THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS IN 6 EASY STEPS (FOR GOD)
Our post is dedicated to our friend, and dear brother in Jesus, Dr. Harold Lovelace.
I would rather serve a God who would save everyone if He could, but couldn’t, than a God who could save everyone if He would, but wouldn’t. Dr. Harold Lovelace with attribution to another
Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all welcome.
The “restoration of all things” is a phrase uttered by Peter in his second “sermon” in Acts 3:12-26, in part of which he said:
Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord; and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you, whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things (in the Greek, “ta panta”) about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time. Acts 3:19-21 NASB
These simply amazing verses give us a number of very important facts. First, that heaven has received Jesus until a future date. Next, with His second coming, one or more times of restoration (in the King James version of the Bible, “restitution”) will begin, repairing, renewing, restoring all things everywhere! Lastly, the times of restoration have been announced by God from ancient time, and more recently, through Peter. Perhaps more attention could and should be paid to the subject by everyone.
We will set out numerous passages in hopes of outlining some of what we believe will occur in connection with the restoration, but the ultimate goal that Father has in mind is to sum up all things in Christ Jesus, and then, through Him, reconcile all things to Father, as we see from the following verses.
In all wisdom and insight He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him with a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things (“ta panta”) in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth. Ephesians 1:9-10 NASB
For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him (Jesus), and through Him to reconcile all things (“ta panta”) to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross;… Colossians 1:19-20 NASB
The Greek word translated “restoration” is apokatastasis (Strong’s Concordance G605) and it is used only one time in the New Testament. According to Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words, page 289, it literally means “to set in order, again”. In common parlance it meant the restoration of estates to rightful owners, and also a balancing of accounts. Father means to set the earth, the heavens, and all things in order, again. We believe He will do so in these six steps, in no particular order.
1. God will, in Jesus, grant saving repentance to all men who have ever lived, even if that life was only in the womb. To say it another way, all men, women and children, born and unborn, will be saved FROM their sin (not in their sin, as some universalists say).
We note first that God’s own law requires God to save all of His creation. By the right of ownership that comes with creation, the Creator has every legal right to do with His creation as He chooses, and a corresponding obligation to do so. Just as God’s law makes the owner responsible for certain things that happen on his property, so man’s law does also. Thus, whether judged by His own law, or even man’s law, God as owner of the earth and all it contains is responsible because of that ownership. This is a matter of law, and not religion, strictly speaking. Much could be said about the lawful ownership aspect of the restoration of all things. But the legality aside, it begs the question whether God really wants all of His creation to be restored, and the subsidiary question of the role played by the will of man.
The King James version of the Bible, in 1 Timothy 2:4, states, “(God) will have all men to be saved.” The New American Standard Bible (NASB) diluted the translation to “God desires all men to be saved.” However, the word “desires” is the same word Jesus used when He said, “(N)ot as I will, but as You will.” (Matthew 26:39 NASB) Regardless of whether God “wills” or “desires” all men to be saved, the result is the same: man has a choice, but God also has a choice. The gospel of John makes it clear that those receiving the Lord Jesus “were born not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor the will of man, but of God.” God is willing that all men be saved; that is His will. And God gets what God wants!
So far, so good. But, what has been said for those who don’t “receive” the Lord Jesus? As it turns out, quite a bit:
Isaiah 45:22-24 Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth…to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance.
Romans 9:16 So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy.
John 1:29 Behold the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
1 John 2:2 He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.
1 Timothy 4:10 We have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the savior of all men, especially of believers.
Titus 2:11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men.
1 Corinthians 15: 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
Many more verses prove our first step, but this is not a matter of the mind, or even of the heart. It is a matter of the spirit, and without the illumination of the Holy Spirit, it is quite impossible to see and comprehend. If you, dear reader, have not seen it yet, there is nothing “wrong” with you, and it does not mean you are not “spiritual”. It simply means you have not seen it yet; nothing more, nothing less. Remember what the Lord said to Peter: Blessed are you, Simon Barjonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My father who is in heaven. We urge you to ask HIM to reveal it to you.
