God’s 6000-Year Work of Restoration

God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1). God is spirit (John 4:24) so in order for us to know Him, He has given us the Bible, which is His Word. Since God is the Word (John 1:1), the only way for us to know Him and His will is through His Word.

6000 years ago, God gave all creation to Adam for him to rule over. However, the serpent deceived Adam into believing his words and Adam betrayed God. God had to leave (Genesis 6:3) and sin entered the world. It is no exaggeration to say that the devil has been ruling this earth from then until now. 

However, God’s will has always been to re-connect the lifeline that was cut and restore His creation back to Him. Within Adam’s sinful world, therefore, God chose a righteous man called Noah and wiped out Adam’s generation with a flood. Sin re-entered through Noah’s second son, Ham. God promised to put an end to sin, so God chose Abraham, made a promise with him, and fulfilled His promise through Moses and the 12 tribes of physical Israel who destroyed the land of Canaan - Ham's son. Because King Solomon then betrayed God by worshipping foreign gods (1Kings 11), God put an end to the 12 tribes of physical Israel by sending Jesus Christ, as He promised to do through the Old Testament prophets. Jesus Christ established spiritual Israel. He sowed God’s seed and promised to return to harvest the fruits of this seed (Matthew 13:24-30; Revelation 14:14-16). 2000 years later today, at the time of the fulfilment of the New Testament promises recorded in the Book of Revelation, Jesus Christ is harvesting the firstfruits of this seed. These firstfruits are the 144,000 in Revelation 14, who are sealed with God’s word and belong to one of the twelve tribes of New Spiritual Israel (Revelation 7). This new kingdom and people is New Heaven New Earth (Revelation 21).

The main difference between today’s generation and all previous generations over the last 6000 years is that today’s generation will not be destroyed. This is because the devil - the cause of sin and the ‘ancient snake’ in Revelation 20:2 - will be put to an end and God will finally return to dwell with His creation; people no longer born of Adam's seed, but of the seed (word) of God. For the first time in 6000 years, man's spirit will be re-connected to its Creator God and eternal life will reign. Then the hope of God and humanity promised in Revelation 21:4 will be fulfilled:

"‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

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