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THE "TIMES OF RESTORATION".

"Repent, therefore, and turn around so as to get your sins blotted out, that seasons of refreshing may come from the person of Jehovah and that He may send forth The Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven, indeed, must hold within itself until the times of restoration of all things (universal restoration. NEB) of which God spoke through the mouth of His holy prophets of old time." (Acts 3:19-21).

We are told that our Lord the Christ Jesus is to be kept within heaven itself until the coming "times of restoration" and that Jehovah has spoken concerning these "times" through His holy prophets. It was while the apostle Peter was addressing "Men of Israel" (3:12) that he pointed out to them that although the Jews had disowned the Chief Agent of life when he was on earth, namely Christ Jesus, they should repent and turn to Jehovah so that His Christ may be sent to them, appointed by God, for their release by ransom during the period of the "restoration of all things". "Furthermore, there is no salvation in anyone else, for there is not another name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must get saved." (4:12). For it was Jehovah Himself who "made known to us His hidden purpose such was His will and pleasure determined beforehand in Christ to be put into effect when the time was ripe: namely, that the universe, all in heaven and on earth, might be brought into a unity in Christ." (Eph 1:9,10 NEB).

"THE TIMES OF RESTORATION OF
ALL THINGS". WHAT "THINGS"?
The Kingdom of the heavens will not hold our Lord The Christ Michael within itself indefinitely, for at a future time appointed by God not only will he restore the spiritual temple sanctuary of God to its right condition through the resurrection of all anointed temple slaves of God to heaven (Rev 20:6. Dan 8:13,14 Moffatt. Rev 11:19), but he will also restore the righteous spirit teachings of the Word of God on earth so that spiritual sacrifices offered by mankind may be received by Jehovah. Until the spiritual temple sanctuary of God is set in order* in this way, "all things" will remain in the condition of spirit desolation described below:

During the prophesied "appointed times of the nations" (Luke 21:24) 2,300 "evenings and mornings" and other integral prophetic "times" elapsed. (Daniel 8:13,14. See Page 849). During these "times" denunciations upon "every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God" were prophesied. (2 Cor 10:5. Rev 10:10,11). These denunciations are described in great detail in the "Little Scroll". (Rev Ch.10). But while during these "appointed times" the "disgusting thing" of unsealed men "trampled" on the "holy place" that is God's anointed temple class on earth (Rev 11:1-3. Dan 8:13,14), accurate spirit knowledge from The Christ Michael was released to his anointed brothers to accomplish a spirit corrective work within them for their sanctification, and to reveal the apostate "man of lawlessness" (2 Thess 2:1-12) until the time appointed by God for His sanctuary to brought into its "right condition". For the temple sanctuary are the sanctified spirits of faithful anointed sons of God: "Do you not know that you people are God's temple, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?" (1 Cor 3:16).

             A.po.ka.ta'sta.sis:    "Restitution". The Greek word itself comes from a.po',
                                                meaning "back" or "again", and ka.thi'ste.mi, meaning
                                                "to set in order".*
                        Restitution:    Restoring of thing to proper owner, restoring of thing to
                                                its original state.

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