2. God will grant saving repentance by means of restorative discipline and restorative judgment.
What is the commonly accepted purpose of judgment? Would you not admit its purpose is generally thought to be punishment? And that this punishment is the just result of the unbelief of man? Have you considered that this view amounts to saying that the unbelief of man nullifies the faithfulness of God? This notion was expressly and strongly refused by Paul:
If some did not believe, their unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it? May it never be! Romans 3:3
In fact, the actual purpose of God’s righteous judgment is to teach righteousness to the inhabitants of the world! This is how God prepares the hearts of men to receive His Spirit–dear reader, has your own child ever come to you telling you of his or her love after a spanking? Carefully consider this amazing and wonderful verse from Isaiah:
For when the earth experiences your judgments the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.” Isaiah 26:9
Yes, this is Father’s plan, to discipline His children, instructing them in righteousness, preparing them to be received by Him! To assume that God’s punishment has no purpose other than destruction or eternal separation is to lightly regard God’s plan, God’s purpose, and God’s power!
My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by Him; for those whom the Lord loves He disciplines, and He scourges every son whom He receives.” Hebrews 12:5-6
A careful reading of the two immediately preceding verses shows that the earth gets the judgments, while sons get the discipline. We do not urge a distinction between judgment and discipline, except to point out that when the Lord’s purposes are achieved, the earth will be set free from the curse placed upon it because of Adam’s sin. That is, all of creation will be released from the slavery to corruption. Or to say it another way, all of creation will be restored, without exception and without omission!
For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope, because the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. Romans 8:19-21
Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all (people) everywhere should repent, because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world (meaning, the inhabited earth) in righteousness through a man who He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead. Acts 17:30-31 NASB
Please note, again, the connection between judgment and righteousness. We do not ignore or minimize the anger of the Lord; we simply point out that in the day of which we write, the judgment will be in righteousness, not in anger. It is for this very reason that every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus the messiah is Lord! The eruption of praise of which Isaiah and Paul wrote will be completely voluntary and not forced or extracted in any way!
3. God’s redemptive plan can be seen by analogy to the feasts of the Lord, and in reference to the restoration, particularly the fall feasts.
The types and shadows of the Lord’s feasts are a vast subject, and beyond the scope of this post. A few comments, however, are in order. First, we note that the “lights in the expanse”, including new moons and constellations were given as signs of attestation to mankind, in addition to timekeeping. The signs are designed to bear witness to what God has done, is doing, and is going to do.
Elohim (God) said, ‘Let there be lights in the dome of the heavens, to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs–for set-times, for days and years,… Genesis 1:14 Schocken Bible
The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are; when I see the blood I will pass over you,…This day shall be for you a memorial, you are to celebrate it as a pilgrimage-celebration for YHWH(usually translated “the Lord”), throughout your generations, as a law for the ages you are to celebrate it! Exodus 12:13-14 Schocken Bible
And you, speak to the Children of Israel, saying: However: my Sabbaths you are to keep! For it is a sign between me and you, throughout your generations, to know that I, YHWH, hallow you. Exodus 31:13 Schocken Bible
We believe these signs are given to attest to something pertaining to future generations, the same ones who are commanded to observe the feasts. This “something” goes far beyond the actual celebration of the feast, as we see in Hebrews 9:9-10, “until a time of reformation.” The time of reformation pertains to the promises given to the fathers, who, having gained approval did not receive what was promised. The fulfillment of the promises is what the feasts typify and foreshadow.
The feasts apply to individuals, to peoples, to nations, and to mankind in general, in a slightly different way in each case. First is Passover, or Pesach in Hebrew, which signifies being justified by the blood of Jesus, the spotless lamb of God, who gave up His spirit at precisely the moment the Passover lamb was to be killed between the two dusks on the evening of the 14th day of the month of Nissan. This feast is associated with the barley harvest and the feast of unleavened bread which occurred the following sabbath. One may refer to this period of church history (see Acts 7:38, where the word Stephen used was “ecclesia“, translated almost everywhere else in the New Testament as “church”) as the Passover Age, beginning at the first Pesach and continuing until Pentecost after the Lord’s ascension from the Mount of Olives. The point here is, the people did just as Moses commanded in humility and worship, constituting justification by faith. As a result, the angel of death passed over them.
This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;… Romans 3:25 NASB
For Christ our Passover also has been sacrificed. Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 NASB
The point Paul was making in the first of the above verses was that the sacrifice of Jesus upon the cross was the precise picture foreshadowed by the feast instituted back in Egypt all those years before, and resulted in justification by faith for all who believed, in Egypt, in Judah during the time of Christ, and today! In the second of the above verses, Paul’s point was that among a local ecclesia, the Passover of Christ compelled the believers to live differently, without the old ways that he called “old leaven”, but with “unleavened bread of sincerity and truth”, the fulfillment of the related feast.
