“Repent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the Presence of the Lord; and He shall send Jesus Christ which before was preached unto you; whom the Heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began” (Acts 3:19-21).

Restoration: (Def): (Gr.): Apokatastasis from Apokathistemi: Reconstitute, Restore again, Restitution

The Apostle Peter, at the occasion of the healing of the lame man at the Gate Beautiful, seeing the wonder in the faces of the people began to preach Jesus and the work of restoration assigned to Him by the Father.

Just as the lame man was restored in his body to health and vitality, “walking and leaping and praising God” (Acts 3:8b), so, Peter associates the restoration of health to the great restoration of all things of creation by the Father.

The verses quoted above give us a glimpse into the plan of God for the final days and the end of the age. Firstly, there must be repentance and a conversion on the part of the people. Jesus did the work of sacrifice for sins by offering up Himself as the Lamb of God on the Cross for the blotting out of our sins (cf. Hebrews 7:27).

Secondly, there will come “times of refreshing. . .from the Presence of the Lord”.

Refreshing: (Def): (Gr.): Anapsuxis from Anapsucho: Relief, Recovery of Spirit (breath), Revival

According to the words of the Apostle, following the repentance and conversion of the people there will come a great Revival, a recovery of the people by the Spirit, producing great wonder and joy among all the nations, just as occurred at the Gate Beautiful at the Temple on that great and joyous day when Peter and John went to the Temple to pray (cf. John 3:1). The healing of the lame man is an event of great significance and a type and shadow of the great restoration to come.

Thirdly, in the midst of the revival, the Father will send forth His Son, Jesus Christ, whom Heaven has received since the Ascension of Christ forty days after Passover. This sending forth of the Son again is not as it was in the Advent, for the sacrifice for sin; but for the consummation of the great restoration of all things spoken of by the prophets since the beginning of time.

The Covenant given to Abraham (cf. Acts 3:25) will be fulfilled wherein shall “all kindreds of the earth be blessed”.

The Great Restoration is coming. It is time to prepare for it. The prophets have declared it. The Apostles have established it. The final generation shall be witnesses to it as it is fulfilled.

It is time, it is time for all of us to “go up together into the Temple at the hour of prayer” (Acts 3:1). It is time to “make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way, but let it rather be healed” (Hebrews 12:13). It is time for a great refreshing, a great recovery of the Spirit. It is time for Revival!

Friend, listen to what the Spirit is speaking to us in this hour. We are on the verge of something miraculous, something to make the nations wonder, something to proclaim to everyone. Jesus Christ is coming! Are you ready to witness Revival? Are you ready to be part of the great restoration of all things?

The great reordering, the great restitution, the great repair, the great balancing of accounts, and the great restoration of all the ages is at hand. Let the earth receive her King.

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