The goal is that God may be All in all in every creature of the new heaven and the new earth. To this end God is making all things new, creating all things in Christ.

Total reconciliation to God and His will on the part of every creature signals the end of the great rebellion of Satan and his angels.

We do not mean by this that all angels or people will eventually be saved. This is not true as we understand the Scriptures.

The Lord Jesus is the Way to the Father, the Truth of the Father, and the Life of the Father. No person ever at any time comes to the Father except through the Lord Jesus.

Our objective is to find our perfect fulfillment, joy, and rest in the bosom of the Father. This is where Jesus resides and He desires that we be with Him where He is throughout eternity.

The feast of Tabernacles. The twenty-third chapter of the Book of Leviticus sets forth the seven feasts of Israel. The first three celebrations, Passover, Unleavened Bread, and Firstfruits, symbolize the basic salvation experience. The Lord Jesus is emphasized in the basic salvation experience, although all members of the Godhead are Present and active in every aspect of our redemption.

The fourth feast is the familiar Pentecost. The Holy Spirit is especially active in the fulfillment of this feast as He guides us into holy behavior, gives us power to build up the members of the Body of Christ, and guides and strengthens us so we may bear witness of the resurrected Lord Jesus to every nation.

The last three feasts of Leviticus, Chapter 23 are the blowing of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and, finally, the feast of Tabernacles. Trumpets and the Day of Atonement speak of war, of judgment against evil spirits and the self-will and rebellion of human beings. The work of judgment culminates in quiet, restful obedience to the Father and makes possible the spiritual fulfillment of the convocation of Tabernacles. The Father and the Son come to dwell in us as we keep Christ's Word. It is the Father who is emphasized at the latter stages of redemption.

God becomes All in all. We may have known Jesus to a certain extent. Some of us are more familiar with the work of the Holy Spirit than is true of others.

Now it is time to come to know the Father. How wonderful it is that we have received the Spirit of adoption and are crying, Father! We have understood doctrinally that Jesus is in the Father, the Father is in Him, and we are in Them and They in us. Such Oneness is taught clearly in the Gospel of John.

But now we are beginning to know by experience that the Lord Jesus is in the Father and we are in Him. The Father is becoming ever more real to us. Indeed, our elder Brother is bringing us to His Father and His God.

At that day ye shall know I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. (John 14:20)

To be continued.