MODULE 12: THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS PART 2 SESSION 23 1 We have the Holy Spirit of Truth in us and with us as our guide We have Jesus, the way, truth and life, in us and with us to disciple us We have our loving Father in us and with us to Father us into sonship Agape love should be what we use to measure and test everything against The 4 streams of thought that are converging into one mighty river are: Mystic sonship, Realised eschatology, Universal reconciliation, Energy frequency healing Realised eschatology inevitably leads to universal reconciliation because all Jesus prophesied about Gehenna was fulfilled in AD70, not a distant future. There are other questions that go with what happens after physical death Does God want everyone to be saved? And did Jesus die to save everyone? The answer to these questions unveil God’s intention for what goes on after death Are all included in Jesus’ death and victory on the cross? Did God reconcile everyone in Christ? Does God want everyone to experience His salvation? Do we think our humanistic self-righteousness can outlast God’s patience? We will look at these questions in greater detail when we cover Christian Universalism, what it is and what it is not, in the next session The questions really relate to what kind of God is God in relation to His creation’s beginning and end. Rom 2:4 Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance? Do we think that God’s character and nature can be changed by our death? Before our death God is loving, kind, tolerant and patient and after death He changes and becomes vengeful – No! God does desire to save everyone, I am convinced that he will continue actively seeking the lost Our free will to choose does produce self-inflicted consequences The consuming fire of God’s loving presence is for restorative justice for those who don’t know Him 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. 1 Tim 2:4 (God) who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. Luke 3:6 “ALL mankind will see God’s salvation”. John 12:32 “And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself.” Rom 11:32 For God has shut up all in disobedience so that He may show mercy to all. All really does mean all; no one is excluded Titus 2:11: For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people. How can God’s grace bringing salvation for all people be consistent with the eternal damnation of anyone? 2 Peter 3:9: The Lord is… not wishing that any should perish (be lost), but that all should reach repentance. Wish – boulomai – will, intend, desire to plan with full resolve (determination); intention driving the planning All – pantas – the whole, every kind of, everyone MODULE 12: THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS PART 2 SESSION 23 2 If the Lord does not want anyone to perish, we can rest assured He will do everything He can to that end. God is able to change people’s hearts and make them willing to come to Him even if they come “kicking, struggling, and resentful” like C.S. Lewis Song of Solomon 8:6 “Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, jealousy is as severe as the grave; Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the Lord. Many waters cannot quench love, nor will rivers overflow it” We don’t need another theology or doctrinal position about “hell”, inclusion or salvation We need a daily personal intimate relationship with God, who is Father Son and Spirit, that will unveil the truth of who He really is: LOVE I believe we get to choose when we go to the places of fire – we can go now or later – but God is a consuming fire and we cannot escape His love God’s love is an unquenchable fire, intended to refine and purify us. Choose to embrace the fire of God’s presence now Why this fascination with the world beyond the grave? Because death seems so final Death by any means, accidental, deliberate, disease or natural causes, will be the end of life as we have known it. Heb 2:15 People are bound by the fear of death The view of “hell” being a big party where you get to carry on doing all your sinning forever is a joke, constructed out of fear rather than facing the truth The view of “hell” as a place where all the demons hang out with satan and torment people is also a wrong concept, created by religion that uses fear to control There are genuine questions people have about death and the afterlife that arise out of fear and uncertainty What will happen to me or my loved ones when we die? What happens to children who die? What about miscarriages or abortions? Should children be treated differently from everyone else? Is there a cut-off age after which children are then responsible? Even infernalists seem to have a soft spot for children What does happen to children, aborted children or miscarriages etc? I have engaged some of my family they are in an amazing dimensional place They are being trained by angels and are maturing: they still have a destiny and a role to play Even after physical death, anyone can still choose Jesus as Lord or they can choose to remain in the fire in a DIY self-righteous state There are other biblical indicators that a relationship with