Tag: All Things

All Things Waiting for Resurrection

Why is everything waiting on us and our resurrection? Well let me start with we are the pinnacle of God’s creation.

“26Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’

27So God created man in his own image,

in the image of God he created him;

male and female he created them.”

— Genesis 1:26-27 (ESV)

We were created to “have dominion” over all of God’s creation. He would not have placed us there had we not been the top of His creation. So it only makes sense that the rest of creation is waiting on us to be resurrected and they will them be also.

I know, that seems to be a lot of responsibility. Yes, it is. But here’s the thing. We were created for this role by God and if there is one thing that I know to be true, He would not give us the responsibility for something that we were not prepared to take on. Jesus sent out the disciples to to spread the gospel and heal the sick. The did not have “formal” training in those things, but they were sent as He knew they were ready. We are sent out to “make disciples of all nations” and frankly, I don’t have any “formal” training in doing so, but He knows we are up to the task. All of creation knows that we “have dominion” and therefore creation is waiting eagerly for us to be revealed.

“19For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.” and “23And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.” – Romans 8:19 & 23 (ESV)

Creation waits on us as we were created for it. And when we are resurrected, we will be revealed as made in the image of God, the pinnacle of His creation. All of creation will look to us for guidance and with awe once again as we take on the role that God created and prepared us for.

What is you view of all of creation waiting on our resurrection? Do you see this as a point of apprehension? What if you looked back to know that all of creation is waiting on you as you were made for the role by God as the pinnacle of His creation?

All Things Renewed and Restored

“28Jesus said to them, ‘Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.’” – Matthew 19:28 (NIV)

“21Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets.” – Acts 3:21 (NIV)

As we can see in the above verses the plan all along is to bring all things back to their original. All thing will be renewed and restored. All thing will go back to the way the were intended to be.

Before the fall of man at the hand of sin, God walked in the garden with Adam and Eve. As noted by Randy Alcorn in my MasterWork study, “earth was Heaven’s backyard”. God spent time on earth as one would in the backyard of your home. As now, thanks to the fall, there is a great chasm between Heaven and earth. The current earth is not so much as a backyard of Heaven, but more of a swampy wasteland at the edge of the property.

Yes, Jesus came and spent time on earth. He was the bridge between the two. He came to prepare for the uniting to occur. The curtain in the tabernacle has been torn so that we can commune directly with God, thanks to Jesus. And Jesus will also tear down that which separates Heaven and earth at His coming again. The two, Heaven and Earth, will be reunited under God as one for all who believe in Him to live forever.

“9he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, 10to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.” – Ephesians 1:9-10 (NIV)

All things will be brought back together. Nothing to be left out. All will be renewed and restored. All things will now be one, where “those who know Jesus will will have the privilege of living there” (Randy Alcorn).

How do you see things today? Are you seeing them as being right and in sync? What if they are out of sync and will be renewed and restored to even better than they were before at the coming of Christ?