Restoration of all things 2

MODULE 12: THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS PART 2 SESSION 2 1 We should now be able to engage the heavenly realms without always needing to ask the specific question of ‘where is that in the Bible?’ There are many things alluded to but not specifically mentioned in the Bible When our spirits resonate with truth we will discover that there are many wonders beyond those specifically mentioned in the Bible We are walking with God on a relational journey to discover more about Him and ourselves and what our role is in restoration God will guide us, through experiential encounters with Him, to discover the truth of these things We don’t need to fear being deceived as long as we are not blindly following man’s DIY doctrines but are checking everything out with God ourselves 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 If you don’t resonate with anything on the journey park it and continue to pursue the truth with God directly There are many things that I don’t yet fully understand cognitively but that does not necessarily make them wrong There have been many things that I was convinced were true that I now realise were merely man’s opinions and ideas The river of life flowing from heaven became 4 streams to water the earth There are 4 streams flowing towards each other today to become one stream of restoration Restoration of all creation – including everything that has been made Does this include all heavenly and dimensional beings? The 4 streams of thought that are converging into one mighty river are: Mystic Sonship, Realised Eschatology, Universal Reconciliation, Energy Frequency Healing We are going to cover the other 3 streams in this module as the mystic stream is the focus of the whole EG programme What does the restoration of all things mean in regard to the other 3 streams? What topics can we cover that will help us in understanding the 3 streams Realised Eschatology Energy frequency healing etc. Universal reconciliation and inclusion Restoration of the sonship frequency Restoration of the counterfeit ‘new age’ back to ancient age truth Restoration of energy healing Restoration of frequency healing Restoration of energy gateways Restoration of meditation, mindfulness and wellbeing The realised eschatology stream will include sessions on: This generation “Second Coming” Poisonous fruit of Brethrenism MODULE 12: THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS PART 2 SESSION 2 2 One new man in Christ The inevitable link between eschatology and universalism Universal reconciliation / restoration / salvation Restoration of governmental sonship Restored access to the heavenly realms Restored ministry of reconciliation to those in the consuming fire of God’s love after physical death Restoration of our creation mandate Restoration of other dimensional beings and dimensions Restoration of the fallen ones or fallen angels Restoration of Elementals and sentient creation Let’s start with the hottest topic Universal restoration What are fallen angels and demons? Can fallen angels be restored? Can demons be restored? Can other dimensional beings be restored? Is creation sentient, and how can it be restored? Original of fallen angels Origin of demons Origin of unclean spirits These terms are not synonymous Do they have or did they have bodies? Are they souls or spirits? These are questions that are causing great controversy Fallen ones are angels who were deceived into following the covering cherub in rebellion There are other dimensional beings who also were deceived to rebel from their estate I do believe they can be restored to God’s original purpose for them There are a number of theories of the origin and identity of what we call demons. The 4 most popular theories are: · Fallen angels · Ghosts spirits of people trapped here · Disembodied spirits of a pre-Adamic race · Inhuman Nephilim souls/spirits I believe there is a difference between demons and unclean spirits Unclean spirits or Lingering Human Souls/spirits are the spirits of those who have not yet left this realm, usually because of trauma They can be helped cross over into salvation if they respond to the gospel There are ministries who are operating in that kind of deliverance Arthur Burk has whole teaching courses on the subject There are ministries in the UK who have testimonies of redeeming LHS as they are trapped children MODULE 12: THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS PART 2 SESSION 2 3 Disembodied Spirits Of A Pre-Adamic Race A popular theory is that the demons are disembodied spirits of some race that existed before Adam – spirit-beings that are separate from fallen angels. It is argued that demons existed at another place and time in bodily form, but are now disembodied spirits looking for bodies to possess The offspring of Angels and earthly women. There is the view that holds that the demons resulted from the relationship between angels and earthly women, perhaps through genetic manipulation. This is taken from Genesis 6 account The demons did not exist before this point. This view takes Genesis 6 as referring to the unlawful interaction between fallen angels and human women. Their offspring were the Nephilim, whom some believe to be half-human, half-angelic There are various theories, some about DNA or seed manipulation One answer to that question is found in ancient Jewish texts like the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible Demons are the disembodied souls of dead Nephilim giants who perished at the time of the flood. This explanation for the origin of demons has secure links in the biblical text; they just aren’t obvious to most people. To an ancient reader, someone who lived during the time of the Bible, this explanation would have been quite clear. Enoch calls the giants “bastard spirits” – a phrase used of demons in several Dead Sea Scrolls. A non-biblical psalm found among the Dead Sea Scrolls calls demons “offspring of man and the seed of the holy ones”, a clear reference to the disembodied souls of the divine-human offspring from Genesis 6:1-4.