God is still possible after physical death Rev 21:10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, 25 In the daytime (for there will be no night there) its gates will never be closed; Rev 22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes take the water of life without cost. MODULE 12: THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS PART 2 SESSION 23 3 The ability to come does not end The gates of the New Jerusalem are never shut, even after the final judgment that Futurists believe or after AD70 judgment for a Preterist The Spirit and bride (believers) are still calling people outside to come through the gates into the New Jerusalem, Bride or Church Rev 5:13 I heard EVERY creature IN heaven, ON earth, UNDER the earth, ON the sea, and EVERYTHING in them say: Blessing and honour and glory and dominion to the One seated on the throne and to the Lamb, forever and ever! This is a totally inclusive picture Rev 21:5 Then He who sat on the throne said, ‘Behold, I make ALL things new’ God will dwell with men and he will wipe every tear from their eyes, death, mourning, crying, pain and the old order of things will pass and everything and everybody will be made new Death is an important issue, as it was linked to the lie that deceived Eve. Adam took responsibility for her by choice. Satan said “You certainly will not die” and people do die spiritually and physically but People do not just cease to exist People do not just enter soul sleep People’s bodies sleep figuratively but their soul/spirit remains conscious What happened between Jesus’ declaration “it is finished” on the cross, dying physically, and being resurrected? Where did Jesus go and what did He do? Matt 12:40 for just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Jesus spent 3 days in the grave just as He predicted Was He just asleep or was He active? If He was active what did He do there? This is really important as Jesus has told us to do the things He did and greater things Is there something we are supposed to do like He did? Eph 4:8 Therefore it says, “When He ascended on high, He led captive a host of captives, 9 Now this expression, “He ascended,” what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth? – Hades or Sheol Rom 10:7 or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). Jesus descended figuratively into the lower parts or heart of the earth, into the grave, into hades, into the abyss, before He was resurrected; and then ascended to heaven Rev 1:18 … I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades. Did He get those figurative keys there? When Jesus ascended into heaven in a cloud, that cloud was the host of captives who were then part of the cloud of witnesses How and why did Jesus free the captives? 1 Peter 3:19: Christ “went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison.” What did He proclaim? It was not their eternal damnation that was being proclaimed MODULE 12: THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS PART 2 SESSION 23 4 1 Peter 4:5 but they will give account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. 6 For the gospel has for this purpose been preached even to those who are dead, that though they are judged in the flesh as men, they may live in the spirit according to the will of God. It was the Gospel that Jesus preached What would be the point preaching to the spirits if they could not respond? That would really be torture Euaggelizó The gospel is the message of good news, glad tidings This is where we get our word evangelism from, to announce good news: “hell” and punishment is not good news Jesus went into Hades or in Hebrew Sheol, which seems to have once had 2 parts, one for the righteous (Paradise) and the other for the unrighteous departed souls He preached to those there and took captivity captive: in other words, He emptied the place Matt 27:50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. 51 And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split. 52 The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; 53 and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection they entered the holy city and appeared to many. What was the purpose of what Jesus did, beside the obvious? Eph 4:10 He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things… 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. Eph 1:10 with a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth. In Him 1 Cor 15:28 so that God may be all in all. Eph 4:6 one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all Hebrews 1:2: He [God] has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things. What sort of things do you suppose Jesus Christ is interested in inheriting? Col 1:16 – Creation, everything that was created by Him and for Him, including all of mankind Act 3:20 and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you, 21 whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time. You will see the concept of restoration right throughout the Bible It has been God’s plan from the beginning that all His children would experience His love God’s desire is to restore us and everything into that love relationship We all have a part to play, both