Fifty days after the sabbath following Passover was the feast of Pentecost, or Shavuot in Hebrew. What we learn from the first Shavuot, is that this part of life signifies being sanctified, or to put it simply, learning to hear God’s voice and obey him. The fathers were unwilling to do this at Mount Sinai, when God gave His law, and instead they hardened their hearts.
Consequently, God wrote the law upon stone tablets, first to show exactly how hard their hearts were, and secondly to show that although they intended to keep it externally, He intended for it to go into the box of solid gold (their hearts!) and thus signifying obedience from the heart, not merely external, ritualistic observance. The feast of Pentecost is observed with leaven, to show that learning to hear God’s voice and obey Him is an imperfect process by imperfect people who have been justified by faith, but now must experience life with leaven. During this period of life, believers learn there is only one way to stop the spread of leaven: the heat of the oven. If you question whether God would use heat to bring about obedience as we have stated throughout this post, please read Malachi 3:1-4.
The feast of Pentecost illustrates very clearly that God’s dealing with sin continues after justification and into the process of sanctification. Although the offense (hamartia) has been removed by the blood of Christ, the believer still misses the mark (hamartano) from time to time. God is not only aware of this process, He designed it!
One may refer to this period of church history as the Pentecost Age of the church, beginning at the Pentecost in Jerusalem immediately after the Lord’s ascension and concluding with the commencement of the next Age, which corresponds with the final feast–Tabernacles.
Finally, after the long summer and into the early fall, it is time for the fall feasts which coincide with the fall harvest. During the grape harvest in the fall, Tabernacles is the central focus, called Sukkot in Hebrew. It corresponds with the time period when the Fathers wandered in the wilderness, after leaving Egypt, living in temporary housing. When the time was right, the people entered into the promised land of Canaan. Only then were they permitted to have established houses, signifying the glorification of the believer. Prior to that time, the people lived in temporary shelters.
When Tabernacles is at last fulfilled, the believer will exchange his temporal “shelter” for an eternal one—he will enter into the “promised land”, the promised eretz in Hebrew, and receive a glorified and incorruptible body (made with the dust of heaven) in place of the temporary, corruptible one (made of the dust of the ground) he previously had. We will finally be set free from “the body of this death”, as Paul said in Romans 7. In other words, the promised land of Canaan was a foreshadow or image of the spiritual promised land of a glorified body.
For humankind, the translation of the earthly body to the heavenly, glorified body is another wonderful step to the restoration of all things.
4. God is raising up a forgiving people who are in agreement with Him—an “Amen” people, to govern His kingdom on earth, just as He prayed in Matthew 6:9-15.
May Your kingdom come, (and) may Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread (heavenly bread—God’s words)and forgive us our (sin) debts as (in just the same manner as) we forgive our (sin) debtors.
In Revelation 3:14, Jesus is identified as the “Amen of God, the true and faithful witness”, because He was always in agreement with Father’s will, always knew the Father’s mind, and always said and did what He heard and saw Father saying and doing. Can you imagine the Lord Jesus teaching His disciples (and us) a prayer –which He then instructed the disciples to pray—for which Father’s answer would be “No; sorry, but that’s not my plan.” ? Yet this incomprehensible result is the logical extension of the argument that because of sin God the Father will just have to destroy the inhabitants of the earth and most of the earth along with them. Somehow, the holiness of God is said to be the cause of this destruction. Much more could be said about this false accusation.
Christ Jesus is really not talking about people who owe us money. He is talking about the coming Kingdom of God upon the earth, so that His commandments and law and everything He had in mind from the beginning of creation will be perfectly completed here upon earth. The believers are not retreating into heaven where God’s will is already done and His rule is not in need of assistance. See with new eyes and understand that He intends to fulfill His will in the earth, using people who have learned to hear His voice daily as in the way the manna was given, and who have experienced God’s forgiveness and will be ready to lead all the inhabitants of earth in forgiving each other—a worldwide revival of forgiveness. These same people are in agreement with their Father, even as Jesus is, and will say “Amen (let it be so)” to all of God’s words. One can readily see that experience in hearing God’s voice will be an essential requirement for such a task, along with an understanding of God’s purpose, God’s plans and God’s power.