[2] New Testament, excerpt from 1 Enoch notes that the Watchers whose transgression led to the origin of demons were to be bound “for 70 generations underneath the rocks of the ground.” Peter and the author of 1 Enoch were on the same wavelength – they both understood the original context for Genesis 6:1-4. This belief is found in 2 Peter 2:4-5, where Peter, speaking about the days of Noah says, “God did not spare angels when they sinned, casting them into Tartarus, committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment.” In Gen 6 God decides to remove those non-humans as “every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually” They had souls but no spirits and those dispossessed souls cannot return to God but roam the earth and are known as demons There are those that say that we can reproduce demons and angels from within, either temporarily or permanently They say we can make them but they cannot be restored I believe that what we call demons are the dispossessed souls of those who had no eternal spirits They were formed by the interaction of man and angels Demons were not God’s original intention and therefore cannot be restored, in my opinion. I have not heard anyone – or God – talk to me about the redemption of fallen angels, but only their restoration; nor redeeming or restoring demons MODULE 12: THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS PART 2 SESSION 2 4 Do beings exist that God did not intend or create? I don’t believe God intended or created demons so I do not believe they can be restored Only those that God created and intended can be restored I do not believe demons can be restored as they have no eternal spirit and were not created by God They are spiritual entities seeking a human host to outwork their personalities through But what about fallen angels, some of which are chained up? For those looking to the Bible for all their answers concerning a supernatural worldview, what you think you know may not be so. Don’t be satisfied with handed-down traditions about what is in the Bible and what is not. Go to God directly for the truth What is the difference between the redemption of man through Jesus representing mankind as the last Adam or Son of Man on the cross and the restoration of other God-created beings? Jesus took on human form and DNA, not angelic DNA Jesus did not die for angels as such. The Bible is very emphatic that God became man to save man Redemption and salvation are different from restoration So should this stop us from accepting that other beings can be restored? The concepts are not necessarily mutually exclusive ideas The Bible, however, is our story, not angels; and their role in it is only the intersection between both stories. Is God different to different beings or is His character, nature and essence unchangeable? Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. So when looking at the possibility of the restoration of angels we need to focus on the nature of God, which will be the same to angels as it is to us. The absence of definitive biblical evidence either way is not a reason to reject the restoration of all things There can be other evidence. The reasoning for restoration is threefold: God’s original purpose and intention was good The character and nature of God as love is good There is testimony from those who I deem reliable of the possibility of restoring fallen angels The telos (purpose, end, goal) of all creation is good. In the beginning God declares creation good (Gen 1:31). In the end it is declared that creation will be good (Rev 21:4). God did not create for destruction. Colossians says that Christ is before all things, created all things, sustains all things, and is the means of the restoration of all things Are there things God did not create? All DIY-tree-path man-made things that can be shaken, according to Heb 12:27, will be shaken and removed Col 1:16 For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities – all things have been created through Him and for Him. 17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. 19 For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, 20 and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having MODULE 12: THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS PART 2 SESSION 2 5 made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven. Heb 12:27 This expression, “Yet once more,” denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of made things, (produced things) so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain 28 Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken… The kingdom and God’s will are synonymous terms in Matt 6:10 and therefore this indicates that God’s will cannot be shaken and will remain Was the created realm, including angels, God’s will? Also creation will be set free from bondage to corruption (Rom 8) 1 Cor 6:2 Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? … 3 Do you not know that we will judge angels? Do we think our judgment is to life or death? Our sonship is to outwork the judgment of the cross through the justice of restoration ‘Dragon taming’ or restoring fallen ones is a very controversial topic which is causing much division Is there any evidence beyond the anecdotal that this is possible? In the Bible, other inspired texts or in Early Church Fathers’ writings? Rom 8:21 