by being restored and preaching the good news of reconciliation Justice: isit just for God to separate people from Himself eternally? If Jesus died for everyone and God reconciled everyone to himself then eternal separation can’t be true justice There are so many situations that don’t seem fair, even to us, if separation is forever Those unfortunate souls who were born in all those different cultures who sincerely worshipped all those false gods and never heard the gospel Those Mormons or JWs who strive to do good works but were deceived by religion The New Agers seeking the spiritual light “They were sincerely wrong, tough luck!” MODULE 12: THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS PART 2 SESSION 23 5 Imagine a God who would reject those people and send them to “hell” for eternity with no possibility of escape. Who would want to know him? The toughest, meanest, most hate-filled earthly judge wouldn’t find ECT a just sentence! But we can’t just use our own reasoning to determine what seems fair or not We have to see justice and fairness through the lens of love; through the life of Jesus, the living word, who is the express image of God What Jesus did in His ministry on earth and in His death, burial, resurrection and ascension will show us what is righteous, just and fair While God was deconstructing my mind He gave me experiences that demonstrated the strength of His love and they challenged my beliefs and what I thought the Bible said to be true This process was not easy for me as the mind-sets, doctrines and theological frameworks of my thinking were strong For 3 weeks I felt severe pressure around my mind almost like a physical pain It was over the issue of “hell”: God was challenging me but my mind’s belief systems didn’t want me to go there I was not willing to go there, even though love encounters were making it difficult to deny what I now believe; until Jesus actually took me to the fire to see Wisdom’s heights was my entrance Prov 8:1 Does not wisdom call, and understanding lift up her voice? 2 On top of the heights beside the way, where the paths meet, she takes her stand; 3 beside the gates, at the opening to the city, at the entrance of the doors, she cries out Wisdom first took me to satan’strophy room I was a given a seal and staff and accessed a door on Wisdom’s heights It was a tunnel of fire that led to a large door which opened into a place of extreme restriction and sadness MODULE 12: THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS PART 2 SESSION 23 6 Satan’s trophy room, where I saw 3 things: · The sparkling diamond trophies of the destinies of those living and dead who have not yet realised God’s love · Stolen mantles and crowns · An area of the heritage of my generational family lines Jesus took me back there through the fire He showed me the heritage area and I looked at my father’s father’s family line Jesus: Do you want to see this restored? How? I saw a door I did not see before He gave me a heralding trumpet and we went through the door into the fire People were there as isolated individuals in anguish of soul I preached the good news, but not very well, as I felt overwhelmed with love and unprepared Jesus turned to walk out and I followed Him through the tunnel of fire I went through the door on Wisdom’s heights that was like a fiery sword We looked back and some souls had followed us to the door/sword; as they approached, I saw them kneel I heard them confess Jesus as Lord and they walked out and went through the gates into Zion I said to Jesus “I am in trouble now! How do I explain this?” Jesus said “Just tell people that you are doing what I did and I told you to do what I did” Not many of them followed us out of the fire I asked Jesus why they didn’t all come out Son, you can only preach with authority to the degree that the fire has consumed generational things in you, that is why not everyone responded. Keep presenting yourself to the fire of the altar and you will be a able to reach more of your generational lines. As you embrace the coals to touch areas of your life that have come from your generations that will give you authority. I present myself on the altar in the temple every day I have been back to engage each of my 4 generational family lines In China I woke at 3am and felt a strong desire to engage the altar and ask for the fiery coals to touch a specific area of behaviour As I was experiencing the fire I began forgiving each of my 4 generational lines for participating in this behaviour Once I finished I went to the fiery place again I preached to all my generational lines with boldness, blew the silver trumpet and many more responded On a Sunday morning here, as I was embracing the fire, another area surfaced I again went back and preached with renewed boldness Many more responded Communion in the fire I want to empty that place but I need to embrace the fire myself MODULE 12: THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS PART 2 SESSION 23 7 As I have been talking with others I have heard many testimonies of people who have gone into the fire and preached the good news as Jesus did Nancy Coen has many testimonies of the restoration