Such persons are ambassadors for Christ, who have been given the ministry and word of conciliation. To see that this has always been God’s plan, one must understand some words that are not clearly translated in the New Testament, conciliation (katallasso, Strong’s Concordance G2644) and reconciliation (apokatallasso, Strong’s Concordance G604). The first word, katallasso, refers to changing coins of equal value in an exchange, and also is used when one party to a dispute ceases to be angry with his opponent and receives him into favor, or in other words, calls off the hostility. As used in scripture, it means that God accepted the sacrifice of Christ Jesus on behalf of mankind, and received mankind into favor, not counting their sins against them. (See Thayer’s Lexicon at http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G2644&t=KJV.) The latter word, apokatallasso, obviously does not mean the same thing and so should be translated differently; and indeed, it means to reconcile completely, and in this case, to respond to the conciliation of God by re-conciliation. (See Thayer’s Lexicon at http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G604&t=KJV.) Were the scripture properly translated, this would be immediately obvious.
Now all these things are from God, who conciliated (katallasso) us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of conciliation (katallasso), namely that God was in Christ conciliating (katallasso) the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of conciliation (katallasso). Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be re-conciliated (apokatallasso) to God. 2 Corinthians 5:18-20
This remarkable passage should forever alter one’s understanding of God’s plan through Christ, revealing that God is no longer counting man’s trespasses against him! All these things are from God! Please note that Paul is making the express point of including himself with the world as conciliated by God–from God’s point of view, the war is over, and Christ has won it!
There really is no reason to believe that Christians should not still be praying as Jesus taught. No, not by rote recital or unthinking memorization, but instead with understanding and faith: the believer’s permanent destination is not the sweet by-and-by, but the nasty now-and-now. Dear reader, you may join this happy throng by asking the Savior to make it true in your own life: Your will be done in my life, and I say (and will continue to say, no matter what You decide is best for me), Amen—let it be so. When you do, you are entering into the maturity of fully-grown sons, who have reached beyond obedience into willing agreement. The worldwide harvest will be led by fully-grown sons who willingly obey: pray to the Lord of the harvest that He will send workers into His harvest, and that He will equip you to be such a worker.
The inauguration of the kingdom of God in the earth under King Jesus, King of Kings and Lord of Lords is, of course, the pinnacle of the restoration of all things, but not its fulfillment. In the final fulfillment, and for now all we have are opinions as to how long it will be until that occurs, when the Lord Jesus has subjected all things to Himself, then what YHWH/Jesus said to Moses will become a living reality.
As I live, says YHWH, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of YHWH. Numbers 14:20
Heaven is not our ultimate destination–instead, the kingdom of God is.
5. We strive to obtain to the first resurrection. By the time of the second resurrection, there will be others.
Brethren, I do not consider that I have made it my own but one thing I do, forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let those of us who are mature be thus minded;… Philippians 3:13-15
We should all be reminded that there are two resurrections, at least, and certainly more than one. See, for example, Revelation 20:4-6 below. To which resurrection was Paul referring when he wrote to the Philippians? The answer is, to the first resurrection, for they will reign with Christ for 1,000 years. Perhaps the reader will recall that Paul was beheaded, although the first resurrection is by no means limited to those who are beheaded.
Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom judgment (decision-making) was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus….They came to life, and reigned with Christ for 1000 years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who shares in the first resurrection! Revelation 20:4-6
Most believe the second resurrection is the event called the “Great White Throne Judgment” identified in Revelation 20:11-15. We have no further revelation on this subject and do not dispute the commonly held belief. This event appears to be the one referred to by Paul before the Sanhedrin, and is generally accepted in Judaism as the coming to life of all departed souls for an accounting before God of one’s actions in life. Some of the scriptures thought to be applicable to this event follow below.
I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything laid down by the law or written in the prophets, having a hope in God which these themselves accept, that there will be resurrection of both the just and the unjust. Acts 24:14-15 NASB
And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. Daniel 12:2 NASB
Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come forth, those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment. John 5:28 NASB
For he (God) will render to every man according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; but for those who are factious and do not obey the truth, but obey wickedness, there will be wrath and fury. Romans 2:6-7 Concordant Literal Version
One would have to admit logically, that if both the just and the unjust are resurrected together at some point in time, there must be some qualification other than justness or unjustness in order to qualify for the earlier, first resurrection to which Paul referred. However, not much is directly said in the scriptures other than the verses in Philippians 3 and Revelation 20. Therefore, to see clearly the difference and distinction, one must learn from the types and shadows set forth in the feast days of the Lord. Instead of thinking of the Old Testament as useless history, or worse, irrelevant and discarded doctrine, one may learn from the history of the fathers what was in the Lord’s mind when He instituted the teachings of Torah through Moses.
