ( to come-present indicative-something which is occurring now) (upon) ( the huios- mature)( the willful unbelief)
It does not say the wrath of God. It says the wrath, the God. And this is the same word used for the god of this world who has blinded the minds of the unbelievers (without faith)-2 Corinthians 4:4
First of all this wrath is occurring right now this minute in the time and space realm. The wages of sin is death; this is the result of walking on the pathway of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. This wrath comes upon the mature children who consciously choose unbelief.
Through the restoration of spirit, soul and body we are saved from wrath, through the inflowing of His life.
A tree in the bible speaks of a person who overshadows us. The purpose of a tree is to reproduce itself; the fruit it produces protects the seed in it that has the D.N.A that reproduces itself.
When we are walking on the wrong path, the enemy overshadows us, we are in his domain.
John 10:9 I am (occurring now- to have existence, to be) the door (the entrance into): by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture (the act of feeding). 10The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly (more than enough, superabundant, over and above, exceeding a certain measure, fullness).
Jesus is the door into the kingdom of God, which is a spiritual dimension we enter into on the other side of the veil. As we learn how to be in the Spirit, we stand in the doorway, and we can go in and find pasture and then come out and bring it into the earth.
The thief cometh to steal, kill and destroy. Wrath is not from a loving God but is the consequence of following the enemy’s DIY path to be robbed, killed and destroyed.
The reality is that God has already done everything necessary through the cross to save everyone and restore all things. We cannot do anything or contribute to making that happen it is all by His grace so that we can all believe through His faith.
Many are living in darkness and suffering the judgment of the DIY (do it yourself-independent of God) tree even while Jesus already brought that judgment to an end!
John 12: 31Now is the judgment (judicial decision, justice) of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out (driven out). 32And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
In the original it says draw all unto me, the word men is not in it. Jesus said if I be lifted up I will draw all judgment toward me.
Behold the Lamb of God who took away the sin of the world! This is an already finished work, and we just have to realize it, to begin to live in this truth.
We are being restored to Gods original intention, to live in dual realms heaven and earth. And then through us He will restore all things.
The first thing He is restoring is a face-to-face relationship with Him, where we come into sonship. We inherit the kingdom and take our rightful place upon the throne, and then we restore all of creation from futility.
All of creation will respond to a manifested son of God. As we hold it in our heart and love it, it will begin to respond to us.
It is through personal encounter with God that we come into our identity a mature son of God, and then our responsibility to rule over creation.
Unless we learn how to ascend into the heavenly places in Christ, we are going to be under the god of this world who uses religion to blind the minds of God’s people.
As we go beyond the veil into the kingdom realm of His Spirit, God begins to deconstruct our belief systems. Once we experience the realm in which He lives, then we can bring it into manifestation in the earth.