of all things I have now had many experiences of going into the place of fire myself Both for personal refining and on rescue missions I have had a number of emails from people thanking me for opening up this discussion as they had been afraid of sharing their experiences A friend was engaging heaven and was surprised to meet some family members there This did not fit his theology but God was destroying his theological boxes This is not a new doctrine; this was the position of many of the early church fathers and others through last 2000 years Clement of Alexandria, St Macrina, St Gregory Nyssen, St Isaac of Nineveh (and many other Fathers), and moderns including Fr. Sergei Bulgakov, St Silouan the Athonite, Fr. Alexandre Turincev, Metropolitans Kallistos Ware and Hilarion Alfeyev There are many accusations that people throw at so-called universalists (of which I am not one) What is the point of preaching the gospel? I might as well just keep sinning if there are no consequences to my behaviour! Hopeful inclusivism says that we cannot presume that all will be saved or that even one will be damned. Rather, we put our hope in the final victory and verdict of Jesus Christ, whose mercy endures for all ages and whose lovingkindness is age-enduring. I am not asking you to believe me: these are my experiences and I don’t intend making a doctrine about them. I do encourage you to seek God for yourself Ask Him to reveal the truth about His love for you and all His creation Embrace that truth and be part of the restoration of all things On Thursday during an encounter Jesus said come and walk with Me He held my hand and took Me through some gates into a large hall near the court of the upright. “Here are those that have come out of the fire.” There were many at benches with men in white linen around them as if teaching or imparting. There were also angels present as if overseeing the training. There were warrior angels standing to attention. “This is where those who are being rescued from the fire go to be instructed in the truth and the ways of relationship. “The fire has done its work and now relationship must do its work in preparing them for destiny. “They have a different role than the others as they have been through a different process. “They will be released for the coming harvest with the Hunter Gatherer angels you see here. “They will be sent to carry a message of love through consuming fire that will turn a generation to true repentance. “They will become ambassadors of fire, with passion to remove the veils of deception, just as those who came out of the graves who were witnesses of what I did under the earth at my resurrection. “These are witnesses to the power of love to overcome even the choices of death and with warnings of the consequences of where they have been. MODULE 12: THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS PART 2 SESSION 23 8 “They are being prepared to be at the disposal of the Joshua generation to engage the harvest that is coming. “There is an urgency for My brothers to do what I did and preach the good news of My love to your generations and see your heritage restored. “Release this message and encourage the Joshua Generation to arise and be bold to come to Me and I will open the gates to reveal the consuming fire and show them the way just as I have shown you. “Remember, the refining fire of the altar is where the authority to preach will be given. “Embrace the fire with urgent desire and great authority will be released to you.” I believe we get to choose when we go to the place of fire – we can go now or later – but God is a consuming fire and we cannot escape His love God’s love is an unquenchable fire, intended to refine and purify us. Choose to embrace the fire now I believe we all have the ability to engage the fiery place and do what Jesus did, preach the good news to those spheres that we are mandated to engage I am going to ask Jesus to take you to the fire of the altar and give you access to preach the good news Rest is the key to restoration and revelation Start to focus on your breathing,slowing it down And start thinking of the name of God, YHVH Breathe in deeply and exhale slowly: Yod Breathe in: Hei and out: Vav Repeat: in Hei, out Yod, in Hei, and out Vav… Be still and know that I am God I am love, I am joy, I am peace Invite love, joy and peace to flow in you and through you to create an atmosphere of rest around you You are in a safe place Start to think of an open heaven and set your desire upon it Steps like Jacob’s ladder leading up to heaven Hear the invitation to come up here Shift focus of our mind Walk up those steps to the door Now step through the veil into the kingdom realm Jesus is standing in the doorway Present yourself to Jesus, your High Priest, as a living sacrifice Let Him take you by the hand Ask Him to take you to see the fiery place of God’s consuming, loving presence MODULE 12: THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS PART 2 SESSION 23 9 Jesus, please take each person and show them what they need to receive the revelation about restoration Go wherever He takes you. 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