Theology Matters
Your theology matters! What you believe about the Father, Son and Holy Spirit matter. We’ve been taught a lie in the West, a darkness masquerading as light covered in Jesus’ name. We are so thankful Jesus is removing the veil through His beloved sons and beloved daughters so we may become who He originally designed. Let me explain.
When you hear about wars breaking out in the Middle East the first thing you begin to hear people say is this, “Jesus is coming back. He’s coming to rapture His church and take us out of here. He’s coming with a sword in His hand to deal with darkness for good. Y’all better get ready.” Is this not what we’ve been taught in Christianity?
Do you know Christianity in the West is the only one who believes in the rapture. If you study the words of Jesus with the Holy Spirit as your guide, you will see this is not truth. In Acts 3, Peter tells us when Heaven will release Jesus to return.
“And now you must repent and turn back to God so that your sins will be removed, and so that times of refreshing will stream from the Lord’s presence. And he will send you Jesus, the Messiah, the appointed one. For he must remain in heaven until the restoration of all things has taken place, fulfilling everything that God said long ago through his holy prophets.”
Repent, we know now that repent is changing the way you think. We must turn back to the Father so we can think like He thinks. Sins are actually believing something about yourself and displaying behaviors outside of who the Father says you are. When our sins (the way we see ourselves) are removed we then experience refreshment in His presence.
So, Peter says, He must remain until the restoration of all things has taken place.” What does this mean? In the original language all things mean universal restoration. *The word restoration in the Greek is apokatatasis, which infers the restoration of creation to the state of existence before the fall. Interestingly enough, Luke’s Greek term is a medical term meaning “restoration of perfect health.” (credit: TPT footnotes)
Did Jesus say to His disciples and to us, love cannot overcome darkness, so I’ll have to come back and wipe people off the planet? No, He did not. He said, “A fountain of life was in Him, for His life is light for all humanity. And this Light never fails to shine through darkness- Light that darkness could not overcome! 1 John 1
He then gave us, His beloved children, the same light by way of the Holy Spirit when He ascended into heaven. We are designed to bring restoration to the planet. We are not here to hunker down until His return. We are here to light it up. The Father gave specific instructions to humanity. Genesis 1:28, “And God blessed them in His love, saying, “Reproduce and be fruitful! Populate the earth and subdue it! Reign over the fish of the sea, birds of the air, and every creature that lives on earth.”
It is unfortunate that so many people have bought into the lie of darkness taking over to the point they do not want to bring children into a dark world. It’s too scary. Have you ever heard someone say that? Do you know that the Muslim community believes the best way to evangelize is to reproduce. We’ve been fed the wrong theology for too long. It is time for the veil to be removed so we can see the truth of the Gospel correctly and we can see ourselves correctly.
Jesus wants to restore all things. He gave His life for the cosmos, not just so we can go to Heaven when we die. He came to give us life and life more abundant. Period.
I invite you to seek the Holy Spirit in prayer and the scriptures. Ask Him to reveal the truth of the Gospel. Ask Him to remove the veil that’s kept you in the dark to who you really are. Remember, there’s an exchange every time we commune with Him. Happy Seeking!