Clearly, Tabernacles is inextricably linked to the harvest and entering into the promised land. And who were those who entered into the promised land? The two who believed YHWH and agreed with Him: Joshua and Caleb. Do you remember what the spies brought back after spying out Canaan? It was a cluster–one cluster–of grapes so large that it had to be carried with a pole between two men! (Numbers 13:23) Has anyone seen a single cluster of grapes as large since then? The grape harvest, then, is illustrative of all the enemies of God being placed under Jesus’ feet, to separate the wine/spirit from the flesh because Christ intends to have new wine at His communion table in His father’s kingdom. See Matthew 26:29.
We also note that the promised land, that is, the promised eretz, in Hebrew, refers not to a single physical location upon earth, but to the believer’s glorified body, made from the eretz of the ground. This is carefully explained by Paul in 1 Corinthians 15, about when the perishable will put on the imperishable. When Tabernacles begins, some believers will receive their glorified bodies in the first resurrection, and others will receive their glorified bodies by the second resurrection. Ultimately, Father intends to restore the entire earth and all of its inhabitants, and has sworn by Himself, since there is no one higher.
So YHWH said, I have pardoned according to your word; but indeed, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of YHWH. Numbers 14:20-21
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of YHWH, as waters cover the sea. Habakkuk 2:14
He will accomplish this by a great pouring out of the Holy Spirit upon mankind.
6. During the Tabernacles reign of Christ, there will be a pouring-out of the fullness of the Holy Spirit.
The careful student of scripture, who is willing to set aside doctrines and creeds, can see that through the time of this writing, believers have received only an earnest, a down payment and pledge of the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Paul repeatedly pointed this out, but most translations use the word “pledge” and obscure the aspect of the limited anointing. The Greek word translated “pledge” or “earnest” is arrabon (Strong’s Concordance G728) and it appears in 2 Corinthians 1:22, 2 Corinthians 5:5 and Ephesians 1:14. It refers to the money which in purchases has been given as a down payment to assure that the full amount will subsequently be delivered. It is by the down payment of the Spirit that we know that God does indeed intend to make good on subsequent delivery of the full amount.
We note in passing that Father perfectly complied with His own Law of Pledges by sending the Comforter on Pentecost, and bringing “out” the pledge to us.
When you lend your brother anything, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge. You shall stand outside and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge out to you. Deuteronomy 24:10
The great and hope-filled passage which refers to this out-pouring is Joel 2. The prophecy tells us that it will be like Pentecost (the early rain) but will go further in Tabernacles (the latter rain) in the worldwide harvest of souls.
So rejoice, O sons of Zion and be glad in YHWH your God; for He has given you the early rain for your vindication. And He has poured down for you the rain, the early and latter rain as before. The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil. Then I will make up to you for the years that the swarming locust has eaten,…It will come about after this that I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; and your sons and daughters will prophecy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on the male and female servants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. Joel 2:23-25, 28-29
After a fair reading of almost any translation one cares to name, one is hard pressed to come to the conclusion that anyone will be excluded from this outpouring. Some nevertheless take other verses in Joel to mean that the outpouring is only for the survivors, those alive to tell the story after God, in His anger and wrath, treads the winepress of His fury, “for their wickedness is great,” meaning God intends to end the lives of the unbelievers. (See Joel 3:13)
We will not debate the point, except to note that in restoring all things God intends to include unbelievers. Since in the last analysis it is God’s “battle”, it will be His choice of weapons. Some believe He will use a physical sword that can only produce physical death. We believe the Bible teaches He will choose a spiritual sword that can only produce life. So, in a sense, the others are correct: the wicked lives of the unbelievers will come to an end, and by the sword of the Spirit during the outpouring of which we speak, new life in Christ will come to all those who do not yet believe, by which all the old things will pass away.
Is there an example of this in scripture? Yes. See the great promise to those who rejected Messiah in hostility against Father, desiring to seize the inheritance for themselves. When the discipline is over, the mercy of God (which endures forever) triumphs over judgment. James 2:13
I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn. Zechariah 12:10 NASB
This is the work that will be completed by the Holy Spirit, having been given in full measure, fulfilling all that has been written by the mouths of His prophets since the beginning.
And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying, “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws upon their heart, and on their mind I will write them,” He then says, “And their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” Hebrews 10:15-17
Then all shall know Him, from the least of us to the greatest of us. Even so, come quickly, Lord Jesus.
Blessed are You, O Lord our wonderful God, king of the universe, for you have told the end from the beginning, and given some eyes to see and others ears to hear. Come, Lord Jesus, and take up Your throne. Baruch haba b’shem Adonai!