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. Phil 2:10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth… Rev 5:13 And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, “To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honour and glory and dominion forever and ever.” Some quotes One testimony of hope in favour of the restoration of fallen angels, can be pieced together from the book of Job. Job’s torment, though instigated by “the Satan”, is permitted by YHWH for a particular reason The reason stated by YHWH in the prologue of the story: so that “the Satan” may regard Job (a verb that is connected to learning.) Job and his friends state their opinions but God often challenged their views to reveal heavenly truth rather than earthly reasoning Job and his friends are quite sure that Leviathan, one of the primordial rebel dragons subdued by God and imprisoned in the sea, has no hope of being anything other than a rebel. God shows up to contend with Job, God points out that He has intentions not only to subdue Leviathan and Behemoth (another cosmic-dragon entity), but to tame them, bringing them back into the fold (so to speak), and even making covenant with them. The early church fathers wrote various books to answer the questions of believers who did not all have an understanding of the old covenant types and shadows of the Hebrew culture They had a wide variety of views, not always in agreement MODULE 12: THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS PART 2 SESSION 2 6 Gregory of Nyssa (a respected figure in the history of the Church, being named a “doctor of the Church”, “The flower of Orthodoxy” and “father of fathers” by ecumenical council) certainly agreed with restoration. Here is a quote: We certainly believe, both because of the prevailing opinion, and still more of Scripture teaching, that there exists another world of beings besides, divested of such bodies as ours are, who are opposed to that which is good and are capable of hurting the lives of men, Having by an act of will lapsed from the nobler view, and by this revolt from goodness personified in themselves the contrary principle; and this world is what, some say, the Apostle adds to the number of the “things under the earth,” signifying in that passage that when evil shall have been some day annihilated in the long revolutions of the ages, nothing shall be left outside the world of goodness, but that even from those evil spirits shall rise in harmony the confession of Christ’s Lordship. (On the Soul and the Resurrection) He (Christ) accomplished all the results before mentioned, freeing both man from evil, and healing even the introducer of evil himself. For the chastisement, however painful, of moral disease is a healing of its weakness. No church creed until around at least about 500 A.D. condemned either the belief in eventual universalism or the ultimate salvation of all fallen angelic beings. The hell and ultimate destruction doctrines were introduced later to control people for the state Origen, Gregory of Nyssa, Jerome, St Isaac the Syrian and other church fathers were among those who proclaimed the final universal reconciliation of all created beings in their teachings Clement of Alexandria, St. Gregory of Nazianzus, Jerome, Diodorus of Tarsus, Theodore of Mopsuestia and the Ambrosiaster writing are included, with qualifications, by the Catholic Encyclopedia article on Apokatastasis or the restoration of all things The Catholic Encyclopedia article states that the doctrine of Apokatastasis was not formally condemned until 543 AD. The doctrine was thenceforth looked on as heterodox by the Church. Thereafter followed the dark ages of the next 1000-1400 years, including Inquisitions, Crusades, burning of opposition and their writings, denial of freedoms such as freedom of religion and freedom of speech. Do we really want to follow the “Christian traditions” that deny restoration and that bore that fruit? Apokatastasis: “A name given in the history of theology to the doctrine which teaches that a time will come when all free creatures will share in the grace of salvation; in a special way, the devils and lost souls.” “Origen, and Eriugena with him, underline that God will be not only in few or in many, but in all, absolutely, once both evil and death have vanished altogether… But the devil is not destroyed in his substance, which is good in that it is a creature of God, but rather his perverse will shall be abolished…” [Ramelli, p.792, 7] “Salvation surely is universal, and coincides with the universal restoration, so that it is safe to assume that for Eriugena apokatastasis will in fact be tantamount to universal salvation.” [Ramelli, p.808] “God being the absolute Good, when God is “all in all” evil has vanished altogether. For Gregory of Nyssa the eventual apokatastasis will be, not only the restoration of all creatures to God, who is their Father MODULE 12: THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS PART 2 SESSION 2 7 but also and especially the Godhead’s own glorious and definitive act of re-appropriation of what belongs to it, that is, all of its creatures, which were alienated by evil. When they all, after purification and instruction, finally reject evil, then evil – which is no being, but the result of a wrong choice – will utterly disappear. This is a point on which Origen, Eusebius, Gregory of Nyssa, Evagrius, Ps. Dionysius, Maximus the Confessor and other Fathers insist. Gregory depicts with special effect the final triumphal march of the Good (that is, God), which conquers all evil, from the slightest to the worst, ending up with the conquest of the devil himself. Destruction of evil coincides with the transformation of all sinners and their return to the Good/God.” [Ramelli, p.824] Clement of Alexandria (150-215) “‘And not only for our sins,’ – that is for those of the faithful – is the Lord the propitiator, does he say, ‘but also for the whole world.’ so ‘that every knee should bow to Him, of things in heaven, and things on earth, and things under the earth’: that is, angels, men, and souls that before His advent have departed from this temporal life.” (Fragments, 1:3, c. 2, v. 2)” “In the end or consummation of things, all shall be restored to their original state, and be again united in one body. We cannot be ignorant that Christ’s blood benefited the angels and those who are in hell; though we know not the manner in which it produced such effects. The apostate angels shall become such as they were created; and man, who has been cast out of paradise, shall be restored thither again. And this shall be accomplished in such a way, that all shall be united together by mutual charity, so that the members will delight in each other, and rejoice in each other’s promotion. The apostate angels, and the prince of this world, though now ungovernable, plunging themselves into the depths of sin, shall, in the end, embrace the happy dominion of Christ and His saints.” – Commentary on the New testament – Jerome (347-420 A.D.) The present so-called orthodox position created by evangelicalism is a modern position which was not adopted by many earthly church fathers Their orthodoxy is now called heretical but which more aligns to God as love? Colossians 1:15-20 does say all the invisible realm was made for Christ and is being reconciled through His cross. It would harmonize with God’s character for our Good Shepherd –eventually at some future age – to lead His rebellious angels to repentance (Romans 8:19-23, Heb. 13:8). Col 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities – all things have been created through Him and for Him. God’s original intention in creating the spiritual beings was for Him Col 1:19 For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, 20 and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven. God is love and is always good I had a number of encounters with God that created cognitive dissonance within me but they also expanded my reality of God as a totally 100% good God In an encounter I got a brief glimpse of God’s reality MODULE 12: THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS PART 2 SESSION 2 8 God was connected to every one that had ever lived, is living or will live, all at once: 108 billion and counting He was connected to everyone in the now, knowing every choice and every decision made every microsecond His loving desire was to bring good out of every choice, to redeem even the most stupid decisions of every person Rom 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. Rom 8:28 Meanwhile we know that the love of God causes everything to mutually contribute to our advantage. Wow, what amazing love! That love is not limited to a select group of people who love God but is extended to everyone and everything He created Son, the challenge for most people is the limitlessness of everything connected to Me; so they have put restrictions on Me. I am that I am is limitless, and cannot be restricted by the mere thoughts and ideas of man’s theology and doctrine. My love is limitless and cannot be diminished; neither can My grace or mercy as this is who I am. These precepts cannot be defined by those who are not joined to Me and therefore only experience the merest fraction of the abundance of who I am. Son, I am is always going to be beyond beyond even your wildest imagination. Grace is not hyper- but mega-, ultra-, and is in fact limitless! Love is not just unconditional but guaranteed and eternal. Unconditional love always challenges DIY, old covenant thinking Mercy does not just triumph over judgment: it is judgment, and therefore everyone has always been innocent and justified. Son, this has never ever been in doubt as it was established and accomplished in Me even before the foundation of creation. The restoration of all things is the nature of who I am, not something that I do. All theological systems of belief are by definition going to be limited by the smallness of man’s thinking aligned to the DIY tree path that causes such illusions as separation and punishment. I am that I am as creator cannot be defined by the created creatures and will always be beyond beyond beyond their inability to grasp. The created have created a god of their own understanding who is a figment of their imagination Son, you are beginning to sense it and feel it; but the truth cannot be defined by man’s limitations and boundaries and futile attempts to systematically understand Me by leaning to their own understanding. Son, rest in Me and allow Me to take you beyond again and again, in endless and limitless discoveries of truth, defined by love, expressed in joy, and fulfilled in peace. Let’s engage rest for revelation through encounter 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 MODULE 12: THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS PART 2 SESSION 2 9 Breathe in Hei and breathe out Vav Repeat: in Hei, out Yod, in Hei, and out Vav… Invite love, joy and peace to flow in you, fill your spirit and soul, and flow 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 reveal restoration and the oracles of the Father’s heart Ask Him to take you into the eternal now Ask Him to take you to the fire stones Jesus, please take each person and show them what they need to receive the mandate for restoration Go wherever He takes you Copyright ©2020 Freedom Apostolic Ministries Ltd., a not-for-profit company registered in England. 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